Lester Dorr
Acting • Born 1893-05-07 – Died 1980-08-25
Biography
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.
Filmography
283 credits
Marjorie Morningstar
Movie • 1958
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Easy Living
Movie • 1937
Stock Investor (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie • 1938
Newsstand Man (uncredited)
North of Shanghai
Movie • 1939
Wycoff
The Bridge of Sighs
Movie • 1936
Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)
Two Latins from Manhattan
Movie • 1941
Information Attendant
The Officer and the Lady
Movie • 1941
Concessionaire (uncredited)
The Vicious Circle
Movie • 1948
Andreas Molnar
Without Honor
Movie • 1949
Neighbor
On the Town
Movie • 1949
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Tell Your Children
Movie • 1938
Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
The Mandarin Mystery
Movie • 1936
Reporter at Dock
Bowery Bombshell
Movie • 1946
Feather-Fingers
Hitler's Madman
Movie • 1943
Sergeant (uncredited)
All Stuck Up
Movie • 1930
The Bonnie Parker Story
Movie • 1958
Informant (uncredited)
Take the High Ground!
Movie • 1953
Army Doctor (uncredited)
Helldorado
Movie • 1935
Newspaper Reporter
The House on 56th Street
Movie • 1933
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
Black Gold
Movie • 1936
Collins (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Movie • 1938
The Lightning (uncredited)
The Firefly
Movie • 1937
French Officer (uncredited)
Hot Rod Gang
Movie • 1958
Dryden Philpott
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Movie • 1943
Carter (uncredited)
Mary, Mary
Movie • 1963
Husband in Elevator (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Movie • 1932
Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
Mr. Wong, Detective
Movie • 1938
Coroner (uncredited)
Hard to Handle
Movie • 1933
Ed - Photographer (uncredited)
At Long Last Love
Movie • 1975
Doorman
The Best Years of Our Lives
Movie • 1946
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Love on a Bet
Movie • 1936
Reporter
The Pride of the Yankees
Movie • 1942
Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)
The Girl Who Came Back
Movie • 1935
Henchman Jimmy (uncredited)
Star Reporter
Movie • 1939
Wilkins
Whispering Smith
Movie • 1948
Woody, Train Brakeman (uncredited)
The Crooked Way
Movie • 1949
The Masked Marvel
Movie • 1943
Reporter #1
Flying Disc Man from Mars
Movie • 1950
Crane
Goodbye Again
Movie • 1933
Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Ten Laps to Go
Movie • 1936
Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk
Secret Valley
Movie • 1937
Henchman Doc (uncredited)
Hollywood Round-Up
Movie • 1937
Louis Lawson
Exposed
Movie • 1938
Slim
Mandrake the Magician
Movie • 1939
Gray
Sunset Murder Case
Movie • 1938
Editor
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1936
Townsman (uncredited)
As the Earth Turns
Movie • 1934
Villager at Dance
Topper
Movie • 1937
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Hollywood Handicap
Movie • 1938
Turf Club Representative
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)
Cash and Carry
Movie • 1937
President's Secretary (uncredited)
Brilliant Marriage
Movie • 1936
Art Critic
Hello, Dolly!
Movie • 1969
Workman (uncredited)
Girls of the Road
Movie • 1940
Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)
Expensive Husbands
Movie • 1937
Reporter
Wells Fargo
Movie • 1937
Minor Role
It Happened in Hollywood
Movie • 1937
Reporter
I Met My Love Again
Movie • 1938
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Curtain Falls
Movie • 1934
Seven Eleven Club Customer
Shanghai
Movie • 1935
Ship Steward
Spendthrift
Movie • 1936
Reporter
The Devil Is a Sissy
Movie • 1936
Intern
The Personality Kid
Movie • 1934
Ritzy's Trainer
Four Girls in White
Movie • 1939
Ambulance Orderly
Homicide Bureau
Movie • 1939
Gangster Shot by Brown
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Marine in Trench (uncredited)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Movie • 1942
Subordinate
Stronger Than Desire
Movie • 1939
First Reporter on Telephone (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime
Movie • 1934
Cartier's Secretary (uncredited)
Here Comes the Band
Movie • 1935
Audience Member (uncredited)
Convict's Code
Movie • 1939
Bank Teller
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
Movie • 1939
Announcer
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Movie • 1934
Ladies' Table Dealer
Fast and Loose
Movie • 1939
Driver (uncredited)
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Movie • 1939
Real Ambulance Intern
Boulder Dam
Movie • 1936
Job Applications Teller (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
Movie • 1939
Minor Role (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
Movie • 1939
Second Hotel Desk clerk
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie • 1939
Reporter (uncredited)
Coast Guard
Movie • 1939
Second Officer (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Movie • 1939
Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
Movie • 1942
Little Man (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol
Movie • 1936
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
Movie • 1939
Army Telegraph Operator
Fast and Furious
Movie • 1939
Day Clerk (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Movie • 1939
Pomeroy's Butler (uncredited)
Don't Lie
Movie • 1942
1st Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
Movie • 1948
Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)
Arson for Hire
Movie • 1959
Cab Dispatcher
The Preview Murder Mystery
Movie • 1936
Reporter (Uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept
Movie • 1939
Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)
Rodeo Dough
Movie • 1940
Rodeo Official
Love Takes Flight
Movie • 1937
Talking Reporter
Danger Ahead
Movie • 1940
Henchman Lefty
Missing Witnesses
Movie • 1937
Ship's Office Clerk (uncredited)
East of Eden
Movie • 1955
City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Riders of the Purple Sage
Movie • 1931
Judkins
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Movie • 1949
Townsman (uncredited)
The Girl from Mandalay
Movie • 1936
New Year's Party Participant
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Reporter (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
Movie • 1960
Dr. John (uncredited)
Dixie Dugan
Movie • 1943
Citizen (uncredited)
One Wild Night
Movie • 1938
Bank Officer (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Movie • 1936
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Show Them No Mercy!
Movie • 1935
Milkman (uncredited)
The Crime Patrol
Movie • 1936
Henchman (uncredited)
The Saint Takes Over
Movie • 1940
Welcoming Committee Man
The Shadow
Movie • 1940
Henchman
Mexican Spitfire
Movie • 1940
Slippy - a Fugitive
I Take This Oath
Movie • 1940
Cotton Club Doorman
Below the Deadline
Movie • 1936
Oscar (uncredited)
Going Bye-Bye!
Movie • 1934
Man in Courtroom
Hotel
Movie • 1967
Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Money to Loan
Movie • 1939
Frank Sidley, Loan Victim
Captains Courageous
Movie • 1937
Corridor Steward (uncredited)
South of Panama
Movie • 1941
Joe
Joan of Arc
Movie • 1948
Peasant (uncredited)
The Big Clock
Movie • 1948
Cabby (uncredited)
You Came Along
Movie • 1945
Reporter (uncredited)
Wilson
Movie • 1944
Reporter (uncredited)
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie • 1944
Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Pardon My Stripes
Movie • 1942
Bookie (uncredited)
Babes on Broadway
Movie • 1941
Reed's Writer (uncredited)
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
Gendarme (uncredited)
The Reluctant Dragon
Movie • 1941
Slim (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
Movie • 1939
Convict (uncredited)
The Crowd Roars
Movie • 1938
Photographer (uncredited)
Way Out West
Movie • 1937
Cowboy (uncredited)
The Sky Parade
Movie • 1936
Fred (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent
Movie • 1934
Chalmers (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
The Californian
Movie • 1937
Townsman
Love Is News
Movie • 1937
Salesman (uncredited)
So Your Wife Wants to Work
Movie • 1956
Harry (uncredited)
The Little Giant
Movie • 1933
Investment Clerk (uncredited)
Ace in the Hole
Movie • 1951
Father Diego (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
Movie • 1946
Apartment House Clerk (uncredited)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Movie • 1938
Circus Usher (uncredited)
Jailbreak
Movie • 1936
Hotel Clerk
Gentleman Jim
Movie • 1942
Reporter (uncredited)
Son of the Navy
Movie • 1940
Patrolman at Altercation
The Heiress
Movie • 1949
Groom (uncredited)
Two Girls on Broadway
Movie • 1940
Reporter (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
Movie • 1949
Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
Movie • 1940
Travel Agent
Pop Always Pays
Movie • 1940
Auto Salesman
Wide Open Faces
Movie • 1938
News Photographer
Sing, Baby, Sing
Movie • 1936
Kansas City News Vendor
Central Airport
Movie • 1933
Hotel Desk Clerk #3 (uncredited)
Big Business
Movie • 1937
Townsman Investor
Robin Hood Of Texas
Movie • 1947
Photographer
I'll Name the Murderer
Movie • 1936
Driver (Uncredited)
Alias Boston Blackie
Movie • 1942
Henry - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Covered Wagon Raid
Movie • 1950
Bartender Pete
Night Riders of Montana
Movie • 1951
Drummer
Sinner Take All
Movie • 1936
Reporter (uncredited)
Juvenile Court
Movie • 1938
Druggist (uncredited)
Captain Fury
Movie • 1939
Paymaster's Assistant
Cafe Society
Movie • 1939
Waiter (uncredited)
Road to Happiness
Movie • 1941
Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town
Movie • 1941
Reporter
Killers from Space
Movie • 1954
Gas Station Attendant
Missile Monsters
Movie • 1958
Male Secretary (bit)
Vice Raid
Movie • 1959
Malone's Secretary
Sabotage Squad
Movie • 1942
Middle Barber [script name: Harry]
Wolves of the Range
Movie • 1943
Bank Teller
Remember the Day
Movie • 1941
Photographer
Roar of the Press
Movie • 1941
Swithboard Operator
The Jade Mask
Movie • 1945
Michael Strong
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie • 1940
Photographer (uncredited)
The Great Rupert
Movie • 1950
Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)
The Spy Ring
Movie • 1938
Firing Range Radio Operator (uncredited)
Straight, Place and Show
Movie • 1938
Photographer
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie • 1940
Harry
The Great American Mug
Movie • 1945
Pete Ramson (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
Movie • 1935
Waiter (uncredited)
The Secret Code
Movie • 1942
Otto Stahl
Blue, White, and Perfect
Movie • 1942
Porter
The Main Event
Movie • 1938
Buck
Quicksand
Movie • 1950
Baldy
The Death Kiss
Movie • 1932
Hotel Desk Clerk
Mandrake the Magician
Movie • 1940
Gray, gas station thug [Chs. 8-9]
Alias Nick Beal
Movie • 1949
Commercial Fisherman
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1945
Prisoner
Batman
Movie • 1943
Agent on Plane
Destroyer
Movie • 1943
1st Ship Fitter
Dames
Movie • 1934
Elevator Starter (uncredited)
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
Movie • 1936
Fingerprint Expert
Torch Singer
Movie • 1933
Man in Radio Station
State Police
Movie • 1938
Police Dispatcher
Crash Donovan
Movie • 1936
Patrolman (uncredited)
Three Secrets
Movie • 1950
Matthews (uncredited)
The Saint in New York
Movie • 1938
Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Movie • 1942
Photographer (uncredited)
The Chaser
Movie • 1938
Injured Man
The Canary Comes Across
Movie • 1938
Convict (uncredited)
Pursued
Movie • 1947
Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Movie • 1949
Minor Role (uncredited)
Where Danger Lives
Movie • 1950
Postville Deputy (uncredited)
Special Agent
Movie • 1935
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Streamlined Swing
Movie • 1938
Railroad Detective (uncredited)
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Newly Rich
Movie • 1931
(uncredited)
Sailor's Lady
Movie • 1940
Assistant Paymaster
For Me and My Gal
Movie • 1942
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Fog Over Frisco
Movie • 1934
Reporter (Uncredited)
Born to Gamble
Movie • 1935
Dice Player (uncredited)
So You Want to Be Pretty
Movie • 1956
Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)
Stella Dallas
Movie • 1937
Man on Train (uncredited)
Smashing the Vice Trust
Movie • 1937
Eddie's Henchman (uncredited)
Confessions of a Vice Baron
Movie • 1943
Eddie's Henchman (edited from 'Smashing the Vice Trust') (archive footage) (uncredited)
Great Guy
Movie • 1936
Canning's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
Female
Movie • 1933
Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)
Union Depot
Movie • 1932
Sailor (uncredited)
Comet Over Broadway
Movie • 1938
Amateur Actor (uncredited)
Criminals of the Air
Movie • 1937
'Trigger'
Go West Young Man
Movie • 1936
Reporter (uncredited)
You'll Never Get Rich
Movie • 1941
Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
Smarty
Movie • 1934
Court Recorder (uncredited)
Lady in the Dark
Movie • 1944
Reporter (uncredited)
Test Pilot
Movie • 1938
Pilot (uncredited)
California
Movie • 1947
Mike (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Carter’s Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Aliens from Space
Movie
Station Attendant
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
Movie • 1937
Columnist
The Prisoner of Shark Island
Movie • 1936
George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
The President's Mystery
Movie • 1936
Townsman (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
Movie • 1944
Conductor (uncredited)
Upperworld
Movie • 1934
Steward (uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
The Bowery
Movie • 1933
Cynic (uncredited)
Speed to Spare
Movie • 1937
Otto Behrman
Burke's Law
TV • 1963
Lovely's Butler
Green Acres
TV • 1965
Mr. Collins
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Bailiff
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Court Clerk
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Medic
TV • 1954
Bartender
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV • 1958
Will Grey
Bat Masterson
TV • 1958
Land Office Clerk
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
TV • 1955
Hey, Jeannie!
TV • 1956
Bailiff
Dr. Kildare
TV • 1961
Mr. Benson
Harbor Command
TV • 1957
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Bartender
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Photographer
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Man On Train #1 (uncredited)
The Untouchables
TV • 1959
Certified Public Accountant (uncredited)
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
Station Agent
Stagecoach West
TV • 1960
McGonigle
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Forestry Dept. Clerk (uncredited)
Tombstone Territory
TV • 1957
Bartender
Lawman
TV • 1958
Charlie the Hotel Laramie Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lawman
TV • 1958
Charlie (uncredited)
Lawman
TV • 1958
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Doctor (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Sam - Hotel Clerk
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Charlie the Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Buyer #1
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Telegrapher (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Hotel Clerk - Emmett
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Tony (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
TV • 1955
Mose
Father Knows Best
TV • 1954
Poker player (uncredited)
December Bride
TV • 1954
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Drummer
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Man at Well
The Jack Benny Program
TV • 1950
Pondering Husband
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Adventures of Superman
TV • 1952
Bus Driver
Chevron Theatre
TV • 1952
Boston Blackie
TV • 1951
Tommy
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
The Plumber
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
The Waiter
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Moley Sanders
The Life Of Riley
TV • 1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
TV • 1953
Treasury Men in Action
TV • 1950
Waiter