ACTOR
Eugene Pallette
Known for Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages · The Love Parade · The Gang's All Here
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)…
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- Born
- Jul 7, 1889
- Died
- Sep 3, 1954
- Birthplace
- Winfield, Kansas, USA
- Known For
- Acting
Biography
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946.
An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power
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Known For
MOVIE
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesProsper Latour (French Story) · 1916
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
MOVIE
The Love ParadeMinister of War · 1929
★ 6.6
★ 6.6
MOVIE
The Gang's All HereAndrew Mason Sr. · 1943
★ 5.9
★ 5.9
MOVIE
Tarzan of the Apes · 1918
★ 5.2
★ 5.2
MOVIE
Gretchen the GreenhornRodgers · 1916
★ 6.0
★ 6.0
MOVIE
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1983
★ 7.0
★ 7.0
MOVIE
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage) · 1997
★ 7.7
★ 7.7
MOVIE
Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage) · 1984
★ 9.0
★ 9.0
Filmography
Movies
TB
The BrothersEstabon
1913TK
The Kiss
1913TT
The Tattooed ArmJim Halliday
1913WJ
When Jim Returned
1913YA
Youth and Jealousy
1913AP
A Pair of Cuffs
1914TS
The Sheriff's PrisonerJohn Walsh - the Miner
1914TS
The Stolen OreDick Raleigh
1914TT
The Tardy Cannon BallDink
1914TT
The Thief and the BookThe Fly
1914TB
Turned BackTom Johnston
1914AT
After Twenty YearsTom's Grown Son
1915HH
How Hazel Got EvenPatsy
1915
The Birth of a NationUnion Soldier (uncredited)
1915
The Spell of the PoppyManfredi
1915TT
The Terror of the MountainsSoapy Smith
1915
Going StraightJimmy Briggs
1916
Gretchen the GreenhornRodgers
1916HA
Hell-to-Pay AustinHarry Tracey
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the AgesProsper Latour (French Story)
1916
Sunshine DadAlfred Evergreen
1916
The Children in the HouseArthur Vincent
1916
A Man's ManCaptain Benevido
1917
Each to His KindDick Larimer
1917TB
The Bond BetweenRaoul Vaux
1917
The Ghost HouseSpud Foster
1917
The Heir of the AgesLarry Payne
1917
The Marcellini MillionsMr. Murray
1917
The Winning of Sally TempleSir John Gorham
1917
The World ApartClyde Holt
1917
Breakers AheadJim Hawley
1918
His Robe of HonorClifford Nordhoff
1918
Madam WhoLieutenant Conroy
1918
No Man's LandSidney Dundas
1918
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
The Turn of a CardEddie Barrett
1918
Be a Little SportDick Nevins
1919
The Amateur AdventuressGeorge Goodie
1919
Words and Music by -Gene Harris
1919
Alias Jimmy Valentine'Red' Jocelyn
1920
Terror IslandGuy Mourdant
1920
Twin Beds
1920
Fine FeathersBob Reynolds
1921
The Three MusketeersAramis
1921
Without CompromiseTommy Ainsworth
1922
Hell's HolePablo
1923
North of Hudson BayPeter Dane
1923
The Ten CommandmentsIsraelite Slave (uncredited)
1923
To the Last ManSimm Bruce
1923
Stupid, but BraveRichard Peeling
1924
The Cyclone RiderEddie
1924
The Galloping FishAnti-Volstead Esquire
1924
The Wolf ManPierre
1924
Wandering HusbandsPercy
1924
The Light of Western StarsStub (as Gene Pallette)
1925
Wild Horse MesaMelberne Townsman
1925
Without MercySimon Linke
1925
Desert ValleyDeputy
1926
MantrapE. Wesson Woodbury
1926
Rocking MoonSide Money
1926
The Volga BoatmanRevolutionary
1926
Whispering CanyonHarvey Hawes
1926
Whispering SmithBill Dancing
1926
You Never Know WomenParty Guest (uncredited)
1926
Assistant WivesCharley's Boss
1927
ChicagoRodney Casley
1927
Fluttering HeartsMotorcycle Cop
1927
Jewish PrudenceRent Collector
1927
Many Scrappy ReturnsWellington - Charley's Brother
1927
Moulders of MenBarney Mulholland
1927
Should Men Walk Home?Detective, Intelligence Bureau
1927
Sugar DaddiesHardy look-alike
1927
The Battle of the CenturyInsurance agent (uncredited)
1927
The Lighter That FailedCharley's Brother-in-Law
1927
The Second 100 YearsDinner Host (uncredited)
1927
Aching YouthGene
1928
His Private LifeHenri Bérgere
1928
Lights of New YorkGene
1928
Out of the RuinsVolange
1928SW
Should Women Drive?
1928
The Red MarkSergeo
1928
The Swell Head
1928
Pointed HeelsJoe Carrington
1929
The Canary Murder CaseSergeant Heath
1929
The DummyMadison
1929
The Greene Murder CaseSergeant Heath
1929
The Love ParadeMinister of War
1929
The Studio Murder MysteryDetective Lieutenant Dirk
1929
The Virginian'Honey' Wiggin
1929
Follow ThruJ.C. Effingham
1930
Let's Go NativeDeputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert
1930
Men Are Like ThatTraffic Cop
1930
Paramount on ParadeSergeant Heath
1930
Playboy of ParisPierre Bourdin
1930
Sea LegsHyacinth Nitouche
1930
Slightly ScarletSylvester Corbett
1930
The Benson Murder CaseSgt. Edward Heath
1930
The Border LegionBunco Davis
1930
The KibitzerKlaus
1930
The Santa Fe TrailDoc Brady
1930
The Sea GodSquare Deal McCarthy
1930
Dude RanchJudd
1931
Fighting CaravansSeth Higgins
1931
Girls About TownBenjamin Thomas
1931
Gun SmokeStub Wallock
1931
Huckleberry FinnDuke of Bilgewater
1931
It Pays to AdvertiseCyrus Martin
1931
The Stolen JoolsReporter
1931
Always Kickin'
1932
Dancers in the DarkGus
1932OH
Off His BaseJerry Minor
1932
Shanghai ExpressSam Salt
1932
Strangers of the EveningDetective Brubacher
1932
The Half-Naked TruthAchilles
1932
The Night MayorHymie Shane
1932
Thunder BelowBill Horner
1932
Tom Brown of CulverDeaf Diner
1932
Wild GirlYuba Bill
1932
From HeadquartersSgt. Boggs
1933
Hell BelowMac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
1933HZ
Hip Zip HooraySheriff Bell
1933
Made on BroadwayTerwilliger
1933
Mr. SkitchCliff Merriweather
1933
Sailor Beware!Jonesy
1933
Shanghai MadnessLobo Lonergan
1933
Storm at DaybreakJanos
1933
The Kennel Murder CaseDetective Heath
1933
CaravanGypsy Chief
1934
Cross Country CruiseWilly Bronson
1934
Friends of Mr. SweeneyWynn Rixey
1934
I've Got Your NumberJoseph 'Joe' Flood
1934MT
Making the Rounds
1934
One Exciting AdventureKleinsilber
1934
Strictly DynamiteSourwood
1934
The Dragon Murder CaseSgt. Ernest Heath
1934
All the King's HorsesConrad Q. Conley
1935
Baby Face HarringtonUncle Henry
1935
Black SheepCol. Upton Calhoun Belcher
1935
BordertownCharles 'Charlie' Roark
1935
Steamboat Round the BendSheriff Rufe Jeffers
1935
The Ghost Goes WestMr. Joe Martin
1935
Dishonour BrightBusby
1936
Easy to TakeReginald "Doc" Kraft
1936
My Man GodfreyAlexander Bullock
1936
StowawayColonel
1936
The Golden ArrowMr. Samuel Burke-Meyers
1936
The Luckiest Girl in the WorldCampbell Duncan
1936
ClarenceMr. Wheeler
1937
One Hundred Men and a GirlJohn R. Frost
1937
She Had to EatRaymond Q. Nash
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw'Babe' Lawton
1937
TopperCasey
1937
Breakdowns of 1938Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
The Adventures of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
1938
There Goes My HeartMr. Stevens - Editor
1938
First LoveJames Clinton
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonChick McGann
1939
Wife, Husband and FriendMike Craig
1939
A Little Bit of HeavenHerrington
1940
He Stayed for BreakfastMaurice Duval
1940
It's a DateGov. Allen
1940
Sandy Is a LadyP.J. Barnett
1940
The Mark of ZorroFriar Felipe
1940
Young Tom EdisonMr. Nelson
1940
Appointment for LoveGeorge Hastings
1941
Breakdowns of 1941Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1941
Ride, Kelly, RideDuke Martin
1941
Swamp WaterJeb McKane
1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.Lucius K. Winfield
1941
The Lady EveHorace Pike
1941
Unfinished BusinessElmer
1941
World PremiereGregory Martin
1941
Almost MarriedDoctor Dobson
1942
Are Husbands Necessary?Bunker
1942
Lady in a JamBillingsley
1942
Silver QueenSteve Adams
1942
Tales of ManhattanLuther
1942
The Big StreetNicely Nicely Johnson
1942
The Forest RangersHoward Huston
1942
The Male AnimalEd Keller
1942
Heaven Can WaitE.F. Strabel
1943
It Ain't HayGregory Warner
1943
Slightly DangerousDurstin
1943
The Gang's All HereAndrew Mason Sr.
1943
The KansanTom Waggoner
1943
The Voice That Thrilled the WorldSelf (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
1943
Heavenly DaysSenator Bigbee
1944
In the Meantime, DarlingHenry B. Preston
1944
Lake Placid SerenadeCarl Cermak
1944
Pin Up GirlBarney Briggs
1944
Sensations of 1945Gus Crane
1944
Step LivelySimon Jenkins
1944
The CheatersJames C. Pidgeon
1945
In Old SacramentoSheriff Jim Wales
1946
SuspenseHarry Wheeler
1946
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Going Hollywood: The '30s(archive footage)
1984
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the LineSelf (archive footage)
1997
Fair and WarmerBilly Bartlett
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