8.0
8.0
The Red Raiders
1927
as Sergeant Murphy
Paul Hurst
Acting
Born:October 14, 1888
Died:February 27, 1953(aged 64)
Birthplace:Traver, California, USA
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CommunityBiography
Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)
Filmography (213 movies)
7.7
7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Monty Smith
7.5
7.5
Quick Millions
1939
as Sheriff
7.3
7.3
The Cossacks
1928
as Sitchi
7.3
7.3
This Is My Affair
1937
as Bowler
7.1
7.1
The Westerner
1940
as Chickenfoot
7.0
7.0
Island in the Sky
1938
as Happy
7.0
7.0
His First Command
1929
as Sgt. Westbrook
7.0
7.0
Tugboat Annie
1933
as Sam
7.0
7.0
Panama Flo
1932
as Al
6.9
6.9
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Capt. Donahue
6.9
6.9
Yellow Sky
1948
as Drunk (uncredited)
6.8
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Garsky
6.8
6.8
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Tip Fuller
6.8
6.8
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Butch
6.8
6.8
Edison, the Man
1940
as Sheriff
6.7
6.7
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Bill Mulligan
6.7
6.7
State's Attorney
1932
as Police Captain Morgan
6.7
6.7
Mississippi
1935
as Hefty
6.7
6.7
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
as Florabelle's Father
6.6
6.6
In Old Chicago
1938
as Mitch
6.5
6.5
Josette
1938
as A. Adolphus Heyman
6.4
6.4
Torrid Zone
1940
as Daniels
6.4
6.4
Shadow of the Law
1930
as Pete Shore
6.4
6.4
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
as Charlie - the Bartender
6.4
6.4
The Gay Deception
1935
as Bell Captain
6.4
6.4
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Frederick Carson
6.4
6.4
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Jimmy Bagby
6.3
6.3
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Slapsy
6.3
6.3
Among the Missing
1934
as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
6.3
6.3
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Empire State Building Guard
6.2
6.2
Something for the Boys
1944
as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
6.2
6.2
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Lt. Sackville
6.2
6.2
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Reynolds, a Drunk
6.2
6.2
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Rufe Parker
6.1
6.1
Coney Island
1943
as Louie
6.0
6.0
The Arizona Ranger
1948
as Ben Riddle
6.0
6.0
The Public Defender
1931
as Doc
6.0
6.0
Cafe Society
1939
as Bartender
6.0
6.0
Sequoia
1935
as Bergman
6.0
6.0
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Expressman (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Otis Ellis
6.0
6.0
Terror Aboard
1933
as Boatswain
6.0
6.0
Goin' Fishin'
1940
6.0
6.0
Kick In
1931
as Detective Whip Fogarty
6.0
6.0
You Can't Beat Love
1937
as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
6.0
6.0
The Missourians
1950
as John X. Finn
6.0
6.0
Trouble in Morocco
1937
as Tiger Malone
6.0
6.0
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Stagecoach Driver
6.0
6.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Bill
6.0
6.0
No Time to Marry
1938
as Sergeant
6.0
6.0
Hi'ya, Chum
1943
as Archie Billings
6.0
6.0
The Lady Fights Back
1937
as Maloney
6.0
6.0
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Pete Connors
6.0
6.0
Midnight Alibi
1934
as Babe the Butcher
6.0
6.0
I'd Give My Life
1936
as "Sport" Conly
6.0
6.0
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Feets
6.0
6.0
North of Nome
1936
as Carlson
6.0
6.0
The Midnight Message
1926
Director
6.0
6.0
South of Northern Lights
1922
Director
6.0
6.0
Branded a Bandit
1924
Director
5.9
5.9
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Captain
5.9
5.9
Tide of Empire
1929
as Poppy
5.8
5.8
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Dennis Huggins
5.8
5.8
December 7th
1943
as World War I Ghost Soldier
5.8
5.8
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
as Ray Harvey
5.8
5.8
The Girl Detective
1915
as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
5.8
5.8
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
1915
Producer
5.8
5.8
Remember?
1939
as Policeman
5.7
5.7
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Page
5.7
5.7
Hot Curves
1930
as 'Slug', Baseball Player
5.7
5.7
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
as Biff Sage
5.6
5.6
Prison Break
1938
as Soapy
5.6
5.6
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Sgt. Burns
5.5
5.5
The Secret Six
1931
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
5.5
5.5
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as Pete
5.5
5.5
The Phantom President
1932
as Sailor (uncredited)
5.5
5.5
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Sgt. Murphy
5.3
5.3
Wake Up and Live
1937
as McCabe
5.3
5.3
My Lucky Star
1938
as Louie
5.3
5.3
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Michael O'Connor
5.3
5.3
Summer Storm
1944
as Orloff
5.2
5.2
Sailor's Holiday
1929
as Jimmylegs
5.1
5.1
Dakota
1945
as Captain Spotts
5.0
5.0
Death Valley
1946
as Sergeant Dailey
5.0
5.0
Mountain Justice
1930
as Lem Harland
5.0
5.0
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Doc Maloney, Trainer
5.0
5.0
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Jake Waldren
5.0
5.0
The Legion of Missing Men
1937
as Muggsy
5.0
5.0
Girl Rush
1944
as Muley
5.0
5.0
The Runaway Bride
1930
as Sergeant Daly
5.0
5.0
Super-Sleuth
1937
as Motorcycle Cop
5.0
5.0
Blackmailer
1936
as Inspector Killian
4.9
4.9
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Detective Grump
4.9
4.9
The Racketeer
1929
as Mehaffy - Policeman
4.9
4.9
Big Jim McLain
1952
as Mr. Lexiter
4.9
4.9
Riffraff
1936
as Belcher
4.8
4.8
The Big Stampede
1932
as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
4.7
4.7
Take the Stand
1934
as Denny O'Brien
4.6
4.6
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Hobarth
4.6
4.6
Borrowed Wives
1930
as Bull Morgan
4.6
4.6
Bad Company
1931
as Paul Hurst
4.6
4.6
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Jake Compton
4.5
4.5
Sweepstakes
1931
as Bartender
4.5
4.5
The Big Show-Off
1945
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
4.5
4.5
Slave Ship
1937
as Drunk
4.5
4.5
The Sphinx
1933
as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
4.5
4.5
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Murphy
4.5
4.5
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Drunk
4.5
4.5
Calm Yourself
1935
as Detective Roscoe
4.4
4.4
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Harry
4.3
4.3
Oh, Yeah!
1929
as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
4.2
4.2
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Wilson
4.0
4.0
San Antone Ambush
1949
as Happy Daniels
4.0
4.0
Grand Slam
1933
as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
4.0
4.0
Scared Stiff
1945
as Sheriff
4.0
4.0
This Woman Is Mine
1941
as Second Mate Mumford
4.0
4.0
Glove Slingers
1939
as Chuck Brenner
4.0
4.0
Secrets of a Nurse
1938
as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
3.7
3.7
Officer O'Brien
1930
as Captain Antrim
3.7
3.7
Bad Lands
1939
as Curly Tom
3.7
3.7
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Sheriff Slim Carson
3.6
3.6
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Jailer
3.5
3.5
The Women in His Life
1933
as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
3.3
3.3
Paradise Island
1930
as Beauty
3.3
3.3
Night in New Orleans
1942
as Sergeant Casper Riordan
3.0
3.0
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Al
3.0
3.0
California Firebrand
1948
as Chuck Waggoner
2.8
2.8
The Gay Desperado
1936
as American Detective
2.3
2.3
The Secret Witness
1931
as Officer Brannigan
2.0
2.0
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
as Waldorf Worthington
1.5
1.5
It Could Happen to You
1939
as Sandy
1.0
1.0
The Last Express
1938
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
1.0
1.0
Buttons
1927
as Slugger McGlue
Prince of the Plains
1949
as Sheriff Hank Hartley
Pioneer Marshal
1949
as Huck Homer
South of Rio
1949
as Andy Weems
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916
Director
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Tom
Son of God’s Country
1948
as Eli Walker
The Single Sin
1931
as Slug
The Fighting Ranger
1926
Director
Under Colorado Skies
1947
as Lucky John Hawkins
The Man Who Would Not Die
1924
Director
Gun Smugglers
1948
as Sergeant Hasty Jones
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Stiles
The Old Frontier
1950
as Skipper Horton
Sundown Jim
1942
as Broderick
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Detective
Outlaw's Paradise
1927
Director
Steppin' in Society
1945
as Cookie
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Doc Meadowlark
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
1912
as Bad Bill - a Desperado
The Valley of the Giants
1927
as Randeau
The Big Race
1934
as Skipper O'Neal
Heart of Virginia
1948
as Whit Galtry
Calaboose
1943
as Ed the bartender
South to Karanga
1940
as Slats
The Third Alarm
1930
as 'Beauty' Johnson
The Manager of the B & A
1916
as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Railroad Raiders
1917
Writer
The Hazards of Helen
1917
as Benton - a Foreman
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
1934
as Escaped Felon
Roaring Road
1926
Director
Whispering Smith
1916
as Murray Sinclair
The Quicksands
1914
as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
The Chief of Police
1914
as Daniels
Rimrock Jones
1918
as Ike Bray
Stingaree
1915
as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
1917
Director
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914
as Benton, the Foreman
The Red Signal
1915
Director
Medicine Bend
1916
as Murray Sinclair
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916
as Blatchley Turrentine
The Diamond Runners
1916
as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Swellhead
1930
as Mugsy
That's My Line
1931
as Mexican Bandit
Petticoat Politics
1941
as Slats O'Dell
The Cave Men's War
1913
as Red Axe
The Vivisectionist
1915
as Bart - Jardine's Servant
Smashing Through
1918
as Stevens
The California Mail
1929
as Rowdy Ryan
She's No Lady
1937
as Cop
The Devil's Saddle
1927
as 'Swig' Moran
My Pal, the King
1932
as Red
Maker of Men
1931
as Gabby
Virginia
1941
as Thomas
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Lightning Bryce
1919
Director
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
as Sheriff Jug Mason
Blue Streak O'Neil
1926
Director
Lucky Larkin
1930
as Pete Brierson
The Lawless Legion
1929
as Ramirez
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Two-Gun
Haunted Range
1926
Director
The Passing of Wolf MacLean
1924
Director
A Western Engagement
1925
Director
Battling Bunyan
1924
Director
The Were-Tiger
1925
Director
The Fighting Cub
1925
Director
The Law of the Snow Country
1926
Director
Shadows of the West
1921
Director
Rangeland
1922
Director
The Heart of a Texan
1922
Director
King Fisher's Roost
1921
Director
Table Top Ranch
1922
Director
Play Straight or Fight
1918
Director
Golden Silence
1923
Director
The Crow's Nest
1922
Director
The Woman in the Web
1918
Director
The Tiger's Trail
1919
Director
The Demon Rider
1925
Director
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