Paul Hurst

Known For: Acting
Born: October 14, 1888
Place of Birth: Traver, California, USA
Died: February 27, 1953

Paul Hurst

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 to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he …

Filmography

The Sun Shines Bright

1953 · Jimmy Bagby

Toughest Man in Arizona

1952

Big Jim McLain

1952 · Mr. Lexiter

Million Dollar Pursuit

1951 · Ray Harvey

The Missourians

1950 · John X. Finn

The Old Frontier

1950 · Skipper Horton

The Vanishing Westerner

1950 · Waldorf Worthington

Pioneer Marshal

1949 · Huck Homer

Ranger of Cherokee Strip

1949 · Sheriff Jug Mason

San Antone Ambush

1949 · Happy Daniels

South of Rio

1949 · Andy Weems

Outcasts of the Trail

1949 · Doc Meadowlark

Law of the Golden West

1949 · Otis Ellis

Prince of the Plains

1949 · Sheriff Hank Hartley

Gun Smugglers

1948 · Sergeant Hasty Jones

Yellow Sky

1948 · Drunk (uncredited)

Son of God’s Country

1948 · Eli Walker

The Arizona Ranger

1948 · Ben Riddle

Heart of Virginia

1948 · Whit Galtry

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

1948 · Jailer

California Firebrand

1948 · Chuck Waggoner

Madonna of the Desert

1948 · Pete Connors

Under Colorado Skies

1947 · Lucky John Hawkins

Angel and the Badman

1947 · Frederick Carson

The Plainsman and the Lady

1946 · Al

Death Valley

1946 · Sergeant Dailey

In Old Sacramento

1946 · Stagecoach Driver

The Virginian

1946

Murder in the Music Hall

1946 · Hobarth

Dakota

1945 · Captain Spotts

Midnight Manhunt

1945 · Murphy

Steppin' in Society

1945 · Cookie

Scared Stiff

1945 · Sheriff

The Big Show-Off

1945 · Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler

Something for the Boys

1944 · Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)

Girl Rush

1944 · Muley

Barbary Coast Gent

1944 · Jake Compton

Summer Storm

1944 · Orloff

The Ghost That Walks Alone

1944 · Sheriff Slim Carson

The Sky's the Limit

1943 · Dock Foreman (uncredited)

Coney Island

1943 · Louie

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · Monty Smith

December 7th

1943 · World War I Ghost Soldier

Hi'ya, Chum

1943 · Archie Billings

Calaboose

1943 · Ed the bartender

Night in New Orleans

1942 · Sergeant Casper Riordan

Sundown Jim

1942 · Broderick

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942 · Two-Gun

Pardon My Stripes

1942 · Feets

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring

1941 · Page

This Woman Is Mine

1941 · Second Mate Mumford

The Parson of Panamint

1941 · Jake Waldren

Caught in the Draft

1941 · Sgt. Burns

The Great Mr. Nobody

1941 · Michael O'Connor

Petticoat Politics

1941 · Slats O'Dell

Virginia

1941 · Thomas

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941 · Biff Sage

Tugboat Annie Sails Again

1940 · Pete

Goin' Fishin'

1940

Spring Parade

1940 · Headwaiter

The Westerner

1940 · Chickenfoot

South to Karanga

1940 · Slats

They Drive by Night

1940 · Pete Haig (uncredited)

Torrid Zone

1940 · Daniels

Edison, the Man

1940 · Sheriff

Star Dust

1940 · Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech

Castle on the Hudson

1940 · Guard (uncredited)

Remember?

1939 · Policeman

Gone with the Wind

1939 · Yankee Deserter

Glove Slingers

1939 · Chuck Brenner

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939 · Empire State Building Guard

On Your Toes

1939 · Variety Club Bartender

Bad Lands

1939 · Curly Tom

Quick Millions

1939 · Sheriff

Each Dawn I Die

1939 · Garsky

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1939 · Sandy

Broadway Serenade

1939 · Reynolds, a Drunk

Cafe Society

1939 · Bartender

Topper Takes a Trip

1938 · Charlie - the Bartender

Secrets of a Nurse

1938 · Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh

The Last Express

1938 · Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer

Hold That Co-ed

1938 · Slapsy

My Lucky Star

1938 · Louie

Prison Break

1938 · Soapy

Josette

1938 · A. Adolphus Heyman

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938 · Bill Mulligan

In Old Chicago

1938 · Mitch

Island in the Sky

1938 · Happy

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938 · Mug

No Time to Marry

1938 · Sergeant

Second Honeymoon

1937 · Dennis Huggins

Ali Baba Goes to Town

1937 · Captain

The Lady Fights Back

The Lady Fights Back

1937 · Maloney

Danger – Love at Work

1937 · NYC policeman

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 · Bill

Wake Up and Live

1937 · McCabe

She's No Lady

1937 · Cop

You Can't Have Everything

1937 · Truck Driver (uncredited)

The Legion of Missing Men

1937 · Muggsy

Super-Sleuth

1937 · Motorcycle Cop

You Can't Beat Love

1937 · Foreman Butch Mehaffey

Slave Ship

1937 · Drunk

Angel's Holiday

1937 · Sgt. Murphy

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 · Tom

This Is My Affair

1937 · Bowler

Trouble in Morocco

1937 · Tiger Malone

We Who Are About to Die

1937 · Tip Fuller

North of Nome

1936 · Carlson

The Gay Desperado

1936 · American Detective

I'd Give My Life

I'd Give My Life

1936 · "Sport" Conly

To Mary - with Love

1936 · Drunk

Blackmailer

1936 · Inspector Killian

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936 · 1st Deputy (uncredited)

Robin Hood of El Dorado

1936 · Wilson

Riffraff

1936 · Belcher

The Gay Deception

1935 · Bell Captain

Wilderness Mail

Wilderness Mail

1935 · Jules

The Daring Young Man

1935 · Prison Guard

Calm Yourself

1935 · Detective Roscoe

Public Hero Number 1

1935 · Rufe Parker

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935 · Fibo Morgan (uncredited)

Mississippi

1935 · Hefty

Shadow of Doubt

1935 · Lt. Sackville

Carnival

1935 · Policeman

Sequoia

1935 · Bergman

Maybe It's Love

1935 · Expressman (uncredited)

The Ballad of Paducah Jail

1934 · Escaped Felon

Tomorrow's Youth

1934 · Detective

Among the Missing

1934 · Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors

Take the Stand

1934 · Denny O'Brien

Midnight Alibi

1934 · Babe the Butcher

Charlie Chan's Courage

1934 · Undetermined Role

A Very Honorable Guy

1934 · Butler

The Line-Up

1934 · Detective Sgt. Doyle

The Big Race

1934 · Skipper O'Neal

Queen Christina

1934 · Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)

The Women in His Life

1933 · Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard

Day of Reckoning

1933 · Harry

Saturday's Millions

1933 · Doc Maloney, Trainer

Tugboat Annie

1933 · Sam

Hold Your Man

1933 · Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)

The Sphinx

1933 · Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan

Terror Aboard

1933 · Boatswain

Grand Slam

1933 · Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film

Island of Lost Souls

1932 · Capt. Donahue

Men Are Such Fools

1932 · Stiles

The Big Stampede

1932 · 'Arizona' Frank Bailey

The Phantom President

1932 · Sailor (uncredited)

Hold 'Em Jail

1932 · Butch

The Thirteenth Guest

1932 · Detective Grump

State's Attorney

1932 · Police Captain Morgan

My Pal, the King

1932 · Red

Panama Flo

1932 · Al

The Secret Witness

1931 · Officer Brannigan

Bad Company

1931 · Paul Hurst

Maker of Men

1931 · Gabby

The Public Defender

1931 · Doc

That's My Line

1931 · Mexican Bandit

Sweepstakes

1931 · Bartender

Kick In

1931 · Detective Whip Fogarty

The Secret Six

1931 · Nick Mizoski - the Gouger

The Single Sin

1931 · Slug

The Third Alarm

1930 · 'Beauty' Johnson

Borrowed Wives

1930 · Bull Morgan

Paradise Island

1930 · Beauty

Hot Curves

1930 · 'Slug', Baseball Player

Shadow of the Law

1930 · Pete Shore

The Runaway Bride

1930 · Sergeant Daly

Mountain Justice

1930 · Lem Harland

Swellhead

1930 · Mugsy

Officer O'Brien

1930 · Captain Antrim

Lucky Larkin

1930 · Pete Brierson

His First Command

1929 · Sgt. Westbrook

The Racketeer

1929 · Mehaffy - Policeman

Oh, Yeah!

1929 · Railroad-Yard Superintendent

Sailor's Holiday

1929 · Jimmylegs

The California Mail

1929 · Rowdy Ryan

Tide of Empire

1929 · Poppy

The Lawless Legion

1929 · Ramirez

The Rainbow

1929 · Pat

Lilac Time

1928 · (uncredited)

The Cossacks

1928 · Sitchi

Buttons

1927 · Slugger McGlue

The Valley of the Giants

1927 · Randeau

The Red Raiders

1927 · Sergeant Murphy

The Devil's Saddle

1927 · 'Swig' Moran

Outlaw's Paradise

Outlaw's Paradise

1927 · McDonald, Director

Blue Streak O'Neil

1926 · , Director

The Fighting Ranger

The Fighting Ranger

1926 · , Director

The Midnight Message

1926 · Director

Roaring Road

1926 · Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited), Director

The Law of the Snow Country

The Law of the Snow Country

1926 · Director

Haunted Range

1926 · Director

The Demon Rider

1925 · Director

The Fighting Cub

The Fighting Cub

1925 · Director

The Were-Tiger

1925 · Director

A Western Engagement

1925 · Director

Folly of Youth

1925 · Director

Branded a Bandit

1924 · Director, Story, Scenario Writer

The Passing of Wolf MacLean

1924 · Director

Battling Bunyan

1924 · Director

The Man Who Would Not Die

The Man Who Would Not Die

1924 · , Director

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1923 · Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)

Golden Silence

1923 · Director

South of Northern Lights

South of Northern Lights

1922 · Director

The Crow's Nest

1922 · Director

Table Top Ranch

1922 · Story, Scenario Writer, Director

The Heart of a Texan

1922 · Scenario Writer, Director

Rangeland

1922 · Writer, Director

King Fisher's Roost

1921 · Director, Scenario Writer, Story

Shadows of the West

1921 · Director

Lightning Bryce

1919 · Powder Solvang, Director

The Tiger's Trail

1919 · Director

Play Straight or Fight

Play Straight or Fight

1918 · Director

Smashing Through

1918 · Stevens

The Woman in the Web

1918 · Director

Rimrock Jones

1918 · Ike Bray

The Further Adventures of Stingaree

1917 · Howie, Director

The Railroad Raiders

1917 · Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst), Writer, Director

The Hazards of Helen

1917 · Benton - a Foreman

The Manager of the B & A

1916 · Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)

The Diamond Runners

The Diamond Runners

1916 · Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.

Judith of the Cumberlands

1916 · Blatchley Turrentine

Medicine Bend

1916 · Murray Sinclair

Whispering Smith

1916 · Murray Sinclair

A Lass of the Lumberlands

1916 · , Director

Stingaree

1915 · Howie - Stingaree's Partner

The Vivisectionist

1915 · Bart - Jardine's Servant

The Red Signal

1915 · Chief Dispatcher, Director

The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight

1915 · A Trainman, Producer

The Girl Detective

1915 · Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake

The Plot at the Railroad Cut

1914 · Benton, the Foreman

The Chief of Police

The Chief of Police

1914 · Daniels

The Quicksands

1914 · Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival

The Cave Men's War

1913 · Red Axe

The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach

1912 · Bad Bill - a Desperado

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