Acting

Jesse Graves

Born March 11, 1879 · Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Died March 4, 1949 · aged 69

No biography available.

Known For

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

Tomorrow Is Forever · 1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

★ 6.41946

MovieDramaRomance

In 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war. Elizabeth bears John's son and eventually marries her kindly boss. Unknown to her, John has survived but is horribly disfigured and remains in Europe. Years later, on the eve of World War II, Elizabeth refuses to agree to her son's request to enlist and is stunned when an eerily familiar stranger named Kessler arrives from abroad and becomes involved.

They Drive by Night · 1940

They Drive by Night

★ 6.91940

MovieDramaCrime

Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

★ 7.51937

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Without Reservations · 1946

Without Reservations

★ 6.31946

MovieComedyRomance

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.

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Joseph (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

Black Committeeman (uncredited)

Tomorrow Is Forever · 1946

Tomorrow Is Forever

★ 6.41946

MovieDramaRomance

Ambrose

They Drive by Night · 1940

They Drive by Night

★ 6.91940

MovieDramaCrime

Charles Culpepper (uncredited)

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Servant (uncredited)

Porter (Uncredited)

Make Way for Tomorrow · 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

★ 7.51937

MovieDramaRomance

An elderly couple are forced to separate themselves from each other after their children refuse to take both into one house.

Minor Role (uncredited)

Without Reservations · 1946

Without Reservations

★ 6.31946

MovieComedyRomance

Porter (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You · 1938

You Can't Take It with You

★ 7.51938

MovieComedyRomance

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.

Man (uncredited)

Allegheny Uprising · 1939

Allegheny Uprising

★ 5.91939

MovieWesternAction

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.

Governor's Servant

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

★ 6.71941

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Black Servant (uncredited)

Secret Beyond the Door · 1947

Secret Beyond the Door

★ 6.51947

MovieMysteryThriller

After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.

Train Porter (uncredited)

Imitation of Life · 1934

Imitation of Life

★ 7.01934

MovieDramaRomance

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.

Pallbearer (uncredited)

Three Godfathers · 1936

Three Godfathers

★ 6.91936

MovieActionDrama

In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).

Cook (uncredited)

The Little Foxes · 1941

The Little Foxes

★ 7.51941

MovieDrama

In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

Bristol's Butler (uncredited)

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out the window, it lands on poor hard-working girl Mary Smith. But it isn't so easy to just give away something so valuable, as he soon learns.

Graves - J.B. Ball's Porter (uncredited)

These Glamour Girls · 1939

These Glamour Girls

★ 5.91939

MovieComedyDrama

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.

Porter (uncredited)

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.

Black Servant (uncredited)

Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.

Michael's Servant

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Train Waiter (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · 1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

★ 6.71939

MovieAdventureDrama

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.

Wilkes' Black Butler (uncredited)

Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.

Waiter (uncredited)

Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.

Servant