The Sun Shines Bright
1953 · Movie
as Jimmy Bagby
Paul Hurst
1888-10-14
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Traver, California, USA
Writers:
Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)
Filmography
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952 · Movie
Big Jim McLain
1952 · Movie
as Mr. Lexiter
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951 · Movie
as Ray Harvey
The Missourians
1950 · Movie
as John X. Finn
The Old Frontier
1950 · Movie
as Skipper Horton
The Vanishing Westerner
1950 · Movie
as Waldorf Worthington
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949 · Movie
as Sheriff Jug Mason
Prince of the Plains
1949 · Movie
as Sheriff Hank Hartley
Pioneer Marshal
1949 · Movie
as Huck Homer
San Antone Ambush
1949 · Movie
as Happy Daniels
South of Rio
1949 · Movie
as Andy Weems
Law of the Golden West
1949 · Movie
as Otis Ellis
Outcasts of the Trail
1949 · Movie
as Doc Meadowlark
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948 · Movie
as Jailer
The Arizona Ranger
1948 · Movie
as Ben Riddle
Madonna of the Desert
1948 · Movie
as Pete Connors
Son of God’s Country
1948 · Movie
as Eli Walker
Gun Smugglers
1948 · Movie
as Sergeant Hasty Jones
California Firebrand
1948 · Movie
as Chuck Waggoner
Yellow Sky
1948 · Movie
as Drunk (uncredited)
Heart of Virginia
1948 · Movie
as Whit Galtry
Angel and the Badman
1947 · Movie
as Frederick Carson
Under Colorado Skies
1947 · Movie
as Lucky John Hawkins
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946 · Movie
as Al
The Virginian
1946 · Movie
Death Valley
1946 · Movie
as Sergeant Dailey
In Old Sacramento
1946 · Movie
as Stagecoach Driver
Murder in the Music Hall
1946 · Movie
as Hobarth
Steppin' in Society
1945 · Movie
as Cookie
Scared Stiff
1945 · Movie
as Sheriff
The Big Show-Off
1945 · Movie
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Dakota
1945 · Movie
as Captain Spotts
Midnight Manhunt
1945 · Movie
as Murphy
Summer Storm
1944 · Movie
as Orloff
Girl Rush
1944 · Movie
as Muley
Something for the Boys
1944 · Movie
as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
1944 · Movie
as Jake Compton
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944 · Movie
as Sheriff Slim Carson
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 · Movie
as Monty Smith
Hi'ya, Chum
1943 · Movie
as Archie Billings
December 7th
1943 · Movie
as World War I Ghost Soldier
Calaboose
1943 · Movie
as Ed the bartender
The Sky's the Limit
1943 · Movie
as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Coney Island
1943 · Movie
as Louie
Night in New Orleans
1942 · Movie
as Sergeant Casper Riordan
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942 · Movie
as Two-Gun
Sundown Jim
1942 · Movie
as Broderick
Pardon My Stripes
1942 · Movie
as Feets
Petticoat Politics
1941 · Movie
as Slats O'Dell
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941 · Movie
as Page
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941 · Movie
as Biff Sage
Caught in the Draft
1941 · Movie
as Sgt. Burns
Virginia
1941 · Movie
as Thomas
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941 · Movie
as Michael O'Connor
The Parson of Panamint
1941 · Movie
as Jake Waldren
This Woman Is Mine
1941 · Movie
as Second Mate Mumford
The Westerner
1940 · Movie
as Chickenfoot
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940 · Movie
as Pete
Spring Parade
1940 · Movie
as Headwaiter
Edison, the Man
1940 · Movie
as Sheriff
Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Movie
as Guard (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
1940 · Movie
as Pete Haig (uncredited)
Torrid Zone
1940 · Movie
as Daniels
Goin' Fishin'
1940 · Movie
Star Dust
1940 · Movie
as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
South to Karanga
1940 · Movie
as Slats
Gone with the Wind
1939 · Movie
as Yankee Deserter
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Movie
as Reynolds, a Drunk
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It Could Happen to You
1939 · Movie
as Sandy
Remember?
1939 · Movie
as Policeman
Bad Lands
1939 · Movie
as Curly Tom
Cafe Society
1939 · Movie
as Bartender
On Your Toes
1939 · Movie
as Variety Club Bartender
Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie
as Garsky
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Movie
as Empire State Building Guard
Glove Slingers
1939 · Movie
as Chuck Brenner
Quick Millions
1939 · Movie
as Sheriff
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 · Movie
as Bill Mulligan
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Movie
as Mug
Topper Takes a Trip
1938 · Movie
as Charlie - the Bartender
In Old Chicago
1938 · Movie
as Mitch
Island in the Sky
1938 · Movie
as Happy
Secrets of a Nurse
1938 · Movie
as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
Prison Break
1938 · Movie
as Soapy
Hold That Co-ed
1938 · Movie
as Slapsy
My Lucky Star
1938 · Movie
as Louie
Josette
1938 · Movie
as A. Adolphus Heyman
No Time to Marry
1938 · Movie
as Sergeant
The Last Express
1938 · Movie
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
Trouble in Morocco
1937 · Movie
as Tiger Malone
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Movie
as Sgt. Murphy
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Movie
as Captain
Danger – Love at Work
1937 · Movie
as NYC policeman
Second Honeymoon
1937 · Movie
as Dennis Huggins
The Legion of Missing Men
1937 · Movie
as Muggsy
Wake Up and Live
1937 · Movie
as McCabe
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The Lady Fights Back
1937 · Movie
as Maloney
She's No Lady
1937 · Movie
as Cop
Slave Ship
1937 · Movie
as Drunk
We Who Are About to Die
1937 · Movie
as Tip Fuller
You Can't Have Everything
1937 · Movie
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
You Can't Beat Love
1937 · Movie
as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
This Is My Affair
1937 · Movie
as Bowler
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Movie
as Bill
Super-Sleuth
1937 · Movie
as Motorcycle Cop
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · Movie
as Tom
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I'd Give My Life
1936 · Movie
as "Sport" Conly
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936 · Movie
as Wilson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936 · Movie
as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
North of Nome
1936 · Movie
as Carlson
To Mary - with Love
1936 · Movie
as Drunk
The Gay Desperado
1936 · Movie
as American Detective
Blackmailer
1936 · Movie
as Inspector Killian
Riffraff
1936 · Movie
as Belcher
The Gay Deception
1935 · Movie
as Bell Captain
Sequoia
1935 · Movie
as Bergman
Shadow of Doubt
1935 · Movie
as Lt. Sackville
Public Hero Number 1
1935 · Movie
as Rufe Parker
Maybe It's Love
1935 · Movie
as Expressman (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
1935 · Movie
as Prison Guard
Carnival
1935 · Movie
as Policeman
Mississippi
1935 · Movie
as Hefty
Calm Yourself
1935 · Movie
as Detective Roscoe
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · Movie
as Fibo Morgan (uncredited)
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Wilderness Mail
1935 · Movie
as Jules
Midnight Alibi
1934 · Movie
as Babe the Butcher
A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Movie
as Butler
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 · Movie
as Detective
Take the Stand
1934 · Movie
as Denny O'Brien
Among the Missing
1934 · Movie
as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
Queen Christina
1934 · Movie
as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
The Big Race
1934 · Movie
as Skipper O'Neal
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
1934 · Movie
as Escaped Felon
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934 · Movie
as Undetermined Role
The Line-Up
1934 · Movie
as Detective Sgt. Doyle
The Sphinx
1933 · Movie
as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
Terror Aboard
1933 · Movie
as Boatswain
Tugboat Annie
1933 · Movie
as Sam
Saturday's Millions
1933 · Movie
as Doc Maloney, Trainer
Day of Reckoning
1933 · Movie
as Harry
The Women in His Life
1933 · Movie
as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
Grand Slam
1933 · Movie
as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Hold Your Man
1933 · Movie
as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
Island of Lost Souls
1932 · Movie
as Capt. Donahue
The Big Stampede
1932 · Movie
as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Movie
as Detective Grump
State's Attorney
1932 · Movie
as Police Captain Morgan
Men Are Such Fools
1932 · Movie
as Stiles
My Pal, the King
1932 · Movie
as Red
The Phantom President
1932 · Movie
as Sailor (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Jail
1932 · Movie
as Butch
Panama Flo
1932 · Movie
as Al
The Secret Six
1931 · Movie
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Bad Company
1931 · Movie
as Paul Hurst
That's My Line
1931 · Movie
as Mexican Bandit
Sweepstakes
1931 · Movie
as Bartender
The Single Sin
1931 · Movie
as Slug
The Secret Witness
1931 · Movie
as Officer Brannigan
The Public Defender
1931 · Movie
as Doc
Maker of Men
1931 · Movie
as Gabby
Kick In
1931 · Movie
as Detective Whip Fogarty
Paradise Island
1930 · Movie
as Beauty
Swellhead
1930 · Movie
as Mugsy
Borrowed Wives
1930 · Movie
as Bull Morgan
Hot Curves
1930 · Movie
as 'Slug', Baseball Player
The Runaway Bride
1930 · Movie
as Sergeant Daly
Officer O'Brien
1930 · Movie
as Captain Antrim
Lucky Larkin
1930 · Movie
as Pete Brierson
Mountain Justice
1930 · Movie
as Lem Harland
Shadow of the Law
1930 · Movie
as Pete Shore
The Third Alarm
1930 · Movie
as 'Beauty' Johnson
The Racketeer
1929 · Movie
as Mehaffy - Policeman
The California Mail
1929 · Movie
as Rowdy Ryan
The Lawless Legion
1929 · Movie
as Ramirez
Tide of Empire
1929 · Movie
as Poppy
Sailor's Holiday
1929 · Movie
as Jimmylegs
Oh, Yeah!
1929 · Movie
as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
His First Command
1929 · Movie
as Sgt. Westbrook
The Rainbow
1929 · Movie
as Pat
The Cossacks
1928 · Movie
as Sitchi
Lilac Time
1928 · Movie
as (uncredited)
The Devil's Saddle
1927 · Movie
as 'Swig' Moran
The Red Raiders
1927 · Movie
as Sergeant Murphy
The Valley of the Giants
1927 · Movie
as Randeau
No image
Outlaw's Paradise
1927 · Movie
as McDonald
Buttons
1927 · Movie
as Slugger McGlue
Roaring Road
1926 · Movie
as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
Blue Streak O'Neil
1926 · Movie
No image
The Fighting Ranger
1926 · Movie
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The Man Who Would Not Die
1924 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923 · Movie
as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Lightning Bryce
1919 · Movie
as Powder Solvang
Rimrock Jones
1918 · Movie
as Ike Bray
Smashing Through
1918 · Movie
as Stevens
The Railroad Raiders
1917 · Movie
as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Hazards of Helen
1917 · Movie
as Benton - a Foreman
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
1917 · Movie
as Howie
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916 · Movie
Whispering Smith
1916 · Movie
as Murray Sinclair
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916 · Movie
as Blatchley Turrentine
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The Diamond Runners
1916 · Movie
as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Medicine Bend
1916 · Movie
as Murray Sinclair
The Manager of the B & A
1916 · Movie
as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Girl Detective
1915 · Movie
as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
Stingaree
1915 · Movie
as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
The Red Signal
1915 · Movie
as Chief Dispatcher
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
1915 · Movie
as A Trainman
The Vivisectionist
1915 · Movie
as Bart - Jardine's Servant
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The Quicksands
1914 · Movie
as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
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The Chief of Police
1914 · Movie
as Daniels
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914 · Movie
as Benton, the Foreman
The Cave Men's War
1913 · Movie
as Red Axe
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
1912 · Movie
as Bad Bill - a Desperado
Crew Credits
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Outlaw's Paradise
1927 · Movie
Director
Haunted Range
1926 · Movie
Director
Roaring Road
1926 · Movie
Director
Blue Streak O'Neil
1926 · Movie
Director
The Midnight Message
1926 · Movie
Director
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The Fighting Ranger
1926 · Movie
Director
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The Law of the Snow Country
1926 · Movie
Director
The Demon Rider
1925 · Movie
Director
A Western Engagement
1925 · Movie
Director
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The Were-Tiger
1925 · Movie
Director
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The Fighting Cub
1925 · Movie
Director
Folly of Youth
1925 · Movie
Director
Branded a Bandit
1924 · Movie
Director, Story, Scenario Writer
The Passing of Wolf MacLean
1924 · Movie
Director
Battling Bunyan
1924 · Movie
Director
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The Man Who Would Not Die
1924 · Movie
Director
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Golden Silence
1923 · Movie
Director
Rangeland
1922 · Movie
Writer, Director
The Heart of a Texan
1922 · Movie
Scenario Writer, Director
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South of Northern Lights
1922 · Movie
Director
Table Top Ranch
1922 · Movie
Director, Scenario Writer, Story
The Crow's Nest
1922 · Movie
Director
Shadows of the West
1921 · Movie
Director
King Fisher's Roost
1921 · Movie
Story, Scenario Writer, Director
Lightning Bryce
1919 · Movie
Director
The Tiger's Trail
1919 · Movie
Director
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Play Straight or Fight
1918 · Movie
Director
The Woman in the Web
1918 · Movie
Director
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
1917 · Movie
Director
The Railroad Raiders
1917 · Movie
Director, Writer
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916 · Movie
Director
The Red Signal
1915 · Movie
Director
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
1915 · Movie
Producer
