Lester Dorr

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone. Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr. As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.

Known For

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Marjorie Morningstar

Stock Investor (uncredited)

Easy Living

Newsstand Man (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy

Wycoff

North of Shanghai

Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)

The Bridge of Sighs

Information Attendant

Two Latins from Manhattan

Concessionaire (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady

Andreas Molnar

The Vicious Circle

Neighbor

Without Honor

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

On the Town

Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

Tell Your Children

Reporter at Dock

The Mandarin Mystery

Feather-Fingers

Bowery Bombshell

Sergeant (uncredited)

Hitler's Madman

All Stuck Up

Informant (uncredited)

The Bonnie Parker Story

Army Doctor (uncredited)

Take the High Ground!

Newspaper Reporter

Helldorado

Ship's Steward (uncredited)

The House on 56th Street

Collins (uncredited)

Black Gold

Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)

A Tragedy at Midnight

The Lightning (uncredited)

The Fighting Devil Dogs

French Officer (uncredited)

The Firefly

Dryden Philpott

Hot Rod Gang

Carter (uncredited)

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Husband in Elevator (uncredited)

Mary, Mary

Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

Coroner (uncredited)

Mr. Wong, Detective

Ed - Photographer (uncredited)

Hard to Handle

Doorman

At Long Last Love

Bar Patron (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives

Reporter

Love on a Bet

Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees

Henchman Jimmy (uncredited)

The Girl Who Came Back

Wilkins

Star Reporter

Woody, Train Brakeman (uncredited)

Whispering Smith

The Crooked Way

Reporter #1

The Masked Marvel

Crane

Flying Disc Man from Mars

Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Goodbye Again

Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk

Ten Laps to Go

Henchman Doc (uncredited)

Secret Valley

Louis Lawson

Hollywood Round-Up

Slim

Exposed

Gray

Mandrake the Magician

Editor

Sunset Murder Case

Townsman (uncredited)

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Villager at Dance

As the Earth Turns

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Topper

Turf Club Representative

Hollywood Handicap

First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)

The Dark Past

President's Secretary (uncredited)

Cash and Carry

Art Critic

Brilliant Marriage

Workman (uncredited)

Hello, Dolly!

Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)

Girls of the Road

Reporter

Expensive Husbands

Minor Role

Wells Fargo

Reporter

It Happened in Hollywood

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

I Met My Love Again

Seven Eleven Club Customer

The Curtain Falls

Reporter

Spendthrift

Ship Steward

Shanghai

Intern

The Devil Is a Sissy

Ritzy's Trainer

The Personality Kid

Ambulance Orderly

Four Girls in White

Gangster Shot by Brown

Homicide Bureau

Marine in Trench (uncredited)

Wake Island

Subordinate

The Mystery of Marie Roget

First Reporter on Telephone (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire

Cartier's Secretary (uncredited)

Journal of a Crime

Audience Member (uncredited)

Here Comes the Band

Bank Teller

Convict's Code

Announcer

Ride 'em, Cowgirl

Ladies' Table Dealer

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Driver (uncredited)

Fast and Loose

Real Ambulance Intern

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Job Applications Teller (uncredited)

Boulder Dam

Minor Role (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

Second Hotel Desk clerk

Girl from Rio

Reporter (uncredited)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Second Officer (uncredited)

Coast Guard

Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Little man

Dr. Broadway

Party Guest (uncredited)

Murder at Glen Athol

Army Telegraph Operator

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Day Clerk (uncredited)

Fast and Furious

Pomeroy's Butler (uncredited)

Sued for Libel

1st Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Don't Lie

Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)

Big Town Scandal

Cab Dispatcher

Arson for Hire

Reporter (Uncredited)

The Preview Murder Mystery

Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)

The Day the Bookies Wept

Rodeo Official

Rodeo Dough

Talking Reporter

Love Takes Flight

Henchman Lefty

Danger Ahead

Ship's Office Clerk (uncredited)

Missing Witnesses

City Official at Parade (uncredited)

East of Eden

Judkins

Riders of the Purple Sage

Townsman (uncredited)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

New Year's Party Participant

The Girl from Mandalay

Reporter (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

Dr. John (uncredited)

Inherit the Wind

Citizen (uncredited)

Dixie Dugan

Bank Officer (uncredited)

One Wild Night

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Postal Inspector

Milkman (uncredited)

Show Them No Mercy!

Henchman (uncredited)

The Crime Patrol

Welcoming Committee Man

The Saint Takes Over

Henchman

The Shadow

Slippy - a Fugitive

Mexican Spitfire

Cotton Club Doorman

I Take This Oath

Oscar (uncredited)

Below the Deadline

Man in Courtroom

Going Bye-Bye!

Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Hotel

Frank Sidley, Loan Victim

Money to Loan

Corridor Steward (uncredited)

Captains Courageous

Joe

South of Panama

Bookie (uncredited)

Pardon My Stripes

Cabby (uncredited)

The Big Clock

Reed's Writer (uncredited)

Babes on Broadway

Convict (uncredited)

Those High Grey Walls

Gendarme (uncredited)

Paris Calling

Master Sergeant (uncredited)

Four Jills in a Jeep

Peasant (uncredited)

Joan of Arc

Reporter (uncredited)

You Came Along

Reporter (uncredited)

Wilson

Slim (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon

Photographer (uncredited)

The Crowd Roars

Fred (uncredited)

The Sky Parade

Cowboy (uncredited)

Way Out West

Chalmers (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent

Reporter (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James

Townsman

The Californian

Salesman (uncredited)

Love Is News

Harry (uncredited)

So Your Wife Wants to Work

Investment Clerk (uncredited)

The Little Giant

Father Diego (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole

Apartment House Clerk (uncredited)

That Brennan Girl

Circus Usher (uncredited)

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Hotel Clerk

Jailbreak

Reporter (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

Patrolman at Altercation

Son of the Navy

Groom (uncredited)

The Heiress

Reporter (uncredited)

Two Girls on Broadway

Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)

Red, Hot and Blue

Travel Agent

No, No, Nanette

Auto Salesman

Pop Always Pays

News Photographer

Wide Open Faces

Kansas City News Vendor

Sing, Baby, Sing

Hotel Desk Clerk #3 (uncredited)

Central Airport

Townsman Investor

Big Business

Photographer

Robin Hood Of Texas

Driver (Uncredited)

I'll Name the Murderer

Henry - Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Alias Boston Blackie

Bartender Pete

Covered Wagon Raid

Drummer

Night Riders of Montana

Reporter (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

Druggist (uncredited)

Juvenile Court

Paymaster's Assistant

Captain Fury

Waiter (uncredited)

Cafe Society

Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)

Road to Happiness

Reporter

Three Girls About Town

Gas Station Attendant

Killers from Space

Male Secretary (bit)

Missile Monsters

Malone's Secretary

Vice Raid

Middle Barber [script name: Harry]

Sabotage Squad

Bank Teller

Wolves of the Range

Photographer

Remember the Day

Swithboard Operator

Roar of the Press

Michael Strong

The Jade Mask

Photographer (uncredited)

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)

The Great Rupert

Firing Range Radio Operator (uncredited)

The Spy Ring

Photographer

Straight, Place and Show

Harry

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Pete Ramson (uncredited)

The Great American Mug

Waiter (uncredited)

Front Page Woman

Otto Stahl

The Secret Code

Porter

Blue, White, and Perfect

Buck

The Main Event

Baldy

Quicksand

Hotel Desk Clerk

The Death Kiss

Gray, gas station thug [Chs. 8-9]

Mandrake the Magician

Commercial Fisherman

Alias Nick Beal

Prisoner

Circumstantial Evidence

Agent on Plane

Batman

1st Ship Fitter

Destroyer

Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Dames

Fingerprint Expert

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)

Man in Radio Station

Torch Singer

Police Dispatcher

State Police

Patrolman (uncredited)

Crash Donovan

Matthews (uncredited)

Three Secrets

Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)

The Saint in New York

Photographer (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window

Injured Man

The Chaser

Convict (uncredited)

The Canary Comes Across

Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)

Pursued

Minor Role (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Postville Deputy (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Special Agent

Railroad Detective (uncredited)

Streamlined Swing

Assistant Director (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh

(uncredited)

Newly Rich

Assistant Paymaster

Sailor's Lady

Stage Manager (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

Reporter (Uncredited)

Fog Over Frisco

Dice Player (uncredited)

Born to Gamble

Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)

So You Want to Be Pretty

Man on Train (uncredited)

Stella Dallas

Eddie's Henchman (uncredited)

Smashing the Vice Trust

Eddie's Henchman (edited from 'Smashing the Vice Trust') (archive footage) (uncredited)

Confessions of a Vice Baron

Canning's Chauffeur (Uncredited)

Great Guy

Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)

Female

Sailor (uncredited)

Union Depot

Amateur Actor (uncredited)

Comet Over Broadway

'Trigger'

Criminals of the Air

Reporter (uncredited)

Go West Young Man

Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)

You'll Never Get Rich

Court Recorder (uncredited)

Smarty

Reporter (uncredited)

Lady in the Dark

Pilot (uncredited)

Test Pilot

Mike (uncredited)

California

Carter’s Assistant Manager (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

Station Attendant

Aliens from Space

Columnist

Sunday Night at the Trocadero

George A. Atzerodt

The Prisoner of Shark Island

Townsman (uncredited)

The President's Mystery

Conductor (uncredited)

Hi, Beautiful

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

229

Gender

Male

Birthday

1893-05-07

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Harry Lester Dorr