Lester Dorr
Acting
Born May 7, 1893 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone. Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr. As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
Films (232)
At Long Last Love
1975
Hello, Dolly!
1969
Hotel
1967
Mary, Mary
1963
Inherit the Wind
1960
Vice Raid
1959
Arson for Hire
1959
Hot Rod Gang
1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
1958
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Missile Monsters
1958
So Your Wife Wants to Work
1956
So You Want to Be Pretty
1956
East of Eden
1955
Killers from Space
1954
Take the High Ground!
1953
Ace in the Hole
1951
Night Riders of Montana
1951
Where Danger Lives
1950
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950
Three Secrets
1950
Covered Wagon Raid
1950
Quicksand
1950
The Great Rupert
1950
On the Town
1949
Without Honor
1949
The Heiress
1949
Red, Hot and Blue
1949
The Fountainhead
1949
The Crooked Way
1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1949
Alias Nick Beal
1949
The Dark Past
1948
Joan of Arc
1948
Whispering Smith
1948
The Vicious Circle
1948
Big Town Scandal
1948
Silver River
1948
The Big Clock
1948
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947
Pursued
1947
California
1947
The Best Years of Our Lives
1946
That Brennan Girl
1946
Bowery Bombshell
1946
The Great American Mug
1945
Anchors Aweigh
1945
You Came Along
1945
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
The Jade Mask
1945
Hi, Beautiful
1944
Wilson
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
Lady in the Dark
1944
The Masked Marvel
1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
Destroyer
1943
Batman
1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
1943
Wolves of the Range
1943
Hitler's Madman
1943
Dixie Dugan
1943
Gentleman Jim
1942
For Me and My Gal
1942
The Secret Code
1942
Sabotage Squad
1942
Wake Island
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
Dr. Broadway
1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
Fingers at the Window
1942
Don't Lie
1942
Alias Boston Blackie
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
Pardon My Stripes
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
Babes on Broadway
1941
Remember the Day
1941
Road to Happiness
1941
Paris Calling
1941
Three Girls About Town
1941
The Officer and the Lady
1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
1941
You'll Never Get Rich
1941
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
South of Panama
1941
Roar of the Press
1941
No, No, Nanette
1940
Rodeo Dough
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
The Return of Frank James
1940
Girls of the Road
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Sailor's Lady
1940
Pop Always Pays
1940
The Saint Takes Over
1940
I Take This Oath
1940
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
Son of the Navy
1940
Danger Ahead
1940
Mexican Spitfire
1940
The Shadow
1940
Mandrake the Magician
1940
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
1939
Gone with the Wind
1939
Sued for Libel
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Fast and Furious
1939
Those High Grey Walls
1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
Girl from Rio
1939
Coast Guard
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939
Stronger Than Desire
1939
Captain Fury
1939
Mandrake the Magician
1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
Money to Loan
1939
Cafe Society
1939
Star Reporter
1939
Fast and Loose
1939
Four Girls in White
1939
North of Shanghai
1939
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
1939
Convict's Code
1939
Homicide Bureau
1939
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
Sunset Murder Case
1938
Exposed
1938
Mr. Wong, Detective
1938
Straight, Place and Show
1938
Juvenile Court
1938
Streamlined Swing
1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
You Can't Take It with You
1938
The Crowd Roars
1938
The Chaser
1938
The Main Event
1938
Tell Your Children
1938
One Wild Night
1938
Hollywood Handicap
1938
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938
The Saint in New York
1938
Wide Open Faces
1938
Test Pilot
1938
State Police
1938
The Canary Comes Across
1938
I Met My Love Again
1938
The Spy Ring
1938
Wells Fargo
1937
Missing Witnesses
1937
Expensive Husbands
1937
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
The Firefly
1937
Love Takes Flight
1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
1937
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Cash and Carry
1937
Stella Dallas
1937
The Californian
1937
Easy Living
1937
Topper
1937
Captains Courageous
1937
Big Business
1937
Speed to Spare
1937
Criminals of the Air
1937
Way Out West
1937
Love Is News
1937
Secret Valley
1937
Smashing the Vice Trust
1937
The Mandarin Mystery
1936
Sinner Take All
1936
Ten Laps to Go
1936
Great Guy
1936
Go West Young Man
1936
The Sky Parade
1936
The President's Mystery
1936
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
Postal Inspector
1936
Jailbreak
1936
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
1936
Crash Donovan
1936
Spendthrift
1936
Below the Deadline
1936
The Crime Patrol
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
Brilliant Marriage
1936
Boulder Dam
1936
Love on a Bet
1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936
Murder at Glen Athol
1936
The Bridge of Sighs
1936
I'll Name the Murderer
1936
Black Gold
1936
Show Them No Mercy!
1935
The Girl Who Came Back
1935
Special Agent
1935
Here Comes the Band
1935
Shanghai
1935
Front Page Woman
1935
Born to Gamble
1935
Helldorado
1935
The Curtain Falls
1934
Dames
1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
Going Bye-Bye!
1934
The Personality Kid
1934
Fog Over Frisco
1934
Smarty
1934
Upperworld
1934
Journal of a Crime
1934
Jimmy the Gent
1934
As the Earth Turns
1934
The House on 56th Street
1933
Female
1933
The Bowery
1933
Goodbye Again
1933
Torch Singer
1933
The Little Giant
1933
Central Airport
1933
Hard to Handle
1933
The Death Kiss
1932
If I Had a Million
1932
Union Depot
1932
Riders of the Purple Sage
1931
Newly Rich
1931
All Stuck Up
1930