Acting

Gordon De Main

Born September 27, 1886 · Washington, Iowa, USA

Died March 5, 1954 · aged 67

No biography available.

Known For

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.

Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

★ 6.91942

MovieRomanceFantasy

A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.

Strange People · 1933

Strange People

★ 5.81933

MovieCrimeMystery

All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial evidence. During the proceedings, a phony murder is quickly revealed as the real thing.

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.

Parachute Jumper · 1933

Parachute Jumper

★ 5.91933

MovieDrama

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

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.

Filmography

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Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Party Guest (uncredited)

S.S. Official (uncredited)

Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.

Commander Bryson (uncredited)

I Married a Witch · 1942

I Married a Witch

★ 6.91942

MovieRomanceFantasy

Man with Masterson on Radio (uncredited)

Strange People · 1933

Strange People

★ 5.81933

MovieCrimeMystery

First Detective

This Gun for Hire · 1942

This Gun for Hire

★ 7.01942

MovieCrimeThriller

Superintendent (uncredited)

Parachute Jumper · 1933

Parachute Jumper

★ 5.91933

MovieDrama

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Narcotics Squad (uncredited)

Jury forman

The Last Train from Madrid · 1937

The Last Train from Madrid

★ 4.81937

MovieActionAdventure

The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.

Gonzalez (uncredited)

Across the Pacific · 1942

Across the Pacific

★ 6.61942

MovieAdventureThriller

Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact that he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz?

Dock Official (uncredited)

Murder in Greenwich Village · 1937

Murder in Greenwich Village

★ 5.81937

MovieMysteryRomance

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.

Captain Bates

International Lady · 1941

International Lady

★ 6.61941

MovieDramaThriller

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.

Denby

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and heads west to California to begin life anew. Comedy, released in 1933.

Roulette Table Staff

Galloping Thru · 1931

Galloping Thru

★ 6.51931

MovieWestern

A young buck returns to his hometown after several years' absence, only to see his father shot down in front of him.

Cliff Warren

The Ridin' Fool · 1931

The Ridin' Fool

★ 10.01931

MovieWestern

The Ridin' Fool presented the bantamweight star as Steve Kendall, a young cowboy saving gambler Boston Harry from being hanged by a group of vigilantes who accuse him of having killed Jim Beckworth. The fugitives hide out at Juanita's hacienda and while their mercenary hostess decides how to best fleece her guests, the posse arrives.

Sheriff John Andrews

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

The Nevada Buckaroo · 1931

The Nevada Buckaroo

★ 8.01931

MovieWestern

When the Nevada Kid gets caught in a stage robbery, the gang leader Cherokee gets him released by forging a petition to the Governor. The Kid tries to go straight but the stage he is guarding gets robbed. When the Sheriff jails Cherokee who was not in on the robbery, the Kid gets caught effecting Cherokee's escape and finds himself in jail again.

The Governor of Nevada

What Price Hollywood? · 1932

What Price Hollywood?

★ 6.81932

MovieDrama

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

The 'Yes' Man (uncredited)

Million Dollar Ransom · 1934

Million Dollar Ransom

★ 5.01934

MovieDrama

To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.

Gambling House Proprietor (Uncredited)

Hold Back the Dawn · 1941

Hold Back the Dawn

★ 6.71941

MovieDramaRomance

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans.

Immigration Guard (uncredited)

Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.

Plainclothesman

The Wet Parade · 1932

The Wet Parade

★ 6.21932

MovieDramaHistory

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.

Eye Specialist (uncredited)

Single-Handed Sanders · 1932

Single-Handed Sanders

★ 8.01932

MovieWestern

Tom Tyler plays a small-town blacksmith, whose reckless younger brother casts his lot with a crooked politician. When brother dear steals $5000 from heroine Margaret Morris, Tyler gallantly confesses to the deed. He eventually clears himself by rallying his fellow frontiersmen to form a united front against the villains (guess he's not so "single-handed" after all).

Judge Parker