Matthew Betz
Acting
Biography
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Born: September 12, 1881
Place of Birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known For
The Lighthouse by the Sea
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of liquor-smugglers is trying to destroy the lighthouse so they can land their illegal cargo on shore without being spotted.
Child of Manhattan
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what was to become Midtown Manhattan. The Loveland Dance Hall is one of the tenants of the Vanderkill estates. To reassure his aunt Sophie, Vanderkill visits Loveland to determine whether it is as disreputable as Sophie suspects. There he meets a dime-a-dance girl, Madeleine MacGonagal, who charms him with her quaint proletarian accent. They begin a secret affair, which turns into a secret marriage when pregnancy ensues. When the baby fails to survive, Madeleine decides that since he had married her only for the baby's sake, she should make haste to Mexico to secure a divorce. There she meets Panama Canal Kelly, a former suitor who now owns a silver mine. Her plans for divorce and quick remarriage are complicated when Vanderkill arrives to confront her.
Luck
A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's time, literally starting with nothing. He proceeds to Pennsylvania, where prize fight winnings are used to build a new town.
Let 'em Have It
Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces. An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.
The Tin Man
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.
The Wedding March
A young impoverished aristocrat falls in love with an inn-keeper's daughter, but has to marry money.
The Man Who Found Himself
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal prompts the hospital to put Jim on probation. His pride wounded, Jim takes to the open road and enjoys the simpler life of a vagabond. In Los Angeles--where he is arrested for vagrancy and put to work on a road crew--Jim runs into old pal Dick Miller, who gets him a job as a mechanic for Roberts Aviation. But maintaining his anonymity becomes more difficult, particularly when a pretty nurse, Doris King, decides to make Jim's redemption her personal crusade.
Let's Go
The no-good son of a company owner is sent to investigate a problematic business deal.
It's Showtime
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
The Unholy Three
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Inspector Starrett
as Frago, lead henchman
as Chieftain (Uncredited)
as Hobo #1
as Don, a Townsman
as Dorsky
as Tex O'Donnell
as Henry Jensen
as Herman Weil
as Bill, the Tough Hobo
as Doyle
as Horace Raymore
as Henchman Smokey Preston
as Hood with Toothache (uncredited)
as Hunt
as Al Thompson
as Dan
as Blackie Burke
as Man at Bar (uncredited)
as Dixon
as Schmidt
as Lewis Cantor
as Romowski's Valet
as "Lovely" Holmes
as Flash McQuaid
as Nick
as Blackie
as The Crook
as Tate Hurley
as Carl Lawler
as Hugo
as Chet Watson (uncredited)
as Jarvis
as Trusty Smith
as Brick Dugan
as Henchman Childress
as Warden
as Joe Carter
as The Engineer Jordan
as Jessin
as Snowy Hoagland
as Red Larkin
as Jim Blake
as Tom Whalen
as Mooney
as Frank Bowman
as Insect McGann
as Red
as Red Majors
as Ace Martin / Ed Winters
as Gopher
as Schani
as 'Doc' Striker
as Earl Rand
as Gus Newman
as Schani Eberle
as Joe Connors
as The Killer
as 'Dagger' Foo
as Wash Gibbs
as Quill Burke
as Jake Stuke
as Black Jack Hovey
as Captain Klodel
as Gypsy Chief
as Captain Ladye Kirby
as Jerry Crawford
as 'Red' Hawkins
as Detective Regan
as Eddie Gault
as Frank Wilde
as Joe Dagget
as Ole Hannson
as Pedro
as Joe Anargas
as 'Pinky' Sellers
as Monk Hinman
as 'Dip' McGurk
as Bob
as Runner Bayne
as Fighting Miner
as Steven McKenna
as Tony the Wop
as Jim Mallison
as Ed Scott
as Bert Robinson
as Kelly
as Giles