Don DeFore

Donald John "Don" DeFore (August 25, 1913 – December 22, 1993) was an American actor. He is best known for his roles in the sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1957 and the sitcom Hazel from 1961 to 1965, the former which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

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Dark City (1950)

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Lizabeth Scott  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Dean Jagger

Gamblers who "took" an out-of-town sucker in a crooked poker game feel shadowy vengeance closing in on them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Dieterle
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  Lizabeth Scott  •  Viveca Lindfors  •  Dean Jagger

It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Ann Harding  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Victor Moore

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Ann Harding  •  Charles Ruggles  •  Victor Moore

Jumping Jacks (1952)

Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Mona Freeman  •  Don DeFore

Nightclub entertainer Hap Smith has a new act since his former partner Chick Allen joined the army. With his lovely new female partner, Hap now plays a clownish parody of a soldier. When Chick organises a soldier show at Fort Benning, he realizes he needs his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Mona Freeman  •  Don DeFore

My Friend Irma (1949)

Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Marie Wilson  •  Diana Lynn  •  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis

Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life of Irma's level-headed room mate Jane.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Marshall
CAST:  Marie Wilson  •  Diana Lynn  •  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis

Ramrod (1947)

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Veronica Lake  •  Don DeFore  •  Donald Crisp

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  André de Toth
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Veronica Lake  •  Don DeFore  •  Donald Crisp

Southside 1-1000 (1950)

The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its agents in a criminal mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Andrea King  •  George Tobias  •  Barry Kelley

The U.S. Secret Service goes after a counterfeiting ring by placing one of its agents in a criminal mob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boris Ingster
CAST:  Don DeFore  •  Andrea King  •  George Tobias  •  Barry Kelley

The Facts of Life (1960)

Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melvin Frank
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Lucille Ball  •  Ruth Hussey  •  Don DeFore

Middle-class suburbanites Larry and Kitty grow bored with their lives and respective marriages. Although each always found the other's manner grating, they fall in love when thrown together--without their spouses--on vacation. On returning home they try to break ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Melvin Frank
CAST:  Bob Hope  •  Lucille Ball  •  Ruth Hussey  •  Don DeFore

Too Late for Tears (1949)

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Lizabeth Scott  •  Don DeFore  •  Dan Duryea  •  Arthur Kennedy

Through a fluke circumstance, a ruthless woman stumbles across a suitcase filled with $60,000, and is determined to hold onto it even if it means murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Lizabeth Scott  •  Don DeFore  •  Dan Duryea  •  Arthur Kennedy

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Van Johnson  •  Robert Walker  •  Tim Murdock  •  Don DeFore

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Van Johnson  •  Robert Walker  •  Tim Murdock  •  Don DeFore

Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Jack Carson  •  George Tobias

Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Bacon
CAST:  Ann Sheridan  •  Dennis Morgan  •  Jack Carson  •  George Tobias

One Sunday Afternoon (1948)

The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation with sexy flirt Janis Paige. Filmed previously in 1933 ("One Sunday ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Dennis Morgan  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Janis Paige  •  Don DeFore

The third film version of James Hagan's play, this time with songs added, starring Dennis Morgan as a dentist who marries patient and loyal Dorothy Malone despite his constant infatuation with sexy flirt Janis Paige. Filmed previously in 1933 ("One Sunday ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raoul Walsh
CAST:  Dennis Morgan  •  Dorothy Malone  •  Janis Paige  •  Don DeFore

City Without Men (1943)

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Salkow
CAST:  Linda Darnell  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Michael Duane  •  Sara Allgood

A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Salkow
CAST:  Linda Darnell  •  Edgar Buchanan  •  Michael Duane  •  Sara Allgood

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  George Brent  •  Brenda Marshall  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Roscoe Karns

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jo Graham
CAST:  George Brent  •  Brenda Marshall  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Roscoe Karns

She's Working Her Way Through College (1952)

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Ronald Reagan  •  Gene Nelson  •  Don DeFore

Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.  (more)

DIRECTION:  H. Bruce Humberstone
CAST:  Virginia Mayo  •  Ronald Reagan  •  Gene Nelson  •  Don DeFore

We Go Fast (1941)

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Lynn Bari  •  Alan Curtis  •  Sheila Ryan  •  Don DeFore

A waitress falls for a foreign businessman (Mohr), while receiving attention from a pair of motorcycle cops, Curtis and Defore. She soon realizes that Mohr is actually a crook and goes back to flirting with her fast cop friends.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William C. McGann
CAST:  Lynn Bari  •  Alan Curtis  •  Sheila Ryan  •  Don DeFore

The Stork Club (1945)

Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald, Don Defore, Andy Russell, Iria Adrian and Robert Benchley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Betty Hutton  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Don DeFore  •  Robert Benchley

Director Hal Walker's 1945 musical comedy stars Betty Hutton as a hat-check girl at New York City's famous nightclub. The cast also includes Barry Fitzgerald, Don Defore, Andy Russell, Iria Adrian and Robert Benchley.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Walker
CAST:  Betty Hutton  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Don DeFore  •  Robert Benchley

Without Reservations (1946)

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Wayne  •  Don DeFore  •  Anne Triola

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mervyn LeRoy
CAST:  Claudette Colbert  •  John Wayne  •  Don DeFore  •  Anne Triola

The Affairs of Susan (1945)

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  George Brent  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Walter Abel

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  William A. Seiter
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  George Brent  •  Dennis O'Keefe  •  Walter Abel

A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Jock Mahoney  •  Don DeFore

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Jock Mahoney  •  Don DeFore

The Human Comedy (1943)

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Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Frank Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Marsha Hunt

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Clarence Brown
CAST:  Mickey Rooney  •  Frank Morgan  •  James Craig  •  Marsha Hunt
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