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Peter Leeds

Actor

Peter Leeds

Born May 30, 1917 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USADied November 12, 199653 films

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The Harder They Fall posterFirst watchThe Harder They Fall19567.2as Dundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Dragnet poster6.0Dragnet1987I Married a Witch poster6.9I Married a Witch1942D.O.A. poster6.9D.O.A.1949It's Always Fair Weather poster7.0It's Always Fair Weather195599 River Street poster6.899 River Street1953Tea and Sympathy poster7.0Tea and Sympathy1956The Long, Long Trailer poster7.0The Long, Long Trailer1954Love Me or Leave Me poster6.9Love Me or Leave Me1955

Filmography

53 films as actor
  1. 1987DragnetRoy Grest
  2. 1981Senior TripMickey's Friend
  3. 1978Blitzkrieg Bop!
  4. 1974The Nine Lives of Fritz the CatJuan / Various Characters (voice)
  5. 1973MaurieFirst Announcer
  6. 1967Eight on the LamMarty
  7. 1966The OscarStage Director
  8. 1965HarlowParker
  9. 1963The Wheeler DealersArthur Watkins
  10. 1962Chun King Chow Mein Hour
  11. 1960The Facts of LifeThompson
  12. 1960Please Don't Eat the DaisiesMackay's Secretary (uncredited)
  13. 1959The Scarface Mob
  14. 1959The RookieSeville Quare
  15. 1959High School Big ShotMr. Carter
  16. 1959Girls TownMichael Clyde
  17. 1959The 30 Foot Bride of Candy RockBill Burton
  18. 1957Kiss Them for MeReporter (uncredited)
  19. 1957Bombers B-52TV Quiz Show Director (uncredited)
  20. 1956Sizeman and SonLarry Kogen
  21. 1956Tea and SympathyHeadmaster at Bonfire
  22. 1956Behind the High WallFirst Detective
  23. 1956The Harder They FallDundee Fight Ring Announcer (uncredited)
  24. 1955I'll Cry TomorrowRichard
  25. 1955Bobby Ware Is MissingMackey of F.B.I.
  26. 1955It's Always Fair WeatherMr. Trasker (uncredited)
  27. 1955Love Me or Leave MeFred Taylor
  28. 1955Interrupted MelodyDr. Ed Ryson
  29. 1955Man on a BusEnoch
  30. 1955Tight SpotFred Packer
  31. 1954The Atomic KidAgent Bill
  32. 1954The Last Time I Saw ParisBarney
  33. 1954The Adventures of Hajji BabaMerchant (uncredited)
  34. 1954The Long, Long TrailerGarage Manager (uncredited)
  35. 195399 River StreetNat Finley
  36. 1953Come Back, Little ShebaMilkman (uncredited)
  37. 1953Never Wave at a WACNick Laharis (uncredited)
  38. 1951Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the FarmManson
  39. 1951Life with Buster Keaton
  40. 1951The FrogmenPharmacist's Mate
  41. 1950Katie Did ItBurton
  42. 1950Dial 1119Martin
  43. 1950Saddle TrampSpringer
  44. 1950Ma and Pa Kettle Go to TownTall Beautician (uncredited)
  45. 1949D.O.A.Leo - Bartender (uncredited)
  46. 1949The Lady GamblesJack Harris - Hotel Clerk
  47. 1946That Brennan GirlBergie (uncredited)
  48. 1943Crash DiveShore Police
  49. 1942Reunion in FranceBoy (uncredited)
  50. 1942I Married a Witch
  51. 1942The Secret CodeHenchman Carl Hiecke
  52. 1942Don Winslow of the NavySeaman Chapman
  53. 1941Pacific BlackoutAir Raid Warden