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Cyril Thornton

Born August 6, 1905 in New York, USADied February 8, 199024 films

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Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1946The Glass AlibiRiggs
  2. 1942Eagle SquadronBinocular Observer
  3. 1942This Above AllStation Master
  4. 1942Alias Boston BlackieMeggs - Manleder's Chauffeur (uncredited)
  5. 1941Confirm or DenyRefugee
  6. 1941The Case of the Black ParrotRogers
  7. 1940A Dispatch from ReutersClerk (uncredited)
  8. 1940When the Daltons RodeFirst Cronie
  9. 1940Waterloo BridgeSergeant (uncredited)
  10. 1940The Lone Wolf StrikesFrederick
  11. 1940The Invisible Man ReturnsPoliceman (uncredited)
  12. 1939We Are Not AloneMan
  13. 1939Tower of LondonPrisoner
  14. 1939The Man They Could Not HangSenior Butler (uncredited)
  15. 1939Man About TownWaiter (uncredited)
  16. 1938Mysterious Mr. MotoPhony Policeman
  17. 1938Double DangerThornton - Theron's majordomo (uncredited)
  18. 1936The White AngelSick Woman's Husband (uncredited)
  19. 1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandMichael O'Laughlin (uncredited)
  20. 1935The Perfect GentlemanWorkman in Pub (uncredited)
  21. 1935The RavenDr. Vollin's Butler (uncredited)
  22. 1934Among the MissingBrennan
  23. 1934Name the WomanReynolds
  24. 1934The Thin ManTanner