Personal Info
Birth date
1913-10-10 (111 Years)
Day of death
1994-06-06
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also known as
John Morey Downs
John Down
Johnny Downs
Biography
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Filmography
Racket Squad
6
Overview:
Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock, a fictional detective working for the San Francisco, California Police Department. The show aired in syndication for a season before being picked up by CBS for three seasons. The series was filmed at Hal Roach Studios in Culver City, California, and was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Philip Morris, hence there was a pack of the sponsor's brand on Braddock's desk at the beginning and end of the episode, as well as occasional scenes of him or other characters "lighting up".Babes in Toyland
6.346
Overview:
Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.The Mad Monster
3.181
Overview:
A mad scientist changes his simple-minded handyman into a werewolf in order to prove his supposedly crazy scientific theories - and exact revenge.The Kid from Brooklyn
6.2
Overview:
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspapers get hold of the story and photographers even catch Burleigh knock out Speed again. Speed's crooked manager decides to turn Burleigh into a fighter. Burleigh doesn't realize that all of his opponents have been asked to take a dive. Thinking he really is a great fighter, Burleigh develops a swelled head which puts a crimp in his relationship with pretty nightclub singer Polly Pringle. He may finally get his comeuppance when he challenges Speed for the title.The Crowd
7.601
Overview:
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.Algiers
6.2
Overview:
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.All-American Co-Ed
4.1
Overview:
Fraternity brothers enter one of their own into a scholarship lottery after a women's college insults them. Though the Zeta boys are celebrated for their comedy drag revue, staying undercover as a woman at an all-girls' school wasn't part of the rehearsal!Bad Boy
3.7
Overview:
Johnny Fraser leaves his mother in their small home town and sets out for the big city. He obtains a job with a large firm of architects. Steve Carson, a fellow employee, is constantly flaunting the money he has won at the race track. Johnny also bets the races, but loses heavily and takes some of the firm's money to cover his losses.Pigskin Parade
6.1
Overview:
Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college football team into shape. Just in time, they discover a hillbilly farmhand and his sister. The hillbilly farmhand's ability to throw melons enables him to become their star passing ace.So Red the Rose
6.5
Overview:
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a widow.45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.2
Overview:
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.Adam Had Four Sons
6
Overview:
Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie even more. At the same time, Emilie falls in love with Adam. The boys grow up, but Adam insists that Emilie stay on as part of the family. Her relationships with both the boys and Adam become strained after one son marries a gold-digging viper named Hester. Written by Daniel BubbeoRhapsody in Blue
6.4
Overview:
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.Twilight on the Prairie
NYR
Overview:
In this musical western, a cowboy band is offered the chance to appear in a Hollywood movie and begins the journey to the West Coast. Unfortunately, the band ends up stranded in Texas and must take a job running a ranch. Musical mayhem ensues: Songs include: "Let's Love Again," "Where the Prairie Meets the Sky," "Don't You Ever Be a Cowboy," "Texas Polka," "No Letter Today," "I Got Mellow in the Yellow of the Moon," "Sip Nip Song," "Salt-Water Cowboy," "The Blues," "Little Brown Jug" and "And Then."The Arizona Raiders
5
Overview:
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. There they run into Adams who they learn is planning to rustle Lindsay's horses.Hawaiian Nights
NYR
Overview:
Bandleader Tim Hartley's father objects strongly to his son's occupation choice and packs him off to Hawaii to manage the family hotel holdings. This proves to be a wrong move as Hawaiia has more bands than it does pineapples.Column South
6
Overview:
In the weeks prior to the start of the Civil War, Confederate sympathizers hope to help their cause by inciting a Navajo war in the New Mexico Territory. Director Frederick de Cordova's 1953 western stars Audie Murphy, Robert Sterling, Joan Evans, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Palmer Lee, Jack Kelly, James Best, Bob Steele and Ralph Moody.Everybody's Old Man
NYR
Overview:
An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's children about life and business.Trocadero
4.667
Overview:
A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film personalities on his show than any other commentator, is searching for a story for a Sunday column carried by newspaper from coast to coast. Hanging out in Hollywood's famed Trocadero restaurant and night-spot, he gets his story when "Troc" owner and band-leader Eddie LeBaron, relates to him the sage of the famed screenland nitery. And hears plenty of music furnished by four of the top name-bands in the land, including that of Bob Chester, who formed his own swing band in 1935 after being top saxophonist with the bands of Ben Pollack and Ben Bernie. Singer Ida James and the Chester band led off with "Shoo Shoo Baby" in their screen debut.Coronado
3
Overview:
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.Hold That Co-ed
6.3
Overview:
An egotistical politician believes he can win votes by turning a small college's hapless football squad into a championship team.A Child Is Born
6.5
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A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.Moonlight in Hawaii
4
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Deciding to quit his singing act and become a tourist guide, Pete Fleming escorts wealthy Mrs. Floto and her three nieces to Hawaii for a vacation. Behind his back, Pete's three bandmates stowaway and tag along.Freckles Comes Home
5
Overview:
Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in love with a confidence man.Parents on Trial
NYR
Overview:
According to Hollywood, the parents were generally at fault when good kids went bad. This theory is elucidated in Columbia's Parents on Trial, wherein strict disciplinarian James Westley (Henry Kolker) fails to understand or appreciate the real needs and feelings of his teenaged daughter Susan (Jean Parker).Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
5.6
Overview:
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.The Trail of '98
6.2
Overview:
Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.College Scandal
5.2
Overview:
Julie Fresnel is a co-ed at Redgate University and her father, Dr. Henri Fresnel, is the new French professor. Julie attraction from the make students drops a bit when two of her admirers are found murdered. When an attempt on the life of a third one is made. Seth Dunlap, an instructor at the school, decides to turn detective and find the killer. Assisted by his sister, who is in love with the third student, Dunlap begins to follow the the small trail of clues left by the killer.Acting
1953Cruisin' Down the River as Young Jack
1953Column South as Posick
1951Racket Squad (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1950Hills of Oklahoma as Square Dance Caller
1948Captain Billy's Mississippi Music Hall (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1946The Kid from Brooklyn as Master of Ceremonies
1945Rhapsody in Blue as Dancer
1945Forever Yours as Ricky
1944Twilight on the Prairie as Bucky
1944Trocadero as Johnny Edwards
1944What a Man! as Henry Burrows
1943Harvest Melody as Tommy Nelson
1943Campus Rhythm as 'Scoop' Davis
1943Adventures of the Flying Cadets as Danny Collins
1942Behind the Eight Ball as Danny
1942Kiss and Wake Up as Unknown
1942The Mad Monster as Tom Gregory
1942The Gay Nineties as Johnny
1942Groom and Bored as Jimmy Warren
1942Freckles Comes Home as Freckles Winslow
1941I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire as 'Buck' Roberts
1941All-American Co-Ed as Bob Sheppard / Bobbie DeWolfe
1941Moonlight in Hawaii as Pete Fleming
1941Sing Another Chorus as Andy Peyton
1941Redhead as Ted Brown
1941Let's Get Away from It All as Unknown
1941Penthouse Serenade as Unknown
1941Adam Had Four Sons as David Stoddard
1941Honeymoon for Three as Chester T Farrington III
1940Slightly Tempted as Jimmy Duncan
1940Melody and Moonlight as Danny O'Brian
1940Sing, Dance, Plenty Hot as Johnny
1940I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby as Robert Lee 'Bob' Gunther
1939A Child Is Born as Johnny Norton
1939Laugh It Off as Stephen 'Steve' Hannis
1939Parents on Trial as Don Martin
1939Hawaiian Nights as Ted Hartley
1939Bad Boy as John Fraser
1939First Offenders as Fred Gray
1938Once Over Lightly as Bob Bradley
1938Swing, Sister, Swing as Johnny Bennett
1938Hold That Co-ed as Dink
1938It's in the Stars as Dorothy's Boyfriend
1938Hunted Men as Frank Martin
1938Algiers as Pierrot
1937Thrill of a Lifetime as Stanley
1937Blonde Trouble as Fred Stevens
1937Turn Off the Moon as Terry Keith
1937Clarence as Bobbie
1936College Holiday as Johnny Jones
1936Pigskin Parade as Chip Carson
1936The Arizona Raiders as Lonesome Alonzo Q. Mulhall
1936The First Baby as Johnny Ellis
1936Everybody's Old Man as Tommy Sampson
1935So Red the Rose as Yankee boy
1935Coronado as Johnny Marvin
1935Pirate Party on Catalina Isle as Singer/Tap Dancer (uncredited)
1935The Virginia Judge as Bob Stuart
1935College Scandal as Paul Gedney
1934Babes in Toyland as Little Boy Blue (uncredited)
1933Strange Case of Hennessy as Husband
1931The High School Hoofer as High School Student
1928The Trail of '98 as Mother's Boy
1928The Crowd as John, age 12 (uncredited)
1927The Valley of the Giants as Bryce, as a Boy (uncredited)
1927Chicken Feed as Professor Presto Misterio (uncredited)
1927Outlaws of Red River as Tom Morley (prologue) (as Jimmy Downs)
1927Seeing the World as Johnny
1927Bring Home the Turkey as Johnny
192645 Minutes from Hollywood as Himself (archive footage)
1926Telling Whoppers as Toughey Thompson
1926War Feathers as Johnny
1926The Fourth Alarm as Johnny
1926Shivering Spooks as Johnny
1926Thundering Fleas as Johnny
1926Uncle Tom's Uncle as Johnny / 'Marks the Lawyer'
1926Baby Clothes as Johnny
1926Monkey Business as Johnny
1926Buried Treasure as Johnnie
1926Good Cheer as Johnny
1925One Wild Ride as Johnny
1925Better Movies as Johnny
1925Your Own Back Yard as Johnny Downs
1925Boys Will Be Joys as Johnny
1925Official Officers as Johnny
1925Shootin' Injuns as Johnnie
1925Red Pepper as Boy with Ice Cream (uncredited)
1925Dog Days as Rich Kid