Lester Dorr
Biography
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Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone.
Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr.
As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
Acting (229 movies)
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Easy Living
1937
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
North of Shanghai
1939
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
The Officer and the Lady
1941
The Vicious Circle
1948
Without Honor
1949
On the Town
1949
Tell Your Children
1938
The Mandarin Mystery
1936
Bowery Bombshell
1946
Hitler's Madman
1943
All Stuck Up
1930
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
Take the High Ground!
1953
Helldorado
1935
The House on 56th Street
1933
Black Gold
1936
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938
The Firefly
1937
Hot Rod Gang
1958
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
Mary, Mary
1963
If I Had a Million
1932
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
Hard to Handle
1933
At Long Last Love
1975
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
Love on a Bet
1936
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
The Girl Who Came Back
1935
Star Reporter
1939
Whispering Smith
1948
The Crooked Way
1949
The Masked Marvel
1943
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950
Goodbye Again
1933
Ten Laps to Go
1936
Secret Valley
1937
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
Exposed
1938
Mandrake the Magician
1939
Sunset Murder Case
1938
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936
As the Earth Turns
1934
Topper
1937
Hollywood Handicap
1938
The Dark Past
1948
Cash and Carry
1937
Brilliant Marriage
1936
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Girls of the Road
1940
Expensive Husbands
1937
Wells Fargo
1937
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
I Met My Love Again
1938
The Curtain Falls
1934
Shanghai
1935
Spendthrift
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
The Personality Kid
1934
Four Girls in White
1939
Homicide Bureau
1939
Wake Island
1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
Stronger Than Desire
1939
Journal of a Crime
1934
Here Comes the Band
1935
Convict's Code
1939
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
1939
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Fast and Loose
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
Boulder Dam
1936
Gone with the Wind
1939
Girl from Rio
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
Coast Guard
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Dr. Broadway
1942
Murder at Glen Athol
1936
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Sued for Libel
1939
Don't Lie
1942
Big Town Scandal
1948
Arson for Hire
1959
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Rodeo Dough
1940
Love Takes Flight
1937
Danger Ahead
1940
Missing Witnesses
1937
East of Eden
1955
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
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