Personal Info
Birth date
1906-10-20 (118 Years)
Day of death
1990-09-21
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also known as
Sumner Getchel
Sumner Jones
Cudgie
Sumner Getchell
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Filmography
The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.324
Overview:
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlaire is not a right choice: the house is firmly controlled by Madame Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, former officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive and does not share his mother's antirepublican opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity?No Man of Her Own
6.9
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A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.My Girl Tisa
NYR
Overview:
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.Union Station
6.426
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Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.Island in the Sky
6.242
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A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.Clive of India
4.6
Overview:
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.The Fuller Brush Girl
6
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A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.The Doctor Takes a Wife
6.444
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A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.The Crooked Way
6.2
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A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.Insurance Investigator
5
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When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his insurance company sends an undercover investigator to town to determine exactly what happened.The Flying Fleet
6.3
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Six friends, all hoping to become aviators, are to graduate the next day from the United States Naval Academy. When the officer of the day becomes sick, Tommy Winslow has to take his place, while the others go out and celebrate.No Sad Songs for Me
6.2
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Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.Chinatown Squad
6
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Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.The Lady in Question
6.6
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When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.Lightning Strikes Twice
5.7
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Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways
3.7
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Hop Harrigan, a top Air Corps pilot, leaves the military and he and his mechanic, Tank Tinker, open up a small charter air service. They are hired to fly an inventor, Dr. Tabor, to his secret laboratory, where he is working on a new and powerful energy machine. However, a mysterious villain named The Chief Pilot is determined to have the new energy machine for his own purposes and kidnaps Dr. Tabor.Vanity Street
6.8
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A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".Daybreak
4
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An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.That's My Boy
NYR
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Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.These Glamour Girls
5.5
Overview:
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.Cheer Up and Smile
NYR
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When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especially his recent girlfriend, who just broke up with him, he becomes an overnight sensation.Maybe It's Love
4.2
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A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president. The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson, the black-sheep son of a wealthy alumnus. Though Nelson is an ace football player, President Sheffield refuses to enroll the boy because of his bad reputation, whereupon Tommy's father withdraws his financial backing and bars his son from ever setting foot on Sheffield's campus. Falling in love with Nan, Tommy signs up with the college under an assumed name, giving up his wastrel ways to lead the football team to victory. Joe E. Brown steals the show as Speed Hanson, a goofy gridiron star who emits a loud and long yell whenever scoring a touchdown (this was, in fact, the first film in which Brown's famous "Yeeeeowww" was heard -- but certainly not the last).Big Town After Dark
4.857
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A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.Chain of Circumstance
NYR
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A childless couple adopts a baby girl, but a crime committed by the husband's secretary could cause them to lose custody of the infant.Perfect Strangers
6.2
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Romance at a murder trial with a pair of sequestered jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent. Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love.Remedy for Riches
4.8
Overview:
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.There Goes the Groom
5.3
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After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed. Her sister, however, is worth considering, until he learns about her gold-digging family.The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
4
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A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his missing father. His adventures involve a mysterious inscription on a ring, buried treasure, kidnaping and Indian raids. He saves his father and returns to school just in time to win a decisive baseball game with his remarkable pitching and hitting.Acting
1953Island in the Sky as Lieutenant Cord
1951Bannerline as Unknown
1951Chain of Circumstance as Fred Martindale
1951Lightning Strikes Twice as Rancher
1951Insurance Investigator as Insurance Agent
1950Union Station as Police Car Driver (uncredited)
1950The Fuller Brush Girl as Magazine Salesman (uncredited)
1950No Sad Songs for Me as George Spears (uncredited)
1950Perfect Strangers as John Simon
1950No Man of Her Own as John Larrimore (uncredited)
1949The Crooked Way as Unknown
1948My Girl Tisa as Georgie
1947Big Town After Dark as Harvey Cushman--Reporter (uncredited)
1946Hop Harrigan: America's Ace of the Airways as Tank Tinker
1946The Diary of a Chambermaid as Pierre (Uncredited)
1940Remedy for Riches as First Hotel Clerk
1940The Lady in Question as Fat Boy
1940The Doctor Takes a Wife as Wedding Celebrant (uncredited)
1939These Glamour Girls as 'Blimpy'
1937There Goes the Groom as Billy Rapp
1936The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Harry
1935Chinatown Squad as Fat Boy Tourist
1935Circus Shadows as Unknown
1935Clive of India as Clerk
1934The Spectacle Maker as The Lens Buyer
1934Desirable as Frederick
1934Love and Hisses as Harry
1932That's My Boy as Carl
1932Vanity Street as Scottie (uncredited)
1932You're Telling Me as Party Guest (uncredited)
1931Daybreak as Emil
1930Maybe It's Love as Whiskers
1930Cheer Up and Smile as Paul
1930Schoolmates as Unknown
1930Steeplechase as Unknown
1929College Love as Fat
1929New Year's Eve as Edward's Friend
1929The Flying Fleet as Kewpie (uncredited)
1927The College Widow as Jimmie Hopper
1927Flashing Oars as Fat
1927The Cinder Path as Fat
1927The Relay as Fat
1926The Last Lap as Freshmen Cheer Leader