Lester Dorr

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

133

Movies

236

Born: May 7, 1893 – August 25, 1980
From: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

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.

Works

236 films

Gone with the Wind

19397.9

East of Eden

19557.5

Hello, Dolly!

19697.0

The Best Years of Our Lives

19467.7

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

19397.8

Vice Raid

19596.2

You Can't Take It with You

19387.5

Inherit the Wind

19607.7

On the Town

19497.0

Joan of Arc

19486.2

The Fountainhead

19496.8

Ace in the Hole

19517.8

The Reluctant Dragon

19416.6

Remember the Day

19417.3

Captains Courageous

19377.4

Batman

19436.2

The Heiress

19497.8

The Big Clock

19487.3

Anchors Aweigh

19456.8

The Pride of the Yankees

19427.4

Front Page Woman

19355.9

Easy Living

19377.2

Brilliant Marriage

19365.8

The Return of Frank James

19406.3

Babes on Broadway

19416.6

Special Agent

19356.2

Topper

19376.8

Wake Island

19425.9

Stella Dallas

19376.8

Hotel

19676.0

Hot Rod Gang

19585.3

Criminals of the Air

19376.3

Way Out West

19377.1

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

19496.3

At Long Last Love

19755.1

The Sky Parade

19368.0

Silver River

19486.2

Pursued

19476.5

Jimmy the Gent

19346.4

Gentleman Jim

19427.2

California

19476.8

If I Had a Million

19326.5

The Prisoner of Shark Island

19366.9

The Dark Past

19486.0

The Great Rupert

19505.8

Test Pilot

19386.1

Expensive Husbands

19375.9

Dr. Broadway

19426.0

Red, Hot and Blue

19496.2

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

19374.5

Three Secrets

19506.5

Love Is News

19376.3

You'll Never Get Rich

19416.5

Quicksand

19506.1

Central Airport

19336.0

That Brennan Girl

19465.5

The Bowery

19335.4

No, No, Nanette

19406.2

Destroyer

19436.8

I Met My Love Again

19386.0

Whispering Smith

19486.7

Wells Fargo

19375.5

Marjorie Morningstar

19586.3

Three Loves Has Nancy

19384.2

Girl from Rio

19394.8

Mary, Mary

19635.3

On an Island with You

19485.9

Where Danger Lives

19506.4

Alias Nick Beal

19496.8

Paris Calling

19416.0

The Crooked Way

19496.2

Hitler's Madman

19435.5

The Bonnie Parker Story

19585.0

Star Reporter

19393.9

The Devil Is a Sissy

19367.0

Female

19336.3

Wilson

19445.6

The Mystery of Marie Roget

19425.7

Hard to Handle

19336.9

The Death Kiss

19325.3

Torch Singer

19335.3

The Shadow

19407.3

Exposed

19386.7

Sailor's Lady

19406.5

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

19396.7

Girls of the Road

19405.5

Fingers at the Window

19425.7

Those High Grey Walls

19396.4

Union Depot

19326.1

All Stuck Up

19307.0

Coast Guard

19396.0

Crash Donovan

19368.0

I Take This Oath

19405.8

Take the High Ground!

19536.2

The Saint Takes Over

19406.7

Fast and Furious

19395.2

Three Girls About Town

19416.5

Missing Witnesses

19377.0

Killers from Space

19543.8

Love Takes Flight

19375.0

Night Riders of Montana

195110.0

Sinner Take All

19364.9

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

19405.7

Tell Your Children

19384.4

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

19396.6

The Personality Kid

19344.4

Straight, Place and Show

19387.0

Dames

19346.5

Dixie Dugan

19436.5

Fast and Loose

19395.9

Follow the Sun

19516.3

Four Girls in White

19397.2

Lady in a Jam

19425.6

Circumstantial Evidence

19455.2

Speed to Spare

19377.0

The Firefly

19376.5

The Secret Code

19425.9

Murder at Glen Athol

19367.0

Mr. Wong, Detective

19385.6

Great Guy

19366.3

Going Bye-Bye!

19347.4

The Preview Murder Mystery

19365.8

Covered Wagon Raid

19507.2

Fog Over Frisco

19346.4

For Me and My Gal

19426.5

Boulder Dam

19365.7

Cafe Society

19397.5

The Californian

19377.0

Juvenile Court

19386.0

Two Girls on Broadway

19407.0

The House on 56th Street

19335.3

The Spy Ring

19385.6

Son of the Navy

19406.2

Spendthrift

19366.0

It Happened in Hollywood

19376.3

State Police

19388.0

The Little Giant

19337.0

Sabotage Squad

19427.5

Convict's Code

19395.3

Newly Rich

19314.3

Blue, White and Perfect

19426.5

Captain Fury

19395.6

Hollywood Handicap

19384.8

Sing, Baby, Sing

19366.0

I'll Name the Murderer

19365.0

You Came Along

19457.3

Upperworld

19346.1

Comet Over Broadway

19385.7

Flying Disc Man from Mars

19504.9

The Crowd Roars

19387.0

Pardon My Stripes

19426.5

Without Honor

19494.7

The Fighting Devil Dogs

19386.8

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

19395.4

Sued for Libel

19396.3

As the Earth Turns

19345.6

North of Shanghai

19398.0

Below the Deadline

19364.9

Shanghai

19357.3

Shadow of Chinatown

19365.2

Homicide Bureau

19396.7

Wide Open Faces

19389.0

Big Business

19377.5

The Chaser

19388.0

Big Town Scandal

19485.3

Mexican Spitfire Out West

19405.0

Missile Monsters

19584.0

Go West Young Man

19365.5

Mandrake the Magician

19395.9

The Jade Mask

19456.2

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

19346.8

Love on a Bet

19367.0

So Your Wife Wants to Work

19567.3

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

19385.4

The Crime Patrol

19367.0

Robin Hood Of Texas

19477.0

Stronger Than Desire

19395.5

Here Comes the Band

19357.0

The Saint in New York

19386.6

One Wild Night

19387.8

Jailbreak

19366.7

Wolves of the Range

19435.8

Danger Ahead

19408.0

Helldorado

19359.0

Show Them No Mercy!

19357.5

Four Jills in a Jeep

19446.8

The President's Mystery

19365.8

So You Want to Be Pretty

19564.0

The Mandarin Mystery

19365.0

The Girl from Mandalay

19364.7

The Curtain Falls

19346.0

Arson for Hire

19597.0

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

19435.7

Confessions of a Vice Baron

19434.7

Secret Valley

19375.3

A Tragedy at Midnight

19425.2

Sunset Murder Case

19383.7

The Masked Marvel

19435.5

Two Latins from Manhattan

19416.0

Hollywood Round-Up

19375.3

Smarty

19344.6

Journal of a Crime

19345.9

Lady in the Dark

19444.7

The Great American Mug

19457.3

Bowery Bombshell

19466.5

The Day the Bookies Wept

19397.5

The Officer and the Lady

19418.0

Roar of the Press

19416.3

Ten Laps to Go

19365.5

Alias Boston Blackie

19425.7

Postal Inspector

19367.0

Road to Happiness

19415.7

South of Panama

19417.5

Rodeo Dough

19406.4

Aliens from Space

2026

Don't Lie

19426.5

The Bridge of Sighs

19368.0

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

19366.0

The Vicious Circle

19485.8

The Girl Who Came Back

19356.0

Money to Loan

19396.8

Born to Gamble

19355.2

Streamlined Swing

19384.7

Riders of the Purple Sage

19318.0

Goodbye Again

19334.9

Ride 'em, Cowgirl

19397.5

The Main Event

19388.0

Pop Always Pays

19406.7

Mandrake the Magician

19405.0

Black Gold

19365.3

The Canary Comes Across

19385.3

Hi, Beautiful

19449.8

Smashing the Vice Trust

19379.0

Ride 'Em Cowboy

193610.0

Mexican Spitfire

19405.0

Cash and Carry

19376.2