Personal Info
Birth date
1881-08-12 (143 Years)
Day of death
1946-06-26
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Apponaug, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
Also known as
Arthur Preston Aylsworth
Arthur P. Aylsworth
Arthur Aylsworth
Arthur Alysworth
Arthur Aylesworth
Biography
Arthur Preston Aylsworth, professionally known as Arthur Aylesworth (occasionally also using the regular no-e surname spelling), was an American stage and screen actor. Aylesworth's Broadway career spanned the years 1911-1942; he appeared in many productions. In the 1930s he became a contract player at Warner Bros. working in character roles, often uncredited.
Filmography
Sergeant York
7.197
Overview:
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.The Grapes of Wrath
7.821
Overview:
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
6.5
Overview:
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.Shadow of the Thin Man
7
Overview:
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.Western Union
6
Overview:
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.The Petrified Forest
7.08
Overview:
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.Boys Town
6.739
Overview:
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system.The Westerner
7
Overview:
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.Jesse James
6.407
Overview:
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.Dragonwyck
6.7
Overview:
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.5
Overview:
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River.Drums Along the Mohawk
6.5
Overview:
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.Marked Woman
6.521
Overview:
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.Santa Fe Trail
5.7
Overview:
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.Christmas in Connecticut
6.9
Overview:
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.Test Pilot
6.5
Overview:
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.The Case of the Howling Dog
6.5
Overview:
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.Northwest Passage
6.4
Overview:
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.Gold Diggers of 1935
6.412
Overview:
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.Beau Geste
6.971
Overview:
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.Wells Fargo
5.154
Overview:
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.Man on the Flying Trapeze
5.9
Overview:
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.Young Mr. Lincoln
7.199
Overview:
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.Escape by Night
5.7
Overview:
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.In Name Only
7
Overview:
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.Roxie Hart
6.8
Overview:
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.They Shall Have Music
6.1
Overview:
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.The Oklahoma Kid
6
Overview:
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.The Secret Bride
6.1
Overview:
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.Acting
1946Dragonwyck as Farmer (uncredited)
1945The Crime Doctor's Warning as Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)
1945Christmas in Connecticut as Sleigh Driver (uncredited)
1945Scared Stiff as Emerson Cooke
1942Sin Town as Sheriff Bagby
1942Moontide as Pop Kelly
1942Scattergood Rides High as Cromwell
1942Roxie Hart as Mr. Wadsworth (uncredited)
1941Dangerously They Live as Gate Keeper
1941Shadow of the Thin Man as Second Coroner (uncredited)
1941Railroadin' as Bill Poster
1941Three Girls About Town as Poker Player
1941Sergeant York as Marten - Bartender (uncredited)
1941The Smiling Ghost as Justice Of The Peace
1941Bad Men of Missouri as Dr. Taylor
1941Western Union as Woody
1940Santa Fe Trail as Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
1940Dancing on a Dime as Joe Phillips
1940Brigham Young as Jim Bridger
1940Sky Murder as Cell Block Member Against Killing
1940The Westerner as Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)
1940Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)
1940Young People as Doorman
1940Edison, the Man as Bigelow
1940The Grapes of Wrath as Father (uncredited)
1940Women Without Names as Juror
1940Northwest Passage as Innkeeper Flint
1940Granny Get Your Gun as Sheriff Henry Quinn
1940Little Old New York as Sea Captain
1939Drums Along the Mohawk as George Weaver
1939Bad Little Angel as John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
1939What a Life as MacGowan
1939Dust Be My Destiny as Magistrate
1939In Name Only as Farmer on Truck (uncredited)
1939They Shall Have Music as Detective (uncredited)
1939Frontier Marshal as Card Player
1939Beau Geste as Renault, a deserter
1939Blondie Takes a Vacation as Sheriff Weaver (uncredited)
19396,000 Enemies as Bluebeard Dawson
1939Young Mr. Lincoln as New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
1939The Return of the Cisco Kid as Stagecoach Driver
1939The Oklahoma Kid as Judge Morgan
1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as River Queen Pilot (uncredited)
1939King of the Underworld as Dr. Sanders
1939Jesse James as Tom Colson
1938The Strange Case of Dr. Meade as Reuben
1938Boys Town as Tim (uncredited)
1938Professor Beware as Gas Station Attendant in Desert
1938Joaquin Murrieta as Jackson (uncredited)
1938Kentucky Moonshine as Driver (uncredited)
1938Test Pilot as Mr. Frank Barton
1938Gold Is Where You Find It as Farmer (uncredited)
1938The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1938Of Human Hearts as Rufus Inchpin
1937Wells Fargo as Southern Orator
1937Behind the Mike as Williams
1937Wine, Women and Horses as Mr. Plummer
1937Escape by Night as Sheriff Charlie Thornton
1937Marry the Girl as 2nd sales manager
1937I Cover the War! as Dave Logan
1937Slave Ship as Stranger
1937Fifty Roads to Town as Deputy
1937Mountain Justice as Justice of the Peace
1937That Man's Here Again as Johnson
1937Marked Woman as Mr. Truble
1937Sandflow as Tex
1936The Plot Thickens as Kendall
1936Mister Cinderella as Mr. Simpson
1936The President's Mystery as Joe Reed
1936Love Begins at Twenty as Justice Felton
1936To Mary - with Love as Bartender
1936The Arizona Raiders as Andy Winthrop
1936Down the Ribber as Unknown
1936King of the Pecos as Hank Mathews
1936Woman Trap as City Editor Bert
1936The Petrified Forest as Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
1936Her Master's Voice as Bit Role
1936Rose of the Rancho as Sheriff James
1935Forced Landing as Al Talcott
1935Escape from Devil's Island as Commondante
1935Man on the Flying Trapeze as Judge (uncredited)
1935Men Without Names as Drew
1935The Nitwits as Lurch
1935Gold Diggers of 1935 as Head Bartender (uncredited)
1935A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio as Himself, the Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
1935Red Hot Tires as Race Judge Hanson
1935Maybe It's Love as Diner (uncredited)
1935Show Kids as William Jenkins Sr.
1934The Secret Bride as Lt. Tom Nigard
1934Babbitt as Zeke
1934I Am a Thief as Francois
1934Gentlemen Are Born as Mr. Gillespie
1934The St. Louis Kid as Judge Jeremiah Jones
1934Happiness Ahead as Daily Gazette Newspaper Editor in Trailer (uncredited)
19346 Day Bike Rider as Colonel Jenkins
1934The Case of the Howling Dog as Sheriff Bill Pemberton
1934British Agent as Mr. Henry Farmer
1934Desirable as Eph
1934Dames as Train Conductor
1934The Dragon Murder Case as Trainor - Stamm's Butler
1934The Man with Two Faces as Morgue Keeper
1934Midnight Alibi as Louie the Blind Man
1934The Key as Kirby
1931A Burglar to the Rescue as The Detective, Andy Hurley
1930Red, Green and Yellow as Unknown