Larry Steers

Lawrence Wells Steers (February 14, 1888 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 550 films between 1917 and 1951. He was born in Indiana, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Larry Steers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  William Powell  •  Esther Williams  •  Angela Lansbury  •  James Gleason

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  William Powell  •  Esther Williams  •  Angela Lansbury  •  James Gleason

The Gangster (1947)

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Wiles
CAST:  Barry Sullivan  •  Belita  •  Joan Lorring  •  Akim Tamiroff

Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is the slumming society girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Wiles
CAST:  Barry Sullivan  •  Belita  •  Joan Lorring  •  Akim Tamiroff

You May Be Next! (1936)

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Douglass Dumbrille  •  John Arledge

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Albert S. Rogell
CAST:  Ann Sothern  •  Lloyd Nolan  •  Douglass Dumbrille  •  John Arledge

His Greatest Gamble (1934)

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Edith Fellows  •  Erin O'Brien-Moore

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John S. Robertson
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Dorothy Wilson  •  Edith Fellows  •  Erin O'Brien-Moore

Old Man Rhythm (1935)

Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  George Barbier  •  Barbara Kent  •  Grace Bradley

Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Ludwig
CAST:  Charles "Buddy" Rogers  •  George Barbier  •  Barbara Kent  •  Grace Bradley

To Beat the Band (1935)

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Hugh Herbert  •  Helen Broderick  •  Roger Pryor  •  Fred Keating

An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Benjamin Stoloff
CAST:  Hugh Herbert  •  Helen Broderick  •  Roger Pryor  •  Fred Keating

Smartest Girl in Town (1936)

A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Ann Sothern  •  Eric Blore  •  Helen Broderick

A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Gene Raymond  •  Ann Sothern  •  Eric Blore  •  Helen Broderick

The Big Game (1936)

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  George Nichols Jr.
CAST:  Phillip Huston  •  June Travis  •  James Gleason  •  Bruce Cabot

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Killy  •  George Nichols Jr.
CAST:  Phillip Huston  •  June Travis  •  James Gleason  •  Bruce Cabot

Music for Madame (1937)

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Blystone
CAST:  Nino Martini  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Billy Gilbert

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party while they steal the jewels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John G. Blystone
CAST:  Nino Martini  •  Joan Fontaine  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Billy Gilbert

The Man Who Found Himself (1937)

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Phillip Huston  •  John Beal  •  Jane Walsh

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passion for aviation to suit his stuffy father. When it is discovered that a passenger killed in a plane that Jim crashes was a married woman, the resulting scandal ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  Phillip Huston  •  John Beal  •  Jane Walsh

We Who Are About to Die (1937)

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Dvorak  •  John Beal  •  Ray Mayer

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Ann Dvorak  •  John Beal  •  Ray Mayer

Everybody's Doing It (1938)

Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Sally Eilers  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Richard Lane

Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspapers picture puzzles contest craze.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Preston Foster  •  Sally Eilers  •  Cecil Kellaway  •  Richard Lane

Law of the Underworld (1938)

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Anne Shirley  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Walter Abel

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Chester Morris  •  Anne Shirley  •  Eduardo Ciannelli  •  Walter Abel

Reno (1939)

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Gail Patrick  •  Anita Louise  •  Paul Cavanagh

A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Farrow
CAST:  Richard Dix  •  Gail Patrick  •  Anita Louise  •  Paul Cavanagh

Curtain Call (1940)

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Barbara Read  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Donald MacBride  •  Helen Vinson

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Woodruff
CAST:  Barbara Read  •  Alan Mowbray  •  Donald MacBride  •  Helen Vinson

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald Woods  •  Linda Hayes

Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Goodwins
CAST:  Lupe Vélez  •  Leon Errol  •  Donald Woods  •  Linda Hayes

Blondes at Work (1938)

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Rosella Towne

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank McDonald
CAST:  Glenda Farrell  •  Barton MacLane  •  Tom Kennedy  •  Rosella Towne

Chain Gang (1950)

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Douglas Kennedy  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Emory Parnell  •  William Phillips

Crusading newspaperman Cliff Roberts masquerades as a prison guard to document inhuman conditions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lew Landers
CAST:  Douglas Kennedy  •  Marjorie Lord  •  Emory Parnell  •  William Phillips

The Great Impersonation (1935)

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Edmund Lowe  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Wera Engels  •  Murray Kinnell

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Crosland
CAST:  Edmund Lowe  •  Valerie Hobson  •  Wera Engels  •  Murray Kinnell

Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Ken Murray  •  Johnny Downs  •  Kathryn Kane  •  Eddie Quillan

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Santley
CAST:  Ken Murray  •  Johnny Downs  •  Kathryn Kane  •  Eddie Quillan
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