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Peter Leeds

Peter Leeds

  • Reunion in France (1942) May 26 (ET) - Reminder REMINDER
  • Harder They Fall, The (1956) June 02 (ET) - Reminder REMINDER
  • Interrupted Melody (1955) June 17 (ET) - Reminder REMINDER
  • Oscar, The (1966) June 25 (ET) - Reminder REMINDER
  • Dial 1119 (1950) June 26 (ET) - Reminder REMINDER
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Also Known As: Died: November 12, 1996
Born: May 30, 1917 Cause of Death: cancer
Birth Place: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA Profession: Cast ...
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COMPLETE FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNOPSIS

Cast (feature film)

1.
Dragnet (1987) as Roy Grest
To his chagrin, by-the-book Los Angeles policeman Joe Friday has been assigned a flippant, street-wise new partner, Pep Streebeck. They are investigating a series of murders, which leads them to the religious cult P.A.G.A.N. (People Against Goodness and Normalcy). Infiltrating the group, they rescue Connie Swain, and she and Friday fall in love. When Connie identifies respected community leader and the police commissioner's friend Reverend Jonathan Whirley as the head of the cult, Friday attempts to publicly arrest the man and is suspended. Connie is kidnapped in retaliation and when Friday is reinstated, he and Streebeck lead the raid on the P.A.G.A.N. headquarters and Friday's heroics save Connie and bring Whirley to justice.
2.
Senior Trip ! (1981) as Mickey'S Friend
The graduating class of a midwestern high school comes to the Big Apple to celebrate. Among the students: an ambitious teenager aiming for success in big business (Scott Baio), an aspiring rock star (Randy Brooks), a stagestruck coed (Liz Callaway), a free spirit hoping to obtain a degree of sophist
3.
Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, The (1974) as Voice
Fritz, now married and with a son, is desperate to escape from the domestic hell he now finds himself in. Lighting up a joint, he begins to dream about his eight other lives, hoping to find one that will provide a pleasant distraction. The drug-induced journeys he takes include spells as an astronaut, Hitler's psychiatrist, a courier travelling in hostile territory during a race war, and as a pupil of an Indian guru living in the sewers of New York.
4.
With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) as Police Officer Joelson
A widow and a widower have to contend with hostile children when they fall in love.
5.
8 on the Lam (1967) as Marty
After he is falsely accused of embezzling at the bank where he works, a widower, his seven children, and their maid find themselves on the lam.
6.
The Oscar (1966) as
An unscrupulous actor fights his way to the top, destroying everyone in his path.
8.
Harlow (1965) as Director of 30's
In this story, Harlow starts in the movies as set dressing, the pretty girl who is used for the glamour shots. Refusing to descend to the casting couch for work, she finds that she is soon blacklisted from the industry. But an agent named Arthur sees something in Jean and begins representing her. For a long time, the jobs are scarce and consist mostly of receiving the pie in the face in low budget comedies. But Arthur's belief in Jean never wavers and when she finally graduates to featured roles, the critics say that she cannot act, but she is unforgettable. Polishing the image as the girl next door, but with some fire, she begins her climb to the top and becomes the girl every woman wants to look like and every man wants to have. But her own life is a disaster - unlike her screen life.
9.
The Wheeler Dealers (1963) as Arthur Watkins
Texas tycoons try to mix love with finance on a trip to New York.
10.
The Scarface Mob (1962) as Lamarr Kane
The pilot for the series of the same title. The exploits of Eliot Ness, the leader of an elite group of Treasury Department agents assigned to battle the underworld. In the pilot episode, broadcast as two one-hour segments of "Desilu Playhouse," Ness attempts to break up Al Capone's gang.
11.
The Facts of Life (1960) as Thompson
Suburban marrieds are tempted to dabble in adultery.
12.
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) as Reporter
A drama critic and his family try to adjust to life in the country.
13.
High School Big Shot (1959) as Mr. Carter
Marv needs money. His unemployed dad is so poor that he makes Marv give up half his last six bucks so they can both go on three-dollar dates; he's just lost his scholarship after getting caught writing a term paper for Betty, the prettiest (and only) girl in his class; and Betty herself has told him he doesn't stand a chance with her unless he can give her what she wants most: money, money, money. But Marv has mob ties and Marv knows where to find a million dollars cash...
14.
The Rookie (1959) as Man at bar
15.
Girls Town (1959) as Michael Clyde
Chip is killed accidentally while trying to rape a blonde girl, who runs. Silver becomes the number one suspect even though she has an alibi, but due to previous brushes with the law she's sent to Girls Town, a home for young women in trouble with the law which is run by nuns. Silver is rebellious and causes trouble at the school, and her friend Sarafina totters near the brink of self-destruction because of an infatuation with a young singer. Meanwhile Chip's father hires a detective to find out the truth, and Chip's friend Fred gets Silver's sister in trouble at a drag race. Silver has a lot of problems all right.
16.
The Big Operator (1959) as Henland
A tough hood goes wild when federal agents investigate him.
17.
The 30-Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959) as Bill Burton
A scatterbrained inventor accidentally turns his girlfriend into a giant.
18.
The Brothers Karamazov (1958) as Guard
In this adaptation of the Dostoevsky classic, four brothers fight to adjust to the death of their domineering father.
19.
Slander (1957) as Herb Goodman
A TV star almost loses his career and his marriage over a tabloid story.
20.
Bombers B-52 (1957) as Television director
A hard-nosed Air Force sergeant tries to keep his daughter from dating a hotshot flyer.
21.
Kiss Them for Me (1957) as Reporter
Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.
22.
The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956) as Genius
Ray Henderson joins Buddy De Sylva and Lew Brown to form a successful 1920s musical show writing team. They soon have several hits on Broadway but De Sylva's personal ambition leads to friction as the other two increasingly feel left out of things.
23.
The Great American Pastime (1956) as Motor cop
A mild-mannered lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he takes over a little league team.
24.
Behind the High Wall (1956) as First detective
A group of convicts break out of prison, killing a guard, kidnapping the warden and forcing a reluctant inmate to accompany them. However, when a car accident kills everyone except the warden and the inmate hostage, the warden steals $100,000 of the gang's money, then when police arrive he accuses the inmate of the guard's murder in order to cover up his own crime.
25.
Tea and Sympathy (1956) as Headmaster at bonfire
A faculty wife risks her marriage to help a troubled teen tormented by his fellow students.
26.
The Harder They Fall (1956) as Ring announcer, Chicago
A cynical press agent exposes inhuman conditions in the boxing game.
27.
The Price of Fear (1956) as Mitchell
The co-owner of a racetrack discovers that his partner has sold out to a gangster. The gangster plans to take sole control of the track and plans to get rid of his new partner. The partner's problems are just beginning, though, as he finds himself involved with a beautiful woman who, unknown to him, was involved in a hit-and-run and is trying to set him up for the crime.
28.
Tight Spot (1955) as Fred Packer
A district attorney tries to get a hardboiled woman to testify against the mob.
29.
Hit the Deck (1955) as Naval officer
Sailors on leave in San Francisco get mixed up in love and show business.
30.
Love Me or Leave Me (1955) as Fred Taylor
True story of torch singer Ruth Etting's struggle to escape the gangster who made her a star.
31.
Six Bridges to Cross (1955) as Harris
Youth gang leader Jerry Florea is shot fleeing from a crime scene by rookie cop Ed Gallagher. Result: "he'll never have children of his own." Ed and Jerry develop a mutually beneficial friendship: Jerry gets the benefit of the doubt, Ed gets information that brings him rapid promotion. As years and jail terms go by, Ed's friendship with this likable rogue becomes strained, as hope for his reform dwindles. Can Jerry redeem himself in the end?
32.
Interrupted Melody (1955) as Dr. Ed Ryson
True story of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence and her battle against polio.
33.
Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955) as MacKay
34.
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) as Richard
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
35.
It's Always Fair Weather (1955) as Mr. Trasker
World War II buddies get mixed up with gangsters and an egotistical TV star when they hold a 10-year reunion.
36.
The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) as Barney
A writer recalls his turbulent marriage to an expatriate heiress.
37.
The Long, Long Trailer (1954) as Garage manager
Life on the road isn't what it's cracked up to be when a honeymooning couple invests in an oversized motor home.
38.
The Atomic Kid (1954) as Bill, FBI agent
A uranium prospector is eating a peanut butter sandwich in the desert where atom bomb tests are being done. He becomes radioactive, and helps the FBI break up an enemy spy ring.
39.
Brigadoon (1954) as Man in bar
Two American hunters in Scotland discover a mystical village that only materializes once every century.
40.
Playgirl (1954) as Sharpie
Nightclub singer Fran Davis (Shelley Winters) is out to educate her out-of-town friend Phyllis Matthews (Coleen Miller)on the ins-and-outs of life in the Big City. But, par for the course in this Joseph Pevney potboiler, publisher Mike Marsh (Barry Sullivan), Fran's lover and unhappy married man to begin with, falls in love with Phyllis. There is a misunderstanding of the situation by the two girls. The girls quarrel, Marsh is shot, Fran hits the skids and she and Phyllis, to say the least, are on the outs. Then Fran learns that Phyllis is about to be used unwittingly as a decoy in a murder. Fran rides to her friend's rescue.
41.
Athena (1954) as Photographer
A society lawyer falls in love with the daughter of a family of fitness fanatics.
42.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) as Thin merchant
In Ispahan, Persia, Hajji Baba (John Derek) is leaving his father's shop to seek a greater fortune, while the Princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart) is trying to talk her father, the Caliph (Donald Randolph) into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din (Paul Picerni), a rival prince known far and wide as mean and fickle. Her father intends Fawzia for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him. But a courier brings word from Nur-El-Din that an escort awaits Fawzia on the outskirts of the city and she escapes the palace disguised as a boy. Hajji encounters the escort-warrior (Paul Baxley) at the rendezvous spot, is attacked and beats up the escort with his barber's tools. The princess arrives and mistakes Hajji as the escort until he mistakes the emerald ring sent by Nur-El-Din to Fawzia as the prize to be delivered. In her efforts to escape him, her turban becomes unbound and Hajji realizes that the girl herself is the treasure Nur-El-Din awaits. Hajji promises to escort her and they spend the night with the caravan of Osman Aga (Thomas Gomez), who invites them to stay for the dancing girls, among them, the incomparable Ayesha (Rosemarie Bowe). The pair are overtaken by the Caliph's guards sent to bring Fawzia back, but the guards are driven off by an invading army of Turcoman women, a band of fierce and beautiful women who prey on passing merchants.
43.
99 River Street (1953) as Nat Finley
A taxi driver gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
44.
Never Wave at a WAC (1953) as Nick Lajaros
A divorced socialite joins the Army hoping it will improve her love life.
45.
Stalag 17 (1953) as Prisoner of war, barracks #1
A cynical serviceman in a World War II POW camp has to prove he's not an informer.
46.
My Man and I (1952) as
A Mexican-American laborer fights for his dignity.
47.
The Frogmen (1951) as Pharmacist's mate
48.
Katie Did It (1951) as "Odds" Burton
Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls in love with a city slicker commercial artist, Peter Van Arden. The romance blossoms until Katie falls victim of some false information, and becomes convinced that Peter is already married and the father of two children.
49.
Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) as Manson
The hillbilly farmers take off in search of uranium.
50.
Up Front (1951) as Pinanski
Based on the famed W.W.II cartoons: Lowbrow G.I.s Willie and Joe, on the Italian front, are good soldiers in combat, but meet the antics of gung-ho Captain Johnson and other military snafus with a barrage of wry comments. On a 3-day pass in Naples, Joe's penchant for wine and women involves the pair with luscious Emi Rosso and her moonshiner father, whose tangled affairs land them in ever deeper trouble.
51.
South Sea Sinner (1950) as Policeman
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret. In the process, Coral gets a bit too fond of Jake, who (suspected of wartime collaboration ) resolves on new efforts to clear himself; but more complications arise.
52.
Dial 1119 (1950) as Policeman
A killer holds the customers at a bar hostage.
53.
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) as Cosmetician
The hillbilly farmers win a contest and take off for New York City.
54.
Saddle Tramp (1950) as Springer
Carefree Chuck Connor is on his way west and stops off to see an old friend and his four lads. When his host is killed in a riding accident Chuck realises he must take care of the family. They hit the road and he takes a job on a ranch, but he has to keep the children hidden as his boss hates kids. There's also tension with the neighbouring ranch, and when a girl on the run from her nasty uncle joins the family unannounced Chuck wonders what he has done to deserve all this.
55.
D.O.A. (1950) as Bartender
The victim of a slow-acting poison tracks down his own killer.
56.
The Life of Riley (1949) as Heavy's voice in radio serial
57.
The Lady Gambles (1949) as Hotel clerk
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
58.
Hit Parade of 1947 (1947) as Band leader in rehearsal room
59.
That Brennan Girl (1946) as Bergie
60.
Crash Dive (1943) as Shore police
Against his personal preference, PT boat commander Ward Stewart is made executive officer of the submarine USS Corsair. On leave before sailing, he meets schoolteacher Jean Hewlett and gives her a romantic rush...unaware that she's the sweetheart of Dewey Connors, his new commander. At sea, the men bond while fighting German Q-ships. When will they discover their mutual romantic rivalry? Will it interfere with a spectacular commando raid on a secret German base?
61.
Lady Bodyguard (1943) as Intern
A.C.Baker (Anne Shirley), advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore (Eddie Albert) with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister (Roger Pryor) fires his secretary, Miss Tracy (Mary Treen), just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges (Maude Eburne); Avery Jamieson (Raymond Walburn), a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan (Edward Brophy) are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
63.
I Married a Witch (1942) as Intern
A 300-year-old witch wreaks havoc when she falls in love with a young politician.
64.
Treat 'Em Rough (1942) as Davis
Accompanied by his trainer, Hotfoot (William Frawley), and his handyman/valet, Snake-eyes (Mantan Moreland), prizefighter Bill Kingsford (Eddie Albert), aka The Panama Kid, returns to his home town to help clear his dad, Gray Kingsford (Lloyd Corrigan), of graft involving several thousand gallons of oil hijacked from his own company. Betty (Peggy Moran), Mr. Kingsford's secretary, overhears a conversation between company officials Wetherbee (Joseph Crehan) and Perkins (Truman Bradley) ordering a gunman to intercept Kingsford on a trip to check a suspicious truck movement, and she warns Bill. The henchman manages to stop and slug Kingsford, but is himself killed when he tries to flee and his car bursts into fire. The police think the dead man is Kingsford, so Bill hides him while he and Betty try to get evidence against the real culprits.
65.
Priorities on Parade (1942) as Employee
66.
Reunion in France (1942) as Boy
A Frenchwoman tries to help a downed U.S. flyer escape the Nazis.
67.
Public Enemies (1941) as Reporter
68.
Pacific Blackout (1941) as Air raid warden

Cast (special)

69.
Bob Hope & Friends: Making New Memories (1991)
A special in which Bob Hope appears with celebrity guest stars and ten new female "stars of tomorrow."
70.
Bob Hope Lampoons Show Business (1990)
A Bob Hope special spoofing television and motion pictures.
71.
NBC Investigates Bob Hope (1987) as Mr Leeds
In a spoof of "Olliemania" and the Iran/Contra hearings, Bob Hope is accused of selling jokes to cable television and diverting the profits. An investigation is launched into his alleged covert activities and, overnight, Hope becomes a national hero and "Hopemania" sweeps the country.
72.
Chocolate Fever (1985) as Voice Of Louie
Henry Green is a chocolate lover who breaks out in "measles" made of pure chocolate. Only then does he realize that too much of a good thing is not necessarily desirable.
73.
Great Ringtail Garbage Caper, The (1985) as Voice Of Benjamin
The story revolves around a raccoon community that is forced to take desperate action when its supply of garbage and natural food is reduced.
74.
So Help Me, Aphrodite (1960) as Charlie
An original musical comedy, written especially for television, about Sally, a waitress who refuses to marry, hoping instead to make her dreams of becoming famous a reality.

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