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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 14, 1893
Place of Birth:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lee Phelps
Biography
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Lee Phelps (May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films - Grand Hotel, You Can't Take It with You, and Gone with the Wind - that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Phelps appeared in the 1952 episode "Outlaw's Paradise" as a judge in the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, starring Bill Williams in the title role. He also appeared in a 1952 TV episode (#90) of The Lone Ranger.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1953 | The Blue Gardenia | Information Desk Guard (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Vice Squad | Vickie's Apartment Manager (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Magnetic Monster | City Engineer |
| 1953 | America for Me | Indian Dance Spectator |
| 1952 | Kansas City Confidential | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Fort Defiance | Bartender |
| 1951 | Callaway Went Thataway | Ranch Hand (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Western Pacific Agent | Chief of Police |
| 1950 | Desperadoes of the West | Rusty Steele |
| 1950 | Timber Fury | Sheriff Williams |
| 1950 | Hi-Jacked | Highway Patrolman |
| 1950 | The Girl from San Lorenzo | Sheriff Marlowe |
| 1950 | Hills of Oklahoma | Rancher Scotty Davis |
| 1950 | Champagne for Caesar | Neighbor |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Motorcycle Cop (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Hunt the Man Down | Court Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Baron of Arizona | Guest at Governor's Mansion (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway | Posse Member (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Gun Law Justice | Hank Cardigan |
| 1949 | Knock on Any Door | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Follow Me Quietly | Detective |
| 1949 | White Heat | Prison Tower Guard (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Red, Hot and Blue | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Sky Dragon | Detective at Airport Gate |
| 1949 | A Woman's Secret | District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Juror (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Chauffeur (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Window | Police Officer (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | Walk a Crooked Mile | |
| 1948 | Red River | Gambler (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man | Fire Captain (uncredited) |
| 1947 | They Won't Believe Me | |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Cop at Intersection (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Homesteader (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Undercover Maisie | Police Officer Mitchell (Uncredited) |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1947 | High Barbaree | Workman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Dark Corner | Policeman on Street (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Policeman #1 (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Her Adventurous Night | Cop #3 (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Magnificent Doll | Hatch |
| 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Train Fireman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Up Goes Maisie | Cop at Fire (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Along Came Jones | Jailkeeper (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Hidden Eye | Polasky |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Girls of the Big House | Detective Benson |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Cop |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Betrayal from the East | Immigration Officer with Black Hatband (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Adventure | Bartender at Frank & Bob's Place (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Pillow of Death | |
| 1944 | Dark Mountain | Police Dispatcher in montage (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Umpire (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Patrolling the Ether | Bit Role |
| 1944 | The Lady and the Monster | Headwaiter with Phone (Uncredited) |
| 1944 | Youth Runs Wild | Night Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Police Officer Ryan (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Power of the Press | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Security Officer (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Scattergood Rides High | Trainer |
| 1942 | Life Begins at Eight-Thirty | Bartender |
| 1942 | Saboteur | Plant Security Officer (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | Executioner (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College | Coach Hartley |
| 1942 | Riders of the West | The Sheriff-Conspirator |
| 1942 | The Secret Code | Jailer |
| 1942 | Spy Ship | Listener on Street |
| 1942 | Grand Central Murder | First Railroad Yardman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Police Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | War Dogs | Sgt. Day |
| 1942 | Night in New Orleans | Grady, Police Car Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Police Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Second Police Driver (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Broadway | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Two Yanks in Trinidad | Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Manpower | Detective in Raid (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Uniformed Sanitarium Guard (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Shot in the Dark | Blaney |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Barnes |
| 1941 | The Spider Returns | Police Officer Mulligan |
| 1941 | Lady from Louisiana | Cop |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Chairman |
| 1941 | Honky Tonk | Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Detective (unconfirmed) |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Cop |
| 1941 | Her First Beau | State Trooper |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask | Detective at Cary's Office (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Fargo Kid | Bartender |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Train Engineer Miller |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Police Officer Joe |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble | Police Sergeant Outside Bohlen's Office (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | 1st Policeman at Buck's Hideout (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Ed James |
| 1940 | Light of Western Stars | Train Conductor |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Marshal | Blacksmith |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Denver House Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Hidden Gold | Sheriff Cameron |
| 1940 | Boom Town | Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Philadelphia Story | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Gallant Sons | Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited) |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Ring Announcer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Detective Barter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Plainclothesman (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Visitor Room Guard (uncredited) |
| 1940 | It All Came True | Police Officer Pegasee (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Army Coach (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky | Shop Foreman |
| 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Police Lieutenant (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor | Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited) |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Bailiff |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Second Detective |
| 1940 | Ellery Queen, Master Detective | Flynn (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Police Broadcaster |
| 1940 | Pop Always Pays | Policeman at the Pawnbroker's |
| 1940 | Gold Rush Maisie | Man Outside General Store (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | Undercover Agent | Pete Higgens - Bartender |
| 1939 | Tiny Troubles | Officer O'Brien |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Policeman at School (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces | Guard at Reform School (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Foreman at Accident |
| 1939 | Kid Nightingale | Ring Announcer |
| 1939 | Smashing the Money Ring | Night Gate Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Lady and the Mob | Policeman |
| 1939 | Pirates of the Skies | |
| 1939 | The Long Shot | |
| 1939 | Idiot's Delight | Train Announcer |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Train Conductor |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Sheriff (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Let Us Live | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman | Mechanic Hiring Doug |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind | Wichita Official (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Boys' Reformatory | Officer on Train |
| 1939 | Lucky Night | Waiter At George's (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Shall Have Music | Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited) |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Girl from Rio | Dennis Slater |
| 1939 | Gone with the Wind | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Golden Boy | Ring Announcer |
| 1939 | Hell's Kitchen | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | Police Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Coast Guard | Senior Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Riley - Airplane Workman |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Policeman |
| 1939 | Dog Daze | Officer Sweeney |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Workman's Stooge (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Fireman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Sued for Libel | Policeman Playing Cards (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Balalaika | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan | Hammer Game Barker |
| 1939 | Torchy Blane in Chinatown | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Money to Loan | Policeman |
| 1939 | Scouts to the Rescue | G-Man Jim Carson [Chs. 11-12] |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Policeman |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady | Carpenter (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Female Fugitive | Investigator Steve Roberts |
| 1938 | Trade Winds | Detective (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | Gold Diggers in Paris | Detective |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Police Officer Ryan |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Photographer |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Heart of Arizona | Ranger Captain |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Patrolman Who Arrests Davis |
| 1938 | The First Hundred Years | The Judge's clerk (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York | Detective Kestry (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Chaser | Ambulance Dispatcher |
| 1938 | Midnight Intruder | Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Under Suspicion | Private Detective |
| 1937 | Easy Living | Hotel Detective (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Raw Timber | Goss 'Bull' Riley |
| 1937 | Sudden Bill Dorn | Ken Fairchild |
| 1937 | Behind The Headlines | FBI Agent Harris |
| 1937 | Man Of The People | Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Printer |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Chief of Detectives |
| 1937 | Time Out for Romance | Reporter |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Radio Cop |
| 1937 | Left-Handed Law | Sheriff Joe Grant |
| 1937 | Boss of Lonely Valley | Peter Starr |
| 1937 | Let Them Live | Fireman |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Guard at Jail (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Blossoms On Broadway | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once | Corridor Guard (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Sandflow | Singing Guard |
| 1936 | Hideaway Girl | Police Sgt. Davis |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Show Boat | |
| 1936 | The Boss Rider of Gun Creek | Sheriff Lem Morrison |
| 1936 | Robin Hood of El Dorado | Off-Key Singer Hank |
| 1936 | Palm Springs | Bartender |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink | Stage Doorman at Club Lido (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Policeman |
| 1936 | Murder with Pictures | Girard Henchman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited) |
| 1936 | And Sudden Death | Court Clerk |
| 1936 | Sinner Take All | Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Human Cargo | Gangster |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Riley |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan | Patrolman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Davis' Cellmate (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Absolute Quiet | First Mechanic (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Bus Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Big Brown Eyes | Lee (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | Wives Never Know | Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Flop House Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | Second Lookout (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Hot Money | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Sequoia | Hunter (uncredited) |
| 1935 | We're Only Human | Detective |
| 1935 | Woman Wanted | Detective Charlie Beale (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Baby Face Harrington | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Murder in the Fleet | Officer Berating Guard (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | Confidential | One of Keaton's Lieutenants |
| 1935 | The Winning Ticket | Bookmaker |
| 1935 | Waterfront Lady | Detective Bates |
| 1935 | It's in the Air | Investigator (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Men of Action | Construction Worker |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Bailiff |
| 1935 | 3 Kids and a Queen | Cop |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | McCord's Aide (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Public Hero Number 1 | Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Calling of Dan Matthews | Club Owner (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Special Agent | Court Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Vagabond Lady | Yelling Ship Official (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Fashions of 1934 | Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Roast-Beef and Movies | Attendant from Asylum (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Blind Date | Marathon Dance Attendant |
| 1934 | Two Heads on a Pillow | Court Clerk |
| 1934 | The Thin Man | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Gay Bride | Safety deposit box guard (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Chained | Ship's Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Among the Missing | Detective Gaynor |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Cross Country Cruise | Bus Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Beggars in Ermine | Joe Swanson |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee | Brennan’s Chauffeur (uncredited) |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Waiter -Singer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Midnight Mary | Club Imperial Floor Manager (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I Cover the Waterfront | |
| 1933 | The Nuisance | Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Station Master (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Parole Girl | Burns, 1st Store Detective (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Men Must Fight | Secret Service Escort |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Sideshow Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1933 | King of the Jungle | Customs Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Wild Boys of the Road | Movie Theater Patron (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Chief | Tim, a Man Watching Fire |
| 1933 | Bedtime Worries | Police Officer |
| 1933 | The Woman I Stole | Murdock |
| 1933 | Goldie Gets Along | Spring Valley Contest Judge |
| 1933 | Penthouse | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Murders in the Zoo | Banquet Photographer / Zoo Guard (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Female | Man with Thorne's Blueprint (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Frisco Jenny | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Thirteen Women | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Blessed Event | Hotel Desk Clerk |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman | Waiter Calling Bill to Phone (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Cross-Examination | Officer Myles |
| 1932 | Westward Passage | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Vanity Street | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1932 | American Madness | |
| 1932 | Emma | Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Afraid to Talk | Taxi Driver |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense | Radio Test Man |
| 1932 | Man Wanted | Speakeasy Waiter (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Letty Lynton | Dennis (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Rich Are Always with Us | Club Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Young America | Court Clerk (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | By Whose Hand? | Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Secret Six | Smelts - Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Danger Lights | Railroad Worker (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man | Desk clerk |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Poker-Playing Salesman |
| 1931 | Flying High | Reporter from the News (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Traveling Husbands | Hotel Elevator Starter |
| 1931 | Local Boy Makes Good | Assistant Coach |
| 1931 | Daybreak | Waiter |
| 1931 | Ten Cents a Dance | Bouncer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Quick Millions | Tom, Man in sound track (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Champ | Louie the Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Criminal Code | Detective Doherty |
| 1931 | Strangers May Kiss | Bartender |
| 1931 | The Public Enemy | Steve - Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Stepping Out | Casino Patron |
| 1930 | Anna Christie | Larry the Bartender |
| 1930 | Dancing Sweeties | Athletic and Social Club Manager (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Florodora Girl | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1930 | The Girl Said No | Truck Driver |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Bert (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Brothers | Bailiff (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Kiss | Tour Guide (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Putting Pants on Philip | Extra |
| 1923 | Why Worry? | Guest (uncredited) |
| 1922 | The Freshie | Tom |
| 1921 | The Road Demon | |
| 1920 | The Penalty | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Turner Boy |
| 1919 | The Follies Girl | Basil |
| 1918 | The Secret Code | Towen Rage |
| 1918 | Marked Cards | Wesley Cutting |
| 1918 | The Flames of Chance | Paul |
| 1918 | The Reckoning Day | Jimmy Ware |
| 1918 | Limousine Life | Moncure Kelts |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Sheriff |