Warren Hymer
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Warren Hymer was an American film actor. He appeared in 129 films between 1929 and 1946.
He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California
. His remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
.
He was born in New York, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. His remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory
Chapel of the Pines Crematory
Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a crematory and columbarium located at 1605 South Catalina Street Los Angeles, California, in the historic West Adams District a short distance southwest of Downtown...
.
Selected filmography
- SpeakeasySpeakeasy (1929 film)__notoc__Speakeasy was an early talking sports drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke. The picture was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles. John Wayne, age 22, had a minor role...
(19291929 in film-Events:The days of the silent film are numbered. A mad scramble to provide synchronized sound is on.*January 20 - The movie In Old Arizona is released. The film is the first full-length talking film to be filmed outdoors....
) - Men Without WomenMen Without Women (film)Men Without Women is an American drama film directed and written by John Ford, from the script by James Kevin McGuinness. The film also starred Kenneth MacKenna, Frank Albertson, and J. Farrell MacDonald.-Cast:...
(19301930 in film-Events:* November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm, and a very early form of 70mm film and was the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era costing over $2 million. The film was praised for its aesthetic quality and realism...
) - Born RecklessBorn Reckless (1930 film)Born Reckless is a American crime comedy directed by Andrew Bennison and John Ford, from a screenplay written by Donald Henderson Clarke based on his novel Louis Beretti. The film starred Edmund Lowe and Catherine Dale Owen.-Plot:...
(1930) - Up the RiverUp the RiverUp the River is a Pre-Code comedy film about escaped convicts, directed by John Ford and featuring Spencer Tracy and Humphrey Bogart in their feature film debuts.-Plot:...
(1930) - Sinners' HolidaySinners' HolidaySinners' Holiday is a 1930 crime drama film starring Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney , Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised their Broadway roles...
(1930) - Oh, For a Man!Oh, For a Man!Oh, For a Man! is a 1930 American black-and-white musical comedy film. Filming of this film began on September 13, 1930.-Cast:*Jeanette MacDonald - Carlotta Manson*Reginald Denny - Barney McGann*Warren Hymer - 'Pug' Morini...
(1930) - Seas BeneathSeas Beneath-Cast:* George O'Brien - Cmdr. Robert 'Bob' Kingsley* Marion Lessing - Anna Marie Von Steuben* Mona Maris - Fraulein Lolita* Walter C. Kelly - Chief Mike 'Guns' Costello* Warren Hymer - 'Lug' Kaufman...
(19311931 in film-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:*Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM*Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul*Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ*Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde...
) - GoldieGoldie (1931 film)Goldie is a 1931 black-and-white comedy film about a woman named Goldie, portrayed by Jean Harlow, pursued by two sailors, played by Spencer Tracy and Warren Hymer. The movie was written by Paul Perez and Gene Towne, and directed by Benjamin Stoloff...
(1931) - The Unholy GardenThe Unholy Garden (1931 film)The Unholy Garden is a 1931 drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Ronald Colman. It was based on a story by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur. -Plot:...
(1931) - One Way PassageOne Way PassageOne Way Passage is a romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros.It was remade in 1940 as Til We Meet Again, featuring Merle Oberon and George Brent.-Plot:...
(19321932 in film-Events:*Cary Grant's film career begins*Katharine Hepburn's film career begins*Shirley Temple's film career begins*Disney released Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film.*Santa, first sound film made in Mexico released....
) - 20,000 Years in Sing Sing20,000 Years in Sing Sing20,000 Years in Sing Sing is a 1932 American black-and-white drama film set in Sing Sing Penitentary, the notorious maximum security prison in New York State. This movie was directed by Michael Curtiz, and it starred the noted actors Spencer Tracy as the main convict, and Bette Davis as his...
(1932) - Midnight MaryMidnight MaryMidnight Mary is a 1933 film that reveals in flashbacks the hard life of a woman on trial for murder. It stars Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone.-Cast:*Loretta Young as Mary Martin AKA "Midnight Mary"*Ricardo Cortez as Leo Darcy...
(1933) - The Gold GhostThe Gold GhostThe Gold Ghost is a 1934 short comedy film starring Buster Keaton.-Cast:* Buster Keaton - Wally* Warren Hymer - Bugs Kelly* Dorothy Dix - Gloria* Roger Moore - * William Worthington - Gloria's Father, Jim...
(19341934 in film-Events:*January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.*February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade...
short) - Little Miss MarkerLittle Miss MarkerLittle Miss Marker is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alexander Hall. The screenplay was written by William R. Lipman, Sam Hellman, and Gladys Hellman after a short story by Damon Runyon. The film stars Shirley Temple, Adolphe Menjou, and Dorothy Dell in a story about a little girl held...
(1934) - Young and BeautifulYoung and Beautiful (film)Young and Beautiful is a romantic comedy film about a press agent who goes to great lengths to make his actress girlfriend a star, only to risk losing her in the process...
(1934) - Kid MillionsKid MillionsKid Millions is an American film directed by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and starring Eddie Cantor.-Plot:The story features Eddie, a kid from Brooklyn, New York,...
(1934) - The Gilded LilyThe Gilded Lily (1935 film)The Gilded Lily is a 1935 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Ray Milland and C. Aubrey Smith...
(19351935 in film-Events:*Judy Garland signs a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer .*Seven year old Shirley Temple wins a special Academy Award.*The Bantu Educational Kinema Experiment started in order to educate the Bantu peoples.-Top grossing films:-Academy Awards:...
) - The Case of the Curious BrideThe Case of the Curious BrideThe Case of the Curious Bride is a 1935 mystery film, the second in a series starring Warren William as Perry Mason. The story is based on the novel of the same name by Erle Stanley Gardner.-Plot:...
(1935) - The Widow from Monte CarloThe Widow from Monte CarloThe Widow from Monte Carlo is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Arthur Greville Collins and starring Warren William, Dolores del Rio, Louise Fazenda and Colin Clive. It was based on the play A Present from Margate by A.E.W...
(1935) - Rhythm on the RangeRhythm on the RangeRhythm on the Range is a 1936 Paramount Pictures musical film directed by Norman Taurog.-Plot:Doris Halliday is the daughter of wealthy banker Robert Halliday. She is about to marry a man she doesn't love, so the family will become richer...
(1936) - You Only Live Once (19371937 in filmThe year 1937 in film involved some significant events, including the Walt Disney production of the first full-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.- Events :*April 16 - Way Out West premieres in the US....
) - Navy BluesNavy Blues (1937 film)- Cast :*Dick Purcell as Russell J. 'Rusty' Gibbs*Mary Brian as Doris Kimbell*Warren Hymer as Gerald 'Biff' Jones*Joe Sawyer as Chips*Edward Woods as Julian Everett*Horace McMahon as Gateleg*Chester Clute as Uncle Andrew Wayne...
(1937) - Meet the BoyfriendMeet the Boyfriend- Cast :*Robert Paige as Tony Page*Carol Hughes as June Delaney*Warren Hymer as Wilbur 'Bugs' Corrigan*Pert Kelton as Beulah Potts*Andrew Tombes as J. Ardmore Potts*Gwili Andre as Vilma Vlare*Ed 'Oscar' Platt as Oscar*Lou Fulton as Elmer...
(1937) - Sea RacketeersSea Racketeers- Cast :*Weldon Heyburn as Chief Bos'n Mate Jim Wilson*Jeanne Madden as Patricia 'Pat' Collins*Warren Hymer as Mate 'Spud' Jones*Penny Singleton as Florence 'Toots' Riley*J. Carrol Naish as Harry Durant*Joyce Compton as Blondie...
(1937) - Ali Baba Goes to TownAli Baba Goes to TownAli Baba Goes to Town is a 1937 movie starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, and Roland Young. Cantor plays a hobo named Aloysius "Al" Babson, who walks into the camp of a movie company that is making the Arabian Nights. He falls asleep and dreams he is in Baghdad as an advisor to the Sultan...
(1937) - Telephone OperatorTelephone Operator (film)- Cast :*Judith Allen as Helen Molly*Grant Withers as Red*Warren Hymer as Shorty*Alice White as Dottie Stengal*Ronnie Cosby as Ted Molloy*Pat Flaherty as Tom Sommers*Greta Granstedt as Sylvia Sommers*William Haade as Heaver*Cornelius Keefe as Pat Campbell...
(1937) - Lady Behave!Lady Behave!- Cast :*Sally Eilers as Paula Kendall*Neil Hamilton as Stephen Cormack*Joseph Schildkraut as Michael Andrews*Grant Mitchell as Burton Williams*Patricia Farr as Clarice Kendall Andrews Cormack*Marcia Mae Jones as Patricia Cormack*George Ernest as Hank Cormack...
(1937) - Bluebeard's Eighth WifeBluebeard's Eighth WifeBluebeard's Eighth Wife is a 1938 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, and starring Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper. It is a farce about a millionaire banker and his wife...
(19381938 in filmThe year 1938 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*January — MGM announces that Judy Garland would be cast in the role of "Dorothy" in the upcoming Wizard of Oz motion picture. Ray Bolger is cast as the "Tinman" and Buddy Ebsen is cast as the "Scarecrow". At Bolger's insistence,...
) - Submarine PatrolSubmarine PatrolSubmarine Patrol is a 1938 film starring Richard Greene and Nancy Kelly. The supporting cast includes Preston Foster and George Bancroft. The movie was partly written by William Faulkner and directed by John Ford.-Cast:...
(1938) - Destry Rides AgainDestry Rides AgainDestry Rides Again is a western starring Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. The supporting cast includes Mischa Auer, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy, Allen Jenkins, Irene Hervey, Billy Gilbert, Bill Cody, Jr., and Una Merkel. The original Max Brand novel was translated into an "oater" with the...
(1939) - Skylark (19411941 in filmThe year 1941 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Citizen Kane, consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time, was released in 1941.-Top grossing films :-Academy Awards:...
) - Mr. Wise GuyMr. Wise GuyMr. Wise Guy is a 1942 American film starring The East Side Kids and directed by William Nigh.-Plot:After being falsely accused of stealing a truck, the East Side Kids are sentenced to a reform camp. Meanwhile, Danny's brother, Bill Collins, is accused of murder...
(1942) - So's Your Aunt EmmaSo's Your Aunt EmmaSo's Your Aunt Emma is a 1942 American film directed by Jean Yarbrough.The film is also known as Meet the Mob.- Cast :*Zasu Pitts as Aunt Emma Bates*Roger Pryor as Terry Connors, Globe-Register Reporter...
(1942) - One Thrilling NightOne Thrilling NightOne Thrilling Night is a 1942 American film directed by William Beaudine.The film is also known as Horace Takes Over - Plot summary :One Thrilling Night opens as the newlywed couple, Mr. and Mrs...
(1942) - Baby Face MorganBaby Face MorganBaby Face Morgan is a 1942 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Dreifuss. The film was a notable "B" effort for PRC . Jack Schwarz was producer, and Leon Fromkess, was listed as "in charge of production."...
(1942) - Hitler – Dead or Alive (1942)
- Three Is a FamilyThree Is a FamilyThree Is a Family is a 1944 comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording .-Cast:* Marjorie Reynolds as Kitty Mitchell* Charles Ruggles as Sam Whitaker...
(1944)