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Erville Alderson
Kansas City, Missouri, USA · b. Sep 10, 1882
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From Wikipedia Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882, Kansas City, Missouri – August 4, 1957, Glendale, California) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.
KNOWN FOR
The Lone Ranger
1950
Telephone Time
1956
Racket Squad
1951
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Greatest Show on Earth
1952
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Sergeant York
1941
The Spirit of St. Louis
1957
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Marie Antoinette
1938
Jesse James
1939
FILMOGRAPHY
All
Movies
TV
Acting
154
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis
as Burt (uncredited)
1956
Mobs, Inc.
as Town Insurance Agent
1956
Telephone Time
1953
The Actress
as Mike McGrath (uncredited)
1952
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)
1952
Something to Live For
as Critic (uncredited)
1952
The Merry Widow
as Cart Driver (uncredited)
1951
The Tall Target
as Minister (uncredited)
1951
Racket Squad
1950
Captain China
as Doctor
1950
Summer Stock
as Zeb (uncredited)
1950
Again Pioneers
as Pa Ashby
1950
The Lone Ranger
as Judkins
1949
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
as Thomas Jefferson
1949
Dancing in the Dark
as Emery's Neighbor
1949
Sorrowful Jones
as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)
1948
The Feathered Serpent
as Prof. Scott (uncredited)
1948
Station West
as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)
1948
Hazard
as Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
1948
The Shanghai Chest
as Walter Somervale
1948
Kidnapped
as Mungo
1947
The Bishop's Wife
as Stevens
1947
Desperate
as Simon Pringle (uncredited)
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Farmer (uncredited)
1947
The Sea of Grass
as First Station Agent (uncredited)
1947
Pursued
as Townsman (uncredited)
1947
Cynthia
as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)
1947
High Wall
1946
Boys' Ranch
as Al (uncredited)
1946
The Spiral Staircase
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
1946
Two Sisters from Boston
as Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
1946
Magnificent Doll
as Darcy (uncredited)
1946
Canyon Passage
as Judge (uncredited)
1945
Along Came Jones
as Bartender (uncredited)
1945
Objective, Burma!
as Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
1945
Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
1945
Back to Bataan
as Teacher (uncredited)
1944
An American Romance
as Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)
1944
And the Angels Sing
as Mr. Littlefield
1944
Heavenly Days
as Farmer
1944
Tall in the Saddle
as Wells Fargo Clerk (uncredited)
1943
First Comes Courage
as Soren
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
as Liberal Official (uncredited)
1943
Arizona Trail
as Dan Trent
1943
What's Buzzin', Cousin?
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
1943
Eyes Aloft
as Ray Harper
1943
Oklahoma Outlaws
as John Kincaid
1943
My Friend Flicka
as Dr. Scott (uncredited)
1942
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Robert Harwood Sr.
1942
Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan Garme
1942
My Favorite Blonde
as Sheriff
1942
Careful, Soft Shoulders
as Government Official
1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Burke
1942
You Can't Escape Forever
as Mr. Crowder (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant York
as Nate Tomkins
1941
Parachute Battalion
as Pa Hollis
1941
Tobacco Road
1941
The Black Cat
as Doctor Williams (uncredited)
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Ike Fairchild
1941
The Richest Man in Town
as Frank the Barber
1941
Bad Men of Missouri
as Mr. Adams
1941
Honky Tonk
as Man with Rail (uncredited)
1941
Highway West
as Dr. John Cook (uncredited)
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Jefferson Davis
1940
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)
1940
Trifles of Importance
as Frederick the Great (uncredited)
1940
When the Daltons Rode
as District Attorney Wade
1940
Rangers of Fortune
as Mr. Ellis
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)
1940
Edison, the Man
as First Lecturer
1940
The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited)
1940
Flowing Gold
as Doctor (uncredited)
1940
Knute Rockne All American
as Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)
1940
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)
1940
Maryland
as Diggs
1939
Outside These Walls
as Sauers (uncredited)
1939
The Monroe Doctrine
as William Seward
1939
Land of Liberty
as Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Mr. Wyatt, Blake's Neighbor
1939
Jesse James
as Old Marshall
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Sheriff at Jail (uncredited)
1939
The Hardys Ride High
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Clint Griffith
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
1939
Judge Hardy and Son
as Bailiff (uncredited)
1939
Lincoln in the White House
as Secretary of State William H. Seward
1939
Henry Goes Arizona
as Dr. John Clemens (uncredited)
1939
Geronimo
as Undetermined Role
1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Bailiff
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
1938
Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Court Attendant (uncredited)
1938
Out West with the Hardys
as Court Deputy (uncredited)
1938
Marie Antoinette
as Passport Official (uncredited)
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)
1937
The Man in the Barn
as Farmer (uncredited)
1937
Small Town Boy
as Mr. Trindle
1937
Romance of Louisiana
as Radio Broadcaster / Thomas Jefferson
1937
John Meade's Woman
1937
Wells Fargo
as Marshal Sam
1937
Mountain Justice
as Man at Meeting / Wedding Guest
1937
The Man Without a Country
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
1937
The Mighty Treve
as Chris Hibbens
1937
Wild and Woolly
as Deacon (uncredited)
1937
Parnell
as Father
1936
Career Woman
as Dr. Anderson
1936
Fury
as Plumber (uncredited)
1936
Educating Father
as Dr. Willoughby
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
as Audience Member
1935
Pursuit
as Cop
1935
Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Police Chief Roberts
1935
Public Opinion
as Mr. Trevor
1935
Woman Wanted
as Constable
1935
Square Shooter
as Dr. Wayne
1935
Society Fever
as Uncle Andy
1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Pioneer Wagon Father
1934
The Scarlet Empress
as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
1934
Lazy River
as Sheriff
1933
The Fighting Code
as Joshua La Plante
1933
Hello, Everybody!
as Horton
1933
The Stranger's Return
as Farmhand
1933
To the Last Man
as Judge (uncredited)
1933
Hoopla
as Sheriff
1933
State Fair
as Martin, Hog Breeder (Uncredited)
1932
Haunted Gold
as Tom Benedict
1932
They Call It Sin
as Mr. Cullen
1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Police Chief (uncredited)
1932
Cynara
as Jason
1932
The Cabin in the Cotton
as Sock Fisher
1932
The Thirteenth Guest
as John Adams
1931
Arrowsmith
as Pioneer (uncredited)
1931
Too Many Cooks
as J. W. Simpson - Construction Worker
1930
The Lash
as Judge Travers
1930
Redemption
as Bearded Mariner in Cafe
1930
The Dawn Trail
as Jeff Denton
1930
The Bad Man
as Hardy
1930
Guilty?
as Lee
1929
Speakeasy
as City editor
1928
Fleetwing
as Trad Ben Sabam
1928
Fazil
as Iman Idris
1928
A Thief in the Dark
as Armstrong
1927
Salvation Jane
as Gramp
1927
The Valley of the Giants
as Councilman
1927
The Fortune Hunter
as Blinky Lockwood
1927
The Girl from Chicago
as Col. Carlton
1927
The Heart of Maryland
as Maj. Gen. Kendrick
1927
The Price of Honor
as Ogden Bennett
1926
The White Black Sheep
as Yasuf
1925
Sally of the Sawdust
as Judge Henry L. Foster
1924
America
as Justice Montague
1924
Isn't Life Wonderful
as The Professor
1923
The Exciters
as Chloroform Charlie
1923
The White Rose
as Man of the World
1920
The Good-Bad Wife
as Col. Denbigh
1918
Her Man