Lester Dorr
Acting
Born: May 7, 1893 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: August 25, 1980 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone. Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr. As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
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Movies (233)
Gone with the Wind
Minor Role (uncredited)
East of Eden
City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Hello, Dolly!
Workman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives
Bar Patron (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Reporter (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
Father Diego (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Big Clock
Cabby (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Dr. John (uncredited)
On the Town
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
At Long Last Love
Doorman
The Heiress
Groom (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon
Slim (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Reporter (uncredited)
Joan of Arc
Peasant (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)
Marjorie Morningstar
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Vice Raid
Malone's Secretary
Way Out West
Cowboy (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Townsman (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
Captains Courageous
Corridor Steward (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island
George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
Party Guest (uncredited)
On an Island with You
(uncredited)
Easy Living
Stock Investor (uncredited)
Missing Witnesses
Ship's Office Clerk (uncredited)
Batman
Agent on Plane
The Day the Bookies Wept
Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)
Test Pilot
Pilot (uncredited)
Topper
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Star Reporter
Wilkins
The Saint in New York
Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Fingerprint Expert
Pursued
Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)
Whispering Smith
Woody, Train Brakeman (uncredited)
For Me and My Gal
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Carter’s Assistant Manager (uncredited)
The Bonnie Parker Story
Informant (uncredited)
Alias Nick Beal
Commercial Fisherman
The Saint Takes Over
Welcoming Committee Man
Brilliant Marriage
Art Critic
Fog Over Frisco
Reporter (Uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Newsstand Man (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Reporter
A Tragedy at Midnight
Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Real Ambulance Intern
The Crooked Way
1949
Special Agent
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
Chalmers (uncredited)
I Met My Love Again
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Photographer (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
Convict (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Photographer (uncredited)
Lady in the Dark
Reporter (uncredited)
Dames
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Reporter (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
Cotton Club Doorman
The Devil Is a Sissy
Intern
Journal of a Crime
Cartier's Secretary (uncredited)
California
Mike (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Army Telegraph Operator
The Preview Murder Mystery
Reporter (Uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
Porter
Gentleman Jim
Reporter (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Waiter (uncredited)
It Happened in Hollywood
Reporter
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Columnist
Love Is News
Salesman (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
Townsman (uncredited)
Destroyer
1st Ship Fitter
Where Danger Lives
Postville Deputy (uncredited)
Central Airport
Hotel Desk Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Wake Island
Marine in Trench (uncredited)
The Officer and the Lady
Concessionaire (uncredited)
I'll Name the Murderer
Driver (Uncredited)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Carter (uncredited)
Straight, Place and Show
Photographer
Here Comes the Band
Audience Member (uncredited)
Expensive Husbands
Reporter
Wilson
Reporter (uncredited)
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Ladies' Table Dealer
Hotel
Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Quicksand
Baldy
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Subordinate
Two Girls on Broadway
Reporter (uncredited)
Fast and Furious
Day Clerk (uncredited)
The Fighting Devil Dogs
The Lightning (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!
Milkman (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Prisoner
Four Girls in White
Ambulance Orderly
Female
Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)
Three Secrets
Matthews (uncredited)
Silver River
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Exposed
Slim
Wolves of the Range
Bank Teller
Two Latins from Manhattan
Information Attendant
The Bridge of Sighs
Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)
The Spy Ring
Firing Range Radio Operator (uncredited)
The Dark Past
First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
Reporter
The House on 56th Street
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
Torch Singer
Man in Radio Station
Night Riders of Montana
Drummer
Fast and Loose
Driver (uncredited)
Paris Calling
Gendarme (uncredited)
Robin Hood Of Texas
Photographer
Stella Dallas
Man on Train (uncredited)
The Girl Who Came Back
Henchman Jimmy (uncredited)
Go West Young Man
Reporter (uncredited)
You Came Along
Reporter (uncredited)
Coast Guard
Second Officer (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Harry
Riders of the Purple Sage
Judkins
The Great American Mug
Pete Ramson (uncredited)
Hitler's Madman
Sergeant (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
Minor Role
Babes on Broadway
Reed's Writer (uncredited)
The Secret Code
Otto Stahl
Roar of the Press
Swithboard Operator
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Crane
Criminals of the Air
'Trigger'
As the Earth Turns
Villager at Dance
Captain Fury
Paymaster's Assistant
The Firefly
French Officer (uncredited)
The Great Rupert
Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)
The Death Kiss
Hotel Desk Clerk
Son of the Navy
Patrolman at Altercation
The Bowery
Cynic (uncredited)
The Shadow
Henchman
Great Guy
Canning's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
Little Man (uncredited)
The Curtain Falls
Seven Eleven Club Customer
Union Depot
Sailor (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
Travel Agent
Remember the Day
Photographer
Alias Boston Blackie
Henry - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
Photographer (uncredited)
Follow the Sun
1951
Comet Over Broadway
Amateur Actor (uncredited)
Going Bye-Bye!
Man in Courtroom
Juvenile Court
Druggist (uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
Assistant Paymaster
Mr. Wong, Detective
Coroner (uncredited)
Ten Laps to Go
Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk
So You Want to Be Pretty
Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)
Love Takes Flight
Talking Reporter
The Girl from Mandalay
New Year's Party Participant
Tell Your Children
Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Circus Usher (uncredited)
Hot Rod Gang
Dryden Philpott
The Chaser
Injured Man
Wide Open Faces
News Photographer
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
Sabotage Squad
Middle Barber [script name: Harry]
The Mandarin Mystery
Reporter at Dock
Hard to Handle
Ed - Photographer (uncredited)
The Jade Mask
Michael Strong
The Vicious Circle
Andreas Molnar
Girl from Rio
Second Hotel Desk clerk
That Brennan Girl
Apartment House Clerk (uncredited)
Mary, Mary
Husband in Elevator (uncredited)
Jailbreak
Hotel Clerk
Stronger Than Desire
First Reporter on Telephone (uncredited)
The Sky Parade
Fred (uncredited)
Hollywood Round-Up
Louis Lawson
The Little Giant
Investment Clerk (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
Reporter (uncredited)
Newly Rich
(uncredited)
Smarty
Court Recorder (uncredited)
Killers from Space
Gas Station Attendant
Upperworld
Steward (uncredited)
Spendthrift
Reporter
Shadow of Chinatown
1936
Smashing the Vice Trust
Eddie's Henchman (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Eddie's Henchman (edited from 'Smashing the Vice Trust') (archive footage) (uncredited)
One Wild Night
Bank Officer (uncredited)
The Canary Comes Across
Convict (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Pomeroy's Butler (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)
Shanghai
Ship Steward
Cafe Society
Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Handicap
Turf Club Representative
Streamlined Swing
Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Mandrake the Magician
Gray
Pop Always Pays
Auto Salesman
Sing, Baby, Sing
Kansas City News Vendor
The Personality Kid
Ritzy's Trainer
The Masked Marvel
Reporter #1
Dixie Dugan
Citizen (uncredited)
Secret Valley
Henchman Doc (uncredited)
Boulder Dam
Job Applications Teller (uncredited)
Homicide Bureau
Gangster Shot by Brown
Without Honor
Neighbor
Below the Deadline
Oscar (uncredited)
Missile Monsters
Male Secretary (bit)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Townsman (uncredited)
North of Shanghai
Wycoff
The Crime Patrol
Henchman (uncredited)
Goodbye Again
Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Pardon My Stripes
Bookie (uncredited)
Cash and Carry
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
Conductor (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid
Bartender Pete
Danger Ahead
Henchman Lefty
Convict's Code
Bank Teller
Black Gold
Collins (uncredited)
Money to Loan
Frank Sidley, Loan Victim
Mexican Spitfire
Slippy - a Fugitive
State Police
Police Dispatcher
The Californian
Townsman
Bowery Bombshell
Feather-Fingers
Mandrake the Magician
Gray, gas station thug [Chs. 8-9]
Big Business
Townsman Investor
Helldorado
Newspaper Reporter
Born to Gamble
Dice Player (uncredited)
Sunset Murder Case
Editor
The Main Event
Buck
Don't Lie
1st Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Speed to Spare
Otto Behrman
Rodeo Dough
Rodeo Official
Arson for Hire
Cab Dispatcher
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Announcer
All Stuck Up
1930
TV Shows (49)
Perry Mason
Bailiff · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Bartender · 1 eps
Perry Mason
Photographer · 1 eps
The Red Skelton Show
1 eps
Dr. Kildare
Mr. Benson · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Telegrapher (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · 7 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Sam - Hotel Clerk · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Charlie the Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Tony (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Mose · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Hotel Clerk - Emmett · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · 2 eps
Cheyenne
Teller (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Untouchables
Certified Public Accountant (uncredited) · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Will Grey · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Man On Train #1 (uncredited) · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Lovely's Butler · 1 eps
The Lone Ranger
Moley Sanders · 1 eps
Lawman
Hotel Clerk (uncredited) · 2 eps
Lawman
Charlie the Hotel Laramie Desk Clerk (uncredited) · 1 eps
Lawman
Charlie (uncredited) · 1 eps
Green Acres
Mr. Collins · 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
Pondering Husband · 1 eps
The Jack Benny Program
2 eps
Father Knows Best
Poker player (uncredited) · 2 eps
Bat Masterson
Land Office Clerk · 1 eps
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Plumber · 1 eps
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Waiter · 1 eps
Dennis the Menace
Forestry Dept. Clerk (uncredited) · 1 eps
December Bride
1 eps
Adventures of Superman
Man at Well · 1 eps
Adventures of Superman
Bus Driver · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Court Clerk · 1 eps
Trackdown
Doctor (uncredited) · 1 eps
Tombstone Territory
Bartender · 1 eps
Alcoa Theatre
Buyer #1 · 1 eps
The Life Of Riley
1 eps
Stagecoach West
Station Agent · 1 eps
Stagecoach West
McGonigle · 2 eps
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1 eps
Boston Blackie
1 eps
Boston Blackie
Tommy · 1 eps
Hey, Jeannie!
Bailiff · 1 eps
Treasury Men in Action
Waiter · 1 eps
Harbor Command
1 eps
Medic
Bartender · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Drummer · 1 eps
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1 eps
