Berton Churchill

Going Hollywood: The '30s

(archive footage)

1984

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

Senator Henry Lowell

1940

Public Deb No. 1

Judge

1940

Cross-Country Romance

Colonel Conway

1940

The Way of All Flesh

Reginald L. Morten

1940

Turnabout

Julian Marlowe

1940

Saturday's Children

Mr. 'B.N.' Norman, Office Manager

1940

20 Mule Team

'Jackass' Brown

1940

Brother Rat and a Baby

Mr. Harper

1940

On Your Toes

Donald Henderson

1939

Hero for a Day

E.A. Dow

1939

Angels Wash Their Faces

Mayor James Dooley

1939

Should Husbands Work?

Barnes

1939

Daughters Courageous

Judge Henry Hornsby

1939

Stagecoach

Ellsworth H. Gatewood

1939

So This Is London

Hiram Draper

1939

Sweethearts

Sheridan

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

Oliver Wendell Henderson

1938

Down in 'Arkansaw'

Judge

1938

Danger on the Air

Caesar Kluck

1938

Ladies in Distress

Fred Morgan

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

J.B.

1938

Four Men and a Prayer

Martin Cherrington

1938

Wide Open Faces

L.D. Crawford

1938

In Old Chicago

Senator Colby

1938

He Couldn't Say No

Senator Mabby

1938

Quick Money

Bluford H. Smythe

1937

Wild and Woolly

Edward Ralston

1937

Public Wedding

H. Theodore "Pop" Lane III

1937

The Singing Marine

J. Montgomery Madison

1937

Sing and Be Happy

John Mason

1937

Parnell

The O'Gorman Mahon

1937

Racing Lady

Judge

1937

Under Your Spell

Judge

1936

Dimples

Colonel Loring

1936

Bunker Bean

Professor Ed Balthazer

1936

Parole!

Rex Gavin

1936

Three of a Kind

'Con' Cornelius

1936

Colleen

Logan

1936

The Dark Hour

Paul Bernard

1936

You May Be Next!

J.J. Held

1936

Black Gold

J.C. Anderson

1936

Coronado

Walter Marvin

1935

The Rainmakers

Simon Parker

1935

The Spanish Cape Mystery

Judge Macklin

1935

I Live for Love

Fabian

1935

Page Miss Glory

Mr. Yates

1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

New Moses

1935

Dizzy Dames

Dad Hackett

1935

$10 Raise

Mr. Bates

1935

Vagabond Lady

R.D. Spear

1935

A Night at the Ritz

Mr. Vincent

1935

The County Chairman

Elias Rigby

1935

Helldorado

'Clarion' Editor

1935

Sing Sing Nights

Governor Duane

1934

Babbitt

Judge Virgil 'Verge' Thompson

1934

Menace

Norman Bellamy

1934

Kid Millions

Harrison Larrabee

1934

Redhead

Mr. Brown

1934

Judge Priest

Senator Horace Maydew

1934

Dames

Harold Ellsworthy Todd

1934

Take the Stand

Mr. Jerome Burbank

1934

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Franklyn P. Brumbaugh

1934

Bachelor Bait

"Big" Barney Nolan

1934

Murder in the Private Car

Luke Carson

1934

Half a Sinner

Deacon Caswell

1934

Strictly Dynamite

Mr. Rivers

1934

Let’s Be Ritzy

R.M. Pembrook

1934

Hi, Nellie!

J.L. Graham

1934

Frontier Marshal

Hiram Melton

1934

Master of Men

Mr. Walling

1933

College Coach

Otis

1933

Only Yesterday

Goodheart (Uncredited)

1933

Ladies Must Love

Gaskins

1933

Doctor Bull

Herbert Banning

1933

Golden Harvest

Eben Martin

1933

The Avenger

Forster

1933

The Big Brain

Col. Higginbotham

1933

Her First Mate

Davis

1933

I Love That Man

Mordant - Casket Buyer

1933

Heroes for Sale

Mr. Winston

1933

The Little Giant

Donald Hadley Cass

1933

Elmer, the Great

Colonel Moffitt

1933

So This Is Africa

President

1933

Private Jones

Roger Winthrop

1933

From Hell to Heaven

Toledo Jones

1933

Employees' Entrance

Bradford (uncredited)

1933

The Mysterious Rider

Mark King

1933

Hard to Handle

Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited)

1933

Frisco Jenny

Judge Thomas B. Reynolds (uncredited)

1933

Laughter in Hell

Mike Slaney

1933

The Billion Dollar Scandal

The Warden

1933

Madame Butterfly

Mr. Sharpless

1932

If I Had a Million

Warden (uncredited)

1932

Afraid to Talk

Mayor William 'Billy' Manning

1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

The Judge

1932

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Speaker of the House

1932

False Faces

Dr. J.B. Parker

1932

The Big Stampede

Governor Lew Wallace

1932

The Cabin in the Cotton

Lane Norwood

1932

The Crooked Circle

Col. Walters

1932

Okay, America!

Jacob Baron

1932

American Madness

O'Brien (uncredited)

1932

The Washington Masquerade

Senator Bitler (as Burton Churchill)

1932

Fast Companions

Committee Chairman

1932

Week Ends Only

A.S. Carr

1932

The Dark Horse

William A. Underwood

1932

Two Seconds

The Warden

1932

The Rich Are Always with Us

Judge Bradshaw

1932

Scandal for Sale

Bunnyweather

1932

The Wet Parade

Roger's Uncle Dick (uncredited)

1932

The Mouthpiece

Rocco Trial Judge (Uncredited)

1932

A Fool's Advice

Mayor Martin Sloan

1932

Cheaters at Play

1932

Taxi!

Judge West (uncredited)

1932

This Reckless Age

Banker (uncredited)

1932

Air Eagles

Windy J. Bailey

1931

My Sin

Mr. Osgood

1931

Secrets of a Secretary

Mr. Merritt

1931

Tarnished Lady

Stock Speculator

1931

Five Minutes from the Station

Mr. Mason

1930

Nothing but the Truth

E.M. Burke

1929

Tongues of Flame

Boland

1924

Six Cylinder Love

George Stapleton

1923

The Road Called Straight

Robert Swiftmore

1919