Douglas Walton

Known for Acting

10/16/1910

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Canadian born Douglas Walton was a supporting actor in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.

Known For (46 credits)

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Movie

The Secret Of St. Ives

1949

A French soldier in the Napoleonic Wars plots his escape after he's captured and imprisoned in a castle fortress in Edinburgh, Scotland. Director Philip Rosen's 1949 film, adapted from a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, stars Richard Ney, Vanessa Brown, Henry Daniell, John Dehner, Douglas Walton, Aubrey Mather, Jean Del Val, Luis Van Rooten, Maurice Marsac and Billy Bevan.

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Trouble Preferred

1948

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.

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Movie

High Tide

1947

A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.

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High Conquest

1947

Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.

5.2

Movie

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946

A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.

5.5

Movie

Kitty

1945

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.

7.1

Movie

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

7.2

Movie

Murder, My Sweet

1944

After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.

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Movie

Jesse James, Jr.

1942

Though Don "Red" Barry is the star of Jesse James, Jr., he plays a character named Johnny Barrett. The scene is a small western town, lacking telegraph service. Every time the locals try to set up communications with the Outside World, they are thwarted by an outlaw gang.

4.5

Movie

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

1941

In this comedy, the marital conflicts between a meek banker and his nagging wife are chronicled.

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Movie

Singapore Woman

1941

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

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Movie

The Letter

1940

After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.