Portrait of Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Acting

Biography

Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Pallette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 7, 1889

Place of Birth: Winfield, Kansas, USA

Filmography

1997
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946
Suspense

as Harry Wheeler

1946
In Old Sacramento

as Sheriff Jim Wales

1945
The Cheaters

as James C. Pidgeon

1944
Lake Placid Serenade

as Carl Cermak

1944
Heavenly Days

as Senator Bigbee

1944
In the Meantime, Darling

as Henry B. Preston

1944
Step Lively

as Simon Jenkins

1944
Sensations of 1945

as Gus Crane

1944
Pin Up Girl

as Barney Briggs

1943
The Gang's All Here

as Andrew Mason Sr.

1943
The Voice That Thrilled the World

as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

1943
The Kansan

as Tom Waggoner

1943
Heaven Can Wait

as E.F. Strabel

1943
1943
It Ain't Hay

as Gregory Warner

1942
Silver Queen

as Steve Adams

1942
The Forest Rangers

as Howard Huston

1942
The Big Street

as Nicely Nicely Johnson

1942
Tales of Manhattan

as Luther - Orman's butler

1942
Lady in a Jam

as Billingsley

1942
Almost Married

as Doctor Dobson

1942
The Male Animal

as Ed Keller

1941
Swamp Water

as Jeb McKane

1941
Breakdowns of 1941

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1941
Appointment for Love

as George Hastings

1941
World Premiere

as Gregory Martin

1941
The Bride Came C.O.D.

as Lucius K. Winfield

1941
The Lady Eve

as Horace Pike

1941
Ride, Kelly, Ride

as Duke Martin

1940
The Mark of Zorro

as Friar Felipe

1940
1940
He Stayed for Breakfast

as Maurice Duval

1940
Sandy Is a Lady

as P.J. Barnett

1940
It's a Date

as Gov. Allen

1940
Young Tom Edison

as Mr. Nelson

1939
First Love

as James Clinton

1939
1939
1938
Breakdowns of 1938

as Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938
There Goes My Heart

as Mr. Stevens - Editor

1937
1937
Topper

as Casey

1937
She Had to Eat

as Raymond Q. Nash

1937
The Crime Nobody Saw

as 'Babe' Lawton

1937
Clarence

as Mr. Wheeler

1936
Stowaway

as The Colonel

1936
Easy to Take

as Reginald "Doc" Kraft

1936
1936
1936
My Man Godfrey

as Alexander Bullock

1936
The Golden Arrow

as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers

1935
The Ghost Goes West

as Mr. Joe Martin

1935
Steamboat Round the Bend

as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers

1935
Black Sheep

as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher

1935
Baby Face Harrington

as Uncle Henry

1935
All the King's Horses

as Conrad Q. Conley

1935
Bordertown

as Charles 'Charlie' Roark

1934
Caravan

as Gypsy Chief

1934
1934
The Dragon Murder Case

as Sgt. Ernest Heath

1934
1934
1934
I've Got Your Number

as Joseph 'Joe' Flood

1934
Cross Country Cruise

as Willy Bronson

1933
Mr. Skitch

as Cliff Merriweather

1933
From Headquarters

as Sgt. Boggs

1933
The Kennel Murder Case

as Detective Heath

1933
1933
Shanghai Madness

as Lobo Lonergan

1933
1933
Hell Below

as Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man

1933
Made on Broadway

as Terwilliger

1932
1932
Wild Girl

as Yuba Bill

1932
The Night Mayor

as Hymie Shane

1932
Tom Brown of Culver

as Deaf Diner

1932
Thunder Below

as Bill Horner

1932
Strangers of the Evening

as Detective Brubacher

1932
Shanghai Express

as Sam Salt

1931
Girls About Town

as Benjamin Thomas

1931
Huckleberry Finn

as Duke of Bilgewater

1931
Dude Ranch

as Judd

1931
Gun Smoke

as Stub Wallock

1931
The Stolen Jools

as Reporter

1931
It Pays to Advertise

as Cyrus Martin

1931
Fighting Caravans

as Seth Higgins

1930
Sea Legs

as Hyacinth Nitouche

1930
Playboy of Paris

as Pierre Bourdin

1930
The Santa Fe Trail

as Doc Brady

1930
Follow Thru

as J.C. Effingham

1930
The Sea God

as Square Deal McCarthy

1930
Let's Go Native

as Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert

1930
The Border Legion

as Bunco Davis

1930
Paramount on Parade

as Sergeant Heath

1930
The Benson Murder Case

as Sgt. Edward Heath

1930
Men Are Like That

as Traffic Cop

1930
Slightly Scarlet

as Sylvester Corbett

1930
The Love Parade

as Minister of War

1930
The Kibitzer

as Klaus

1929
Pointed Heels

as Joe Carrington

1929
The Virginian

as 'Honey' Wiggin

1929
The Greene Murder Case

as Sergeant Heath

1929
The Studio Murder Mystery

as Detective Lieutenant Dirk

1929
The Dummy

as Madison

1929
The Canary Murder Case

as Sergeant Heath

1928
His Private Life

as Henri Bérgere

1928
The Red Mark

as Sergeo

1928
1927
The Battle of the Century

as Insurance agent (uncredited)

1927
Chicago

as Rodney Casley

1927
Assistant Wives

as Charley's Boss

1927
The Second 100 Years

as Dinner Host (uncredited)

1927
The Lighter That Failed

as Charley's Brother-in-Law

1927
Sugar Daddies

as Hardy look-alike

1927
Fluttering Hearts

as Motorcycle Cop

1927
Jewish Prudence

as Rent Collector

1927
Moulders of Men

as Barney Mulholland

1927
Should Men Walk Home?

as Detective, Intelligence Bureau

1927
Many Scrappy Returns

as Wellington - Charley's Brother

1926
Desert Valley

as Deputy

1926
You Never Know Women

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1926
Mantrap

as E. Wesson Woodbury

1926
The Volga Boatman

as Revolutionary

1926
Whispering Smith

as Bill Dancing

1926
Rocking Moon

as Side Money

1925
Without Mercy

as Simon Linke

1925
Wild Horse Mesa

as Melberne Townsman

1925
The Light of Western Stars

as Stub (as Gene Pallette)

1924
Stupid, but Brave

as Richard Peeling

1924
1924
The Galloping Fish

as Anti-Volstead Esquire

1924
The Wolf Man

as Pierre

1923
The Ten Commandments

as Israelite Slave (uncredited)

1923
North of Hudson Bay

as Peter Dane

1923
Hell's Hole

as Pablo

1923
To the Last Man

as Simm Bruce

1922
Without Compromise

as Tommy Ainsworth

1921
Fine Feathers

as Bob Reynolds

1920
Terror Island

as Guy Mourdant

1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine

as 'Red' Jocelyn

1919
Be a Little Sport

as Dick Nevins

1919
Words and Music by -

as Gene Harris

1919
The Amateur Adventuress

as George Goodie

1918
Breakers Ahead

as Jim Hawley

1918
The Turn of a Card

as Eddie Barrett

1918
His Robe of Honor

as Clifford Nordhoff

1918
Madam Who

as Lieutenant Conroy

1917
A Man's Man

as Captain Benevido

1917
The World Apart

as Clyde Holt

1917
1917
The Winning of Sally Temple

as Sir John Gorham

1917
Each to His Kind

as Dick Larimer

1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

as Prosper Latour (French Story)

1916
Going Straight

as Jimmy Briggs

1916
The Children in the House

as Arthur Vincent

1916
Sunshine Dad

as Alfred Evergreen

1915
1915
The Birth of a Nation

as Union Soldier (uncredited)

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Fair and Warmer

as Billy Bartlett