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Eugene Pallette
★ Acting

Eugene Pallette

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1889 – 1954 · Winfield, Kansas, USA · Active 1913–1997

Eugene Pallette, born in 1889, was a distinctive presence in American cinema, known for his gravelly voice and comic roles. He appears in Girls About Town (1931) as a supporting character, bringing his signature humor to the pre-Code era. In The Big Street (1942), he further demonstrates his comedic chops, contributing to the film's exploration of love and ambition. Pallette's performances in these films highlight his ability to blend humor with the more serious tones of the time, making him a notable figure in the realm of early Hollywood comedy.

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The Big Street

The Big Street

1942 ★ 6.6
as Nicely Nicely Johnson

Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.

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Girls About Town (1931) Movie Poster - SassyFlix
Girls About Town
1931 · ★6.9
Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation
1915
The Lady Eve (1941)
The Lady Eve
1941
My Man Godfrey (1936)
My Man Godfrey
1936
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916

Filmography

200 credits
1990s 1 credit
1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.7
1980s 2 credits
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
Movie ★ 9.0
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1970s 1 credit
1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Movie
1940s 37 credits
1946
Suspense as Harry Wheeler
Movie ★ 6.2
1946
In Old Sacramento as Sheriff Jim Wales
Movie ★ 6.8
1945
The Cheaters as James C. Pidgeon
Movie ★ 6.2
1944
Pin Up Girl as Barney Briggs
Movie ★ 6.3
1944
Step Lively as Simon Jenkins
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
Heavenly Days as Senator Bigbee
Movie ★ 8.0
1944
In the Meantime, Darling as Henry B. Preston
Movie ★ 6.8
1944
Sensations of 1945 as Gus Crane
Movie ★ 6.6
1944
Lake Placid Serenade as Carl Cermak
Movie ★ 10.0
1943
The Gang's All Here as Andrew Mason Sr.
Movie ★ 5.9
1943
The Kansan as Tom Waggoner
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Heaven Can Wait as E.F. Strabel
Movie ★ 6.9
1943
It Ain't Hay as Gregory Warner
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
Slightly Dangerous as Durstin
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
Tales of Manhattan as Luther
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
The Big Street● as Nicely Nicely Johnson
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
Silver Queen as Steve Adams
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Lady in a Jam as Billingsley
Movie ★ 5.6
1942
Are Husbands Necessary? as Bunker
Movie ★ 7.0
1942
The Male Animal as Ed Keller
Movie ★ 4.5
1942
The Forest Rangers as Howard Huston
Movie ★ 9.0
1942
Almost Married as Doctor Dobson
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
The Lady Eve as Horace Pike
Movie ★ 7.3
1941
The Bride Came C.O.D. as Lucius K. Winfield
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
Swamp Water as Jeb McKane
Movie ★ 6.3
1941
Unfinished Business as Elmer
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Appointment for Love as George Hastings
Movie ★ 5.8
1941
Ride, Kelly, Ride as Duke Martin
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
World Premiere as Gregory Martin
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
The Mark of Zorro as Friar Felipe
Movie ★ 7.1
1940
Young Tom Edison as Mr. Nelson
Movie ★ 5.9
1940
It's a Date as Gov. Allen
Movie ★ 6.4
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast as Maurice Duval
Movie ★ 8.0
1940
Sandy Is a Lady as P.J. Barnett
Movie ★ 9.0
1940
A Little Bit of Heaven as Herrington
Movie ★ 4.5
1930s 69 credits
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Chick McGann
Movie ★ 7.8
1939
First Love as James Clinton
Movie ★ 7.6
1939
Wife, Husband and Friend as Mike Craig
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
Movie ★ 7.5
1938
There Goes My Heart as Mr. Stevens - Editor
Movie ★ 7.3
1938
Breakdowns of 1938 as Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1937
Topper as Casey
Movie ★ 6.7
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl as John R. Frost
Movie ★ 6.4
1937
The Crime Nobody Saw as 'Babe' Lawton
Movie ★ 5.5
1937
Clarence as Mr. Wheeler
Movie ★ 9.0
1937
She Had to Eat as Raymond Q. Nash
Movie ★ 5.6
1936
Stowaway as The Colonel
Movie ★ 6.7
1936
My Man Godfrey as Alexander Bullock
Movie ★ 7.6
1936
The Golden Arrow as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
Dishonour Bright as Busby
Movie ★ 6.5
1936
Easy to Take as Reginald "Doc" Kraft
Movie ★ 10.0
1936
The Luckiest Girl in the World as Campbell Duncan
Movie ★ 7.3
1935
Bordertown as Charles 'Charlie' Roark
Movie ★ 6.0
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
The Ghost Goes West as Mr. Joe Martin
Movie ★ 6.7
1935
Black Sheep as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher
Movie ★ 7.3
1935
All the King's Horses as Conrad Q. Conley
Movie ★ 6.8
1935
Baby Face Harrington as Uncle Henry
Movie ★ 5.3
1934
The Dragon Murder Case as Sgt. Ernest Heath
Movie ★ 5.9
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Wynn Rixey
Movie ★ 6.8
1934
Strictly Dynamite as Sourwood
Movie ★ 6.5
1934
I've Got Your Number as Joseph 'Joe' Flood
Movie ★ 6.8
1934
Cross Country Cruise as Willy Bronson
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
Caravan as Gypsy Chief
Movie ★ 6.5
1934
One Exciting Adventure as Kleinsilber
Movie ★ 8.0
1934
Making the Rounds
Movie
1933
The Kennel Murder Case as Detective Heath
Movie ★ 6.1
1933
Made on Broadway as Terwilliger
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
From Headquarters as Sgt. Boggs
Movie ★ 6.1
1933
Hell Below as Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
Movie ★ 6.0
1933
Mr. Skitch as Cliff Merriweather
Movie ★ 7.0
1933
Shanghai Madness as Lobo Lonergan
Movie ★ 8.0
1933
Storm at Daybreak as Janos
Movie ★ 6.6
1933
Hip Zip Hooray as Sheriff Bell
Movie ★ 5.0
1933
Sailor Beware! as Jonesy
Movie
1932
Shanghai Express as Sam Salt
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
The Half-Naked Truth as Achilles
Movie ★ 5.1
1932
Strangers of the Evening as Detective Brubacher
Movie ★ 5.1
1932
Wild Girl as Yuba Bill
Movie ★ 6.2
1932
Off His Base as Jerry Minor
Movie ★ 10.0
1932
Dancers in the Dark as Gus
Movie ★ 5.7
1932
The Night Mayor as Hymie Shane
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Thunder Below as Bill Horner
Movie ★ 7.0
1932
Tom Brown of Culver as Deaf Diner
Movie ★ 6.8
1932
Always Kickin'
Movie
1931
The Stolen Jools as Reporter
Movie ★ 5.6
1931
Girls About Town● as Benjamin Thomas
Movie ★ 6.6
1931
Fighting Caravans as Seth Higgins
Movie ★ 4.9
1931
It Pays to Advertise as Cyrus Martin
Movie ★ 5.6
1931
Huckleberry Finn as Duke of Bilgewater
Movie ★ 7.0
1931
Dude Ranch as Judd
Movie ★ 5.5
1931
Gun Smoke as Stub Wallock
Movie ★ 6.7
1930
The Benson Murder Case as Sgt. Edward Heath
Movie ★ 5.9
1930
Playboy of Paris as Pierre Bourdin
Movie ★ 7.0
1930
Sea Legs as Hyacinth Nitouche
Movie ★ 6.0
1930
Follow Thru as J.C. Effingham
Movie ★ 7.6
1930
The Border Legion as Bunco Davis
Movie ★ 10.0
1930
The Kibitzer as Klaus
Movie ★ 5.5
1930
Let's Go Native as Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert
Movie ★ 7.7
1930
Paramount on Parade as Sergeant Heath
Movie ★ 6.1
1930
The Sea God as Square Deal McCarthy
Movie ★ 5.5
1930
Slightly Scarlet as Sylvester Corbett
Movie ★ 7.0
1930
The Santa Fe Trail as Doc Brady
Movie ★ 6.3
1930
Men Are Like That as Traffic Cop
Movie ★ 8.5
1920s 50 credits
1929
The Virginian as 'Honey' Wiggin
Movie ★ 5.9
1929
The Dummy as Madison
Movie ★ 8.0
1929
The Love Parade as Minister of War
Movie ★ 6.7
1929
The Canary Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
Movie ★ 5.7
1929
The Greene Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
Movie ★ 6.0
1929
The Studio Murder Mystery as Detective Lieutenant Dirk
Movie ★ 4.6
1929
Pointed Heels as Joe Carrington
Movie ★ 6.3
1928
Aching Youth
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
The Swell Head
Movie
1928
The Red Mark as Sergeo
Movie ★ 7.0
1928
Lights of New York as Gene
Movie ★ 5.7
1928
His Private Life as Henri Bérgere
Movie ★ 9.0
1928
Out of the Ruins as Volange
Movie ★ 8.0
1928
Should Women Drive?
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
The Lighter That Failed as Charley's Brother-in-Law
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Many Scrappy Returns as Wellington - Charley's Brother
Movie ★ 9.0
1927
Sugar Daddies as Hardy look-alike
Movie ★ 6.1
1927
Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector
Movie ★ 6.8
1927
Fluttering Hearts as Motorcycle Cop
Movie ★ 5.6
1927
Chicago as Rodney Casley
Movie ★ 5.7
1927
Should Men Walk Home? as Detective, Intelligence Bureau
Movie ★ 7.2
1927
The Battle of the Century as Insurance agent (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1927
The Second 100 Years as Dinner Host (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1927
Assistant Wives as Charley's Boss
Movie ★ 10.0
1927
Moulders of Men as Barney Mulholland
Movie ★ 7.0
1926
Mantrap as E. Wesson Woodbury
Movie ★ 6.2
1926
Whispering Smith as Bill Dancing
Movie ★ 9.0
1926
Rocking Moon as Side Money
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
The Volga Boatman as Revolutionary
Movie ★ 6.5
1926
Desert Valley as Deputy
Movie ★ 9.0
1926
You Never Know Women as Party Guest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.1
1926
Whispering Canyon as Harvey Hawes
Movie ★ 8.0
1925
Without Mercy as Simon Linke
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
The Light of Western Stars as Stub (as Gene Pallette)
Movie ★ 10.0
1925
Wild Horse Mesa as Melberne Townsman
Movie ★ 7.3
1924
Stupid, but Brave as Richard Peeling
Movie ★ 8.0
1924
The Wolf Man as Pierre
Movie ★ 7.0
1924
Wandering Husbands as Percy
Movie ★ 3.0
1924
The Galloping Fish as Anti-Volstead Esquire
Movie ★ 7.0
1924
The Cyclone Rider as Eddie
Movie ★ 8.0
1923
The Ten Commandments as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1923
Hell's Hole as Pablo
Movie ★ 9.0
1923
North of Hudson Bay as Peter Dane
Movie ★ 5.9
1923
To the Last Man as Simm Bruce
Movie ★ 9.0
1922
Without Compromise as Tommy Ainsworth
Movie ★ 7.0
1921
The Three Musketeers as Aramis
Movie ★ 6.4
1921
Fine Feathers as Bob Reynolds
Movie ★ 7.0
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine as 'Red' Jocelyn
Movie ★ 8.0
1920
Terror Island as Guy Mourdant
Movie ★ 5.3
1920
Twin Beds
Movie ★ 7.0
1910s 39 credits
1919
Be a Little Sport as Dick Nevins
Movie
1919
Words and Music by - as Gene Harris
Movie ★ 8.0
1919
The Amateur Adventuress as George Goodie
Movie
1918
Tarzan of the Apes
Movie ★ 5.3
1918
No Man's Land as Sidney Dundas
Movie
1918
Breakers Ahead as Jim Hawley
Movie
1918
Madam Who as Lieutenant Conroy
Movie
1918
The Turn of a Card as Eddie Barrett
Movie
1918
His Robe of Honor as Clifford Nordhoff
Movie
1917
The Marcellini Millions as Mr. Murray
Movie
1917
The World Apart as Clyde Holt
Movie
1917
The Bond Between as Raoul Vaux
Movie
1917
The Winning of Sally Temple as Sir John Gorham
Movie
1917
Each to His Kind as Dick Larimer
Movie
1917
A Man's Man as Captain Benevido
Movie
1917
The Ghost House as Spud Foster
Movie
1917
The Heir of the Ages as Larry Payne
Movie
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Prosper Latour (French Story)
Movie ★ 7.1
1916
Gretchen the Greenhorn as Rodgers
Movie ★ 6.0
1916
Going Straight as Jimmy Briggs
Movie ★ 6.0
1916
Sunshine Dad as Alfred Evergreen
Movie ★ 5.5
1916
The Children in the House as Arthur Vincent
Movie ★ 4.8
1916
Hell-to-Pay Austin as Harry Tracey
Movie
1915
How Hazel Got Even as Patsy
Movie
1915
The Spell of the Poppy as Manfredi
Movie
1915
The Birth of a Nation as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1915
After Twenty Years as Tom's Grown Son
Movie
1915
The Terror of the Mountains as Soapy Smith
Movie ★ 8.0
1914
The Tardy Cannon Ball as Dink
Movie ★ 7.0
1914
The Stolen Ore as Dick Raleigh
Movie ★ 9.0
1914
The Sheriff's Prisoner as John Walsh - the Miner
Movie
1914
A Pair of Cuffs
Movie ★ 7.0
1914
The Thief and the Book as The Fly
Movie ★ 8.0
1914
Turned Back as Tom Johnston
Movie ★ 10.0
1913
The Tattooed Arm as Jim Halliday
Movie
1913
When Jim Returned
Movie ★ 5.0
1913
The Brothers as Estabon
Movie
1913
The Kiss
Movie
1913
Youth and Jealousy
Movie
s 1 credit
—
Fair and Warmer as Billy Bartlett
Movie ★ 10.0