Lester Dorr

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

133

Movies

236

Born: May 7, 1893 – August 25, 1980
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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.

Works

236 films

Gone with the Wind

19397.9

East of Eden

19557.5

Hello, Dolly!

19697.0

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

Criminals of the Air

19376.3

The Best Years of Our Lives

19467.7

Vice Raid

19596.2

Joan of Arc

19486.2

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

On the Town

19497.0

Ace in the Hole

19517.8

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

The Fountainhead

19496.8

The Heiress

19497.8

The Reluctant Dragon

19416.6

Batman

19436.2

The Pride of the Yankees

19427.4

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

Captains Courageous

19377.4

The Big Clock

19487.3

Front Page Woman

19355.9

Remember the Day

19417.3

The Sky Parade

19368.0

The Return of Frank James

19406.3

Babes on Broadway

19416.6

Special Agent

19356.2

California

19476.8

Brilliant Marriage

19365.8

Girl from Rio

19394.8

Easy Living

19377.2

Topper

19376.8

Stella Dallas

19376.8

Pursued

19476.5

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

19496.3

Way Out West

19377.1

Star Reporter

19393.9

The Prisoner of Shark Island

19366.9

Gentleman Jim

19427.2

Hot Rod Gang

19585.3

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

19374.5

On an Island with You

19485.9

Alias Nick Beal

19496.8

Three Secrets

19506.5

Dr. Broadway

19426.0

You'll Never Get Rich

19416.5

Wake Island

19425.9

Test Pilot

19386.1

Silver River

19486.2

Love Is News

19376.3

That Brennan Girl

19465.5

If I Had a Million

19326.5

Exposed

19386.7

Mary, Mary

19635.3

Expensive Husbands

19375.9

Paris Calling

19416.0

At Long Last Love

19755.1

Marjorie Morningstar

19586.3

The Californian

19377.0

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

19405.7

Destroyer

19436.8

No, No, Nanette

19406.2

Those High Grey Walls

19396.4

Jimmy the Gent

19346.4

Central Airport

19336.0

Dames

19346.5

Hotel

19676.0

The Great Rupert

19505.8

Where Danger Lives

19506.4

Quicksand

19506.1

Three Girls About Town

19416.5

Great Guy

19366.3

Whispering Smith

19486.7

Wilson

19445.6

Tell Your Children

19384.4

The Crooked Way

19496.2

Wells Fargo

19375.5

Hard to Handle

19336.9

Fingers at the Window

19425.7

Take the High Ground!

19536.2

Cafe Society

19397.5

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

19396.7

Girls of the Road

19405.5

Red, Hot and Blue

19496.2

The Dark Past

19486.0

Flying Disc Man from Mars

19504.9

Hitler's Madman

19435.5

Sailor's Lady

19406.5

The Firefly

19376.5

The Spy Ring

19385.6

Female

19336.3

Night Riders of Montana

195110.0

I Take This Oath

19405.8

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

For Me and My Gal

19426.5

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

19395.4

The Mystery of Marie Roget

19425.7

Love Takes Flight

19375.0

Pardon My Stripes

19426.5

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

19396.6

Follow the Sun

19516.3

The Bonnie Parker Story

19585.0

The Devil Is a Sissy

19367.0

The Personality Kid

19344.4

Fog Over Frisco

19346.4

The Girl from Mandalay

19364.7

Missing Witnesses

19377.0

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

19385.4

The Death Kiss

19325.3

Torch Singer

19335.3

Fast and Furious

19395.2

Mr. Wong, Detective

19385.6

Three Loves Has Nancy

19384.2

The Secret Code

19425.9

Four Girls in White

19397.2

Convict's Code

19395.3

I Met My Love Again

19386.0

Speed to Spare

19377.0

Covered Wagon Raid

19507.2

Coast Guard

19396.0

The Preview Murder Mystery

19365.8

Stronger Than Desire

19395.5

Son of the Navy

19406.2

Juvenile Court

19386.0

The Bowery

19335.4

Hollywood Round-Up

19375.3

A Tragedy at Midnight

19425.2

Below the Deadline

19364.9

Captain Fury

19395.6

Comet Over Broadway

19385.7

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

Mandrake the Magician

19395.9

Straight, Place and Show

19387.0

Crash Donovan

19368.0

Without Honor

19494.7

The Shadow

19407.3

All Stuck Up

19307.0

The Chaser

19388.0

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Killers from Space

19543.8

You Came Along

19457.3

The Little Giant

19337.0

I'll Name the Murderer

19365.0

Murder at Glen Athol

19367.0

Lady in a Jam

19425.6

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

19346.8

Sing, Baby, Sing

19366.0

The Fighting Devil Dogs

19386.8

Journal of a Crime

19345.9

Blue, White and Perfect

19426.5

The Saint in New York

19386.6

Aliens from Space

2026

Going Bye-Bye!

19347.4

Danger Ahead

19408.0

Sued for Libel

19396.3

Pop Always Pays

19406.7

Four Jills in a Jeep

19446.8

The Jade Mask

19456.1

Sabotage Squad

19427.5

Wide Open Faces

19389.0

Sunset Murder Case

19383.7

The Masked Marvel

19435.5

It Happened in Hollywood

19376.3

One Wild Night

19387.8

The President's Mystery

19365.8

The House on 56th Street

19335.3

Dixie Dugan

19436.5

As the Earth Turns

19345.6

Postal Inspector

19367.0

Spendthrift

19366.0

Union Depot

19326.1

Sinner Take All

19364.9

Fast and Loose

19395.9

Shadow of Chinatown

19365.2

Helldorado

19359.0

Jailbreak

19366.7

The Mandarin Mystery

19365.0

State Police

19388.0

Two Girls on Broadway

19407.0

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

19435.7

Shanghai

19357.3

Upperworld

19346.1

Hollywood Handicap

19384.8

Show Them No Mercy!

19357.5

Boulder Dam

19365.7

Hi, Beautiful

19449.8

Secret Valley

19375.3

Go West Young Man

19365.5

Homicide Bureau

19396.7

Wolves of the Range

19435.8

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

19366.0

The Bridge of Sighs

19368.0

Big Town Scandal

19485.3

The Girl Who Came Back

19356.0

The Curtain Falls

19346.0

The Day the Bookies Wept

19397.5

Bowery Bombshell

19466.5

Born to Gamble

19355.2

Love on a Bet

19367.0

Confessions of a Vice Baron

19434.7

Two Latins from Manhattan

19416.0

Robin Hood Of Texas

19477.0

Newly Rich

19314.3

The Crime Patrol

19367.0

Alias Boston Blackie

19425.7

Here Comes the Band

19357.0

Goodbye Again

19334.9

North of Shanghai

19398.0

The Vicious Circle

19485.8

Mexican Spitfire Out West

19405.0

Road to Happiness

19415.7

The Officer and the Lady

19418.0

Money to Loan

19396.8

Arson for Hire

19597.0

Mexican Spitfire

19405.0

Ten Laps to Go

19365.5

Streamlined Swing

19384.7

So Your Wife Wants to Work

19567.3

Lady in the Dark

19444.7

Ride 'Em Cowboy

193610.0

Rodeo Dough

19406.4

Roar of the Press

19416.3

Ride 'em, Cowgirl

19397.5

Mandrake the Magician

19405.0

The Great American Mug

19457.3

South of Panama

19417.5

The Main Event

19388.0

Riders of the Purple Sage

19318.0

Missile Monsters

19584.0

Big Business

19377.5

The Canary Comes Across

19385.3

Smarty

19344.6

Black Gold

19365.3

Smashing the Vice Trust

19379.0

Don't Lie

19426.5

So You Want to Be Pretty

19564.0

Cash and Carry

19376.2