Dorothy Dwan
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 26, 1906
Place of Birth: Sedalia, Missouri, USA
Known For
Behind the Counter
Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.
The Call of the Klondike
A desert prospecter, Dick Norton, decides to head to the Klondike in search of gold. In the Klondike, Norton becomes a mining engineer whose honesty upsets a crooked Mortimer Pearson. Norton's girlfriend, Violet Winter and her father suddenly arrive in town.
The Perfect Clown
A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.
The Great K&A Train Robbery
Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by posing as a highwayman. To help him bring in the gang he enlists the help of the hobo DeLuxe Harry.
Her Boy Friend
Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operation run by gangster Slim Chance. Chance discovers Iva's identity and kidnaps her, and the police chief sends his bumbling son Larry to rescue her.
The Wizard of Oz
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Kid Speed
Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another competitor crashes into the action, who is also in love with DuPoys's daughter. DuPoys suggests that whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit his daughter every Wednesday night. An action-packed race commences, with one competitor doing more than usual to win the race.
The Cloudhopper
The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase footage you'll ever see. All the near-misses with the speeding train were amazing and the scene where the car gets smashed by the truck are absolutely priceless.
Hills of Kentucky
Adapted from Dorothy Yost's story, "The Untamed Heart"
Tumbling River
Tom heroically saves rancher's daughter Dorothy Dwan from both a raging river and a gang of cattle rustlers led by popular western villain Wallace McDonald.
Filmography
as Molly Williams
as Peggy Kendall
as Molly Butler
as Ruth Martin
as Werta
as Joyce Kennedy
as Bess Throckmorton
as Dorothy Brown
as Sheila Blaine
as Edna Barton
as Ginger O'Hara
as Madelon
as Rose Ryan
as Janet
as Concha Deane
as Madge Cullen
as Violet Winter
as Natalie Aldridge
as The Girl
as Dorothy Jack
as Dorothy
as Ethel Slocum
as Lou DuPoys
as Iva Method, the girl detective