Acting

Theodore Lorch

Born September 29, 1873 · Springfield, Illinois, USA

Died November 12, 1947 · aged 74

Theodore Lorch (September 29, 1873 – November 12, 1947) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1908 and 1947.

Known For

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

★ 7.31939

MovieDramaRomance

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Flash Gordon · 1936

Flash Gordon

★ 6.41936

MovieScience FictionAction

Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth. Luckily, heroic young Flash Gordon is on hand to lead an investigative mission into outer space and onto the speedily approaching planet. There, he and his best girl, Dale, who is along for the ride, learn that Ming, the devious ruler of Mongo, has purposely put the planet on a collision course with Earth, and only Flash can stop him.

The Girl in 419 · 1933

The Girl in 419

★ 4.21933

MovieCrimeDrama

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. Desperate, she sends an impassioned plea for help to Washington, who sends her is special aide to mediate.

Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.

Filmography

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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Lordsburg Express Agent (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

★ 7.31939

MovieDramaRomance

Minor Role (uncredited)

Dock Official (uncredited)

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Flash Gordon · 1936

Flash Gordon

★ 6.41936

MovieScience FictionAction

High Priest

The Girl in 419 · 1933

The Girl in 419

★ 4.21933

MovieCrimeDrama

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.

Examination Doctor

Gen. Vallejo

Man at Weigh-in (uncredited)

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime. He sets out to redeem her and himself in the process.

Guard in courtyard

The Pride of the Yankees · 1942

The Pride of the Yankees

★ 7.31942

MovieDramaFamily

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

Neighbor Leaning Through Window (uncredited)

This Land Is Mine · 1943

This Land Is Mine

★ 7.11943

MovieDramaWar

Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.

Juror

My Brother Talks to Horses · 1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

★ 7.51947

MovieComedy

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.

Spectator at Racetrack (uncredited)

The Toast of New York · 1937

The Toast of New York

★ 6.21937

MovieComedyDrama

After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.

Man at Opera (uncredited)

When Sheriff Jake sees a man at the safe and then finds the payroll gone, he trails him. Just as he is about to arrest him, the man saves his life. Still suspicious, he joins up with the man and later they learn that Melgrove, the towns leading citizen, is trying to take over the area's ranches by having his gang stop all incoming supply wagons. With the ranchers about to sell to Melgrove, the two newcomers say they will bring in provisions.

Townsman

The Gallant Fool · 1933

The Gallant Fool

★ 9.01933

MovieWestern

The circus arrives in Great Shows. Rainey Big Ben and Kit Denton, the star of the show, are informed that no representation will be allowed in the city, and that their presence is not desired by the local potentate. This incomprehensible hatred is equaled only by the Kit 's father's contempt for women. Kit, who criticized his father's contemptuous attitude towards Alicia, his girlfriend, Kit's father tells him of the drama he lived in Big Ben many years earlier.

Rainey

The Lady in Question · 1940

The Lady in Question

★ 6.71940

MovieRomanceComedy

When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.

Juror (uncredited)

Come and Get It · 1936

Come and Get It

★ 6.81936

MovieDramaRomance

An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.

Lumberjack (uncredited)

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Second Juror #2 (uncredited)

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

Actor at Party (Uncredited)

A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris. He even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.

Lupin's Butler (uncredited)

The stooges are door-to-door salesman peddling a weight reducing machine, until they come to the house of an eccentric inventor, where they are mistaken for new caretakers, are left to guard his house, and must contend with enemy spies and a mysterious pie thrower.

Graves, the Inventor

Alcatraz Island · 1937

Alcatraz Island

★ 5.11937

MovieRomanceDrama

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

First Trial Fixed Juror (uncredited)

Jesse James at Bay · 1941

Jesse James at Bay

★ 4.81941

MovieComedyMusic

When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jesse look alike in Burns, hires him to wreck havoc on the ranchers. When Jesse kills Burns he switches clothes and goes after the culprits.

Townsman

Unknown Treasures · 1926

Unknown Treasures

★ 10.01926

MovieHorrorMystery

A poor man refrains from proposing to the woman he loves until he can secure the fortune left him by his uncle. Believing the treasure awaits in his uncle's abandoned mansion, he begins searching... only to uncover mystery, murder, and a killer ape.

The Ape