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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-07-08 (138 years old)

Place of Birth

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Kernan Cripps

Biography:

Elmer Ballard (July 8, 1886 – August 12, 1953) was an American actor.

Known For

Acting

1949

The Secret Of St. Ives as Recording Officer (uncredited)
Slightly French as Carnival Barker (uncredited)
Blondie Hits the Jackpot as Officer (uncredited)

1948

Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House as Policeman (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Man as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1947

Key Witness as Policeman - Coroner's Office (uncredited)
California as Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Blondie in the Dough as Harry Baxter

1946

Meet Me on Broadway as Gardner (uncredited)
Daughter of Don Q as Insp. Grogan
Mysterious Intruder as Kelly (Uncredited)
Crack-Up as First RR Ticket Clerk (Uncredited)

1945

Federal Operator 99 as Agent Thomas Jeffries
Main Street After Dark as Police Scientist (uncredited)
The Scarlet Clue as Detective (uncredited)
The Falcon in San Francisco as Police Captain (uncredited)
Johnny Angel as Official (uncredited)

1944

Double Indemnity as Conductor (uncredited)
Strange Affair as Officer in Patrol Car (Uncredited)

1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Mason - Car 61 Police Officer (uncredited)
Crime Doctor as Turnkey
Six Gun Gospel as Bill Simms
Hi Diddle Diddle as Brokerage Firm Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky as Detective (uncredited)
The Seventh Victim as Police Officer Danny (Uncredited)

1942

Dr. Broadway as Sergeant
Saboteur as Man in Movie Audience (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over as Doorman (Uncredited)
Broadway as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

1941

Borrowed Hero as 1st Detective Escorting Dixie (uncredited)
Mr. Dynamite as Detective
The Gunman From Bodie as Al, the bartender
Murder by Invitation as Deputy (Uncredited)
Pacific Blackout as Suspicious Cafe Cop
Lady Scarface as Joe, Police Clerk
Appointment for Love as Bartender (uncredited)

1940

The Invisible Woman as Postman (uncredited)
The Shadow as Shipyard & Courtroom Cop
The Green Hornet as Radio Car Cop (uncredited)
Black Friday as Detective
Gaucho Serenade as Police Radioman
When the Daltons Rode as Freight Agent
The Return of Frank James as Deputy (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick as Jury Foreman
Dance, Girl, Dance as Night Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Cross-Country Romance as Tough at Auto Camp #2
Wolf of New York as Minor Role
Private Affairs as Doorman (uncredited)

1939

Let Us Live as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Saint Strikes Back as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl as Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind as Yankee Soldier in Shantytown (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden as Detective on Train
The Invisible Killer as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties as Cop (uncredited)

1938

Gang Bullets as Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Over the Wall as Prison Guard
Juvenile Court as Policeman (uncredited)

1937

The Great Gambini as Detective
Angel's Holiday as Radio Officer

1936

Silver Spurs as Sheriff
The Crime Patrol as Police Detective (uncredited)
That Girl from Paris as Doorman (uncredited)
Great Guy as Deputy (Uncredited)
Big Brown Eyes as Police Telephone Operator (Uncredited)

1935

Smart Girl as O'Brien (uncredited)
Northern Frontier as Mike - the Bartender (uncredited)
Stone of Silver Creek as Ben (Bartender) (as Kerman Cripps)
Mary Burns, Fugitive as G-Man (uncredited)
Waterfront Lady as Detective Bates
Little Big Shot as Policeman #1
Forced Landing as Federal Agent (uncredited)

1934

Broadway Bill as Policeman (uncredited)
I Hate Women as Casey
The Defense Rests as Policeman
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Captain's Aide
Girl in Danger as Policeman (uncredited)
The Crime of Helen Stanley as Gateman (uncredited)
Rough Necking as Maitre 'D
Unknown Blonde as Detective
The Undie-World as Gangster

1933

1932

Afraid to Talk as Arresting Detective

1931

Maid to Order as Detective Scranton (as Kernan Gripps)
Little Caesar as Detective (uncredited)

1930

Playing Around as Police Sgt. Mulligan (uncredited)
Those Who Dance as Detective
Abraham Lincoln as Conspirator (uncredited)

1929

Alibi as Trask - Plainclothesman