Herbert Heyes

Washington born, Herbert Heyes was an American screen and television actor who starred in an array of movies during his career which spanned from 1915 to 1958. (His earlier stage career began sometime circa 1906-1908.) He appeared in approximately 100 films, including the 1947 holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street. Heyes died in 1958 in California, USA.

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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)

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Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Seaton
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Payne  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Gene Lockhart

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Seaton
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Payne  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Gene Lockhart

Behind Locked Doors (1948)

Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Lucille Bremer  •  Richard Carlson  •  Douglas Fowley  •  Ralf Harolde

Behind the locked doors of a mental institution resides crooked politico Judge Drake, free from prosecution so long as he pretends to be crazy. To get the goods on Drake, private detective Ross Stewart has himself committed to the asylum as a patient. Meanwhile, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Budd Boetticher
CAST:  Lucille Bremer  •  Richard Carlson  •  Douglas Fowley  •  Ralf Harolde

Carbine Williams (1952)

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Jean Hagen  •  Wendell Corey  •  James Arness

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Thorpe
CAST:  James Stewart  •  Jean Hagen  •  Wendell Corey  •  James Arness

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Barbara Payton  •  Helena Carter  •  Ward Bond

Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime business, faces corrupt local cops who run the city’s underworld and meets a powerful tycoon’s whimsical daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  James Cagney  •  Barbara Payton  •  Helena Carter  •  Ward Bond

Salome (1918)

Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gordon Edwards
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  G. Raymond Nye  •  Alan Roscoe  •  Herbert Heyes

Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  J. Gordon Edwards
CAST:  Theda Bara  •  G. Raymond Nye  •  Alan Roscoe  •  Herbert Heyes

T-Men (1947)

Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Mary Meade  •  Alfred Ryder  •  Wallace Ford

Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anthony Mann
CAST:  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Mary Meade  •  Alfred Ryder  •  Wallace Ford

Union Station (1950)

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  William Holden  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Torin Thatcher  •  Isobel Elsom

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry King
CAST:  William Holden  •  Jennifer Jones  •  Torin Thatcher  •  Isobel Elsom

Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Diana Lynn  •  Walter Slezak  •  Lucille Barkley

College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frederick de Cordova
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Diana Lynn  •  Walter Slezak  •  Lucille Barkley

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Susan Hayward  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  William Frawley

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Walter Huston  •  Ann Harding  •  Oskar Homolka  •  George Tobias

Let's Do It Again (1953)

Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Ray Milland  •  Aldo Ray  •  Leon Ames

Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Jane Wyman  •  Ray Milland  •  Aldo Ray  •  Leon Ames

Destination Unknown (1942)

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Irene Hervey  •  Sam Levene  •  Turhan Bey

Foreign spies and police pursue an attractive Dutch spy throughout Peking.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ray Taylor
CAST:  William Gargan  •  Irene Hervey  •  Sam Levene  •  Turhan Bey

Calling Wild Bill Elliott (1943)

When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Herbert Heyes

When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Spencer Gordon Bennet
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Herbert Heyes

Sincerely Yours (1955)

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours. In a poignant story scripted by Irving Wallace, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Liberace  •  Joanne Dru  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Alex Nicol

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive the Liberace magic in his only starring film, Sincerely Yours. In a poignant story scripted by Irving Wallace, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Liberace  •  Joanne Dru  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Alex Nicol

Tripoli (1950)

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Price
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Payne  •  Howard Da Silva  •  Phillip Reed

In 1805, the United States battles the pirates of Tripoli as the Marines fight to raise the American flag.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Will Price
CAST:  Maureen O'Hara  •  John Payne  •  Howard Da Silva  •  Phillip Reed

Only the Valiant (1951)

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Barbara Payton  •  Ward Bond  •  Gig Young

Only the Valiant, a classic western adventure, based on a novel by Charles Marquis Warren, the film tells the story of a Cavalry officer who volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Douglas
CAST:  Gregory Peck  •  Barbara Payton  •  Ward Bond  •  Gig Young

Campus Rhythm (1943)

Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to college. But her guardian, her Uncle Willie signs the contract in order to pay off his own debts. But this time Joan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Gale Storm  •  Johnny Downs  •  Robert Lowery  •  Candy Candido

Radio singer Joan Abbott, known as the "Crunchy-Wunchy Thrush", does not want to renew her contract with the cereal sponsor, as she wants to go to college. But her guardian, her Uncle Willie signs the contract in order to pay off his own debts. But this time Joan ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Dreifuss
CAST:  Gale Storm  •  Johnny Downs  •  Robert Lowery  •  Candy Candido

New York Confidential (1955)

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Rouse
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  Richard Conte  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  Anne Bancroft

Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Rouse
CAST:  Broderick Crawford  •  Richard Conte  •  Marilyn Maxwell  •  Anne Bancroft

Death Valley Manhunt (1943)

Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Quinn controls both the Judge and the Marshal. But when the Marshal is accidentally killed, Wild Bill Elliott is brought in as the new Marshal and things begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Weldon Heyburn

Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Quinn controls both the Judge and the Marshal. But when the Marshal is accidentally killed, Wild Bill Elliott is brought in as the new Marshal and things begin to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John English
CAST:  Bill Elliott  •  George 'Gabby' Hayes  •  Anne Jeffreys  •  Weldon Heyburn
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