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Erville Alderson

Highest Rated:
100% My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Lowest Rated:
79% The Bishop's Wife (1947)
Birthday:
Sep 11, 1882
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
In films from 1921 through 1952, white-maned American character actor Erville Alderson was most closely associated with D.W. Griffith in his early movie years. Alderson played major roles in Griffith's The White Rose (1932), America (1924) and Isn't Life Wonderful (1924). In D.W.'s Sally of the…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 79% - 100%
Number of Movies: 59
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1957 84% The Spirit of St. Louis
  • Burt
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1950 Summer Stock
  • Zeb
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1949 Dancing in the Dark
  • Neighbor
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1948 Kidnapped
  • Mungo
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1947 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
  • Joe
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1947 79% The Bishop's Wife
  • Stevens
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1947 The Sea of Grass
  • Station Agent
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1947 High Wall
  • Patient
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1947 Desperate
  • Simon Pringle
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1947 Unconquered
  • Actor
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1947 Welcome Stranger
  • Train companion
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1946 Canyon Passage
  • Judge
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1946 92% The Spiral Staircase
  • Dr. Harvey
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1946 Magnificent Doll
  • Darcy
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1946 Two Sisters From Boston
  • Actor
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1945 Objective, Burma!
  • Gen. Stilwell
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1945 Along Came Jones
  • Bartender
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1945 Back to Bataan
  • Actor
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1943 First Comes Courage
  • Soren
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1943 Hangmen Also Die!
  • Liberal Official
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1943 The Commandos Strike at Dawn
  • Johan Garmo
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1942 You Can't Escape Forever
  • Mr. Crowder
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1942 100% My Favorite Blonde
  • Sheriff
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1941 Honky Tonk
  • Man with Rail
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1941 83% Sergeant York
  • Nate Tompkins
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1941 Tall in the Saddle
  • Actor
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1941 94% High Sierra
  • Farmer
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1940 When the Daltons Rode
  • District Attorney Wade
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1940 The Doctor Takes a Wife
  • Harrison
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1940 Santa Fe Trail
  • Jefferson Davis
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1940 100% The Grapes of Wrath
  • Arkansas Storekeeper
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1940 Maryland
  • Diggs
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1939 97% Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
  • Handwriting expert
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1939 Nancy Drew, Trouble Shooter
  • Clinton Griffith
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1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
  • Balliff
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1939 Jesse James
  • Old Marshal
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1939 The Hardys Ride High
  • Actor
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1938 Gold is Where You Find It
  • Cryder
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1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy
  • Court Attendant
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1938 Marie Antoinette
  • Passport Official
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1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks
  • Conductor
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1937 Small Town Boy
  • Skindle
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1936 Hearts in Bondage
  • Jefferson Davis
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1936 100% Fury
  • Plumber
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1935 Thirteenth Guest
  • Actor
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1935 Square Shooter
  • Actor
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1934 100% The Scarlet Empress (Catherine the Great)
  • Chancellor Alexei Bestuzhev
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1933 State Fair
  • Hog Owner
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1933 To the Last Man
  • Judge
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1932 They Call It Sin
  • Timothy Cullen
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1932 The Thirteenth Guest
  • Adams
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1932 The Cabin in the Cotton
  • Sock Fisher
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1932 100% I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang
  • Chief of Police
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1932 Haunted Gold
  • Benedict
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1931 83% Arrowsmith
  • Actor
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1929 Speakeasy
  • City Editor
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1925 100% Sally of the Sawdust
  • Judge Henry L. Foster
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1924 America
  • Justice Montague
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1924 Isn't Life Wonderful?
  • The professor
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