Acting

Walter Soderling

Born April 13, 1872 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Died April 10, 1948 · aged 75

No biography available.

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

Remember the Night · 1940

Remember the Night

★ 7.31940

MovieComedyRomance

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

★ 6.91940

MovieMusicRomance

Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the name of his partner.

Penny Serenade · 1941

Penny Serenade

★ 6.61941

MovieDramaRomance

Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to rise above their troubles and fulfill their dreams of parenthood.

So Dear to My Heart · 1948

So Dear to My Heart

★ 6.61948

MovieDramaFamily

The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

Senator Pickett (uncredited)

The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.

Coroner at Killing (uncredited)

During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.

(uncredited)

Remember the Night · 1940

Remember the Night

★ 7.31940

MovieComedyRomance

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

Jury Member (uncredited)

Broadway Melody of 1940 · 1940

Broadway Melody of 1940

★ 6.91940

MovieMusicRomance

Justice (uncredited)

Penny Serenade · 1941

Penny Serenade

★ 6.61941

MovieDramaRomance

Billings

So Dear to My Heart · 1948

Grampa Meeker

A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his wife.

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail · 1940

Santa Fe Trail

★ 5.81940

MovieWestern

As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.

Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)

Deadline at Dawn · 1946

Deadline at Dawn

★ 6.21946

MovieMysteryThriller

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.

Building Super (uncredited)

Grand Central Murder · 1942

Grand Central Murder

★ 5.71942

MovieMysteryCrime

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

Autopsy Surgeon (uncredited)

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?

Judge Lucius Thorndown [Judge Swain in credits]

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.

Gate Man (uncredited)

Summer Holiday · 1948

Summer Holiday

★ 5.21948

MovieMusic

Danville, Connecticut at the turn of the century. Young Richard Miller lives in a middle-class neighborhood with his family. He is in love with the girl next-door, Muriel, but her father isn't too happy with their puppy-love, since Richard always share his revolutionary ideas with her.

Mr. Lipscott (uncredited)

Rhapsody in Blue · 1945

Rhapsody in Blue

★ 6.61945

MovieMusicRomance

Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.

Mr. Muscatel

The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.

Stage Station Clerk (uncredited)

Navy Blue and Gold · 1937

Navy Blue and Gold

★ 5.71937

MovieDrama

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Dr. Ryder (uncredited)

True Confession · 1937

True Confession

★ 6.11937

MovieComedyRomance

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she can't seem to make up her mind as to whether she "dunnit" or not.

Juror (uncredited)

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...

Election Official at Laundry (uncredited)

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.

Mr. Morgan (uncredited)

With the aid of his former law students, a professor-turned-prosecutor battles corruption and organized crime.

Professor Perkins (uncredited)

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.

Man in Subway (uncredited)

A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.

Dan Simmons - Mail Car Clerk (uncredited)

Out West with the Peppers · 1940

Out West with the Peppers

★ 6.01940

MovieFamilyComedy

When her doctor advises her to move West because of her health, Mrs. Pepper takes her five kids and relocates to Oregon to live with her sister. But adjusting to a new home and community isn't easy for the brood. Third entry in the "Five Little Peppers" series of four films.

Caleb