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Paul Hurst

Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)

Release Date	Title	Character Name	Rating
May 2nd, 1953	The Sun Shines Bright	Jimmy Bagby	6.5
October 10th, 1952	Toughest Man in Arizona	TBD	7
August 30th, 1952	Big Jim McLain	Mr. Lexiter	5
May 30th, 1951	Million Dollar Pursuit	Ray Harvey	6.5
November 25th, 1950	The Missourians	John X. Finn	8
July 20th, 1950	The Old Frontier	Skipper Horton	10
March 31st, 1950	The Vanishing Westerner	Waldorf Worthington	5.5
November 24th, 1949	Pioneer Marshal	Huck Homer	10
November 4th, 1949	Ranger of Cherokee Strip	Sheriff Jug Mason	10
October 6th, 1949	San Antone Ambush	Happy Daniels	7
July 29th, 1949	South of Rio	Andy Weems	7
June 8th, 1949	Outcasts of the Trail	Doc Meadowlark	9
May 23rd, 1949	Law of the Golden West	Otis Ellis	7.5
April 8th, 1949	Prince of the Plains	Sheriff Hank Hartley	8
December 28th, 1948	Gun Smugglers	Sergeant Hasty Jones	7.5
December 24th, 1948	Yellow Sky	Drunk (uncredited)	7
September 15th, 1948	Son of God’s Country	Eli Walker	9
May 14th, 1948	The Arizona Ranger	Ben Riddle	6.7
April 25th, 1948	Heart of Virginia	Whit Galtry	7
April 9th, 1948	Who Killed Doc Robbin?	Jailer	4.2
April 1st, 1948	California Firebrand	Chuck Waggoner	5.5
February 23rd, 1948	Madonna of the Desert	Pete Connors	8
December 15th, 1947	Under Colorado Skies	Lucky John Hawkins	7
February 15th, 1947	Angel and the Badman	Frederick Carson	6.4
November 11th, 1946	The Plainsman and the Lady	Al	6
August 15th, 1946	Death Valley	Sergeant Dailey	5.7
May 31st, 1946	In Old Sacramento	Stagecoach Driver	6.8
May 5th, 1946	The Virginian	TBD	6.2
April 10th, 1946	Murder in the Music Hall	Hobarth	5.3
December 15th, 1945	Dakota	Captain Spotts	5.2
July 27th, 1945	Midnight Manhunt	Murphy	4.6
July 9th, 1945	Steppin' in Society	Cookie	6
June 22nd, 1945	Scared Stiff	Sheriff	4.7
January 22nd, 1945	The Big Show-Off	Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler	5.3
November 1st, 1944	Something for the Boys	Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)	6.5
October 21st, 1944	Girl Rush	Muley	6
September 1st, 1944	Barbary Coast Gent	Jake Compton	5.5
July 14th, 1944	Summer Storm	Orloff	5.7
February 10th, 1944	The Ghost That Walks Alone	Sheriff Slim Carson	4.8
July 13th, 1943	The Sky's the Limit	Dock Foreman (uncredited)	6.4
June 18th, 1943	Coney Island	Louie	6.3
March 11th, 1943	The Ox-Bow Incident	Monty Smith	7.7
March 1st, 1943	December 7th	World War I Ghost Soldier	5.8
February 25th, 1943	Hi'ya, Chum	Archie Billings	6.5
January 29th, 1943	Calaboose	Ed the bartender	8
July 1st, 1942	Night in New Orleans	Sergeant Casper Riordan	4.2
March 27th, 1942	Sundown Jim	Broderick	10
March 13th, 1942	Dudes Are Pretty People	Two-Gun	8
January 26th, 1942	Pardon My Stripes	Feets	6.5
November 18th, 1941	Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring	Page	5.6
August 22nd, 1941	This Woman Is Mine	Second Mate Mumford	4.5
July 25th, 1941	The Parson of Panamint	Jake Waldren	5.8
July 4th, 1941	Caught in the Draft	Sgt. Burns	5.9
February 15th, 1941	The Great Mr. Nobody	Michael O'Connor	6
January 31st, 1941	Petticoat Politics	Slats O'Dell	9
January 28th, 1941	Virginia	Thomas	9
January 24th, 1941	Tall, Dark and Handsome	Biff Sage	6.1
October 26th, 1940	Tugboat Annie Sails Again	Pete	6
October 26th, 1940	Goin' Fishin'	TBD	6.3
September 27th, 1940	Spring Parade	Headwaiter	6.9
September 18th, 1940	The Westerner	Chickenfoot	7.1
August 2nd, 1940	South to Karanga	Slats	7
July 26th, 1940	They Drive by Night	Pete Haig (uncredited)	6.9
May 18th, 1940	Torrid Zone	Daniels	7
May 10th, 1940	Edison, the Man	Sheriff	6.8
April 6th, 1940	Star Dust	Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech	5.6
February 17th, 1940	Castle on the Hudson	Guard (uncredited)	7
December 19th, 1939	Remember?	Policeman	6
December 15th, 1939	Gone with the Wind	Yankee Deserter	7.9
November 24th, 1939	Glove Slingers	Chuck Brenner	5.3
November 3rd, 1939	Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Empire State Building Guard	6.6
October 14th, 1939	On Your Toes	Variety Club Bartender	4.5
August 28th, 1939	Bad Lands	Curly Tom	5.3
August 25th, 1939	Quick Millions	Sheriff	7.3
August 19th, 1939	Each Dawn I Die	Garsky	6.8
June 8th, 1939	It Could Happen to You	Sandy	4.8
April 7th, 1939	Broadway Serenade	Reynolds, a Drunk	6.6
March 3rd, 1939	Cafe Society	Bartender	7.5
December 29th, 1938	Topper Takes a Trip	Charlie - the Bartender	6.6
December 2nd, 1938	Secrets of a Nurse	Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh	5.5
October 27th, 1938	The Last Express	Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer	4
September 16th, 1938	Hold That Co-ed	Slapsy	6.7
September 9th, 1938	My Lucky Star	Louie	5.9
July 12th, 1938	Prison Break	Soapy	6
June 3rd, 1938	Josette	A. Adolphus Heyman	7.2
May 24th, 1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Bill Mulligan	6.8
April 15th, 1938	In Old Chicago	Mitch	6.7
April 1st, 1938	Island in the Sky	Happy	7
March 18th, 1938	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm	Florabelle's Father	6.9
February 5th, 1938	No Time to Marry	Sergeant	7
November 13th, 1937	Second Honeymoon	Dennis Huggins	6.4
October 29th, 1937	Ali Baba Goes to Town	Captain	6
October 1st, 1937	The Lady Fights Back	Maloney	7
September 30th, 1937	Danger – Love at Work	NYC policeman	7
September 17th, 1937	Wife, Doctor and Nurse	Bill	7
August 23rd, 1937	Wake Up and Live	McCabe	6.2
August 20th, 1937	She's No Lady	Cop	8
August 2nd, 1937	You Can't Have Everything	Truck Driver (uncredited)	6.5
July 28th, 1937	The Legion of Missing Men	Muggsy	6.7
July 16th, 1937	Super-Sleuth	Motorcycle Cop	5.6
June 25th, 1937	You Can't Beat Love	Foreman Butch Mehaffey	6.7
June 16th, 1937	Slave Ship	Drunk	5.1
June 7th, 1937	Angel's Holiday	Sgt. Murphy	6
June 3rd, 1937	Fifty Roads to Town	Tom	10
May 28th, 1937	This Is My Affair	Bowler	7.3
March 9th, 1937	Trouble in Morocco	Tiger Malone	6.5
January 8th, 1937	We Who Are About to Die	Tip Fuller	7
November 14th, 1936	North of Nome	Carlson	8
October 2nd, 1936	The Gay Desperado	American Detective	3.7
August 13th, 1936	I'd Give My Life	"Sport" Conly	7.5
August 1st, 1936	To Mary - with Love	Drunk	5.7
July 23rd, 1936	Blackmailer	Inspector Killian	6.5
April 9th, 1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	1st Deputy (uncredited)	7.5
March 17th, 1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Wilson	5.2
January 3rd, 1936	Riffraff	Belcher	5.4
September 13th, 1935	The Gay Deception	Bell Captain	6.3
September 7th, 1935	Wilderness Mail	Jules	7
July 17th, 1935	The Daring Young Man	Prison Guard	10
June 28th, 1935	Calm Yourself	Detective Roscoe	6
May 31st, 1935	Public Hero Number 1	Rufe Parker	6.2
April 13th, 1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Fibo Morgan (uncredited)	6
March 22nd, 1935	Mississippi	Hefty	6.8
February 15th, 1935	Shadow of Doubt	Lt. Sackville	6.6
February 15th, 1935	Carnival	Policeman	8
January 16th, 1935	Sequoia	Bergman	6.5
January 12th, 1935	Maybe It's Love	Expressman (uncredited)	7
October 20th, 1934	The Ballad of Paducah Jail	Escaped Felon	9
October 14th, 1934	Tomorrow's Youth	Detective	10
September 25th, 1934	Among the Missing	Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors	6.5
August 7th, 1934	Take the Stand	Denny O'Brien	5.5
July 12th, 1934	Midnight Alibi	Babe the Butcher	6.7
July 6th, 1934	Charlie Chan's Courage	Undetermined Role	8.7
April 18th, 1934	A Very Honorable Guy	Butler	6
April 17th, 1934	The Line-Up	Detective Sgt. Doyle	3.5
February 14th, 1934	The Big Race	Skipper O'Neal	9
February 9th, 1934	Queen Christina	Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)	6.9
December 8th, 1933	The Women in His Life	Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard	4.3
October 26th, 1933	Day of Reckoning	Harry	5.1
September 30th, 1933	Saturday's Millions	Doc Maloney, Trainer	7
August 4th, 1933	Tugboat Annie	Sam	7.3
June 30th, 1933	Hold Your Man	Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)	6.3
June 1st, 1933	The Sphinx	Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan	5.1
April 14th, 1933	Terror Aboard	Boatswain	6.5
February 22nd, 1933	Grand Slam	Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film	4.6
December 23rd, 1932	Island of Lost Souls	Capt. Donahue	6.9
November 18th, 1932	Men Are Such Fools	Stiles	7
September 29th, 1932	The Big Stampede	'Arizona' Frank Bailey	5.1
September 23rd, 1932	The Phantom President	Sailor (uncredited)	6.4
August 19th, 1932	Hold 'Em Jail	Butch	7.4
August 9th, 1932	The Thirteenth Guest	Detective Grump	5.2
May 20th, 1932	State's Attorney	Police Captain Morgan	6.9
April 3rd, 1932	My Pal, the King	Red	8
January 19th, 1932	Panama Flo	Al	7.8
December 12th, 1931	The Secret Witness	Officer Brannigan	4.3
October 16th, 1931	Bad Company	Paul Hurst	5
August 3rd, 1931	Maker of Men	Gabby	7
August 1st, 1931	The Public Defender	Doc	6.4
July 13th, 1931	That's My Line	Mexican Bandit	10
July 10th, 1931	Sweepstakes	Bartender	5.7
May 22nd, 1931	Kick In	Detective Whip Fogarty	7.5
April 18th, 1931	The Secret Six	Nick Mizoski - the Gouger	5.6
February 23rd, 1931	The Single Sin	Slug	7
November 16th, 1930	The Third Alarm	'Beauty' Johnson	10
August 20th, 1930	Borrowed Wives	Bull Morgan	5.3
July 15th, 1930	Paradise Island	Beauty	3.8
June 14th, 1930	Hot Curves	'Slug', Baseball Player	6.8
June 6th, 1930	Shadow of the Law	Pete Shore	6.7
May 4th, 1930	The Runaway Bride	Sergeant Daly	6.3
May 4th, 1930	Mountain Justice	Lem Harland	7.5
March 20th, 1930	Swellhead	Mugsy	9
February 15th, 1930	Officer O'Brien	Captain Antrim	5.3
February 1st, 1930	Lucky Larkin	Pete Brierson	10
December 28th, 1929	His First Command	Sgt. Westbrook	8.5
November 9th, 1929	The Racketeer	Mehaffy - Policeman	5.1
October 19th, 1929	Oh, Yeah!	Railroad-Yard Superintendent	5
September 14th, 1929	Sailor's Holiday	Jimmylegs	6.1
April 7th, 1929	The California Mail	Rowdy Ryan	9
March 23rd, 1929	Tide of Empire	Poppy	6.3
February 17th, 1929	The Lawless Legion	Ramirez	9
February 1st, 1929	The Rainbow	Pat	9
October 18th, 1928	Lilac Time	(uncredited)	6.8
June 23rd, 1928	The Cossacks	Sitchi	7.4
December 24th, 1927	Buttons	Slugger McGlue	3.7
December 4th, 1927	The Valley of the Giants	Randeau	7
September 27th, 1927	The Red Raiders	Sergeant Murphy	8
July 10th, 1927	The Devil's Saddle	'Swig' Moran	8
March 1st, 1927	Outlaw's Paradise	McDonald	8
December 15th, 1926	Blue Streak O'Neil	TBD	8
September 15th, 1926	The Fighting Ranger	TBD	7
May 1st, 1926	Roaring Road	Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)	8
February 3rd, 1924	The Man Who Would Not Die	TBD	TBD
September 6th, 1923	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)	6.5
October 14th, 1919	Lightning Bryce	Powder Solvang	7
June 9th, 1918	Smashing Through	Stevens	TBD
January 21st, 1918	Rimrock Jones	Ike Bray	TBD
June 1st, 1917	The Further Adventures of Stingaree	Howie	TBD
April 9th, 1917	The Railroad Raiders	Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)	TBD
February 24th, 1917	The Hazards of Helen	Benton - a Foreman	TBD
September 25th, 1916	The Manager of the B & A	Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)	TBD
August 28th, 1916	The Diamond Runners	Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.	10
July 31st, 1916	Judith of the Cumberlands	Blatchley Turrentine	TBD
July 3rd, 1916	Medicine Bend	Murray Sinclair	TBD
June 5th, 1916	Whispering Smith	Murray Sinclair	TBD
January 2nd, 1916	A Lass of the Lumberlands	TBD	TBD
November 24th, 1915	Stingaree	Howie - Stingaree's Partner	TBD
June 23rd, 1915	The Vivisectionist	Bart - Jardine's Servant	TBD
February 13th, 1915	The Red Signal	Chief Dispatcher	TBD
February 6th, 1915	The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight	A Trainman	5.8
January 2nd, 1915	The Girl Detective	Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake	5.8
November 21st, 1914	The Plot at the Railroad Cut	Benton, the Foreman	TBD
August 4th, 1914	The Chief of Police	Daniels	9
June 10th, 1914	The Quicksands	Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival	10
December 3rd, 1913	The Cave Men's War	Red Axe	7
December 7th, 1912	The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach	Bad Bill - a Desperado	TBD

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