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Paul Hurst
Born · October 14, 1888
Died · February 27, 1953 (64 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Traver, California, USA
Bio
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 directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)
The Sun Shines Bright
Jimmy Bagby
6.5
1953
Toughest Man in Arizona
0.0
1952
Big Jim McLain
Mr. Lexiter
4.9
1952
Million Dollar Pursuit
Ray Harvey
5.8
1951
The Missourians
John X. Finn
6.0
1950
The Old Frontier
Skipper Horton
0.0
1950
The Vanishing Westerner
Waldorf Worthington
2.0
1950
Pioneer Marshal
Huck Homer
0.0
1949
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
Sheriff Jug Mason
0.0
1949
San Antone Ambush
Happy Daniels
4.0
1949
South of Rio
Andy Weems
0.0
1949
Outcasts of the Trail
Doc Meadowlark
0.0
1949
Law of the Golden West
Otis Ellis
6.0
1949
Prince of the Plains
Sheriff Hank Hartley
0.0
1949
Gun Smugglers
Sergeant Hasty Jones
0.0
1948
Yellow Sky
Drunk (uncredited)
6.9
1948
Son of God’s Country
Eli Walker
0.0
1948
The Arizona Ranger
Ben Riddle
6.0
1948
Heart of Virginia
Whit Galtry
0.0
1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Jailer
4.0
1948
California Firebrand
Chuck Waggoner
3.0
1948
Madonna of the Desert
Pete Connors
6.0
1948
Under Colorado Skies
Lucky John Hawkins
0.0
1947
Angel and the Badman
Frederick Carson
6.4
1947
The Plainsman and the Lady
Al
3.0
1946
Death Valley
Sergeant Dailey
5.0
1946
In Old Sacramento
Stagecoach Driver
6.0
1946
The Virginian
6.1
1946
Murder in the Music Hall
Hobarth
4.6
1946
Dakota
Captain Spotts
5.1
1945
Midnight Manhunt
Murphy
4.5
1945
Steppin' in Society
Cookie
0.0
1945
Scared Stiff
Sheriff
4.5
1945
The Big Show-Off
Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
4.5
1945
Something for the Boys
Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
6.2
1944
Girl Rush
Muley
5.0
1944
Barbary Coast Gent
Jake Compton
4.6
1944
Summer Storm
Orloff
5.1
1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone
Sheriff Slim Carson
3.7
1944
The Sky's the Limit
Dock Foreman (uncredited)
6.2
1943
Coney Island
Louie
6.1
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
Monty Smith
7.7
1943
December 7th
World War I Ghost Soldier
5.8
1943
Hi'ya, Chum
Archie Billings
6.0
1943
Calaboose
Ed the bartender
0.0
1943
Night in New Orleans
Sergeant Casper Riordan
4.0
1942
Sundown Jim
Broderick
0.0
1942
Dudes Are Pretty People
Two-Gun
0.0
1942
Pardon My Stripes
Feets
6.0
1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Page
5.7
1941
This Woman Is Mine
Second Mate Mumford
3.7
1941
The Parson of Panamint
Jake Waldren
5.0
1941
Caught in the Draft
Sgt. Burns
5.8
1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
Michael O'Connor
5.3
1941
Petticoat Politics
Slats O'Dell
0.0
1941
Virginia
Thomas
0.0
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Biff Sage
5.7
1941
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Pete
5.5
1940
Goin' Fishin'
6.0
1940
Spring Parade
Headwaiter
6.7
1940
The Westerner
Chickenfoot
7.0
1940
South to Karanga
Slats
0.0
1940
They Drive by Night
Pete Haig (uncredited)
6.9
1940
Torrid Zone
Daniels
6.4
1940
Edison, the Man
Sheriff
6.6
1940
Star Dust
Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
4.7
1940
Castle on the Hudson
Guard (uncredited)
6.8
1940
Remember?
Policeman
5.8
1939
Gone with the Wind
Yankee Deserter
7.9
1939
Glove Slingers
Chuck Brenner
0.0
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Empire State Building Guard
6.3
1939
On Your Toes
Variety Club Bartender
3.9
1939
Bad Lands
Curly Tom
3.7
1939
Quick Millions
Sheriff
7.5
1939
Each Dawn I Die
Garsky
6.8
1939
It Could Happen to You
Sandy
1.5
1939
Broadway Serenade
Reynolds, a Drunk
6.2
1939
Cafe Society
Bartender
6.0
1939
Topper Takes a Trip
Charlie - the Bartender
6.4
1938
Secrets of a Nurse
Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
3.0
1938
The Last Express
Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
1.0
1938
Hold That Co-ed
Slapsy
6.3
1938
My Lucky Star
Louie
5.3
1938
Prison Break
Soapy
5.1
1938
Josette
A. Adolphus Heyman
6.5
1938
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Bill Mulligan
6.7
1938
In Old Chicago
Mitch
6.4
1938
Island in the Sky
Happy
7.0
1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Florabelle's Father
6.7
1938
No Time to Marry
Sergeant
6.0
1938
Second Honeymoon
Dennis Huggins
5.8
1937
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Captain
5.8
1937
The Lady Fights Back
Maloney
6.0
1937
Danger – Love at Work
NYC policeman
7.3
1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Bill
6.0
1937
Wake Up and Live
McCabe
5.3
1937
She's No Lady
Cop
0.0
1937
You Can't Have Everything
Truck Driver (uncredited)
5.7
1937
The Legion of Missing Men
Muggsy
5.0
1937
Super-Sleuth
Motorcycle Cop
5.0
1937
You Can't Beat Love
Foreman Butch Mehaffey
6.0
1937
Slave Ship
Drunk
4.8
1937
Angel's Holiday
Sgt. Murphy
5.5
1937
Fifty Roads to Town
Tom
0.0
1937
This Is My Affair
Bowler
7.3
1937
Trouble in Morocco
Tiger Malone
6.0
1937
We Who Are About to Die
Tip Fuller
6.8
1937
North of Nome
Carlson
6.0
1936
The Gay Desperado
American Detective
2.8
1936
I'd Give My Life
"Sport" Conly
6.0
1936
To Mary - with Love
Drunk
4.5
1936
Blackmailer
Inspector Killian
5.0
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1st Deputy (uncredited)
7.5
1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Wilson
4.7
1936
Riffraff
Belcher
5.0
1936
The Gay Deception
Bell Captain
6.4
1935
The Daring Young Man
Prison Guard
0.0
1935
Calm Yourself
Detective Roscoe
4.5
1935
Public Hero Number 1
Rufe Parker
6.2
1935
Mississippi
Hefty
6.7
1935
Shadow of Doubt
Lt. Sackville
6.2
1935
Carnival
Policeman
0.0
1935
Sequoia
Bergman
6.0
1935
Maybe It's Love
Expressman (uncredited)
6.0
1935
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
Escaped Felon
0.0
1934
Tomorrow's Youth
Detective
0.0
1934
Among the Missing
Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
6.5
1934
Take the Stand
Denny O'Brien
4.0
1934
Midnight Alibi
Babe the Butcher
6.0
1934
Charlie Chan's Courage
Undetermined Role
8.0
1934
A Very Honorable Guy
Butler
2.0
1934
The Big Race
Skipper O'Neal
0.0
1934
Queen Christina
Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
6.8
1933
The Women in His Life
Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
4.0
1933
Day of Reckoning
Harry
5.0
1933
Saturday's Millions
Doc Maloney, Trainer
0.0
1933
Tugboat Annie
Sam
7.0
1933
Hold Your Man
Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
6.1
1933
The Sphinx
Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
4.8
1933
Terror Aboard
Boatswain
6.0
1933
Grand Slam
Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
3.7
1933
Island of Lost Souls
Capt. Donahue
6.9
1932
Men Are Such Fools
Stiles
0.0
1932
The Big Stampede
'Arizona' Frank Bailey
4.8
1932
The Phantom President
Sailor (uncredited)
5.5
1932
Hold 'Em Jail
Butch
6.8
1932
The Thirteenth Guest
Detective Grump
5.2
1932
State's Attorney
Police Captain Morgan
6.7
1932
My Pal, the King
Red
0.0
1932
Panama Flo
Al
7.0
1932
The Secret Witness
Officer Brannigan
3.0
1931
Bad Company
Paul Hurst
4.6
1931
Maker of Men
Gabby
0.0
1931
The Public Defender
Doc
6.0
1931
That's My Line
Mexican Bandit
0.0
1931
Sweepstakes
Bartender
4.5
1931
Kick In
Detective Whip Fogarty
6.0
1931
The Secret Six
Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
5.8
1931
The Single Sin
Slug
0.0
1931
The Third Alarm
'Beauty' Johnson
0.0
1930
Borrowed Wives
Bull Morgan
4.6
1930
Paradise Island
Beauty
3.5
1930
Hot Curves
'Slug', Baseball Player
5.7
1930
Shadow of the Law
Pete Shore
6.4
1930
The Runaway Bride
Sergeant Daly
5.0
1930
Mountain Justice
Lem Harland
5.0
1930
Swellhead
Mugsy
0.0
1930
Officer O'Brien
Captain Antrim
3.7
1930
Lucky Larkin
Pete Brierson
0.0
1930
His First Command
Sgt. Westbrook
7.0
1929
The Racketeer
Mehaffy - Policeman
4.9
1929
Oh, Yeah!
Railroad-Yard Superintendent
4.3
1929
Sailor's Holiday
Jimmylegs
5.2
1929
The California Mail
Rowdy Ryan
0.0
1929
Tide of Empire
Poppy
5.9
1929
The Lawless Legion
Ramirez
0.0
1929
Lilac Time
(uncredited)
6.2
1928
The Cossacks
Sitchi
7.3
1928
Buttons
Slugger McGlue
1.0
1927
The Valley of the Giants
Randeau
0.0
1927
The Red Raiders
Sergeant Murphy
8.0
1927
The Devil's Saddle
'Swig' Moran
0.0
1927
Outlaw's Paradise
McDonald
0.0
1927
Blue Streak O'Neil
0.0
1926
The Fighting Ranger
0.0
1926
Roaring Road
Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
0.0
1926
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
6.5
1923
Lightning Bryce
Powder Solvang
0.0
1919
Smashing Through
Stevens
0.0
1918
Rimrock Jones
Ike Bray
0.0
1918
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
Howie
0.0
1917
The Railroad Raiders
Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
0.0
1917
The Hazards of Helen
Benton - a Foreman
0.0
1917
The Manager of the B & A
Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
0.0
1916
The Diamond Runners
Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
0.0
1916
Judith of the Cumberlands
Blatchley Turrentine
0.0
1916
Medicine Bend
Murray Sinclair
0.0
1916
Whispering Smith
Murray Sinclair
0.0
1916
A Lass of the Lumberlands
0.0
1916
Stingaree
Howie - Stingaree's Partner
0.0
1915
The Vivisectionist
Bart - Jardine's Servant
0.0
1915
The Red Signal
Chief Dispatcher
0.0
1915
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
A Trainman
5.8
1915
The Girl Detective
Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
5.8
1915
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
Benton, the Foreman
0.0
1914
The Chief of Police
Daniels
0.0
1914
The Quicksands
Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
0.0
1914
The Cave Men's War
Red Axe
0.0
1913
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
Bad Bill - a Desperado
0.0
1912