Actor
Paul Hurst
Biography

Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled t ...

Known For
Acting
1953 -- The Sun Shines Bright | Jimmy Bagby
1952 -- Toughest Man in Arizona |
1952 -- Big Jim McLain | Mr. Lexiter
1951 -- Million Dollar Pursuit | Ray Harvey
1950 -- The Missourians | John X. Finn
1950 -- The Old Frontier | Skipper Horton
1950 -- The Vanishing Westerner | Waldorf Worthington
1949 -- Pioneer Marshal | Huck Homer
1949 -- Ranger of Cherokee Strip | Sheriff Jug Mason
1949 -- San Antone Ambush | Happy Daniels
1949 -- South of Rio | Andy Weems
1949 -- Outcasts of the Trail | Doc Meadowlark
1949 -- Law of the Golden West | Otis Ellis
1949 -- Prince of the Plains | Sheriff Hank Hartley
1948 -- Gun Smugglers | Sergeant Hasty Jones
1948 -- Yellow Sky | Drunk (uncredited)
1948 -- Son of God’s Country | Eli Walker
1948 -- The Arizona Ranger | Ben Riddle
1948 -- Heart of Virginia | Whit Galtry
1948 -- Who Killed Doc Robbin? | Jailer
1948 -- California Firebrand | Chuck Waggoner
1948 -- Madonna of the Desert | Pete Connors
1947 -- Under Colorado Skies | Lucky John Hawkins
1947 -- Angel and the Badman | Frederick Carson
1946 -- The Plainsman and the Lady | Al
1946 -- Death Valley | Sergeant Dailey
1946 -- In Old Sacramento | Stagecoach Driver
1946 -- The Virginian |
1946 -- Murder in the Music Hall | Hobarth
1945 -- Dakota | Captain Spotts
1945 -- Midnight Manhunt | Murphy
1945 -- Steppin' in Society | Cookie
1945 -- Scared Stiff | Sheriff
1945 -- The Big Show-Off | Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
1944 -- Something for the Boys | Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
1944 -- Girl Rush | Muley
1944 -- Barbary Coast Gent | Jake Compton
1944 -- Summer Storm | Orloff
1944 -- The Ghost That Walks Alone | Sheriff Slim Carson
1943 -- The Sky's the Limit | Dock Foreman (uncredited)
1943 -- Coney Island | Louie
1943 -- The Ox-Bow Incident | Monty Smith
1943 -- December 7th | World War I Ghost Soldier
1943 -- Hi'ya, Chum | Archie Billings
1943 -- Calaboose | Ed the bartender
1942 -- Night in New Orleans | Sergeant Casper Riordan
1942 -- Sundown Jim | Broderick
1942 -- Dudes Are Pretty People | Two-Gun
1942 -- Pardon My Stripes | Feets
1941 -- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring | Page
1941 -- This Woman Is Mine | Second Mate Mumford
1941 -- The Parson of Panamint | Jake Waldren
1941 -- Caught in the Draft | Sgt. Burns
1941 -- The Great Mr. Nobody | Michael O'Connor
1941 -- Petticoat Politics | Slats O'Dell
1941 -- Virginia | Thomas
1941 -- Tall, Dark and Handsome | Biff Sage
1940 -- Goin' Fishin' |
1940 -- Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Pete
1940 -- Spring Parade | Headwaiter
1940 -- The Westerner | Chickenfoot
1940 -- South to Karanga | Slats
1940 -- They Drive by Night | Pete Haig (uncredited)
1940 -- Torrid Zone | Daniels
1940 -- Edison, the Man | Sheriff
1940 -- Star Dust | Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
1940 -- Castle on the Hudson | Guard (uncredited)
1939 -- Remember? | Policeman
1939 -- Gone with the Wind | Yankee Deserter
1939 -- Glove Slingers | Chuck Brenner
1939 -- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Empire State Building Guard
1939 -- On Your Toes | Variety Club Bartender
1939 -- Bad Lands | Curly Tom
1939 -- Quick Millions | Sheriff
1939 -- Each Dawn I Die | Garsky
1939 -- It Could Happen to You | Sandy
1939 -- Broadway Serenade | Reynolds, a Drunk
1939 -- Cafe Society | Bartender
1938 -- Topper Takes a Trip | Charlie - the Bartender
1938 -- Secrets of a Nurse | Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
1938 -- The Last Express | Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
1938 -- Hold That Co-ed | Slapsy
1938 -- My Lucky Star | Louie
1938 -- Prison Break | Soapy
1938 -- Josette | A. Adolphus Heyman
1938 -- Alexander's Ragtime Band | Bill Mulligan
1938 -- In Old Chicago | Mitch
1938 -- Island in the Sky | Happy
1938 -- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Florabelle's Father
1938 -- No Time to Marry | Sergeant
1937 -- Second Honeymoon | Dennis Huggins
1937 -- Ali Baba Goes to Town | Captain
1937 -- The Lady Fights Back | Maloney
1937 -- Danger – Love at Work | NYC policeman
1937 -- Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Bill
1937 -- Wake Up and Live | McCabe
1937 -- She's No Lady | Cop
1937 -- You Can't Have Everything | Truck Driver (uncredited)
1937 -- The Legion of Missing Men | Muggsy
1937 -- Super-Sleuth | Motorcycle Cop
1937 -- You Can't Beat Love | Foreman Butch Mehaffey
1937 -- Slave Ship | Drunk
1937 -- Angel's Holiday | Sgt. Murphy
1937 -- Fifty Roads to Town | Tom
1937 -- This Is My Affair | Bowler
1937 -- Trouble in Morocco | Tiger Malone
1937 -- We Who Are About to Die | Tip Fuller
1936 -- North of Nome | Carlson
1936 -- The Gay Desperado | American Detective
1936 -- I'd Give My Life | "Sport" Conly
1936 -- To Mary - with Love | Drunk
1936 -- Blackmailer | Inspector Killian
1936 -- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | 1st Deputy (uncredited)
1936 -- Robin Hood of El Dorado | Wilson
1936 -- Riffraff | Belcher
1935 -- The Gay Deception | Bell Captain
1935 -- The Daring Young Man | Prison Guard
1935 -- Calm Yourself | Detective Roscoe
1935 -- Public Hero Number 1 | Rufe Parker
1935 -- Mississippi | Hefty
1935 -- Carnival | Policeman
1935 -- Shadow of Doubt | Lt. Sackville
1935 -- Sequoia | Bergman
1935 -- Maybe It's Love | Expressman (uncredited)
1934 -- The Ballad of Paducah Jail | Escaped Felon
1934 -- Tomorrow's Youth | Detective
1934 -- Among the Missing | Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
1934 -- Take the Stand | Denny O'Brien
1934 -- Midnight Alibi | Babe the Butcher
1934 -- Charlie Chan's Courage | Undetermined Role
1934 -- A Very Honorable Guy | Butler
1934 -- The Big Race | Skipper O'Neal
1933 -- Queen Christina | Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
1933 -- The Women in His Life | Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
1933 -- Day of Reckoning | Harry
1933 -- Saturday's Millions | Doc Maloney, Trainer
1933 -- Tugboat Annie | Sam
1933 -- Hold Your Man | Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
1933 -- The Sphinx | Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
1933 -- Terror Aboard | Boatswain
1933 -- Grand Slam | Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
1932 -- Island of Lost Souls | Capt. Donahue
1932 -- Men Are Such Fools | Stiles
1932 -- The Big Stampede | 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
1932 -- The Phantom President | Sailor (uncredited)
1932 -- Hold 'Em Jail | Butch
1932 -- The Thirteenth Guest | Detective Grump
1932 -- State's Attorney | Police Captain Morgan
1932 -- My Pal, the King | Red
1932 -- Panama Flo | Al
1931 -- The Secret Witness | Officer Brannigan
1931 -- Bad Company | Paul Hurst
1931 -- Maker of Men | Gabby
1931 -- The Public Defender | Doc
1931 -- That's My Line | Mexican Bandit
1931 -- Sweepstakes | Bartender
1931 -- Kick In | Detective Whip Fogarty
1931 -- The Secret Six | Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
1931 -- The Single Sin | Slug
1930 -- The Third Alarm | 'Beauty' Johnson
1930 -- Borrowed Wives | Bull Morgan
1930 -- Paradise Island | Beauty
1930 -- Hot Curves | 'Slug', Baseball Player
1930 -- Shadow of the Law | Pete Shore
1930 -- Mountain Justice | Lem Harland
1930 -- The Runaway Bride | Sergeant Daly
1930 -- Swellhead | Mugsy
1930 -- Officer O'Brien | Captain Antrim
1930 -- Lucky Larkin | Pete Brierson
1929 -- His First Command | Sgt. Westbrook
1929 -- The Racketeer | Mehaffy - Policeman
1929 -- Oh, Yeah! | Railroad-Yard Superintendent
1929 -- Sailor's Holiday | Jimmylegs
1929 -- The California Mail | Rowdy Ryan
1929 -- Tide of Empire | Poppy
1929 -- The Lawless Legion | Ramirez
1928 -- Lilac Time | (uncredited)
1928 -- The Cossacks | Sitchi
1927 -- Buttons | Slugger McGlue
1927 -- The Valley of the Giants | Randeau
1927 -- The Red Raiders | Sergeant Murphy
1927 -- The Devil's Saddle | 'Swig' Moran
1927 -- Outlaw's Paradise | McDonald
1926 -- Blue Streak O'Neil |
1926 -- The Fighting Ranger |
1926 -- Roaring Road | Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
1923 -- The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
1919 -- Lightning Bryce | Powder Solvang
1918 -- Smashing Through | Stevens
1918 -- Rimrock Jones | Ike Bray
1917 -- The Further Adventures of Stingaree | Howie
1917 -- The Railroad Raiders | Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
1917 -- The Hazards of Helen | Benton - a Foreman
1916 -- The Manager of the B & A | Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
1916 -- The Diamond Runners | Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
1916 -- Judith of the Cumberlands | Blatchley Turrentine
1916 -- Medicine Bend | Murray Sinclair
1916 -- Whispering Smith | Murray Sinclair
1916 -- A Lass of the Lumberlands |
1915 -- Stingaree | Howie - Stingaree's Partner
1915 -- The Vivisectionist | Bart - Jardine's Servant
1915 -- The Red Signal | Chief Dispatcher
1915 -- The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight | A Trainman
1915 -- The Girl Detective | Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
1914 -- The Plot at the Railroad Cut | Benton, the Foreman
1914 -- The Chief of Police | Daniels
1914 -- The Quicksands | Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
1913 -- The Cave Men's War | Red Axe
1912 -- The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach | Bad Bill - a Desperado
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