Eugene Pallette
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 7 July 1889 · Winfield, Kansas, USA
- Died
- 3 September 1954
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Pallette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 201
- 2026Fair and Warmer as Billy Bartlett
- 2023Laurel & Hardy: Year One
- 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)
- 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
- 1946Suspense as Harry Wheeler
- 1946In Old Sacramento as Sheriff Jim Wales
- 1945The Cheaters as James C. Pidgeon
- 1944Lake Placid Serenade as Carl Cermak
- 1944Heavenly Days as Senator Bigbee
- 1944In the Meantime, Darling as Henry B. Preston
- 1944Step Lively as Simon Jenkins
- 1944Sensations of 1945 as Gus Crane
- 1944Pin Up Girl as Barney Briggs
- 1943The Gang's All Here as Andrew Mason Sr.
- 1943The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)
- 1943The Kansan as Tom Waggoner
- 1943Heaven Can Wait as E.F. Strabel
- 1943Slightly Dangerous as Durstin
- 1943It Ain't Hay as Gregory Warner
- 1942Silver Queen as Steve Adams
- 1942The Forest Rangers as Howard Huston
- 1942The Big Street as Nicely Nicely Johnson
- 1942Tales of Manhattan as Luther
- 1942Lady in a Jam as Billingsley
- 1942Are Husbands Necessary? as Bunker
- 1942Almost Married as Doctor Dobson
- 1942The Male Animal as Ed Keller
- 1941Swamp Water as Jeb McKane
- 1941Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1941Appointment for Love as George Hastings
- 1941Unfinished Business as Elmer
- 1941World Premiere as Gregory Martin
- 1941The Bride Came C.O.D. as Lucius K. Winfield
- 1941The Lady Eve as Horace Pike
- 1941Ride, Kelly, Ride as Duke Martin
- 1940The Mark of Zorro as Friar Felipe
- 1940A Little Bit of Heaven as Herrington
- 1940He Stayed for Breakfast as Maurice Duval
- 1940Sandy Is a Lady as P.J. Barnett
- 1940It's a Date as Gov. Allen
- 1940Young Tom Edison as Mr. Nelson
- 1939First Love as James Clinton
- 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Chick McGann
- 1939Wife, Husband and Friend as Mike Craig
- 1938Breakdowns of 1938 as Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938There Goes My Heart as Mr. Stevens - Editor
- 1938The Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
- 1937One Hundred Men and a Girl as John R. Frost
- 1937Topper as Casey
- 1937She Had to Eat as Raymond Q. Nash
- 1937The Crime Nobody Saw as 'Babe' Lawton
- 1937Clarence as Mr. Wheeler
- 1936Stowaway as Colonel
- 1936Easy to Take as Reginald "Doc" Kraft
- 1936The Luckiest Girl in the World as Campbell Duncan
- 1936Dishonour Bright as Busby
- 1936My Man Godfrey as Alexander Bullock
- 1936The Golden Arrow as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers
- 1935The Ghost Goes West as Mr. Joe Martin
- 1935Steamboat Round the Bend as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
- 1935Black Sheep as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher
- 1935Baby Face Harrington as Uncle Henry
- 1935All the King's Horses as Conrad Q. Conley
- 1935Bordertown as Charles 'Charlie' Roark
- 1934Caravan as Gypsy Chief
- 1934One Exciting Adventure as Kleinsilber
- 1934The Dragon Murder Case as Sgt. Ernest Heath
- 1934Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Wynn Rixey
- 1934Making the Rounds
- 1934Strictly Dynamite as Sourwood
- 1934I've Got Your Number as Joseph 'Joe' Flood
- 1934Cross Country Cruise as Willy Bronson
- 1933Mr. Skitch as Cliff Merriweather
- 1933From Headquarters as Sgt. Boggs
- 1933The Kennel Murder Case as Detective Heath
- 1933Sailor Beware! as Jonesy
- 1933Shanghai Madness as Lobo Lonergan
- 1933Storm at Daybreak as Janos
- 1933Hell Below as Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
- 1933Made on Broadway as Terwilliger
- 1933Hip Zip Hooray as Sheriff Bell
- 1932The Half-Naked Truth as Achilles
- 1932Wild Girl as Yuba Bill
- 1932Always Kickin'
- 1932Off His Base as Jerry Minor
- 1932The Night Mayor as Hymie Shane
- 1932Tom Brown of Culver as Deaf Diner
- 1932Thunder Below as Bill Horner
- 1932Strangers of the Evening as Detective Brubacher
- 1932Dancers in the Dark as Gus
- 1932Shanghai Express as Sam Salt
- 1931Girls About Town as Benjamin Thomas
- 1931Huckleberry Finn as Duke of Bilgewater
- 1931Dude Ranch as Judd
- 1931Gun Smoke as Stub Wallock
- 1931The Stolen Jools as Reporter
- 1931It Pays to Advertise as Cyrus Martin
- 1931Fighting Caravans as Seth Higgins
- 1930Sea Legs as Hyacinth Nitouche
- 1930Playboy of Paris as Pierre Bourdin
- 1930The Santa Fe Trail as Doc Brady
- 1930Follow Thru as J.C. Effingham
- 1930The Sea God as Square Deal McCarthy
- 1930Let's Go Native as Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert
- 1930The Border Legion as Bunco Davis
- 1930Paramount on Parade as Sergeant Heath
- 1930The Benson Murder Case as Sgt. Edward Heath
- 1930Men Are Like That as Traffic Cop
- 1930Slightly Scarlet as Sylvester Corbett
- 1930The Kibitzer as Klaus
- 1929Pointed Heels as Joe Carrington
- 1929The Love Parade as Minister of War
- 1929The Virginian as 'Honey' Wiggin
- 1929The Greene Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
- 1929The Studio Murder Mystery as Detective Lieutenant Dirk
- 1929The Dummy as Madison
- 1929The Canary Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
- 1928His Private Life as Henri Bérgere
- 1928The Red Mark as Sergeo
- 1928Out of the Ruins as Volange
- 1928Lights of New York as Gene
- 1928The Swell Head
- 1928Should Women Drive?
- 1928Aching Youth as Gene
- 1927The Battle of the Century as Insurance agent (uncredited)
- 1927Chicago as Rodney Casley
- 1927Assistant Wives as Charley's Boss
- 1927The Second 100 Years as Dinner Host (uncredited)
- 1927The Lighter That Failed as Charley's Brother-in-Law
- 1927Sugar Daddies as Hardy look-alike
- 1927Fluttering Hearts as Motorcycle Cop
- 1927Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector
- 1927Moulders of Men as Barney Mulholland
- 1927Should Men Walk Home? as Detective, Intelligence Bureau
- 1927Many Scrappy Returns as Wellington - Charley's Brother
- 1926Desert Valley as Deputy
- 1926You Never Know Women as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1926Mantrap as E. Wesson Woodbury
- 1926The Volga Boatman as Revolutionary
- 1926Whispering Canyon as Harvey Hawes
- 1926Whispering Smith as Bill Dancing
- 1926Rocking Moon as Side Money
- 1925Without Mercy as Simon Linke
- 1925Wild Horse Mesa as Melberne Townsman
- 1925The Light of Western Stars as Stub (as Gene Pallette)
- 1924Stupid, but Brave as Richard Peeling
- 1924The Cyclone Rider as Eddie
- 1924Wandering Husbands as Percy
- 1924The Galloping Fish as Anti-Volstead Esquire
- 1924The Wolf Man as Pierre
- 1923The Ten Commandments as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
- 1923North of Hudson Bay as Peter Dane
- 1923To the Last Man as Simm Bruce
- 1923Hell's Hole as Pablo
- 1922Without Compromise as Tommy Ainsworth
- 1921The Three Musketeers as Aramis
- 1921Fine Feathers as Bob Reynolds
- 1920Twin Beds
- 1920Terror Island as Guy Mourdant
- 1920Alias Jimmy Valentine as 'Red' Jocelyn
- 1919Be a Little Sport as Dick Nevins
- 1919Words and Music by - as Gene Harris
- 1919The Amateur Adventuress as George Goodie
- 1918No Man's Land as Sidney Dundas
- 1918Breakers Ahead as Jim Hawley
- 1918The Turn of a Card as Eddie Barrett
- 1918Tarzan of the Apes
- 1918His Robe of Honor as Clifford Nordhoff
- 1918Madam Who as Lieutenant Conroy
- 1917A Man's Man as Captain Benevido
- 1917The Ghost House as Spud Foster
- 1917The Heir of the Ages as Larry Payne
- 1917The World Apart as Clyde Holt
- 1917The Marcellini Millions as Mr. Murray
- 1917The Bond Between as Raoul Vaux
- 1917The Winning of Sally Temple as Sir John Gorham
- 1917Each to His Kind as Dick Larimer
- 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Prosper Latour (French Story)
- 1916Gretchen the Greenhorn as Rodgers
- 1916Hell-to-Pay Austin as Harry Tracey
- 1916Going Straight as Jimmy Briggs
- 1916The Children in the House as Arthur Vincent
- 1916Sunshine Dad as Alfred Evergreen
- 1915The Spell of the Poppy as Manfredi
- 1915The Birth of a Nation as Union Soldier (uncredited)
- 1915How Hazel Got Even as Patsy
- 1915After Twenty Years as Tom's Grown Son
- 1915The Terror of the Mountains as Soapy Smith
- 1914The Tardy Cannon Ball as Dink
- 1914Turned Back as Tom Johnston
- 1914The Stolen Ore as Dick Raleigh
- 1914The Sheriff's Prisoner as John Walsh - the Miner
- 1914A Pair of Cuffs
- 1914The Thief and the Book as The Fly
- 1913The Kiss
- 1913Youth and Jealousy
- 1913The Brothers as Estabon
- 1913The Tattooed Arm as Jim Halliday
- 1913When Jim Returned