Erville Alderson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-09-10 (75 years old)

Deathday

1957-08-04

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Erville Alderson

Biography

From Wikipedia Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882, Kansas City, Missouri – August 4, 1957, Glendale, California) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.

Acting

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Jefferson Davis

1948

The Feathered Serpent

as Prof. Scott (uncredited)

1942

The Postman Didn't Ring

as Robert Harwood Sr.

1934

The Scarlet Empress

as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

1927

1942

1945

Along Came Jones

as Bartender (uncredited)

1945

Objective, Burma!

as Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York

as Nate Tomkins

1940

Trifles of Importance

as Frederick the Great (uncredited)

1933

The Fighting Code

as Joshua La Plante

1947

1932

Haunted Gold

as Tom Benedict

1928

Fleetwing

as Trad Ben Sabam

1953

The Actress

as Mike McGrath (uncredited)

1939

Outside These Walls

as Sauers (uncredited)

1924

America

as Justice Montague

1939

The Monroe Doctrine

as William Seward

1923

The Exciters

as Chloroform Charlie

1940

When the Daltons Rode

as District Attorney Wade

1944

An American Romance

as Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)

1935

Pursuit

as Cop

1924

Isn't Life Wonderful

as The Professor

1931

Arrowsmith

as Pioneer (uncredited)

1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Police Chief Roberts

1946

Boys' Ranch

as Al (uncredited)

1947

Desperate

as Simon Pringle (uncredited)

1937

The Man in the Barn

as Farmer (uncredited)

1935

Public Opinion

as Mr. Trevor

1941

1937

Small Town Boy

as Mr. Trindle

1935

Woman Wanted

as Constable

1930

The Lash

as Judge Travers

1936

Career Woman

as Dr. Anderson

1933

1938

Judge Hardy's Children

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

1942

1944

And the Angels Sing

as Mr. Littlefield

1932

They Call It Sin

as Mr. Cullen

1937

Romance of Louisiana

as Radio Broadcaster / Thomas Jefferson

1939

Land of Liberty

as Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')

1950

Captain China

as Doctor

1950

Summer Stock

as Zeb (uncredited)

1931

Too Many Cooks

as J. W. Simpson - Construction Worker

1934

Lazy River

as Sheriff

1937

Wells Fargo

as Marshal Sam

1938

Love Finds Andy Hardy

as Court Attendant (uncredited)

1933

1948

Station West

as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)

1930

Redemption

as Bearded Mariner in Cafe

1937

Mountain Justice

as Man at Meeting / Wedding Guest

1939

Stand Up and Fight

as Mr. Wyatt, Blake's Neighbor

1939

Jesse James

as Old Marshall

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Sheriff at Jail (uncredited)

1939

The Hardys Ride High

as Bailiff (uncredited)

1939

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

1947

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

as Farmer (uncredited)

1930

The Dawn Trail

as Jeff Denton

1939

Judge Hardy and Son

as Bailiff (uncredited)

1939

Lincoln in the White House

as Secretary of State William H. Seward

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Dr. John Clemens (uncredited)

1935

Square Shooter

as Dr. Wayne

1936

Fury

as Plumber (uncredited)

1941

The Black Cat

as Doctor Williams (uncredited)

1923

The White Rose

as Man of the World

1940

Rangers of Fortune

as Mr. Ellis

1940

The Grapes of Wrath

as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)

1935

Society Fever

as Uncle Andy

1927

1940

Edison, the Man

as First Lecturer

1946

The Spiral Staircase

as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

1930

The Bad Man

as Hardy

1928

Fazil

as Iman Idris

1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Police Chief (uncredited)

1927

The Fortune Hunter

as Blinky Lockwood

1947

The Sea of Grass

as First Station Agent (uncredited)

1941

The Lady from Cheyenne

as Ike Fairchild

1941

The Richest Man in Town

as Frank the Barber

1940

The Doctor Takes a Wife

as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited)

1940

Flowing Gold

as Doctor (uncredited)

1943

Hangmen Also Die!

as Liberal Official (uncredited)

1952

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Spectator (uncredited)

1948

Hazard

as Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)

1957

The Spirit of St. Louis

as Burt (uncredited)

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)

1940

Maryland

as Diggs

1925

Sally of the Sawdust

as Judge Henry L. Foster

1933

To the Last Man

as Judge (uncredited)

1939

Geronimo

as Undetermined Role

1943

Arizona Trail

as Dan Trent

1952

Something to Live For

as Critic (uncredited)

1941

1945

Incendiary Blonde

as Ranch Owner (uncredited)

1941

Honky Tonk

as Man with Rail

1932

Cynara

as Jason

1949

Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

as Thomas Jefferson

1943

What's Buzzin', Cousin?

as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1932

1942

Careful, Soft Shoulders

as Government Official

1927

The Girl from Chicago

as Col. Carlton

1950

Again Pioneers

as Pa Ashby

1932

1929

Speakeasy

as City editor

1943

Eyes Aloft

as Ray Harper

1943

Oklahoma Outlaws

as John Kincaid

1938

Out West with the Hardys

as Court Deputy (uncredited)

1937

The Man Without a Country

as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)

1948

The Shanghai Chest

as Walter Somervale

1937

The Mighty Treve

as Chris Hibbens

1927

The Heart of Maryland

as Maj. Gen. Kendrick

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Emery's Neighbor

1941

Highway West

as Dr. John Cook (uncredited)

1947

Pursued

as Townsman (uncredited)

1933

Hoopla

as Sheriff

1949

Sorrowful Jones

as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)

1936

Educating Father

as Dr. Willoughby

1951

The Tall Target

as Minister (uncredited)

1945

Back to Bataan

as Teacher (uncredited)

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)

1946

1938

Marie Antoinette

as Passport Official (uncredited)

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)

1947

Cynthia

as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

1937

Wild and Woolly

as Deacon (uncredited)

1920

The Good-Bad Wife

as Col. Denbigh

1948

Kidnapped

as Mungo

1942

You Can't Escape Forever

as Mr. Crowder (uncredited)

1933

State Fair

as Martin, Hog Breeder (Uncredited)

1946

Canyon Passage

as Judge (uncredited)

1956

Mobs, Inc.

as Town Insurance Agent

1952

The Merry Widow

as Cart Driver (uncredited)

1937

Parnell

as Father

1935

The Farmer Takes a Wife

as Pioneer Wagon Father

1944

Heavenly Days

as Farmer

1936

The Music Goes 'Round

as Audience Member

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