| Year |
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Movie |
Role |
Notes |
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1938 |
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Prison Farm |
Prisoner |
(film debut) |
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1939 |
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Million Dollar Legs |
Graduate Who Says 'Thank You' |
(uncredited) |
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Golden Boy |
Joe Bonaparte |
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Invisible Stripes |
Tim Taylor |
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1940 |
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Those Were the Days! |
P.J. "Petey" Simmons |
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Our Town |
George Gibbs |
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Arizona |
Peter Muncie |
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1941 |
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I Wanted Wings |
Al Ludlow |
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Texas |
Dan Thomas |
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1942 |
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The Fleet's In |
Casey Kirby |
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The Remarkable Andrew |
Andrew Long |
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Meet the Stewarts |
Michael Stewart |
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1943 |
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Young and Willing |
Norman Reese |
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1947 |
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Blaze of Noon |
Colin McDonald |
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Dear Ruth |
Lt. William Seacroft |
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Variety Girl |
Himself |
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1948 |
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The Man from Colorado |
Capt. Del Stewart |
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Rachel and the Stranger |
David Harvey |
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Apartment for Peggy |
Jason Taylor |
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The Dark Past |
Al Walker |
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1949 |
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Streets of Laredo |
Jim Dawkins |
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond |
Dick Richmond |
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Dear Wife |
Bill Seacroft |
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1950 |
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Father Is a Bachelor |
Johnny Rutledge |
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Sunset Boulevard |
Joe Gillis |
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
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Union Station |
Lt. William Calhoun |
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Born Yesterday |
Paul Verrall |
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1951 |
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Force of Arms |
Sgt. Joe "Pete" Peterson |
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Submarine Command |
LCDR Ken White |
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1952 |
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Boots Malone |
Boots Malone |
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The Turning Point |
Jerry McKibbon |
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1953 |
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Stalag 17 |
Sgt. J.J. Sefton |
Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
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The Moon Is Blue |
Donald Gresham |
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Forever Female |
Stanley Krown |
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Escape from Fort Bravo |
Capt. Roper |
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1954 |
|
Executive Suite |
McDonald Walling |
Venice Film Festival Special Award for Ensemble Acting |
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Sabrina |
David Larrabee |
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri |
LT Harry Brubaker, USNR |
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The Country Girl |
Bernie Dodd |
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1955 |
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
Mark Elliott |
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Picnic |
Hal Carter |
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor |
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1956 |
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The Proud and Profane |
Lt. Col. Colin Black |
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Toward the Unknown |
Maj. Lincoln Bond |
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1957 |
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The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Shears |
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1958 |
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The Key |
Capt. David Ross |
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1959 |
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The Horse Soldiers |
Major Henry Kendall |
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1960 |
|
The World of Suzie Wong |
Robert Lomax |
Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
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1962 |
|
Satan Never Sleeps |
Father O'Banion |
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The Counterfeit Traitor |
Eric Erickson |
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The Lion |
Robert Hayward |
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1964 |
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Paris When It Sizzles |
Richard Benson/Rick |
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The 7th Dawn |
Major Ferris |
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1966 |
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Alvarez Kelly |
Alvarez Kelly |
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1967 |
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Casino Royale |
Ransome |
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1968 |
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The Devil's Brigade |
Lt. Col. Robert T. Frederick |
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1969 |
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The Wild Bunch |
Pike Bishop |
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The Christmas Tree |
Laurent Ségur |
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1971 |
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Wild Rovers |
Ross Bodine |
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1972 |
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The Revengers |
John Benedict |
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1973 |
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Breezy |
Frank Harmon |
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1974 |
|
Open Season |
Hal Wolkowski |
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The Towering Inferno |
Jim Duncan |
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1976 |
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Network |
Max Schumacher |
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor |
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1978 |
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Fedora |
Barry "Dutch" Detweiler |
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Damien: Omen II |
Richard Thorn |
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1979 |
|
Ashanti |
Jim Sandell |
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| 1979 |
|
Escape to Athena |
Prisoner smoking a cigar in prison camp (uncredited) |
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1980 |
|
When Time Ran Out |
Shelby Gilmore |
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The Earthling |
Patrick Foley |
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1981 |
|
S.O.B. |
Tim Culley |
(final film) |
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