Acting

Pat West

Born April 19, 1888 · Paducah, Kentucky, USA

Died April 10, 1944 · aged 55

Pat West (born Arthur Pat West; April 19, 1888 - April 10, 1944) was an American actor.

Known For

His Girl Friday · 1940

His Girl Friday

★ 7.41940

MovieComedyRomance

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.

To Have and Have Not · 1945

To Have and Have Not

★ 7.41945

MovieAdventureRomance

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

★ 7.01942

MovieCrimeThriller

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bills. Vowing to track down his double-crossing boss, nightclub executive Gates, Raven sits beside Gates' lovely new employee, Ellen, on a train out of town. Although Ellen is engaged to marry the police lieutenant who's hunting down Raven, she decides to try and set the misguided hit man straight as he hides from the cops and plots his revenge.

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

My Favorite Wife · 1940

My Favorite Wife

★ 7.01940

MovieComedyRomance

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

★ 5.81942

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

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.

Filmography

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His Girl Friday · 1940

His Girl Friday

★ 7.41940

MovieComedyRomance

Warden Cooley

To Have and Have Not · 1945

To Have and Have Not

★ 7.41945

MovieAdventureRomance

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Bartender (uncredited)

This Gun for Hire · 1942

Janitor (uncredited)

Ship's Bartender (uncredited)

My Favorite Wife · 1940

My Favorite Wife

★ 7.01940

MovieComedyRomance

Years after her ship disappeared, a presumably dead woman returns home. To her shock, she finds her husband has remarried.

Caretaker at Arden's Mountain Place (uncredited)

Sergeant (uncredited)

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

★ 5.81942

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

German Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Assistant Director

Only Angels Have Wings · 1939

Only Angels Have Wings

★ 7.31939

MovieRomanceAdventure

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots' lives to earn a major contract.

Baldy

When the Daltons Rode · 1940

When the Daltons Rode

★ 6.21940

MovieWestern

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?

Pete - Restaurant Counterman

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.

Detective (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.

Expressman (uncredited)

A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.

Bum

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of Billy the Kid. In a surprising turnaround, Billy and Doc become friends. This causes the friendship between Doc and Pat to cool. The odd relationship between Doc and Billy grows stranger when Doc hides Billy at his girl Rio's place after Billy is shot.

Bartender (uncredited)

No Time for Love · 1943

No Time for Love

★ 7.01943

MovieComedyRomance

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

Pop Murphy's Waiter (uncredited)

If I Were King · 1938

If I Were King

★ 7.11938

MovieAdventureHistory

King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash poet François Villon extolling why he would be a better king. Annoyed yet intrigued, the King bestows on Villon the title of Grand Constable. Soon Villon begins work and falls for a lovely lady-in-waiting, but then must flee execution when the King turns on him.

Bit Part (uncredited)

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Vaudevillian Veteran (uncredited)

A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.

Eddie (uncredited)

Presenting Lily Mars · 1943

Presenting Lily Mars

★ 6.41943

MovieMusicRomance

Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

Bartender in Bar

The Great McGinty · 1940

The Great McGinty

★ 7.01940

MovieComedy

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...

Pappia Saunders - Bail Bondsman (uncredited)

The Road to Glory · 1936

The Road to Glory

★ 6.51936

MovieDramaWar

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt. Denet becomes more and more somber. His rival for the affection of nurse Monique is Capt. La Roche.

Soldier (uncredited)

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.

Soldier with Demolition Squad (uncredited)

King of the Lumberjacks · 1940

King of the Lumberjacks

★ 3.71940

MovieRomanceDrama

Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.

Second Waiter

Christmas in July · 1940

Christmas in July

★ 7.01940

MovieComedyRomance

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford House Coffee Slogan Contest. As a joke, some of his co-workers put together a fake telegram which says that he won the $25,000 grand prize.

Man with Phone (uncredited)