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Ernest Truex

Actor

Ernest Truex

Born September 18, 1889 in Kansas City, Missouri, USADied June 26, 197370 films

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His Girl Friday posterFirst watchHis Girl Friday19407.4as BensingerWalter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Bachelor Mother poster7.2Bachelor Mother1939Christmas in July poster7.0Christmas in July1940Dance, Girl, Dance poster6.4Dance, Girl, Dance1940It's a Wonderful World poster6.5It's a Wonderful World1939

Filmography

70 films as actor
  1. 1965FluffyClaridge
  2. 1958Twilight for the GodsRev. Butterfield
  3. 1957All Mine to GiveDoctor Delbert
  4. 1957If You Knew ElizabethUncle John
  5. 1956The Leather SaintFather Ritchie
  6. 1955Our TownDr. Gibbs
  7. 1954Kraft Television Theatre: Alice in WonderlandWhite Knight
  8. 1948The Girl from ManhattanHomer Purdy
  9. 1948On an Island with You(uncredited)
  10. 1947Always TogetherTimothy J. Bull
  11. 1946Night in ParadiseScribe
  12. 1945Life with BlondieTheodor Glassby
  13. 1945Club HavanaWilly Kingston
  14. 1945Men in Her DiaryVernon Williams
  15. 1945Pan-AmericanaUncle Rudy
  16. 1944Her Primitive ManUncle Hubert
  17. 1944Chip Off the Old BlockHenry McHugh
  18. 1943True to LifeOscar Elkins
  19. 1943Sleepy LagoonDudley Joyner
  20. 1943Fired WifeWillie Wilson
  21. 1943This Is the ArmySoldier's Father (uncredited)
  22. 1943Rhythm of the IslandsMr. Holton
  23. 1942The Affairs of MarthaLlewellyn Castle
  24. 1942Private BuckarooCol. Elias Weatherford
  25. 1942You're Telling MeCharles Handley
  26. 1942Twin BedsLarky
  27. 1942Star Spangled RhythmMurgatroyd
  28. 1942Don't Get PersonalJules Kinsey
  29. 1941Unexpected UncleWilkins
  30. 1941We Go FastHarold Bruggins
  31. 1941Tillie the ToilerGeorge Winkler
  32. 1941The Gay VagabondA.J. Wilber
  33. 1940Christmas in JulyMr. Baxter
  34. 1940Calling All HusbandsHomer Trippe
  35. 1940Dance, Girl, DanceBailey #1
  36. 1940Lillian RussellCharles K. Leonard
  37. 1940Little OrvieFrank Stone
  38. 1940Adventure in DiamondsToutasche
  39. 1940His Girl FridayBensinger
  40. 1939Slightly HonorableP. Hemingway Collins
  41. 1939Little AccidentTabby Morgan
  42. 1939The Under-PupMr. Binns
  43. 1939These Glamour GirlsAlumnus
  44. 1939Island of Lost MenFrobenius
  45. 1939Bachelor MotherInvestigator
  46. 1939It's a Wonderful WorldWillie Heyward
  47. 1939AmbushMr. Gibbs
  48. 1938Swing, Sister, SwingProf. L. Orlando Beebee
  49. 1938Swing That CheerProfessor Peabody
  50. 1938Freshman YearProfessor Peabody
  51. 1938The Adventures of Marco PoloBinguccio
  52. 1938Start CheeringBlodgett
  53. 1937Mama Runs WildErnest Summers
  54. 1936Everybody DanceWilbur Spurgeon
  55. 1934Gentlemen of the Bar
  56. 1934Dog-gone Babies
  57. 1934His Lucky Day
  58. 1934The Expectant Father
  59. 1933Get That VenusTom Wilson
  60. 1933Mr. AdamAdam
  61. 1933The Warrior's HusbandSapiens
  62. 1933Whistling in the DarkWallace Porter
  63. 1923Six Cylinder LoveGilbert Sterling
  64. 1919Oh, You Women!Abraham Lincoln Jones
  65. 1918Good-Bye, BillTeddy Swift
  66. 1918Come on InErnest Short
  67. 1914The Bomb BoyJimmie - the Messenger Boy
  68. 1914A Good Little DevilCharles MacLance - a Good Little Devil
  69. 1914An American CitizenMercury
  70. 1913CapriceWally Henderson