Alan Dinehart
Acting
Biography
Mason Alan Dinehart Sr. (born Harold Alan Dinehart; October 3, 1889 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor, director, writer, and stage manager.
Born: October 3, 1889
Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Known For
$10 Raise
A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
It's a Great Life
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day.
Danger – Love at Work
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina family.
This Is My Affair
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
King of the Turf
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has run away from home, hoping to find a job around horses; his biggest hobby. When he finds out the real identity of Mason, Goldie takes care of him. The two find an occasion to buy a horse for only two dollars, and start entering competitions. Goldie is an instant celebrity, but his mom reads the newspapers and tracks him down. Mason is very surprised to see her, his ex-wife, and even more astonished to hear that Goldie is his own son. However, Goldie must go back to school and so they decide to keep the secret. Since Goldie does not want to leave Mason behind, he goes to the bookies and fixes the next race, hoping to disappoint Goldie by asking him to lose on purpose.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Money to Loan
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it. The loan sharking business has that want for money on both sides. He tells the story of one such loan shark, Stephen Hanley, who tried to pass his company off as a legitimate loan business, but who charged exorbitant rates, and used extortion and fraud to get out of his customers even more than what they may have owed on paper.
The House of Fear
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during the performance of a play...
Filmography
as Detective Norris
as Judge
as Daniel Arland
as Hal Blake
as Gorman
as Lew Dunn
as Pat O'Shea
as Forrest Stanton
as Arthur Skinner
as Jerry Donohue
as Collender Martin
as Charles Barrett
as District Attorney George Joyce
as Fred Sherwood
as Bill Hallet
as Stephen Gates
as Joseph Morton
as George Whitney
as Stephen Hanley
as Nick Grimes
as Dave Hilliard
as Purvis
as Samuel Z. Walker
as Uncle Charles Dixon
as Larry Edwards
as Boland
as Allan Duncan, attorney
as Julien Stevens
as Hon. Cedric B. Cromwell
as Jerome Kendall
as Doc Keller
as Philip Strickland
as Richards
as McKay
as Philip Crandell
as Frank Becker
as James Dunning
as George Chester
as Richard Mallard
as Lionel Crocker
as Ray Jennings
as Frederick Gillespie
as Rodman Dreke
as Charlie Post
as Slick Doherty
as Mr. Kruger
as George Magnus
as Jonesy
as Fuller
as Edward Arthur 'Tank' Tankersley
as Marty Bleuler
as Mayor Ed Morgan
as Welch
as Roger Loft
as The Brain
as Charles Wallingham
as Police Inspector Thomas
as Steve Borden
as District Attorney John Grant
as Ogden Jarrett
as Taggart
as Therme Roberts
as Wade 'Val' Valentine
as Robert Waldo
as "Perk" Perkins
as Lester Cunningham
as Thomas Langley
as Merrydew
as Paul Bavian
as Thane Pardway
as George Washington
as Granville Bentley
as Jenkins
as Counsellor Sultsfeldt
as Edward T. Norton
as Roger Jones
as Inpector Slante
as Luke Radcliff
as Lawrence 'Larry' Baldwin
as Prosecutor
as Fletcher
as Rex Parker
as Jerry Chase
as Blake
as MacMillan Forester