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