Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/28/1885
Place of Birth
Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Andrew Tombes
Biography
Known For
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
as Sheriff Grogan
Moulin Rouge
as McBride
Half Angel
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Big City
as Inspector Matthews (as Andrew J. Tombes)
Borrowing Trouble
as Uncle George
Coney Island
as Horace Carter
Louisiana Purchase
as Dean Albert Manning
45 Fathers
as Judge
Frontier Gal
as Judge Prescott
Hot Money
as Willie
Texas
as Tennessee
The Jackpot
as Pritchett (uncredited)
Bathing Beauty
as Jefferson Statling, Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Doubting Thomas
as Huxley Hossefrosse
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Muldoon - a Policeman
Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Session Director (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge Wilkins
Swing Fever
as Dr. Clyde L. Star
Stage Struck
as Burns Heywood
Reckless Age
as Mr. Cook
Career Timeline
1950
1947
1946
1945
1944
Can't Help Singing
as Sad Sam
Murder in the Blue Room
as Dr. Carroll
San Fernando Valley
as Cyclone Kenyon
The Singing Sheriff
as Jonas
Goin' to Town
as Parker
Kansas City Kitty
as Judge
Reckless Age
as Mr. Cook
Bathing Beauty
as Jefferson Statling, Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Week-End Pass
as Constable
Phantom Lady
as Mac - Bartender
1943
His Butler's Sister
as Brophy
The Mad Ghoul
as Mortician Eagan
Swing Fever
as Dr. Clyde L. Star
Crazy House
as Horace L. Gregory
I Dood It
as Mr. Alfred Spelvin
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Mr. McGowan (uncredited)
Hi Diddle Diddle
as Doorman
Honeymoon Lodge
as Judge Wilkins
Coney Island
as Horace Carter
A Stranger in Town
as Roscoe Swade
Hi'ya, Chum
as Jerry MackIntosh, Cook
It Ain't Hay
as Big-Hearted Charlie
The Meanest Man in the World
as Judge
Reveille with Beverly
as Mr. Smith (uncredited)
1942
Road to Morocco
as Oso Bucco (uncredited)
Between Us Girls
as Doctor
They All Kissed the Bride
as Crane
Larceny, Inc.
as Oscar Engelhart
Obliging Young Lady
as First Train Conductor
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Bates
Blondie Goes to College
as L.L. Snookie Wadsworth
Don't Get Personal
as James M. Snow
1941
Louisiana Purchase
as Dean Albert Manning
Bedtime Story
as Pierce
Hellzapoppin'
as Max Kane (uncredited)
Down Mexico Way
as Mayor Tubbs
Texas
as Tennessee
Lady Scarface
as Art Seidel, Hotel Detective
Last of the Duanes
as Sheriff Frank Taylor
A Dangerous Game
as Silas Biggsby
World Premiere
as Nixon
Melody for Three
as Mickey Delany
Sis Hopkins
as Mayor
Meet John Doe
as Spencer
The Wild Man of Borneo
as 'Doc' Dunbar
1940
Charter Pilot
as W.J. Brady
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Mr. Kelland
Captain Caution
as Sad Eyes
Screw Drivers of 1940
as Mr. Screwdriver
In Old Missouri
as Attorney
Alex in Wonderland
as Mr. J.D. Swinnerton
Village Barn Dance
as James Rutherford Sr.
Wolf of New York
as Sylvester Duncan
1939
1938
Men of Steel
as J.J. Stevens
Always in Trouble
as James C. Darlington
Five of a Kind
as Dr. Bruno
Vacation from Love
as Judge Brandon
A Desperate Adventure
as Cosmo Carrington
One Wild Night
as William Nolan
Romance on the Run
as J.W. Ridgeway
Battle of Broadway
as Judge Hutchins
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Judge
1937
Borrowing Trouble
as Uncle George
Checkers
as Tobias Somers
45 Fathers
as Judge
Big City
as Inspector Matthews (as Andrew J. Tombes)
Easy Living
as E.J. Hulgar
Meet the Boy Friend
as J. Ardmore Potts
Sing and Be Happy
as Thomas Lane
Riding on Air
as Eddie Byrd
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
as Chief of Homicide E. R. Scott
Fair Warning
as J. C. Farnham
Time Out for Romance
as James Blanchard
The Holy Terror
as Commander Otis
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Muldoon - a Policeman
Stage Struck
as Burns Heywood
Hot Money
as Willie
Ticket to Paradise
as Nirney
Half Angel
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
The Country Beyond
as Sen. Rawlings
Here Comes Trouble
as Adams
It Had to Happen
as Dooley
King of Burlesque
as Slattery