Lester Dorr

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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.

Filmography (269 Appearances)

Aliens from Space

TBA

At Long Last Love

1975

Hello, Dolly!

1969

Hotel

1967

Green Acres

1965

Mary, Mary

1963

Burke's Law

1963

Dr. Kildare

1961

Stagecoach West

1960

Inherit the Wind

1960

Vice Raid

1959

The Untouchables

1959

Dennis the Menace

1959

Arson for Hire

1959

Bat Masterson

1958

Lawman

1958

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

Hot Rod Gang

1958

The Bonnie Parker Story

1958

Marjorie Morningstar

1958

Missile Monsters

1958

Tombstone Territory

1957

Harbor Command

1957

Trackdown

1957

Alcoa Theatre

1957

Perry Mason

1957

Conflict

1956

Hey, Jeannie!

1956

So Your Wife Wants to Work

1956

So You Want to Be Pretty

1956

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

1955

Cheyenne

1955

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

East of Eden

1955

The Millionaire

1955

December Bride

1954

Father Knows Best

1954

Medic

1954

Killers from Space

1954

Take the High Ground!

1953

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

1953

General Electric Theater

1953

The Life Of Riley

1953

Adventures of Superman

1952

Chevron Theatre

1952

I Love Lucy

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

The Red Skelton Show

1951

Boston Blackie

1951

Ace in the Hole

1951

Night Riders of Montana

1951

Where Danger Lives

1950

The Jack Benny Program

1950

Flying Disc Man from Mars

1950

Three Secrets

1950

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

Treasury Men in Action

1950

Covered Wagon Raid

1950

Quicksand

1950

The Great Rupert

1950

On the Town

1949

Without Honor

1949

The Heiress

1949

The Lone Ranger

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

Love Takes Flight

1937

The Firefly

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 Debut
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