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Eugene Pallette
Actor · Crew· Winfield, Kansas, USA
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946.
An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power
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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Chick McGann · 1939
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Friar Tuck · 1938
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Lady Eve
Horace Pike · 1941
My Man Godfrey
Alexander Bullock · 1936
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Heaven Can Wait
E.F. Strabel · 1943
Shanghai Express
Sam Salt · 1932
Filmography
80 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Suspense | Harry Wheeler | Film |
| 1945 | The Cheaters | James C. Pidgeon | Film |
| 1944 | Step Lively | Simon Jenkins | Film |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Henry B. Preston | Film |
| 1944 | Pin Up Girl | Barney Briggs | Film |
| 1944 | Heavenly Days | Senator Bigbee | Film |
| 1944 | Lake Placid Serenade | Carl Cermak | Film |
| 1944 | Sensations of 1945 | Gus Crane | Film |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Tom Waggoner | Film |
| 1943 | It Ain't Hay | Gregory Warner | Film |
| 1943 | The Gang's All Here | Andrew Mason Sr. | Film |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Durstin | Film |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | E.F. Strabel | Film |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Billingsley | Film |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Luther | Film |
| 1942 | The Big Street | Nicely Nicely Johnson | Film |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers | Howard Huston | Film |
| 1942 | Silver Queen | Steve Adams | Film |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Elmer | Film |
| 1941 | Swamp Water | Jeb McKane | Film |
| 1941 | The Lady Eve | Horace Pike | Film |
| 1941 | The Bride Came C.O.D. | Lucius K. Winfield | Film |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | George Hastings | Film |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Maurice Duval | Film |
| 1940 | It's a Date | Gov. Allen | Film |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Nelson | Film |
| 1940 | The Mark of Zorro | Friar Felipe | Film |
| 1939 | Wife, Husband and Friend | Mike Craig | Film |
| 1939 | First Love | James Clinton | Film |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Chick McGann | Film |
| 1938 | There Goes My Heart | Mr. Stevens - Editor | Film |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | Film |
| 1937 | One Hundred Men and a Girl | John R. Frost | Film |
| 1937 | The Crime Nobody Saw | 'Babe' Lawton | Film |
| 1937 | Topper | Casey | Film |
| 1936 | My Man Godfrey | Alexander Bullock | Film |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow | Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers | Film |
| 1936 | Stowaway | Colonel | Film |
| 1935 | Bordertown | Charles 'Charlie' Roark | Film |
| 1935 | Steamboat Round the Bend | Sheriff Rufe Jeffers | Film |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes West | Mr. Joe Martin | Film |
| 1935 | All the King's Horses | Conrad Q. Conley | Film |
| 1935 | Black Sheep | Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher | Film |
| 1934 | Friends of Mr. Sweeney | Wynn Rixey | Film |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite | Sourwood | Film |
| 1934 | I've Got Your Number | Joseph 'Joe' Flood | Film |
| 1934 | The Dragon Murder Case | Sgt. Ernest Heath | Film |
| 1934 | Cross Country Cruise | Willy Bronson | Film |
| 1934 | Caravan | Gypsy Chief | Film |
| 1933 | The Kennel Murder Case | Detective Heath | Film |
| 1933 | Made on Broadway | Terwilliger | Film |
| 1933 | From Headquarters | Sgt. Boggs | Film |
| 1932 | Strangers of the Evening | Detective Brubacher | Film |
| 1932 | Shanghai Express | Sam Salt | Film |
| 1932 | The Half-Naked Truth | Achilles | Film |
| 1932 | Wild Girl | Yuba Bill | Film |
| 1931 | It Pays to Advertise | Cyrus Martin | Film |
| 1931 | Girls About Town | Benjamin Thomas | Film |
| 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Seth Higgins | Film |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Sergeant Heath | Film |
| 1930 | The Benson Murder Case | Sgt. Edward Heath | Film |
| 1930 | Follow Thru | J.C. Effingham | Film |
| 1930 | Men Are Like That | Traffic Cop | Film |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert | Film |
| 1929 | Pointed Heels | Joe Carrington | Film |
| 1929 | The Virginian | 'Honey' Wiggin | Film |
| 1929 | The Studio Murder Mystery | Detective Lieutenant Dirk | Film |
| 1929 | The Love Parade | Minister of War | Film |
| 1929 | The Canary Murder Case | Sergeant Heath | Film |
| 1929 | The Greene Murder Case | Sergeant Heath | Film |
| 1928 | Aching Youth | Film | |
| 1928 | Lights of New York | Gene | Film |
| 1927 | The Battle of the Century | Insurance agent (uncredited) | Film |
| 1927 | Fluttering Hearts | Motorcycle Cop | Film |
| 1927 | Jewish Prudence | Rent Collector | Film |
| 1927 | The Second 100 Years | Dinner Host (uncredited) | Film |
| 1927 | Sugar Daddies | Hardy look-alike | Film |
| 1927 | Chicago | Rodney Casley | Film |
| 1927 | Moulders of Men | Barney Mulholland | Film |
| 1927 | Should Men Walk Home? | Detective, Intelligence Bureau | Film |
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