Acting

Donald Gallaher

Born June 25, 1895 · Quincy, Illinois, USA

Died August 14, 1961 · aged 66

Donald Gallaher (June 25, 1895 – August 14, 1961) was an American actor who appeared in 25 films between 1903 and 1949. He also directed five films, including Temple Tower (1930). His name is sometimes misspelled "Gallagher". Gallaher was born in Quincy, Illinois. After moving to New York City as a child with his mother, he began acting in productions such as A Royal Family. He had 10 roles in pl…

Known For

The Great Train RobberyThe Great Train Robbery · 1903
The Great Train Robbery
★ 7.01903
MovieWesternCrime
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.
Keeper of the FlameKeeper of the Flame · 1943
Keeper of the Flame
★ 6.61943
MovieDramaMystery
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
The Man in Half Moon StreetThe Man in Half Moon Street · 1945
The Man in Half Moon Street
★ 5.91945
MovieDramaThriller
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Road to UtopiaRoad to Utopia · 1946
Road to Utopia
★ 6.81946
MovieAdventureComedy
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
CollegiateCollegiate · 1935
Collegiate
★ 7.01935
MovieComedyMusic
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Pleasure CrazedPleasure Crazed · 1929
Pleasure Crazed
★ 7.01929
MovieDrama
Pleasure Crazed is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by Donald Gallaher.
Thru Different EyesThru Different Eyes · 1929
Thru Different Eyes
★ 8.01929
MovieDrama
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.
Sh! The OctopusSh! The Octopus · 1937
Sh! The Octopus
★ 5.91937
MovieMysteryComedy
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.

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The Silent MasterThe Silent Master · 1917
The Silent Master
★ 5.01917
MovieCrimeDrama
Valentin Marquis de Sombreiul, alias Monsieur Simon, is known as the great master because he is the leader of a band of Parisian Apaches who mete out their own private justice to individuals who have violated their code in a secret tribunal known as the court of St. Simon. In an effort to cure Eugene, a young American longing for excitement, Valentin induces the young man to witness these horrors with the result that the youth is drawn into the Apache gang and sentenced to prison for one of their crimes. Later, after the master has disbanded his secret society and married Virginia Arlen, a girl from an aristocratic family, he discovers to his horror that the boy whose life he has ruined is his wife's brother. It is then up to him to try and make amends.

Eugene Arlen