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Paul Hurst

Acting Born Oct 14, 1888 Died Feb 27, 1953 Traver, California, USA 256 credits
256
Total Credits
1921–1953
33 Years Career Span
12
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Paul Hurst works in acting. Born October 14, 1888 in Traver, California, USA. Died February 27, 1953. Archytele tracks 256 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Known for

Film

The Sun Shines Bright

as Jimmy Bagby
Film

Big Jim McLain

as Mr. Lexiter
Film

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Monty Smith

Les Shadoks

as Chickenfoot
Film

Gone with the Wind

as Yankee Deserter
Film

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

as 1st Deputy (uncredited)

Akiba Maid War

as Babe the Butcher

Choushinsei Flashman

as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan

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2025

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Frequent co-stars

Henry Fonda 1 shared title
Dana Andrews 1 shared title
Mary Beth Hughes 1 shared title
Anthony Quinn 1 shared title
William Eythe 1 shared title
Harry Morgan 1 shared title
Jane Darwell 1 shared title
Matt Briggs 1 shared title
Harry Davenport 1 shared title
Frank Conroy 1 shared title

Career timeline

The Sun Shines Bright
Toughest Man in ArizonaBig Jim McLain
Million Dollar Pursuit
The Vanishing WesternerThe Old FrontierThe Missourians
Outcasts of the TrailPioneer MarshalPrince of the PlainsRanger of Cherokee StripSan Antone Ambush
Yellow SkyThe Arizona RangerSon of God’s CountryCalifornia FirebrandWho Killed Doc Robbin?
Angel and the BadmanUnder Colorado Skies
The VirginianDeath ValleyMurder in the Music HallThe Plainsman and the LadyIn Old Sacramento
DakotaMidnight ManhuntScared StiffThe Big Show-OffSteppin' in Society
Something for the BoysSummer StormBarbary Coast GentGirl RushThe Ghost That Walks Alone
The Ox-Bow IncidentConey IslandCalabooseDecember 7thHi'ya, Chum
Sundown JimDudes Are Pretty PeoplePardon My StripesNight in New Orleans
Ellery Queen and the Murder RingThe Great Mr. NobodyPetticoat PoliticsThe Parson of PanamintTall, Dark and Handsome
The WesternerThey Drive by NightEdison, the ManTorrid ZoneCastle on the Hudson
Gone with the WindEach Dawn I DieRemember?Cafe SocietyHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmIn Old ChicagoAlexander's Ragtime BandHold That Co-edTopper Takes a Trip
You Can't Have EverythingWake Up and LiveSuper-SleuthDanger – Love at WorkWe Who Are About to Die
Mr. Deeds Goes to TownRobin Hood of El DoradoRiffraffThe Gay DesperadoBlackmailer
The Gay DeceptionWilderness MailMississippiThe Daring Young ManPublic Hero Number 1
Queen ChristinaThe Line-UpThe Big RaceTomorrow's YouthA Very Honorable Guy
Tugboat AnnieTerror AboardHold Your ManThe Women in His LifeSaturday's Millions
Island of Lost SoulsState's AttorneyThe Phantom PresidentMen Are Such FoolsThe Big Stampede
SweepstakesThe Secret SixThe Public DefenderThe Single SinMaker of Men
Hot CurvesSwellheadShadow of the LawBorrowed WivesOfficer O'Brien
The RainbowOh, Yeah!The RacketeerThe California MailSailor's Holiday
The CossacksLilac Time
ButtonsThe Red RaidersThe Valley of the GiantsThe Devil's SaddleOutlaw's Paradise
Roaring RoadRoaring Road · DirectorThe Fighting RangerThe Fighting Ranger · DirectorHaunted Range · Director
A Western Engagement · DirectorThe Demon Rider · DirectorFolly of Youth · DirectorThe Were-Tiger · DirectorThe Fighting Cub · Director
Branded a Bandit · DirectorBranded a Bandit · StoryBranded a Bandit · Scenario WriterThe Passing of Wolf MacLean · DirectorBattling Bunyan · Director

Full Filmography

256 titles
  • The Sun Shines Bright (1953) as Jimmy Bagby
  • Toughest Man in Arizona (1952)
  • Big Jim McLain (1952) as Mr. Lexiter
  • Million Dollar Pursuit (1951) as Ray Harvey
  • The Vanishing Westerner (1950) as Waldorf Worthington
  • The Old Frontier (1950) as Skipper Horton
  • The Missourians (1950) as John X. Finn
  • Outcasts of the Trail (1949) as Doc Meadowlark
  • Pioneer Marshal (1949) as Huck Homer
  • Prince of the Plains (1949) as Sheriff Hank Hartley
  • Ranger of Cherokee Strip (1949) as Sheriff Jug Mason
  • San Antone Ambush (1949) as Happy Daniels
  • Law of the Golden West (1949) as Otis Ellis
  • South of Rio (1949) as Andy Weems
  • Yellow Sky (1948) as Drunk (uncredited)
  • The Arizona Ranger (1948) as Ben Riddle
  • Son of God’s Country (1948) as Eli Walker
  • California Firebrand (1948) as Chuck Waggoner
  • Who Killed Doc Robbin? (1948) as Jailer
  • Gun Smugglers (1948) as Sergeant Hasty Jones
  • Madonna of the Desert (1948) as Pete Connors
  • Heart of Virginia (1948) as Whit Galtry
  • Angel and the Badman (1947) as Frederick Carson
  • Under Colorado Skies (1947) as Lucky John Hawkins
  • The Virginian (1946)
  • Death Valley (1946) as Sergeant Dailey
  • Murder in the Music Hall (1946) as Hobarth
  • The Plainsman and the Lady (1946) as Al
  • In Old Sacramento (1946) as Stagecoach Driver
  • Dakota (1945) as Captain Spotts
  • Midnight Manhunt (1945) as Murphy
  • Scared Stiff (1945) as Sheriff
  • The Big Show-Off (1945) as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
  • Steppin' in Society (1945) as Cookie
  • Something for the Boys (1944) as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
  • Summer Storm (1944) as Orloff
  • Barbary Coast Gent (1944) as Jake Compton
  • Girl Rush (1944) as Muley
  • The Ghost That Walks Alone (1944) as Sheriff Slim Carson
  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Monty Smith
  • Coney Island (1943) as Louie
  • Calaboose (1943) as Ed the bartender
  • December 7th (1943) as World War I Ghost Soldier
  • Hi'ya, Chum (1943) as Archie Billings
  • The Sky's the Limit (1943) as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
  • Sundown Jim (1942) as Broderick
  • Dudes Are Pretty People (1942) as Two-Gun
  • Pardon My Stripes (1942) as Feets
  • Night in New Orleans (1942) as Sergeant Casper Riordan
  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941) as Page
  • The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) as Michael O'Connor
  • Petticoat Politics (1941) as Slats O'Dell
  • The Parson of Panamint (1941) as Jake Waldren
  • Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941) as Biff Sage
  • Caught in the Draft (1941) as Sgt. Burns
  • Virginia (1941) as Thomas
  • This Woman Is Mine (1941) as Second Mate Mumford
  • The Westerner (1940) as Chickenfoot
  • They Drive by Night (1940) as Pete Haig (uncredited)
  • Edison, the Man (1940) as Sheriff
  • Torrid Zone (1940) as Daniels
  • Castle on the Hudson (1940) as Guard (uncredited)
  • Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) as Pete
  • Star Dust (1940) as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
  • Goin' Fishin' (1940)
  • Spring Parade (1940) as Headwaiter
  • South to Karanga (1940) as Slats
  • Gone with the Wind (1939) as Yankee Deserter
  • Each Dawn I Die (1939) as Garsky
  • Remember? (1939) as Policeman
  • Cafe Society (1939) as Bartender
  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) as Empire State Building Guard
  • Broadway Serenade (1939) as Reynolds, a Drunk
  • Bad Lands (1939) as Curly Tom
  • On Your Toes (1939) as Variety Club Bartender
  • Glove Slingers (1939) as Chuck Brenner
  • Quick Millions (1939) as Sheriff
  • It Could Happen to You (1939) as Sandy
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) as Mug
  • In Old Chicago (1938) as Mitch
  • Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) as Bill Mulligan
  • Hold That Co-ed (1938) as Slapsy
  • Topper Takes a Trip (1938) as Charlie - the Bartender
  • Island in the Sky (1938) as Happy
  • Josette (1938) as A. Adolphus Heyman
  • Secrets of a Nurse (1938) as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
  • My Lucky Star (1938) as Louie
  • The Last Express (1938) as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
  • Prison Break (1938) as Soapy
  • No Time to Marry (1938) as Sergeant
  • You Can't Have Everything (1937) as Truck Driver (uncredited)
  • Wake Up and Live (1937) as McCabe
  • Super-Sleuth (1937) as Motorcycle Cop
  • Danger – Love at Work (1937) as NYC policeman
  • We Who Are About to Die (1937) as Tip Fuller
  • Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) as Captain
  • Slave Ship (1937) as Drunk
  • You Can't Beat Love (1937) as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
  • Fifty Roads to Town (1937) as Tom
  • Second Honeymoon (1937) as Dennis Huggins
  • This Is My Affair (1937) as Bowler
  • Angel's Holiday (1937) as Sgt. Murphy
  • The Legion of Missing Men (1937) as Muggsy
  • Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937) as Bill
  • Trouble in Morocco (1937) as Tiger Malone
  • She's No Lady (1937) as Cop
  • The Lady Fights Back (1937) as Maloney
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
  • Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) as Wilson
  • Riffraff (1936) as Belcher
  • The Gay Desperado (1936) as American Detective
  • Blackmailer (1936) as Inspector Killian
  • To Mary - with Love (1936) as Drunk
  • I'd Give My Life (1936) as "Sport" Conly
  • North of Nome (1936) as Carlson
  • The Gay Deception (1935) as Bell Captain
  • Wilderness Mail (1935) as Jules
  • Mississippi (1935) as Hefty
  • The Daring Young Man (1935) as Prison Guard
  • Public Hero Number 1 (1935) as Rufe Parker
  • Calm Yourself (1935) as Detective Roscoe
  • The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) as Fibo Morgan (uncredited)
  • Carnival (1935) as Policeman
  • Maybe It's Love (1935) as Expressman (uncredited)
  • Shadow of Doubt (1935) as Lt. Sackville
  • Sequoia (1935) as Bergman
  • Queen Christina (1934) as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
  • The Line-Up (1934) as Detective Sgt. Doyle
  • The Big Race (1934) as Skipper O'Neal
  • Tomorrow's Youth (1934) as Detective
  • A Very Honorable Guy (1934) as Butler
  • Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) as Undetermined Role
  • Among the Missing (1934) as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
  • Take the Stand (1934) as Denny O'Brien
  • Midnight Alibi (1934) as Babe the Butcher
  • The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934) as Escaped Felon
  • Tugboat Annie (1933) as Sam
  • Terror Aboard (1933) as Boatswain
  • Hold Your Man (1933) as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
  • The Women in His Life (1933) as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
  • Saturday's Millions (1933) as Doc Maloney, Trainer
  • Grand Slam (1933) as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
  • The Sphinx (1933) as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
  • Day of Reckoning (1933) as Harry
  • Island of Lost Souls (1932) as Capt. Donahue
  • State's Attorney (1932) as Police Captain Morgan
  • The Phantom President (1932) as Sailor (uncredited)
  • Men Are Such Fools (1932) as Stiles
  • The Big Stampede (1932) as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
  • The Thirteenth Guest (1932) as Detective Grump
  • Hold 'Em Jail (1932) as Butch
  • My Pal, the King (1932) as Red
  • Panama Flo (1932) as Al
  • Sweepstakes (1931) as Bartender
  • The Secret Six (1931) as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
  • The Public Defender (1931) as Doc
  • The Single Sin (1931) as Slug
  • Maker of Men (1931) as Gabby
  • Bad Company (1931) as Paul Hurst
  • Kick In (1931) as Detective Whip Fogarty
  • The Secret Witness (1931) as Officer Brannigan
  • That's My Line (1931) as Mexican Bandit
  • Hot Curves (1930) as 'Slug', Baseball Player
  • Swellhead (1930) as Mugsy
  • Shadow of the Law (1930) as Pete Shore
  • Borrowed Wives (1930) as Bull Morgan
  • Officer O'Brien (1930) as Captain Antrim
  • The Runaway Bride (1930) as Sergeant Daly
  • Lucky Larkin (1930) as Pete Brierson
  • Paradise Island (1930) as Beauty
  • Mountain Justice (1930) as Lem Harland
  • The Third Alarm (1930) as 'Beauty' Johnson
  • The Rainbow (1929) as Pat
  • Oh, Yeah! (1929) as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
  • The Racketeer (1929) as Mehaffy - Policeman
  • The California Mail (1929) as Rowdy Ryan
  • Sailor's Holiday (1929) as Jimmylegs
  • Tide of Empire (1929) as Poppy
  • His First Command (1929) as Sgt. Westbrook
  • The Lawless Legion (1929) as Ramirez
  • The Cossacks (1928) as Sitchi
  • Lilac Time (1928) as (uncredited)
  • Buttons (1927) as Slugger McGlue
  • The Red Raiders (1927) as Sergeant Murphy
  • The Valley of the Giants (1927) as Randeau
  • The Devil's Saddle (1927) as 'Swig' Moran
  • Outlaw's Paradise (1927) as McDonald
  • Outlaw's Paradise (1927) Director
  • Roaring Road (1926) as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
  • Roaring Road (1926) Director
  • The Fighting Ranger (1926)
  • The Fighting Ranger (1926) Director
  • Haunted Range (1926) Director
  • The Midnight Message (1926) Director
  • Blue Streak O'Neil (1926)
  • Blue Streak O'Neil (1926) Director
  • The Law of the Snow Country (1926) Director
  • A Western Engagement (1925) Director
  • The Demon Rider (1925) Director
  • Folly of Youth (1925) Director
  • The Were-Tiger (1925) Director
  • The Fighting Cub (1925) Director
  • Branded a Bandit (1924) Director
  • Branded a Bandit (1924) Story
  • Branded a Bandit (1924) Scenario Writer
  • The Passing of Wolf MacLean (1924) Director
  • Battling Bunyan (1924) Director
  • The Man Who Would Not Die (1924)
  • The Man Who Would Not Die (1924) Director
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
  • Golden Silence (1923) Director
  • Rangeland (1922) Writer
  • Rangeland (1922) Director
  • Table Top Ranch (1922) Director
  • Table Top Ranch (1922) Scenario Writer
  • Table Top Ranch (1922) Story
  • South of Northern Lights (1922) Director
  • The Heart of a Texan (1922) Scenario Writer
  • The Heart of a Texan (1922) Director
  • The Crow's Nest (1922) Director
  • King Fisher's Roost (1921) Story
  • King Fisher's Roost (1921) Scenario Writer
  • King Fisher's Roost (1921) Director
  • Shadows of the West (1921) Director
  • The Tiger's Trail (1919) Director
  • Lightning Bryce (1919) as Powder Solvang
  • Lightning Bryce (1919) Director
  • Smashing Through (1918) as Stevens
  • Rimrock Jones (1918) as Ike Bray
  • Play Straight or Fight (1918) Director
  • The Woman in the Web (1918) Director
  • The Hazards of Helen (1917) as Benton - a Foreman
  • The Further Adventures of Stingaree (1917) as Howie
  • The Further Adventures of Stingaree (1917) Director
  • The Railroad Raiders (1917) as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
  • The Railroad Raiders (1917) Director
  • The Railroad Raiders (1917) Writer
  • Whispering Smith (1916) as Murray Sinclair
  • Medicine Bend (1916) as Murray Sinclair
  • The Diamond Runners (1916) as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
  • Judith of the Cumberlands (1916) as Blatchley Turrentine
  • A Lass of the Lumberlands (1916)
  • A Lass of the Lumberlands (1916) Director
  • The Manager of the B & A (1916) as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
  • The Vivisectionist (1915) as Bart - Jardine's Servant
  • Stingaree (1915) as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
  • The Girl Detective (1915) as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
  • The Red Signal (1915) as Chief Dispatcher
  • The Red Signal (1915) Director
  • The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight (1915) as A Trainman
  • The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight (1915) Producer
  • The Quicksands (1914) as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
  • The Chief of Police (1914) as Daniels
  • The Plot at the Railroad Cut (1914) as Benton, the Foreman
  • The Cave Men's War (1913) as Red Axe
  • The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach (1912) as Bad Bill - a Desperado

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Paul Hurst best known for?

Paul Hurst is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Sun Shines Bright (1953), Big Jim McLain (1952), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Les Shadoks (1968).

When and where was Paul Hurst born?

Paul Hurst was born on October 14, 1888 in Traver, California, USA. They passed away on February 27, 1953.

How many credits does Paul Hurst have?

Paul Hurst has accumulated over 256 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1921 to 1953.

What is Paul Hurst's background in cinema and television?

Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-mi...