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
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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