Slim Summerville

Known for Acting

7/9/1892

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Biography

Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.

Known For (135 credits)

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The Hoodlum Saint

1946

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.

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Sing Me a Song of Texas

1945

The two nieces of the deceased Charley Bronson arrive to learn that an unknown judge will determine which one of them will inherit his ranch. But Bronson is still alive and posing as the cook. Hilda learns of this and sets out to use this information to win the ranch from her cousin Laurie.

5.4

Movie

I'm from Arkansas

1944

A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.

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Swing in the Saddle

1944

In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor," (Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz), "Hey Mabel" (Fred Stryker), "By the River Sainte Marie" (Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren), "She Broke My Heart in Three Places" (Oliver Drake), "When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley" (Robert Martin, Raymond McKee), and "There'll Be a Jubilee" (Phil Moore).

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Movie

Bride by Mistake

1944

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.

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Bachelor Daze

1944

Slim and Ezra are roommates and are wondering why they are still single. Ezra tells Slim that the local battle axe played by Minerva Urecal has a crush on him but Slim lacks the nerve to ask her to marry him.

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Garden of Eatin'

1943

After being falsely accused of kidnapping, Slim is thrown in jail. His troubles get worse when a lynch mob starts forming outside the jail.

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Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

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The Valley of Vanishing Men

1942

Prospector Henry Tolliver disappears and his son "Wild Bill" Tolliver comes looking for him.

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Movie

Miss Polly

1941

A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.

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Movie

Uncle Joe

1941

A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.

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Niagara Falls

1941

The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.