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Karl Dane

Actor

Karl Dane

Born October 10, 1886 in Copenhagen, DenmarkDied April 14, 193448 films

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The Big Parade posterFirst watchThe Big Parade19257.6as 'Slim' JensenThe story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of…View film

Essential films

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The Big House poster6.6The Big House1930

Filmography

48 films as actor
  1. 1933The Whispering ShadowSparks
  2. 1932Fast LifeOlaf (uncredited)
  3. 1932Summer DazeKarl
  4. 1932A Put Up JobKarl
  5. 1931Lime Juice NightsKarl
  6. 1931Dumbbells in DerbiesKarl
  7. 1930New MoonKirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
  8. 1930Knights Before ChristmasKarl
  9. 1930Crazy HouseKarl Dane
  10. 1930Billy the KidSwenson
  11. 1930The Big HouseOlsen
  12. 1930Free and EasyCave Scene
  13. 1930Montana MoonHank
  14. 1929Navy BluesSven Swanson
  15. 1929SpeedwayDugan
  16. 1929The Mysterious Island(uncredited)
  17. 1929China BoundSharkey Nye
  18. 1929The Duke Steps OutBarney, Duke's chauffeur
  19. 1929All at Sea
  20. 1929The Voice of the StormSpike
  21. 1928Brotherly LoveOscar
  22. 1928Alias Jimmy ValentineSwede
  23. 1928DetectivesThe House Detective
  24. 1928Circus RookiesOscar Thrust
  25. 1928The Trail of '98Lars Petersen
  26. 1928Baby MineOswald Hardy
  27. 1927The EnemyJan
  28. 1927RookiesSgt. Diggs
  29. 1927Slide, Kelly, SlideSwede Hansen
  30. 1927The Red MillJacop Van Goop
  31. 1927The Scarlet LetterGiles
  32. 1926War PaintPetersen
  33. 1926Bardelys the MagnificentRodenard
  34. 1926The Son of the SheikRamadan
  35. 1926La BohèmeBenoit - Janitor
  36. 1926Monte CarloThe Doorman
  37. 1926The Devil's Circus
  38. 1925His SecretaryJanitor
  39. 1925The Everlasting WhisperJarrold
  40. 1925The Big Parade'Slim' Jensen
  41. 1925Lights of Old BroadwayRoosevelt's Father
  42. 1920The WhirlwindThe Wolf
  43. 1919Daring HeartsLieutenant Von Bergheim
  44. 1919The Great GambleThe sea captain
  45. 1919The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the HohenzollernsVon Bethmann Hollweg
  46. 1918Wolves of KulturCarter (uncredited)
  47. 1918To Hell with the Kaiser!Von Hollweg
  48. 1918My Four Years in GermanyChancellor von Bethmana-Hollweg