Acting

James Carlisle

Born January 15, 1882 · New York, New York, USA

Died January 3, 1954 · aged 71

No biography available.

Known For

The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

After two years in Paris, chauffeur's daughter Sabrina returns home elegantly transformed and immediately catches the attention of David, the playboy son of her father's rich employers. David woos and wins Sabrina, who has always been in love with him, however their romance is threatened by David's serious older brother Linus, who runs the family business and is relying on David to marry an heiress in order for a crucial merger to take place.

On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.

Waterloo Bridge · 1940

Waterloo Bridge

★ 7.51940

MovieDramaRomance

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

★ 7.41944

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

Anchors Aweigh

★ 6.81945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

The Mad Miss Manton · 1938

The Mad Miss Manton

★ 6.41938

MovieComedyCrime

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her group of friends prove them wrong.

City for Conquest · 1940

City for Conquest

★ 6.91940

MovieRomanceDrama

The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?

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The Great Dictator · 1940

The Great Dictator

★ 8.31940

MovieComedyWar

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Ball Guest (uncredited)

Lawyer (uncredited)

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Waterloo Bridge · 1940

Waterloo Bridge

★ 7.51940

MovieDramaRomance

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Woman in the Window · 1944

The Woman in the Window

★ 7.41944

MovieCrimeDrama

A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.

Man at Club (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh · 1945

Anchors Aweigh

★ 6.81945

MovieMusicComedy

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.

Test Director (uncredited)

The Mad Miss Manton · 1938

The Mad Miss Manton

★ 6.41938

MovieComedyCrime

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she and her group of friends prove them wrong.

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

City for Conquest · 1940

City for Conquest

★ 6.91940

MovieRomanceDrama

Party Guest (uncredited)

Pursuit to Algiers · 1945

Pursuit to Algiers

★ 6.91945

MovieMysteryCrime

After the King of Rovenia has been assassinated, Holmes and Watson are engaged to escort his son to Europe via Algiers, aboard a transatlantic ocean liner which also carries a number of suspicious persons, any of whom may be involved in a plot to also assassinate him.

Aide (uncredited)

National Velvet · 1945

National Velvet

★ 7.21945

MovieDramaFamily

Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.

Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Party Guest (uncredited)

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · 1936

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

★ 7.51936

MovieComedyDrama

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

After the Thin Man · 1936

After the Thin Man

★ 7.31936

MovieComedyMystery

After returning to San Francisco, Nick and Nora Charles are drawn into the disappearance of Nora’s cousin’s husband. When he is found murdered, suspicion falls on the troubled family, and Nick reluctantly resumes his detective work. With Nora eagerly at his side, the pair follows a trail of jealousy, blackmail, secret relationships, and long-buried family scandals.

Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

★ 7.71947

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

The Band Wagon · 1953

The Band Wagon

★ 7.21953

MovieComedyRomance

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

My Man Godfrey · 1936

My Man Godfrey

★ 7.61936

MovieComedy

Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.

Socialite (uncredited)

The Hound of the Baskervilles · 1939

The Hound of the Baskervilles

★ 7.11939

MovieMysteryCrime

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.

Van Spove (uncredited)

The Fountainhead · 1949

The Fountainhead

★ 6.81949

MovieDramaRomance

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.

Party Guest (uncredited)

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

Boray Fan (uncredited)

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan · 1941

Here Comes Mr. Jordan

★ 7.01941

MovieComedyFantasy

Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?

Board Member (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show · 1952

The Abbott and Costello Show

★ 7.21952

SeriesComedy

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary lives across the hall. Many situations arise leading to slapstick and puns.

Pedestrian (uncredited)