
Lester Dorr
Born May 7, 1893 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Gone with the Wind

East of Eden

Hello, Dolly!

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Best Years of Our Lives

Ace in the Hole

You Can't Take It with You

The Fountainhead

On the Town

Inherit the Wind

The Big Clock

Joan of Arc

Vice Raid

At Long Last Love

The Return of Frank James

You'll Never Get Rich

If I Had a Million

The Reluctant Dragon

Anchors Aweigh

Captains Courageous

The Heiress

Tell Your Children

The Prisoner of Shark Island

The Pride of the Yankees

Red, Hot and Blue

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Way Out West

On an Island with You

Easy Living
TV Shows

The Red Skelton Show

Cheyenne

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Burke's Law

I Love Lucy

Lawman

The Lone Ranger

Bat Masterson

Green Acres

Father Knows Best

The Jack Benny Program

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

Trackdown

Dennis the Menace

The Millionaire

Adventures of Superman

December Bride

Tombstone Territory

The Life Of Riley

Alcoa Theatre

Boston Blackie

Stagecoach West

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

Treasury Men in Action

Hey, Jeannie!

Harbor Command

Medic

General Electric Theater

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
More Movies

Fingers at the Window

For Me and My Gal

Topper

Take the High Ground!

The Saint in New York

Marjorie Morningstar

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Jimmy the Gent

Three Loves Has Nancy

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Batman

Love Is News

I Met My Love Again

Here Comes the Band

Star Reporter

Murder at Glen Athol

The Devil Is a Sissy

Lady in a Jam

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

The Bonnie Parker Story

The Day the Bookies Wept

The Dark Past

Whispering Smith

I Take This Oath

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Those High Grey Walls

The Fighting Devil Dogs

The Saint Takes Over

Two Girls on Broadway

It Happened in Hollywood

Dames

Brilliant Marriage

Lady in the Dark

Gentleman Jim

The Preview Murder Mystery

Three Girls About Town

Test Pilot

Exposed

The Girl Who Came Back

Four Jills in a Jeep

Pursued

The House on 56th Street

Journal of a Crime

Fog Over Frisco

Special Agent

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

Night Riders of Montana

The Bridge of Sighs

Female

Central Airport

Hotel

The Officer and the Lady

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

A Tragedy at Midnight

Four Girls in White

The Crooked Way

Robin Hood Of Texas

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

California

Criminals of the Air

Front Page Woman

Wells Fargo

Alias Nick Beal

Stella Dallas

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Wake Island

Silver River

Blue, White and Perfect

As the Earth Turns

Destroyer

I'll Name the Murderer

The President's Mystery

Straight, Place and Show

Two Latins from Manhattan

Fast and Furious

Love on a Bet

Three Secrets

Missing Witnesses

Show Them No Mercy!

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Where Danger Lives

Fast and Loose

Union Depot

Girls of the Road

Wilson

Hitler's Madman

Go West Young Man

Flying Disc Man from Mars

Paris Calling

The Great American Mug

The Spy Ring

You Came Along

Wolves of the Range

Expensive Husbands

Captain Fury

Roar of the Press

Confessions of a Vice Baron

The Great Rupert

Babes on Broadway

Hot Rod Gang

The Firefly

The Bowery

Remember the Day

Quicksand

The Secret Code

Great Guy

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Hard to Handle

The Little Giant

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Circumstantial Evidence

The Crowd Roars

That Brennan Girl

Sailor's Lady

Son of the Navy

Killers from Space

Mary, Mary

Dr. Broadway

The Shadow

Stronger Than Desire

Smarty

No, No, Nanette

Love Takes Flight

Follow the Sun

Ten Laps to Go

Coast Guard

Spendthrift

Road to Happiness

The Death Kiss

Girl from Rio

Without Honor

The Girl from Mandalay

Riders of the Purple Sage

Smashing the Vice Trust

Upperworld

Wide Open Faces

So You Want to Be Pretty

The Canary Comes Across

Mr. Wong, Detective

Torch Singer

Sabotage Squad

Postal Inspector

Sing, Baby, Sing

Shanghai

One Wild Night

Big Town Scandal

Comet Over Broadway

Jailbreak

The Chaser

Pop Always Pays

Hollywood Round-Up

Mandrake the Magician

Crash Donovan

Convict's Code

The Mandarin Mystery

Going Bye-Bye!

The Sky Parade

The Personality Kid

Below the Deadline

Homicide Bureau

The Jade Mask

Boulder Dam

Helldorado

The Curtain Falls

Alias Boston Blackie

Sinner Take All

Dixie Dugan

Hollywood Handicap

Cafe Society

Juvenile Court

Rodeo Dough

North of Shanghai

Hi, Beautiful

Aliens from Space

Missile Monsters

Goodbye Again

The Vicious Circle

Covered Wagon Raid

Bowery Bombshell

Danger Ahead

Sued for Libel

State Police

Cash and Carry

Mexican Spitfire

The Masked Marvel

Ride 'Em Cowboy

The Crime Patrol

Pardon My Stripes

Streamlined Swing

Mandrake the Magician

Shadow of Chinatown

Black Gold

Secret Valley

Sunset Murder Case

The Main Event

Big Business

Money to Loan

Newly Rich

Don't Lie

The Californian

Born to Gamble

Arson for Hire

Speed to Spare

All Stuck Up




