David Oliver

Acting

David Oliver

Born May 14, 1898 · California, USA

Died November 1, 1978 · aged 80

David Oliver was an American actor, who was very busy during his short career of half-dozen years. As Good as Married, You're a Sweetheart, and Girl Overboard, are just a few of the nearly 60 films in which he was involved, though he was not credited in many of his other films. He died in November 1978 in Carmel, California.

Known For

Pot o' GoldPot o' Gold · 1941
Pot o' Gold
5.61941
MovieComedyMusic
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.
Susan and GodSusan and God · 1940
Susan and God
6.51940
MovieComedyDrama
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
The Face Behind the MaskThe Face Behind the Mask · 1941
The Face Behind the Mask
6.51941
MovieCrimeDrama
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
The Roaring TwentiesThe Roaring Twenties · 1939
The Roaring Twenties
7.51939
MovieCrimeDrama
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
Mississippi GamblerMississippi Gambler · 1942
Mississippi Gambler
6.51942
MovieCrimeDrama
A journalist finds out, that a plantation owner he meets is a gangster the police is looking for, who has changed his face with plastic surgery.
The Bank DickThe Bank Dick · 1940
The Bank Dick
6.51940
MovieComedy
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
Rio RitaRio Rita · 1942
Rio Rita
6.01942
MovieComedyMusic
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.
Postal InspectorPostal Inspector · 1936
Postal Inspector
7.01936
MovieThrillerAction
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.

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Secrets of a NurseSecrets of a Nurse · 1938
Secrets of a Nurse
5.51938
MovieDramaCrime
This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true incident, in which a gangster "returned from the dead" to save an innocent young man from the electric chair. The nurse of the film's title is Katharine McDonald, who falls in love with her prizefighter-patient Lee Burke as he recovers from a beating received in a fixed prizefight. Katharine must fend off the advances of criminal attorney John Dodge, another patient who also loves her and becomes jealous of Lee. But when Lee is framed for the murder of his disgruntled manager, Slice, by a henchman of the fight-fix leader, Joe Largo, Dodge takes on his defense and works with Katherine to discover the real killer. Convicted and sentenced to death, Burke is about to walk the "last mile", as Katharine encourages mortally wounded Largo to a deathbed confession.

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