Eugene Pallette

Actor Jul 7 (died age 65) Winfield, Kansas, USA 1913–1997 (84 year career)

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Biography

Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The…

Known For

Film

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Chick McGann

Film

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Friar Tuck

Film

My Man Godfrey

Alexander Bullock

Film

The Lady Eve

Horace Pike

Film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Prosper Latour (French Story)

Film

The Mark of Zorro

Friar Felipe

Film

The Birth of a Nation

Union Soldier (uncredited)

Film

Shanghai Express

Sam Salt

Filmography

Acting (198)

Movies (198)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Suspense

as Harry Wheeler

In Old Sacramento

as Sheriff Jim Wales

The Cheaters

as James C. Pidgeon

Heavenly Days

as Senator Bigbee

Step Lively

1944

as Simon Jenkins

6.0

Lake Placid Serenade

1944

as Carl Cermak

In the Meantime, Darling

as Henry B. Preston

Pin Up Girl

as Barney Briggs

Sensations of 1945

as Gus Crane

Heaven Can Wait

as E.F. Strabel

Slightly Dangerous

as Durstin

It Ain't Hay

as Gregory Warner

The Gang's All Here

as Andrew Mason Sr.

The Voice That Thrilled the World

1943

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

The Kansan

as Tom Waggoner

The Forest Rangers

as Howard Huston

Tales of Manhattan

1942

as Luther

6.3

The Big Street

1942

as Nicely Nicely Johnson

Silver Queen

as Steve Adams

The Male Animal

as Ed Keller

Lady in a Jam

as Billingsley

Are Husbands Necessary?

1942

as Bunker

Almost Married

1942

as Doctor Dobson

The Lady Eve

1941

as Horace Pike

7.2

The Bride Came C.O.D.

1941

as Lucius K. Winfield

Swamp Water

as Jeb McKane

Unfinished Business

as Elmer

Appointment for Love

as George Hastings

Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

Ride, Kelly, Ride

1941

as Duke Martin

World Premiere

1941

as Gregory Martin

5.0

A Little Bit of Heaven

as Herrington

The Mark of Zorro

as Friar Felipe

It's a Date

as Gov. Allen

Young Tom Edison

as Mr. Nelson

He Stayed for Breakfast

1940

as Maurice Duval

Sandy Is a Lady

1940

as P.J. Barnett

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Chick McGann

First Love

as James Clinton

Wife, Husband and Friend

1939

as Mike Craig

6.0

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

as Friar Tuck

7.5

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7

There Goes My Heart

1938

as Mr. Stevens - Editor

Topper

as Casey

She Had to Eat

as Raymond Q. Nash

Clarence

as Mr. Wheeler

One Hundred Men and a Girl

as John R. Frost

The Crime Nobody Saw

as 'Babe' Lawton

My Man Godfrey

as Alexander Bullock

Dishonour Bright

as Busby

Stowaway

as The Colonel

Easy to Take

as Reginald "Doc" Kraft

The Golden Arrow

1936

as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers

6.1

The Luckiest Girl in the World

1936

as Campbell Duncan

7.5

Bordertown

1935

as Charles 'Charlie' Roark

5.9

All the King's Horses

1935

as Conrad Q. Conley

6.0

Steamboat Round the Bend

1935

as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers

The Ghost Goes West

as Mr. Joe Martin

Black Sheep

as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher

Baby Face Harrington

as Uncle Henry

Making the Rounds

I've Got Your Number

as Joseph 'Joe' Flood

Caravan

as Gypsy Chief

Strictly Dynamite

as Sourwood

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

as Wynn Rixey

6.0

One Exciting Adventure

1934

as Kleinsilber

Cross Country Cruise

1934

as Willy Bronson

6.0

The Dragon Murder Case

as Sgt. Ernest Heath

Storm at Daybreak

as Janos

Mr. Skitch

as Cliff Merriweather

6.0

The Kennel Murder Case

1933

as Detective Heath

6.0

Hell Below

1933

as Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man

5.9

Shanghai Madness

1933

as Lobo Lonergan

Made on Broadway

as Terwilliger

Hip Zip Hooray

as Sheriff Bell

Sailor Beware!

as Jonesy

From Headquarters

as Sgt. Boggs

Shanghai Express

as Sam Salt

Always Kickin'

Wild Girl

as Yuba Bill

The Half-Naked Truth

as Achilles

Off His Base

as Jerry Minor

Tom Brown of Culver

1932

as Deaf Diner

5.2

Thunder Below

1932

as Bill Horner

Dancers in the Dark

as Gus

The Night Mayor

as Hymie Shane

Strangers of the Evening

1932

as Detective Brubacher

Fighting Caravans

as Seth Higgins

Girls About Town

as Benjamin Thomas

Huckleberry Finn

as Duke of Bilgewater

The Stolen Jools

as Reporter

Dude Ranch

as Judd

Gun Smoke

as Stub Wallock

It Pays to Advertise

as Cyrus Martin

Let's Go Native

as Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert

Slightly Scarlet

as Sylvester Corbett

The Love Parade

as Minister of War

The Santa Fe Trail

as Doc Brady

Follow Thru

as J.C. Effingham

Paramount on Parade

as Sergeant Heath

The Benson Murder Case

1930

as Sgt. Edward Heath

5.8

The Border Legion

1930

as Bunco Davis

The Sea God

1930

as Square Deal McCarthy

Playboy of Paris

as Pierre Bourdin

Men Are Like That

as Traffic Cop

Sea Legs

as Hyacinth Nitouche

The Kibitzer

as Klaus

Pointed Heels

as Joe Carrington

The Dummy

as Madison

The Studio Murder Mystery

1929

as Detective Lieutenant Dirk

3.9

The Canary Murder Case

as Sergeant Heath

The Virginian

as 'Honey' Wiggin

The Greene Murder Case

1929

as Sergeant Heath

6.0

Out of the Ruins

1928

as Volange

Aching Youth

Lights of New York

as Gene

The Swell Head

His Private Life

as Henri Bérgere

Should Women Drive?

1928

The Red Mark

1928

as Sergeo

Many Scrappy Returns

1927

as Wellington - Charley's Brother

The Lighter That Failed

1927

as Charley's Brother-in-Law

Assistant Wives

1927

as Charley's Boss

Fluttering Hearts

as Motorcycle Cop

Sugar Daddies

as Hardy look-alike

Should Men Walk Home?

1927

as Detective, Intelligence Bureau

7.0

The Second 100 Years

1927

as Dinner Host (uncredited)

6.2

The Battle of the Century

1927

as Insurance agent (uncredited)

6.8

Moulders of Men

1927

as Barney Mulholland

Chicago

as Rodney Casley

Jewish Prudence

as Rent Collector

Desert Valley

as Deputy

You Never Know Women

1926

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.0

Rocking Moon

1926

as Side Money

Whispering Smith

1926

as Bill Dancing

The Volga Boatman

1926

as Revolutionary

6.3

Mantrap

1926

as E. Wesson Woodbury

6.0

Whispering Canyon

1926

as Harvey Hawes

Without Mercy

1925

as Simon Linke

The Light of Western Stars

1925

as Stub (as Gene Pallette)

Wild Horse Mesa

as Melberne Townsman

Wandering Husbands

as Percy

The Wolf Man

as Pierre

Stupid, but Brave

as Richard Peeling

The Galloping Fish

1924

as Anti-Volstead Esquire

To the Last Man

1923

as Simm Bruce

The Ten Commandments

1923

as Israelite Slave (uncredited)

North of Hudson Bay

as Peter Dane

Hell's Hole

as Pablo

Without Compromise

1922

as Tommy Ainsworth

The Three Musketeers

1921

as Aramis

6.4

Fine Feathers

1921

as Bob Reynolds

Terror Island

1920

as Guy Mourdant

4.9

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1920

as 'Red' Jocelyn

Twin Beds

1920

Be a Little Sport

1919

as Dick Nevins

The Amateur Adventuress

1919

as George Goodie

Words and Music by -

1919

as Gene Harris

No Man's Land

1918

as Sidney Dundas

Breakers Ahead

1918

as Jim Hawley

Madam Who

1918

as Lieutenant Conroy

Tarzan of the Apes

1918

5.3

His Robe of Honor

1918

as Clifford Nordhoff

The Turn of a Card

1918

as Eddie Barrett

The Bond Between

1917

as Raoul Vaux

The World Apart

1917

as Clyde Holt

The Marcellini Millions

1917

as Mr. Murray

The Heir of the Ages

1917

as Larry Payne

The Ghost House

1917

as Spud Foster

The Winning of Sally Temple

1917

as Sir John Gorham

Each to His Kind

1917

as Dick Larimer

A Man's Man

1917

as Captain Benevido

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as Prosper Latour (French Story)

Sunshine Dad

as Alfred Evergreen

Hell-to-Pay Austin

as Harry Tracey

Gretchen the Greenhorn

as Rodgers

Going Straight

as Jimmy Briggs

The Children in the House

1916

as Arthur Vincent

4.8

The Terror of the Mountains

1915

as Soapy Smith

The Birth of a Nation

1915

as Union Soldier (uncredited)

6.0

The Spell of the Poppy

1915

as Manfredi

How Hazel Got Even

1915

as Patsy

After Twenty Years

1915

as Tom's Grown Son

The Stolen Ore

1914

as Dick Raleigh

The Tardy Cannon Ball

1914

as Dink

Turned Back

1914

as Tom Johnston

The Sheriff's Prisoner

1914

as John Walsh - the Miner

The Thief and the Book

1914

as The Fly

A Pair of Cuffs

When Jim Returned

The Tattooed Arm

as Jim Halliday

The Kiss

1913

Youth and Jealousy

1913

The Brothers

1913

as Estabon

Fair and Warmer

as Billy Bartlett