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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-09-10 (142 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Erville Alderson

Biography:

From Wikipedia

Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882, Kansas City, Missouri – August 4, 1957, Glendale, California) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.

Known For

Acting

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis as Burt (uncredited)

1956

Mobs, Inc. as Town Insurance Agent
Mobs Incorporated as Town Insurance Agent

1953

The Actress as Mike McGrath (uncredited)

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth as Spectator (uncredited)
Something to Live For as Critic (uncredited)
The Merry Widow as Cart Driver (uncredited)

1951

The Tall Target as Minister (uncredited)

1950

Captain China as Doctor
Summer Stock as Zeb (uncredited)
Again Pioneers as Pa Ashby

1949

Mr. Whitney Had a Notion as Thomas Jefferson
Dancing in the Dark as Emery's Neighbor
Sorrowful Jones as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)

1948

The Feathered Serpent as Prof. Scott (uncredited)
Station West as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)
Hazard as Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)
The Shanghai Chest as Walter Somervale
Kidnapped as Mungo

1947

Desperate as Simon Pringle (uncredited)
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman as Farmer (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass as First Station Agent (uncredited)
Pursued as Townsman (uncredited)
Cynthia as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

1946

Boys' Ranch as Al (uncredited)
The Spiral Staircase as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston as Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)
Canyon Passage as Judge (uncredited)

1945

Along Came Jones as Bartender (uncredited)
Objective, Burma! as Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell
Incendiary Blonde as Ranch Owner (uncredited)
Back to Bataan as Teacher (uncredited)

1944

An American Romance as Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)
And the Angels Sing as Mr. Littlefield
Heavenly Days as Farmer

1943

Hangmen Also Die! as Liberal Official (uncredited)
Arizona Trail as Dan Trent
What's Buzzin', Cousin? as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Eyes Aloft as Ray Harper
Oklahoma Outlaws as John Kincaid

1942

The Postman Didn't Ring as Robert Harwood Sr.
Careful, Soft Shoulders as Government Official
You Can't Escape Forever as Mr. Crowder (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York as Nate Tomkins
Parachute Battalion as Pa Hollis
The Black Cat as Doctor Williams (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne as Ike Fairchild
The Richest Man in Town as Frank the Barber
Bad Men of Missouri as Mr. Adams
Honky Tonk as Man with Rail
Highway West as Dr. John Cook (uncredited)

1940

Santa Fe Trail as Jefferson Davis
Abe Lincoln in Illinois as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)
Trifles of Importance as Frederick the Great (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode as District Attorney Wade
Rangers of Fortune as Mr. Ellis
The Grapes of Wrath as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)
Edison, the Man as First Lecturer
The Doctor Takes a Wife as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited)
Flowing Gold as Doctor (uncredited)
Knute Rockne All American as Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare Goes Home as Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)
Maryland as Diggs

1939

Outside These Walls as Sauers (uncredited)
The Monroe Doctrine as William Seward
Land of Liberty as Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')
Stand Up and Fight as Mr. Wyatt, Blake's Neighbor
Jesse James as Old Marshall
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Sheriff at Jail (uncredited)
The Hardys Ride High as Bailiff (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)
Judge Hardy and Son as Bailiff (uncredited)
Lincoln in the White House as Secretary of State William H. Seward
Henry Goes Arizona as Dr. John Clemens (uncredited)
Geronimo as Undetermined Role

1938

Judge Hardy's Children as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Love Finds Andy Hardy as Court Attendant (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys as Court Deputy (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette as Passport Official (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)

1937

The Man in the Barn as Farmer (uncredited)
Small Town Boy as Mr. Trindle
Romance of Louisiana as Radio Broadcaster / Thomas Jefferson
Wells Fargo as Marshal Sam
Mountain Justice as Man at Meeting / Wedding Guest
The Man Without a Country as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)
The Mighty Treve as Chris Hibbens
Wild and Woolly as Deacon (uncredited)
Parnell as Father

1936

Career Woman as Dr. Anderson
Fury as Plumber (uncredited)
Educating Father as Dr. Willoughby

1935

Pursuit as Cop
Seven Keys to Baldpate as Police Chief Roberts
Public Opinion as Mr. Trevor
Woman Wanted as Constable
Square Shooter as Dr. Wayne
Society Fever as Uncle Andy
The Farmer Takes a Wife as Pioneer Wagon Father

1934

The Scarlet Empress as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef
Lazy River as Sheriff

1933

The Fighting Code as Joshua La Plante
To the Last Man as Judge (uncredited)
Hoopla as Sheriff
State Fair as Martin, Hog Breeder (Uncredited)

1932

Haunted Gold as Tom Benedict
They Call It Sin as Mr. Cullen
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Police Chief (uncredited)
Cynara as Jason
The Thirteenth Guest as John Adams

1931

Arrowsmith as Pioneer (uncredited)
Too Many Cooks as J. W. Simpson - Construction Worker

1930

The Lash as Judge Travers
Redemption as Bearded Mariner in Cafe
The Dawn Trail as Jeff Denton
The Bad Man as Hardy

1929

Speakeasy as City editor

1928

Fleetwing as Trad Ben Sabam
Fazil as Iman Idris

1927

The Fortune Hunter as Blinky Lockwood
The Girl from Chicago as Col. Carlton
The Heart of Maryland as Maj. Gen. Kendrick

1925

Sally of the Sawdust as Judge Henry L. Foster

1924

America as Justice Montague
Isn't Life Wonderful as The Professor

1923

The Exciters as Chloroform Charlie
The White Rose as Man of the World

1920

The Good-Bad Wife as Col. Denbigh

1918