Willard Waterman

Willard Waterman was an American radio, screen, and television character actor. He was memorable as the star of radio's The Great Gildersleeve from 1950 to 1955. Waterman additionally starred in the 1955 television version.

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Father of the Bride (1950)

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Joan Bennett  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Don Taylor

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincente Minnelli
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Joan Bennett  •  Elizabeth Taylor  •  Don Taylor

Hollywood or Bust (1956)

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tashlin
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Pat Crowley  •  Maxie Rosenbloom

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the car, Steve tells Malcolm that he lives in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Tashlin
CAST:  Dean Martin  •  Jerry Lewis  •  Pat Crowley  •  Maxie Rosenbloom

Mystery Street (1950)

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sally Forrest  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Elsa Lanchester

When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Sturges
CAST:  Ricardo Montalban  •  Sally Forrest  •  Bruce Bennett  •  Elsa Lanchester

No Man of Her Own (1950)

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  John Lund  •  Jane Cowl  •  Phyllis Thaxter

A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Barbara Stanwyck  •  John Lund  •  Jane Cowl  •  Phyllis Thaxter

The Apartment (1960)

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Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Shirley MacLaine  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Ray Walston

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Wilder
CAST:  Jack Lemmon  •  Shirley MacLaine  •  Fred MacMurray  •  Ray Walston

Fourteen Hours (1951)

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Richard Basehart  •  Barbara Bel Geddes  •  Debra Paget

A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of a building with the intention of committing suicide. A policeman makes every effort to argue him out of it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henry Hathaway
CAST:  Paul Douglas  •  Richard Basehart  •  Barbara Bel Geddes  •  Debra Paget

Half a Hero (1953)

A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Jean Hagen  •  Mary Wickes  •  Frank Cady

A man moves his family from the big city to the suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Red Skelton  •  Jean Hagen  •  Mary Wickes  •  Frank Cady

Free For All (1949)

The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Robert Cummings  •  Ann Blyth  •  Ray Collins  •  Percy Kilbride

The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Barton
CAST:  Robert Cummings  •  Ann Blyth  •  Ray Collins  •  Percy Kilbride

Darling, How Could You! (1951)

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  John Lund  •  Mona Freeman  •  David Stollery

Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mitchell Leisen
CAST:  Joan Fontaine  •  John Lund  •  Mona Freeman  •  David Stollery

Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  Percy Kilbride  •  Richard Long  •  Meg Randall

When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Lamont
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  Percy Kilbride  •  Richard Long  •  Meg Randall

Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)

Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  James Whitmore  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Phyllis Kirk

Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Marjorie Main  •  James Whitmore  •  Ann Dvorak  •  Phyllis Kirk

So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Phyllis Coates  •  Douglas Fowley  •  Don C. Harvey

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Phyllis Coates  •  Douglas Fowley  •  Don C. Harvey

Three Secrets (1950)

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Eleanor Parker  •  Patricia Neal  •  Ruth Roman  •  Frank Lovejoy

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Wise
CAST:  Eleanor Parker  •  Patricia Neal  •  Ruth Roman  •  Frank Lovejoy

Sunny Side of the Street (1951)

A TV worker has fickle designs on an aspiring singer for whom she arranges an audition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  Frankie Laine  •  Billy Daniels  •  Terry Moore  •  Jerome Courtland

A TV worker has fickle designs on an aspiring singer for whom she arranges an audition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Quine
CAST:  Frankie Laine  •  Billy Daniels  •  Terry Moore  •  Jerome Courtland

Louisa (1950)

Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Spring Byington  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Ruth Hussey

Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Hall
CAST:  Ronald Reagan  •  Spring Byington  •  Edmund Gwenn  •  Ruth Hussey

Get Yourself a College Girl (1964)

A young music student faces expulsion after her instructors learn she is moonlighting as a pop-music writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Miller
CAST:  Mary Ann Mobley  •  Joan O'Brien  •  Nancy Sinatra  •  Chris Noel

A young music student faces expulsion after her instructors learn she is moonlighting as a pop-music writer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sidney Miller
CAST:  Mary Ann Mobley  •  Joan O'Brien  •  Nancy Sinatra  •  Chris Noel

Riding High (1950)

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Coleen Gray  •  Charles Bickford  •  Frances Gifford

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Bing Crosby  •  Coleen Gray  •  Charles Bickford  •  Frances Gifford

So You Want a Raise (1950)

Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Phyllis Coates  •  Edward Gargan  •  Fred Kelsey

Joe McDoakes asks for a raise and is informed by his boss that the employee selected by him to run the office while he is on vacation will get a raise.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard L. Bare
CAST:  George O'Hanlon  •  Phyllis Coates  •  Edward Gargan  •  Fred Kelsey

Rhubarb (1951)

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Jan Sterling  •  Gene Lockhart  •  William Frawley

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Lubin
CAST:  Ray Milland  •  Jan Sterling  •  Gene Lockhart  •  William Frawley

Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Piper Laurie  •  Rock Hudson  •  Charles Coburn  •  Gigi Perreau

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  Piper Laurie  •  Rock Hudson  •  Charles Coburn  •  Gigi Perreau
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