James Pierce
Acting
Biography
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Born: August 8, 1900
Place of Birth: Freedom, Indiana, USA
Known For
The Return of Grey Wolf
Grey Wolf, a German Shepherd Dog, leads the human hero to victory in this silent western.
Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
You Only Live Once
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
High Flyers
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamonds stolen from a noted gem dealer. As it turns out, their plane crashes on the very estate of the dealer. Thinking the duo are police officers, the dealer offers his home for their convalescence from the accident. Meanwhile, the diamonds have been snatched by a kleptomaniac dog and buried on the estate. When the smugglers track down the pair, they try to convince the dealer that they are officials from an institution from which the two have escaped. Before long, the carnival fellows, the crooks, the gem dealer and his family, along with a platoon of cops, are tearing up the grounds to find where the dog has buried the diamonds.
Strange Cargo
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
Stars in My Crown
An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.
Horse Feathers
Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against rival Darwin U.
Johnny Apollo
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
Love Crazy
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
My Favorite Brunette
Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locate her missing husband, Baron Montay, Ronnie finds himself agreeing. Several days later he is on death row whiling away the hours until his execution by recounting to a group of reporters the bizarre tale of how he ended up there.
Filmography
as Prince Thun (archive footage)
as Bad Bill Smith
as Lt. Kirby (uncredited)
as Police Commissioner (uncredited)
as Myron (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as San Francisco Private Investigator (uncredited)
as Man on Wagon
as Big Man
as Burly Man Downstairs
as High Boots
as Corporal
as Henchman
as Deputy Sheriff
as Kansas
as Jim Rader
as Charlie Nelson - Lumberman
as Guard (uncredited)
as Guard (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Henchnam Moreno
as Joy Lane Bouncer (uncredited)
as Guard
as Card Player (uncredited)
as G-Man (uncredited)
as Martin's Henchman (uncredited)
as Prince Thun
as Cop
as Guard (uncredited)
as Dentist (uncredited)
as Prince Thun
as Charlie Braden
as Ed Mullen (uncredited)
as Cop (uncredited)
as Recruit (uncredited)
as Jack, a cop
as The officer
as 'Flash' Corbin
as Frank James
as Army MP (uncredited)
as Tarzan
as Louis LaRue
as Harry March