Arthur Aylesworth

Biography

Arthur Preston Aylsworth, professionally known as Arthur Aylesworth (occasionally also using the regular no-e surname spelling), was an American stage and screen actor. Aylesworth's Broadway career spanned the years 1911-1942; he appeared in many productions. In the 1930s he became a contract player at Warner Bros. working in character roles, often uncredited.

Known For

Red, Green and Yellow

Magistrate

Dust Be My Destiny

Reuben

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

Trainor - Stamm's Butler

The Dragon Murder Case

Gate Keeper

Dangerously They Live

Morgue Keeper

The Man with Two Faces

Daily Gazette Newspaper Editor in Trailer (uncredited)

Happiness Ahead

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Second Coroner (uncredited)

Shadow of the Thin Man

Sleigh Driver (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut

Justice Of The Peace

The Smiling Ghost

Judge (uncredited)

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Doorman

Young People

Kendall

The Plot Thickens

Driver (uncredited)

Kentucky Moonshine

Rufus Inchpin

Of Human Hearts

Colonel Jenkins

6 Day Bike Rider

Mr. Simpson

Mister Cinderella

Louie the Blind Man

Midnight Alibi

Andy Winthrop

The Arizona Raiders

2nd sales manager

Marry the Girl

Sea Captain

Little Old New York

Sheriff Charlie Thornton

Escape by Night

Joe Phillips

Dancing on a Dime

Sheriff Bill Pemberton

The Case of the Howling Dog

Francois

I Am a Thief

Judge Jeremiah Jones

The St. Louis Kid

Mr. Henry Farmer

British Agent

Bluebeard Dawson

6,000 Enemies

MacGowan

What a Life

The Detective, Andy Hurley

A Burglar to the Rescue

Mr. Plummer

Wine, Women and Horses

Farmer on Truck (uncredited)

In Name Only

Southern Orator

Wells Fargo

Eph

Desirable

Drew

Men Without Names

Johnson

That Man's Here Again

Mr. Gillespie

Gentlemen Are Born

Lurch

The Nitwits

Bit Role

Her Master's Voice

Mr. Frank Barton

Test Pilot

Diner (uncredited)

Maybe It's Love

Justice of the Peace

Mountain Justice

Dr. Sanders

King of the Underworld

Tom Colson

Jesse James

Dave Logan

I Cover the War!

River Queen Pilot (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Judge Morgan

The Oklahoma Kid

Stagecoach Driver

The Return of the Cisco Kid

New Salem Townsman (uncredited)

Young Mr. Lincoln

Detective (uncredited)

They Shall Have Music

Card Player

Frontier Marshal

Renault, a deserter

Beau Geste

Gas Station Attendant in Desert

Professor Beware

George Weaver

Drums Along the Mohawk

John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)

Bad Little Angel

Father (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

Farmer (uncredited)

Dragonwyck

Sheriff Weaver (uncredited)

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Joe Reed

The President's Mystery

Train Conductor

Dames

Bigelow

Edison, the Man

Lt. Tom Nigard

The Secret Bride

Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor's Warning

Pop Kelly

Moontide

Jim Bridger

Brigham Young

Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)

The Westerner

Tex

Sandflow

Justice Felton

Love Begins at Twenty

Marten - Bartender (uncredited)

Sergeant York

Innkeeper Flint

Northwest Passage

Bartender

To Mary - with Love

Cell Block Member Against Killing

Sky Murder

Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

Juror

Women Without Names

William Jenkins Sr.

Show Kids

Zeke

Babbitt

Poker Player

Three Girls About Town

Sheriff Bagby

Sin Town

Dr. Taylor

Bad Men of Missouri

Woody

Western Union

Himself, the Man in Casting Office (uncredited)

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

Sheriff James

Rose of the Rancho

Stranger

Slave Ship

Hank Mathews

King of the Pecos

Deputy

Fifty Roads to Town

Head Bartender (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1935

Down the Ribber

Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)

The Petrified Forest

Tim (uncredited)

Boys Town

Cromwell

Scattergood Rides High

Mr. Truble

Marked Woman

Williams

Behind the Mike

Kirby

The Key

Mr. Wadsworth (uncredited)

Roxie Hart

Race Judge Hanson

Red Hot Tires

Sheriff Henry Quinn

Granny Get Your Gun

Emerson Cooke

Scared Stiff

Jackson (uncredited)

Joaquin Murrieta

Farmer (uncredited)

Gold Is Where You Find It

Commondante

Escape from Devil's Island

City Editor Bert

Woman Trap

Bill Poster

Railroadin'

Al Talcott

Forced Landing

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Male

Birthday

1881-08-12

Place of Birth

Apponaug, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA

Also Known As

Arthur Preston Aylsworth