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Arthur Space
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Arthur Space

1908 – 1983 · New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA · Active 1941–1979

Arthur Space, an actor born in 1915, carved a niche in cult cinema with his memorable performances in Target Earth (1954) and The Swarm (1978). His roles often explored themes of science fiction and horror, making him a fitting presence in films that delve into the bizarre and the uncanny. In Terror at Red Wolf Inn (1972), he adds depth to the narrative with his portrayal of a character caught in a web of suspense. Space's work in Mansion of the Doomed (1976) further cements his status as a key figure in the exploitation genre, where his performances resonate within the cult film community.

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The Bat People

The Bat People

1974 ★ 3.5
as Tramp

Dr. John Beck, recently married, decides to take his wife, Cathy, spelunking in Carlsbad Cavern. While there, Dr. Beck, who specializes in bats, is bitten by a fruit bat. He is then, inexplicably, transformed into a vampire bat. While he escapes and seeks help from another doctor, it is clear the treatments are not working. In fact, they are aggravating his condition. Dr. Beck unwittingly goes on a killing spree, catching the attention of Sergeant Ward.

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Filmography

170 credits
1970s 19 credits
1979
Hot Rod as Norton Erdelatz
Movie ★ 6.0
1978
The Swarm as Engineer
Movie ★ 5.0
1977
TV ★ 7.3
1976
Movie ★ 6.3
1976
Alice as Stuff Johnson
TV ★ 7.1
1976
Charlie's Angels as Harry Mayhew
TV ★ 6.7
1975
Movie ★ 6.2
1975
TV ★ 6.5
1974
Movie ★ 3.6
1974
Herbie Rides Again as Beach Caretaker
Movie ★ 6.2
1974
TV ★ 6.2
1974
TV ★ 7.9
1974
TV ★ 7.3
1973
Movie ★ 6.5
1973
Kojak as Ezra Rawlings
TV ★ 7.1
1972
Movie ★ 5.7
1972
TV ★ 7.9
1972
TV ★ 7.2
1971
Bedknobs and Broomsticks as Old Home Guardsman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1960s 15 credits
1969
TV ★ 6.4
1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West as Sheriff Tolliver
Movie ★ 6.3
1968
TV ★ 6.0
1968
Mayberry R.F.D. as Walter Michaels
TV ★ 6.2
1967
TV ★ 6.9
1966
The Claw Monsters as Dr. Morgan (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.0
1965
Movie ★ 5.5
1965
TV ★ 7.6
1965
The Big Valley as Professor Hawthorne
TV ★ 6.2
1965
TV ★ 6.2
1965
The Big Valley as Dr. Merar
TV ★ 6.2
1965
TV ★ 7.6
1964
Daniel Boone as Sawyer
TV ★ 7.0
1962
The Virginian as Ownie Francis
TV ★ 6.5
1960
National Velvet as Herbert Brown
TV ★ 8.8
1950s 75 credits
1959
Movie ★ 6.9
1959
A Summer Place as Ken's Attorney (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1959
TV ★ 5.9
1959
TV ★ 7.5
1959
TV ★ 4.9
1959
Dennis the Menace as Dr. Sinclair
TV ★ 6.6
1958
Movie ★ 4.7
1958
TV ★ 6.0
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dr. Dan Wood (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.0
1958
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Bat Masterson as Doc Ferguson
TV ★ 6.1
1957
The Spirit of St. Louis as Donald Hall, Chief Engineer Ryan Airlines
Movie ★ 6.7
1957
Movie ★ 6.2
1957
Perry Mason as Willard Scott
TV ★ 7.7
1957
TV ★ 7.5
1957
TV ★ 7.0
1957
TV ★ 7.3
1957
TV ★ 5.0
1957
TV ★ 7.5
1957
Perry Mason as James Morrow, Sr.
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Leonard
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Perry Mason as Edgerton Cartwell
TV ★ 7.7
1956
Movie ★ 5.4
1956
The Killer Is Loose as Bill (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1956
Boy with a Knife as Harold Phillips
Movie ★ 5.0
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
TV ★ 6.5
1955
Movie ★ 6.4
1955
Foxfire as Foley
Movie ★ 6.7
1955
A Man Alone as Dr. Mason
Movie ★ 5.8
1955
The Spoilers as Bank Manager
Movie ★ 5.5
1955
Rage at Dawn as Murphy
Movie ★ 6.2
1955
Santa Claus and the Tenth Avenue Kid as Mr. Chambers - Parole Officer
Movie
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mr. Chambers - Parole Officer
TV ★ 7.8
1954
Target Earth as Lt. General Wood
Movie ★ 6.0
1954
Movie ★ 6.1
1954
A Star Is Born as Night Court Clerk (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1954
Yankee Pasha as U.S. Consul Richard O'Brien
Movie ★ 5.3
1954
TV ★ 6.2
1953
Movie ★ 6.5
1953
Movie ★ 6.7
1953
So This Is Love as Director
Movie ★ 4.3
1953
Movie ★ 6.5
1953
Confidentially Connie as Prof. Archie Archibald
Movie ★ 5.8
1953
Movie ★ 6.6
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1953
TV ★ 7.5
1953
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Sound Off as Barney Fisher
Movie ★ 9.0
1952
Movie ★ 7.0
1952
Feudin' Fools as Mr. Thompson
Movie ★ 5.5
1952
Here Come the Marines as Captain Miller
Movie ★ 7.3
1952
Fargo as Austin
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
The Red Ball Express as Colonel at Briefing (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1952
Movie ★ 10.0
1952
Because of You as Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1952
TV ★ 6.6
1952
Death Valley Days as Ben Hudson
TV ★ 6.6
1952
TV ★ 5.3
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Officer No. 1
TV ★ 6.8
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Sheriff Sam Keever
TV ★ 6.8
1951
Movie ★ 7.5
1951
Night Riders of Montana as Roger Brandon
Movie ★ 10.0
1951
Movie ★ 6.5
1951
Tomahawk as Captain Fetterman
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
Utah Wagon Train as Robert Hatfield
Movie ★ 6.7
1950
The Fuller Brush Girl as Insp. Rodgers
Movie ★ 6.1
1950
Father Is a Bachelor as Lucius Staley
Movie ★ 7.4
1950
The Good Humor Man as Officer Daley
Movie ★ 6.3
1950
Movie ★ 7.5
1950
The Vanishing Westerner as Sheriff John Fast / Sir Cedric Fast
Movie ★ 5.5
1950
The Killer That Stalked New York as Dr. Penner (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1950
The Gene Autry Show as The Sheriff
TV ★ 4.7
1940s 61 credits
1949
Movie ★ 7.0
1949
Movie ★ 5.3
1949
Shockproof as Police Inspector (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1949
Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Willacombe - Architect (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1949
El Paso as John Elkins
Movie ★ 6.0
1949
Sorrowful Jones as Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1948
I Love Trouble as Sgt. Muller
Movie ★ 6.5
1948
A Southern Yankee as Hotel Desk Clerk
Movie ★ 5.5
1948
The Fuller Brush Man as Police Lt. Quint
Movie ★ 6.3
1948
Silver River as Major Ross
Movie ★ 6.1
1948
Movie ★ 6.2
1948
Tap Roots as Caller (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1948
Fighter Squadron as Maj. Sanford
Movie ★ 6.2
1947
The Red House as Sheriff Ray Helk
Movie ★ 6.3
1947
Movie ★ 5.8
1947
The Invisible Wall as Roy Hanford
Movie ★ 6.0
1947
The Crimson Key as Det. Capt. Fitzroy
Movie ★ 4.5
1947
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Key Witness as Dr. Jergins (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.8
1947
Big Town After Dark as Fletcher--City Editor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1947
Movie ★ 4.0
1947
Heartaches as Dan Savronic - Postal Inspector
Movie ★ 5.3
1946
Movie ★ 4.4
1946
Home in Oklahoma as Coroner Jud Judnick
Movie ★ 6.6
1946
The Cockeyed Miracle as Amos Spellman
Movie ★ 7.5
1946
Lost City of the Jungle as "System" Reeves
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Boys' Ranch as Mr. O'Neill
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
Movie ★ 5.7
1946
That Brennan Girl as Mr. Krasman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1946
Bad Bascomb as Sheriff (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1946
Our Old Car as Mr. Nesbitt (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Magnificent Doll as Alexander Hamilton (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1946
Mysterious Intruder as Davis (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1946
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
Leave It to Blondie as Mr. Fuddle (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
The Seesaw and the Shoes as Charles Goodyear (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
The Crimson Canary as Detective Carlyle
Movie ★ 7.5
1945
Movie ★ 7.2
1945
The Great American Mug as Contemporary Barber at Middle Chair (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1945
The Great Morgan as Father in Passing Parade (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
A Gun in His Hand as Calvin 'Whitey' Foster (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
Movie ★ 5.8
1944
The Big Noise as Alva P. Hartley
Movie ★ 6.1
1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo as Deck Officer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Dark Shadows as Burton Caighn Jr.
Movie ★ 9.2
1944
Movie ★ 4.8
1944
The Woman in the Window as Captain Kennedy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1944
The Mark of the Whistler as Sellers, Bell Captain (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
A Guy Named Joe as San Francisco Airport Captain (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Strange Affair as Mac (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
Movie ★ 5.6
1943
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Whistling in Brooklyn as Detective MacKenzie
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Appointment in Berlin as Staff Officer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1943
Swing Shift Maisie as Instructor (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Grand Central Murder as Detective with Doolin (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
Rio Rita as Trask
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Reunion in France as Henker - German Officer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Tortilla Flat as Mr. Brown
Movie ★ 5.8
1941
Riot Squad as Butch
Movie ★ 9.0