Acting

James C. Morton

Born August 24, 1884 · Helena, Montana, USA

Died October 24, 1942 · aged 58

No biography available.

Known For

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

The Return of Frank James · 1940

The Return of Frank James

★ 6.31940

MovieWestern

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

The Devil's Brother · 1933

The Devil's Brother

★ 6.81933

MovieComedyMusic

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

Naughty Marietta · 1935

Naughty Marietta

★ 5.51935

MovieMusicRomance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.

When Tomorrow Comes · 1939

When Tomorrow Comes

★ 5.41939

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

Filmography

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A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Assembly Line Relief Man (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James · 1940

The Return of Frank James

★ 6.31940

MovieWestern

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Liberty Bartender (uncredited)

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

Bartender at Denker's Beer Garden (uncredited)

The Devil's Brother · 1933

The Devil's Brother

★ 6.81933

MovieComedyMusic

Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.

The Timorous Woodchopper

Naughty Marietta · 1935

Naughty Marietta

★ 5.51935

MovieMusicRomance

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Herald (uncredited)

Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.

Joe--Janitor

When Tomorrow Comes · 1939

When Tomorrow Comes

★ 5.41939

MovieDramaRomance

A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he is already married.

Bill, the Chef (uncredited)

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Card Player (uncredited)

The Midnight Patrol · 1933

The Midnight Patrol

★ 6.61933

MovieComedy

Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.

Policeman

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography.

Bartender

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man · 1939

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

★ 7.01939

MovieComedy

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Judge (uncredited)

Lillian Russell · 1940

Lillian Russell

★ 6.61940

MovieDramaMusic

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Bartender

In Old California · 1942

In Old California

★ 5.31942

MovieActionRomance

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.

Red - Sacramento Bartender

Frisco Kid · 1935

Frisco Kid

★ 7.01935

MovieAdventureRomance

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Vigilante (uncredited)

Rose of Washington Square · 1939

Rose of Washington Square

★ 6.71939

MovieDramaMusic

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

Speakeasy Bartender (uncredited)

Pardon My Scotch · 1935

Pardon My Scotch

★ 7.21935

MovieComedy

The Stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The Stooges impersonate Scotsmen at a party to fool the prospective buyer. Their usual antics disrupt the party, ending when a barrel of their "scotch" explodes and floods the whole house.

J.T. Walton

Appointment for Love · 1941

Appointment for Love

★ 5.81941

MovieComedyRomance

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.

Doorman (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

★ 6.21940

MovieWestern

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Ed Pickett - Juror

The Housekeeper's Daughter · 1939

The Housekeeper's Daughter

★ 4.61939

MovieComedy

A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

Policeman

News Is Made at Night · 1939

News Is Made at Night

★ 4.81939

MovieActionComedy

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders.

Bartender

Butch Minds the Baby · 1942

Butch Minds the Baby

★ 8.01942

MovieComedy

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe crackers when he has to also look after the baby of one of the criminals.

Policeman (uncredited)

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

Bartender (uncredited)

When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.

Policeman (as James Morton)