
Lester Dorr
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone. Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr. As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
270 acting credits
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Perry Mason
1957

Dr. Kildare
1961

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955

Cheyenne
1955

The Untouchables
1959

Lawman
1958

Burke's Law
1963

I Love Lucy
1951

Green Acres
1965

The Red Skelton Show
1951

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958

Father Knows Best
1954

The Lone Ranger
1949

Bat Masterson
1958

The Jack Benny Program
1950

Dennis the Menace
1959

Adventures of Superman
1952

The Millionaire
1955

Trackdown
1957

Gone with the Wind
1939

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950

Alcoa Theatre
1957

The Life Of Riley
1953

Tombstone Territory
1957

December Bride
1954

Stagecoach West
1960

Boston Blackie
1951
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
1953
Chevron Theatre
1952
Hey, Jeannie!
1956

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955

Harbor Command
1957

Medic
1954

Treasury Men in Action
1950

The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Conflict
1956

General Electric Theater
1953

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939

The Fountainhead
1949

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Hello, Dolly!
1969

East of Eden
1955

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Inherit the Wind
1960

Ace in the Hole
1951

The Return of Frank James
1940

Batman
1943

Anchors Aweigh
1945

Captains Courageous
1937

On the Town
1949

Joan of Arc
1948

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949

The Heiress
1949

Silver River
1948

Gentleman Jim
1942

The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936

Pursued
1947

Hotel
1967

Topper
1937

The Pride of the Yankees
1942

California
1947

The Reluctant Dragon
1941

Take the High Ground!
1953

Quicksand
1950

The Big Clock
1948

The Crooked Way
1949

Test Pilot
1938

Mr. Wong, Detective
1938

Fingers at the Window
1942

Captain Fury
1939

Stella Dallas
1937

If I Had a Million
1932

Upperworld
1934

The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942

Easy Living
1937

Tell Your Children
1938

Dames
1934

Alias Nick Beal
1949

Red, Hot and Blue
1949

Way Out West
1937

Female
1933

Wilson
1944

Paris Calling
1941

Special Agent
1935

Hitler's Madman
1943

Destroyer
1943

Wells Fargo
1937

Three Secrets
1950

Going Bye-Bye!
1934

Where Danger Lives
1950

Vice Raid
1959

Hard to Handle
1933

Fast and Furious
1939

Shanghai
1935

The Dark Past
1948

The Bowery
1933

At Long Last Love
1975

Jimmy the Gent
1934

Marjorie Morningstar
1958

Three Loves Has Nancy
1938

The Saint Takes Over
1940

The Firefly
1937

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940

You'll Never Get Rich
1941

The Shadow
1940

Wake Island
1942

Fog Over Frisco
1934

Mary, Mary
1963

Whispering Smith
1948

Boulder Dam
1936

The Bonnie Parker Story
1958

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940

Coast Guard
1939

State Police
1938

Union Depot
1932

Killers from Space
1954

Four Girls in White
1939

Three Girls About Town
1941

Sabotage Squad
1942

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934

Homicide Bureau
1939

Love Is News
1937

Central Airport
1933

Helldorado
1935

Lady in a Jam
1942

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936

Babes on Broadway
1941

Cafe Society
1939

The Preview Murder Mystery
1936

Wide Open Faces
1938

Circumstantial Evidence
1945

The Spy Ring
1938

The Death Kiss
1932

Hi, Beautiful
1944

The Great Rupert
1950

Pop Always Pays
1940

Front Page Woman
1935

Torch Singer
1933

The Day the Bookies Wept
1939

Sailor's Lady
1940

No, No, Nanette
1940

Newly Rich
1931

The Girl Who Came Back
1935

Smarty
1934

Road to Happiness
1941

Great Guy
1936

Comet Over Broadway
1938

The Secret Code
1942

Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950

Show Them No Mercy!
1935

Without Honor
1949

Sued for Libel
1939

The Crowd Roars
1938

Dixie Dugan
1943

As the Earth Turns
1934

Two Girls on Broadway
1940

Juvenile Court
1938

For Me and My Gal
1942

Here Comes the Band
1935

On an Island with You
1948

The Devil Is a Sissy
1936

Go West Young Man
1936

Roar of the Press
1941

Dr. Broadway
1942

The Californian
1937

Sing, Baby, Sing
1936

The Chaser
1938

The Jade Mask
1945

Son of the Navy
1940

Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939

The House on 56th Street
1933

Spendthrift
1936

Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937

Remember the Day
1941

Those High Grey Walls
1939

The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943

The Saint in New York
1938

The Little Giant
1933

The Mandarin Mystery
1936

Hollywood Round-Up
1937

You Came Along
1945

Fast and Loose
1939

Exposed
1938

Smashing the Vice Trust
1937

That Brennan Girl
1946

The Crime Patrol
1936

Below the Deadline
1936

Criminals of the Air
1937

The President's Mystery
1936

Four Jills in a Jeep
1944

Jailbreak
1936

Crash Donovan
1936

Mandrake the Magician
1939

Big Town Scandal
1948

Mandrake the Magician
1940

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939

Secret Valley
1937

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
Aliens from Space
—

Missing Witnesses
1937

Wolves of the Range
1943

Love on a Bet
1936

Two Latins from Manhattan
1941

Love Takes Flight
1937

The Vicious Circle
1948

Night Riders of Montana
1951

Blue, White and Perfect
1942

Robin Hood Of Texas
1947

Straight, Place and Show
1938

Hollywood Handicap
1938

Bowery Bombshell
1946

Convict's Code
1939

The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938

North of Shanghai
1939

Black Gold
1936

Postal Inspector
1936

Goodbye Again
1933

It Happened in Hollywood
1937

Girls of the Road
1940

Alias Boston Blackie
1942

Mexican Spitfire
1940

Arson for Hire
1959

Money to Loan
1939

Hot Rod Gang
1958

Expensive Husbands
1937

Sunset Murder Case
1938

Missile Monsters
1958

The Officer and the Lady
1941

Streamlined Swing
1938

Ride 'em, Cowgirl
1939

I Take This Oath
1940

One Wild Night
1938

The Main Event
1938

Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943

Brilliant Marriage
1936

The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939

Rodeo Dough
1940

Lady in the Dark
1944

Girl from Rio
1939

Murder at Glen Athol
1936

The Girl from Mandalay
1936

The Bridge of Sighs
1936

The Curtain Falls
1934

The Masked Marvel
1943

I Met My Love Again
1938

Sinner Take All
1936

I'll Name the Murderer
1936

A Tragedy at Midnight
1942

Danger Ahead
1940

Stronger Than Desire
1939

Covered Wagon Raid
1950

Pardon My Stripes
1942
South of Panama
1941

Big Business
1937

Don't Lie
1942

Ten Laps to Go
1936

The Personality Kid
1934
So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956

The Great American Mug
1945

The Sky Parade
1936

All Stuck Up
1930

Journal of a Crime
1934

Riders of the Purple Sage
1931

Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936

Star Reporter
1939

The Canary Comes Across
1938

So You Want to Be Pretty
1956

Cash and Carry
1937

Speed to Spare
1937

Born to Gamble
1935