Ole Olsen

Acting

Ole Olsen

Born November 6, 1892

Died January 26, 1963 · aged 70

No biography available.

Known For

Hellzapoppin'Hellzapoppin' · 1941
Hellzapoppin'
7.21941
MovieMusicComedy
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together a young couple in love, while breaking the fourth wall every step of the way.
Going Hollywood: The '30sGoing Hollywood: The '30s · 1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
9.01984
MovieDocumentary
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
See My LawyerSee My Lawyer · 1945
See My Lawyer
7.31945
MovieComedyMusic
Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their contracts to take a better job. But the prissy nightclub owner, B. J. Wagonhorn, refuses to let them go. In reprisal, they start hurling insults at the nightclub patrons… a ploy that soon has them facing multiple lawsuits… to the delight of three struggling attorneys, Charlie Rodman, Bettty Wilson and Arthur Lane.
Gold Dust GertieGold Dust Gertie · 1931
Gold Dust Gertie
6.01931
MovieComedy
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Oh, Sailor, Behave!Oh, Sailor, Behave! · 1930
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
6.01930
MovieMusicComedy
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality. Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy) falls for newspaper reporter Charlie Carroll (Charles King) who is on assignment in Venice to land an interview with Romanian General Skulany (Noah Beery). Our couple is split apart by a pair of storylines - Nanette tries to woo a Russian prince (Lowell Sherman) who is blackmailing her sister, while Charlie, following a lead to the general, finds himself Romantically involved with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), "the general's favorite."
50 Million Frenchmen50 Million Frenchmen · 1931
50 Million Frenchmen
6.31931
MovieComedyRomance
Wealthy Jack bets friend Michael he can woo Lu Lu without money within 2 weeks. Michael hires inept detectives to stop Jack, leading to comedic misadventures as Jack pursues Lu Lu while hiding his penniless state.
Paroled from the Big HouseParoled from the Big House · 1938
Paroled from the Big House
9.01938
MovieCrimeAction
A federal agent poses as a criminal to infiltrate a gang of parolees seeking vengeance on the lawmen who jailed them.
Country GentlemenCountry Gentlemen · 1936
Country Gentlemen
5.51936
MovieComedy
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find themselves accused of kidnapping a young boy to whom they offered a ride. When that misunderstanding is cleared up, the two conmen hatch a plot to unload all their worthless paper on the gullible citizens of Chesterville.

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Fighting MadFighting Mad · 1939
Fighting Mad
4.51939
MovieActionAdventure
Ann Fenwick is a witness to a bank robbery in the U.S. and the bandits, led by Trigger and Leon capture her and when she disappears, a warrant is issued for her arrest as a material witness. The bank robbers flee across the border into Canada where they steal a trailer in which they lock Ann and the loot. The hitch breaks and the trailer plunges into a lake. Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly, of the Canadian Mounties, rescue Ann and she tells them she is a hitch-hiking tourist and gives a false name. Renfrew sends Kelly for aid, Ann escapes and Kelly returns with the news that she is wanted. The leader of the gang, Cardigan, sends the gang back for Ann and the loot, which Ann has hidden in a trappers cabin, just before Trigger recaptures her. Renfrew goes to her rescue, but is also captured. But reliable Constable Kelly is somewhere in the woods.

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