Joe Penner
Acting
Biography
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Born: November 11, 1904
Known For
Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the school, must become a football hero. Comedy.
The Boys from Syracuse
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
The Life of the Party
A singer finds another heir (Gene Raymond) to marry, to avoid the one (Joe Penner) her mother found.
The Day the Bookies Wept
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Go Chase Yourself
When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup team. Comedy.
I'm from the City
Pete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a whirlwind when he has been hypnotized by "Ollie" Finch. Pete is entered as a competitor in a wild-west cross-country obstacle race...and has to ride without being hypnotized.
College Rhythm
The story deals with the college rivalry of a piccolo player and an All-American halfback on the football team who both love the same co-ed. After graduation they carry their their feud and collegiate ideas over into the department store business.
New Faces of 1937
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
Millionaire Playboy
A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
Collegiate
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
Filmography
as Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
as Joe Zany, aka Mr. Joe Potter
as Ernest Ambrose
as Jimmie "Doodle" Bugs
as Peter 'Pete' Pepper
as Wilbur Meeley
as Joe Penner
as Seymore Seymore
as Joe
as Joe