Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-10-14 (65 years old)
Deathday
1953-02-27
Place of Birth
Traver, California, USA
Also known As
Paul Causey Hurst
Paul C. Hurst
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 direct...
1943
as Monty Smith
1939
as Yankee Deserter
1932
as Capt. Donahue
1930
as Beauty
1947
as Frederick Carson
1945
as Cookie
1926
as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
1941
as Slats O'Dell
1937
as Tiger Malone
1931
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
1912
as Bad Bill - a Desperado
1945
as Sheriff
1917
as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
1917
as Benton - a Foreman
1915
as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
1943
as Archie Billings
1940
as Chickenfoot
1938
as Bill Mulligan
1951
as Ray Harvey
1938
as Florabelle's Father
1932
as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
1941
1923
as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
1944
as Orloff
1933
as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
1938
as Charlie - the Bartender
1935
as Bell Captain
1916
as Murray Sinclair
1937
as Sgt. Murphy
1941
as Biff Sage
1914
as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
1932
as Detective Grump
1931
as Paul Hurst
1914
as Daniels
1938
as Mitch
1929
as Mehaffy - Policeman
1943
as World War I Ghost Soldier
1918
as Ike Bray
1915
as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
1917
1933
as Boatswain
1937
as Captain
1941
as Sgt. Burns
1953
as Jimmy Bagby
1915
as Chief Dispatcher
1914
as Benton, the Foreman
1935
as Bergman
1916
as Murray Sinclair
1916
as Blatchley Turrentine
1916
as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
1942
as Sergeant Casper Riordan
1939
as Reynolds, a Drunk
1930
as Mugsy
1937
as NYC policeman
1938
as Happy
1939
as Sandy
1930
as Bull Morgan
1949
as Sheriff Jug Mason
1931
as Mexican Bandit
1937
as Dennis Huggins
1934
as Babe the Butcher
1936
as "Sport" Conly
1928
as Sitchi
1943
as Ed the bartender
1931
as Bartender
1930
as 'Slug', Baseball Player
1935
as Lt. Sackville
1938
as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
1945
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
1940
as Pete
1939
as Policeman
1939
as Curly Tom
1946
1937
as Muggsy
1937
as McCabe
1944
as Muley
1941
as Thomas
1938
as Soapy
1938
as Slapsy
1943
as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
1944
as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
1930
as Sergeant Daly
1938
as Louie
1930
as Captain Antrim
1932
as Police Captain Morgan
1927
as 'Swig' Moran
1931
as Slug
1929
as Rowdy Ryan
1932
as Stiles
1927
as Sergeant Murphy
1929
as Ramirez
1930
as Pete Brierson
1930
as Lem Harland
1913
as Red Axe
1937
as Cop
1937
as Maloney
1932
as Red
1929
as Poppy
1930
as Pete Shore
1937
as Drunk
1938
as A. Adolphus Heyman
1919
as Powder Solvang
1935
as Rufe Parker
1915
1929
as Jimmylegs
1937
as Tip Fuller
1937
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1936
as Wilson
1934
as Butler
1939
as Bartender
1928
as (uncredited)
1931
as Officer Brannigan
1948
as Jailer
1946
1934
as Detective
1931
as Doc
1935
as Expressman (uncredited)
1939
as Variety Club Bartender
1939
as Garsky
1939
as Empire State Building Guard
1934
as Denny O'Brien
1942
as Two-Gun
1949
as Sheriff Hank Hartley
1939
as Chuck Brenner
1949
as Huck Homer
1940
as Headwaiter
1927
as Randeau
1949
as Happy Daniels
1932
as Sailor (uncredited)
1934
as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
1948
as Ben Riddle
1933
as Sam
1929
as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
1932
as Butch
1941
as Michael O'Connor
1935
as Prison Guard
1949
as Andy Weems
1915
as Bart - Jardine's Servant
1936
as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
1945
as Captain Spotts
1940
as Sheriff
1937
as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
1946
as Sergeant Dailey
1948
as Pete Connors
1943
as Louie
1931
as Gabby
1936
as Carlson
1938
as Sergeant
1941
as Jake Waldren
1948
as Eli Walker
1938
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
1948
as Sergeant Hasty Jones
1937
as Bowler
1946
as Stagecoach Driver
1945
as Murphy
1948
as Chuck Waggoner
1918
as Stevens
1933
as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
1936
as Drunk
1937
as Bill
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
1940
as Pete Haig (uncredited)
1940
as Daniels
1932
as Al
1950
as John X. Finn
1950
as Skipper Horton
1941
as Second Mate Mumford
1942
as Broderick
1952
as Mr. Lexiter
1931
as Detective Whip Fogarty
1940
1947
as Lucky John Hawkins
1935
as Policeman
1950
as Waldorf Worthington
1949
as Otis Ellis
1949
as Doc Meadowlark
1936
as American Detective
1948
as Drunk (uncredited)
1944
as Jake Compton
1933
as Doc Maloney, Trainer
1948
as Whit Galtry
1937
as Motorcycle Cop
1937
as Tom
1940
as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
1933
as Harry
1946
as Hobarth
1934
as Skipper O'Neal
1933
as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
1933
as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
1927
as McDonald
1942
as Feets
1944
as Sheriff Slim Carson
1936
as Inspector Killian
1940
as Slats
1927
as Slugger McGlue
1916
as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
1930
as 'Beauty' Johnson
1939
as Sheriff
1935
as Hefty
1929
as Sgt. Westbrook
1936
as Belcher
1934
as Escaped Felon
1934
as Undetermined Role
1935
as Detective Roscoe
1933
as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
1935
as Fibo Morgan (uncredited)
1917
as Director
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