Kenneth Thomson

Kenneth Thomson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Kenneth Thomson (January 7, 1899 – January 26, 1967) was an American character actor active during the silent and early sound film eras. Born in Pittsburgh, Thomson along with his wife Alden Gay were founding members of the Screen Actors Guild. The group was founded after meetings held at the Thomsons' home during 1933. During his brief twelve-year career in front of the camera, he appeared in over 60 films. After appearing in several Broadway plays during the early and mid-1920s, Thomson would make his film debut with a starring role in 1926's Risky Business. Over the next four years, he would appear in over a dozen films, in either starring or featured roles. In 1930 alone he would appear in ten films, half of which were in starring roles, such as Lawful Larceny, which also starred Bebe Daniels and Lowell Sherman (who also directed), and Reno, whose other stars were Ruth Roland and Montagu Love; the other half would see him in featured roles as in A Notorious Affair, starring Billie Dove, Basil Rathbone, and Kay Francis. During the rest of the 1930s, he would appear in numerous films, mostly in either supporting or featured roles, such as The Little Giant (1933), starring Edward G. Robinson and Mary Astor, and Hop-Along Cassidy (1935), starring William Boyd; although he occasionally would have a starring role, as in opposite Harold Lloyd in 1932's Movie Crazy.

  • Title: Kenneth Thomson
  • Popularity: 2.128
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-01-06
  • Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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  • Also Known As: Kenneth Thompson, Charles Kenneth Thomson
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  • 1932
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    Thirteen Women

    Thirteen Women

    6.3 1932 HD

    Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is not good for any of them.

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  • 1930
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    The Doorway to Hell

    The Doorway to Hell

    6.2 1930 HD

    A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and...

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  • 1933
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    The Little Giant

    The Little Giant

    6.8 1933 HD

    Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as...

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  • 1931
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    The Bride's Mistake

    The Bride's Mistake

    1 1931 HD

    A Marjorie Beebe short comedy where she ends up next to lunatic driver Vernon Dent among other weird situations.

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  • 1932
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    Movie Crazy

    Movie Crazy

    6.2 1932 HD

    After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.

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  • 1929
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    The Veiled Woman

    The Veiled Woman

    1 1929 HD

    A woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own life, one of whom she had to kill to protect...

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  • 1932
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    The Famous Ferguson Case

    The Famous Ferguson Case

    6 1932 HD

    A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall...

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  • 1935
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    Behind the Green Lights

    Behind the Green Lights

    1 1935 HD

    A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).

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  • 1932
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    By Whose Hand?

    By Whose Hand?

    6 1932 HD

    On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an...

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  • 1932
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    Her Mad Night

    Her Mad Night

    1 1932 HD

    A woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter.

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  • 1936
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    Blackmailer

    Blackmailer

    5 1936 HD

    Dinner party guests become murder suspects when an extortionist they all hated turns up dead.

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  • 1933
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    Jungle Bride

    Jungle Bride

    5.1 1933 HD

    Four survivors of a ship wreck are stranded on a deserted island, including a woman and the man she believes is responsible for the murder which her...

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  • 1934
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    In Old Santa Fe

    In Old Santa Fe

    5 1934 HD

    Gangster Chandler and his accomplice Tracy arrive at a dude ranch. Cowboy Kentucky arrives at the same time. When Tracy double-crosses his boss and...

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  • 1934
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    Cross Streets

    Cross Streets

    5.8 1934 HD

    A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend who jilted him almost 20 years before.

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  • 1930
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    A Notorious Affair

    A Notorious Affair

    4.4 1930 HD

    A scheming musician seduces a wealthy woman for love and money.

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  • 1933
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    From Headquarters

    From Headquarters

    5.8 1933 HD

    When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.

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  • 1929
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    Say It with Songs

    Say It with Songs

    5 1929 HD

    Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife,...

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  • 1937
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    Jim Hanvey, Detective

    Jim Hanvey, Detective

    5.9 1937 HD

    Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they...

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  • 1933
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    Daring Daughters

    Daring Daughters

    1 1933 HD

    A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.

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  • 1930
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    He Trumped Her Ace

    He Trumped Her Ace

    1 1930 HD

    He Trumped Her Ace is a black-and-white comedy short.

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  • 1930
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    Children of Pleasure

    Children of Pleasure

    4.7 1930 HD

    A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.

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  • 1934
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    Change of Heart

    Change of Heart

    6.3 1934 HD

    Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.

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  • 1932
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    Fast Life

    Fast Life

    8.3 1932 HD

    Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spare time, one of them (Haines) invents a carburetor...

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  • 1927
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    White Gold

    White Gold

    5.9 1927 HD

    A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.

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  • 1930
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    Sweethearts on Parade

    Sweethearts on Parade

    1 1930 HD

    Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them...

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  • 1926
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    Risky Business

    Risky Business

    6 1926 HD

    A domineering mother sets out to break up the romance and possible marriage of her daughter, Cecily Stoughton, with Ted Pyncheon by several contrived...

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  • 1931
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    Murder at Midnight

    Murder at Midnight

    5.4 1931 HD

    Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily,...

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  • 1927
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    Almost Human

    Almost Human

    8 1927 HD

    John Livingston is a rich mama's-boy, who owns a blooded dog named Paul. Paul meets Maggie Mutt, and Paul, being a pedigree canine and somewhat of a...

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  • 1930
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    Wild Company

    Wild Company

    5 1930 HD

    The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.

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  • 1930
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    Lawful Larceny

    Lawful Larceny

    5.5 1930 HD

    When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she dedicates herself to recovering the money.

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  • 1935
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    Hop-a-long Cassidy

    Hop-a-long Cassidy

    6 1935 HD

    An evil ranch foreman tries to provoke a range war by playing two cattlemen against each other while helping a gang to rustle the cattle. Each...

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  • 1933
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    Son of a Sailor

    Son of a Sailor

    5 1933 HD

    A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.

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  • 1929
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    The Bellamy Trial

    The Bellamy Trial

    1 1929 HD

    The Bellamy Trial is a 1929 American drama film directed by Monta Bell and written by Monta Bell and Joseph Farnham.

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  • 1934
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    Behold My Wife!

    Behold My Wife!

    7 1934 HD

    After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family, who sabotaged their marriage. He drives...

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  • 1927
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    Man Bait

    Man Bait

    1 1927 HD

    Madge Dreyer is a sales girl in a large department store whose street-wise past long ago taught her how to handle any situation. A small adventure...

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  • 1929
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    The Girl from Havana

    The Girl from Havana

    1 1929 HD

    Joan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in a musical comedy troupe to capture a gang of jewel...

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  • 1935
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    Whispering Smith Speaks

    Whispering Smith Speaks

    1 1935 HD

    O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is...

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  • 1933
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    Female

    Female

    6.3 1933 HD

    Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design...

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  • 1932
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    Man Wanted

    Man Wanted

    5.5 1932 HD

    A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.

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  • 1928
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    The Secret Hour

    The Secret Hour

    1 1928 HD

    An Elderly fruit grower sends a photo of his foreman, not himself, to a waitress he wishes to marry. She falls in love with the foreman.

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  • 1930
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    Sweet Mama

    Sweet Mama

    1 1930 HD

    A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of the gang to justice so she can save the man she...

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  • 1926
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    Corporal Kate

    Corporal Kate

    1 1926 HD

    Frequently cited as one of the first war films to feature the female angle, “Corporate Kate” is the story of a pair of Brooklyn...

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  • 1929
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    The Broadway Melody

    The Broadway Melody

    5.1 1929 HD

    The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis...

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  • 1934
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    The Hollywood Gad-About

    The Hollywood Gad-About

    4 1934 HD

    A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.

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  • 1980
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    Rivals of the Dragon

    Rivals of the Dragon

    7 1980 HD

    Master Chan (Jeffrey Chan) is a widely respected martial arts teacher who has several skilled understudies in the Los Angeles area. When one of his...

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  • 1943
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    Show-Business at War

    Show-Business at War

    7 1943 HD

    A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.

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  • 1929
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    The Careless Age

    The Careless Age

    1 1929 HD

    Directed by John Griffith Wray. With Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert, Kenneth Thomson.

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  • 1930
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    Reno

    Reno

    1 1930 HD

    A film by George Crone

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  • 1930
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    The Other Tomorrow

    The Other Tomorrow

    1 1930 HD

    The Other Tomorrow, a love-triangle drama, is a lost American Pre-Code film, directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by First National Pictures, a...

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  • 1932
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    Lawyer Man

    Lawyer Man

    5.8 1932 HD

    Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York racketeer named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown...

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  • 1931
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    Woman Hungry

    Woman Hungry

    1 1931 HD

    This film, believed lost, was based on William Vaughn Moody's 1906 play The Great Divide. The story was filmed as a silent film by MGM as The Great...

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  • 1932
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    70,000 Witnesses

    70,000 Witnesses

    4.8 1932 HD

    College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He refuses, but they player is doped anyway and collapses...

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  • 1927
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    The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

    6.4 1927 HD

    The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in...

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  • 1934
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    Many Happy Returns

    Many Happy Returns

    5.3 1934 HD

    Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the...

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