Arthur Aylesworth
Acting
Biography
Arthur Preston Aylsworth, professionally known as Arthur Aylesworth (occasionally also using the regular no-e surname spelling), was an American stage and screen actor. Aylesworth's Broadway career spanned the years 1911-1942; he appeared in many productions. In the 1930s he became a contract player at Warner Bros. working in character roles, often uncredited.
Born: August 12, 1881
Place of Birth: Apponaug, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
Known For
A Burglar to the Rescue
He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is an escaped convict that was a former employee of the bank. He was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series, there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.
The Grapes of Wrath
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Desirable
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Young Mr. Lincoln
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
The Petrified Forest
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
The Westerner
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Shadow of the Thin Man
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Christmas in Connecticut
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
In Name Only
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
Filmography
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)
as Sleigh Driver (uncredited)
as Emerson Cooke
as Sheriff Bagby
as Pop Kelly
as Cromwell
as Mr. Wadsworth (uncredited)
as Gate Keeper
as Second Coroner (uncredited)
as Poker Player
as Marten - Bartender (uncredited)
as Justice Of The Peace
as Dr. Taylor
as Woody
as Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
as Joe Phillips
as Cell Block Member Against Killing
as Jim Bridger
as Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)
as Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)
as Doorman
as Bigelow
as Father (uncredited)
as Juror
as Innkeeper Flint
as Sheriff Henry Quinn
as Sea Captain
as George Weaver
as John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
as MacGowan
as Magistrate
as Farmer on Truck (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Card Player
as Renault, a deserter
as Sheriff Weaver (uncredited)
as New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
as Bluebeard Dawson
as Stagecoach Driver
as Judge Morgan
as River Queen Pilot (uncredited)
as Tom Colson
as Dr. Sanders
as Reuben
as Tim (uncredited)
as Gas Station Attendant in Desert
as Jackson (uncredited)
as Driver (uncredited)
as Mr. Frank Barton
as Farmer (uncredited)
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
as Rufus Inchpin
as Southern Orator
as Williams
as Mr. Plummer
as Sheriff Charlie Thornton
as 2nd sales manager
as Dave Logan
as Stranger
as Deputy
as Justice of the Peace
as Johnson
as Mr. Truble
as Tex
as Kendall
as Mr. Simpson
as Joe Reed
as Justice Felton
as Bartender
as Andy Winthrop
as Hank Mathews
as City Editor Bert
as Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
as Bit Role
as Sheriff James
as Al Talcott
as Commondante
as Judge (uncredited)
as Area Agent Drew
as Lurch
as Head Bartender (uncredited)
as Race Judge Hanson
as Himself, the Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
as Diner (uncredited)
as William Jenkins Sr.
as Lt. Tom Nigard
as Zeke
as Francois
as Mr. Gillespie
as Judge Jeremiah Jones
as Daily Gazette Newspaper Editor in Trailer (uncredited)
as Colonel Jenkins
as Sheriff Bill Pemberton
as Mr. Henry Farmer
as Eph
as Train Conductor
as Trainor - Stamm's Butler
as Morgue Keeper
as Louie the Blind Man
as Kirby
as The Detective, Andy Hurley