
Lee Phelps
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 14, 1893
- Died
- March 19, 1953 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Complicated Women
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

The Blue Gardenia
Movie · as Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

Vice Squad
Movie · as Vickie's Apartment Manager (uncredited)

The Magnetic Monster
Movie · as City Engineer
America for Me
Movie · as Indian Dance Spectator

Kansas City Confidential
Movie · as Jailer (uncredited)

The Turning Point
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Fort Defiance
Movie · as Bartender

Callaway Went Thataway
Movie · as Ranch Hand (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
TV · 1 ep

The Adventures of Kit Carson
TV · 2 eps

Western Pacific Agent
Movie · as Chief of Police

Desperadoes of the West
Movie · as Rusty Steele

Timber Fury
Movie · as Sheriff Williams

Hi-Jacked
Movie · as Highway Patrolman

The Girl from San Lorenzo
Movie · as Sheriff Marlowe

Hills of Oklahoma
Movie · as Rancher Scotty Davis

Champagne for Caesar
Movie · as Neighbor

Father of the Bride
Movie · as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

Hunt the Man Down
Movie · as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

The Baron of Arizona
Movie · as Guest at Governor's Mansion (uncredited)

Devil's Doorway
Movie · as Posse Member (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid
TV · as Sheriff · 2 eps

Gun Law Justice
Movie · as Hank Cardigan

Knock on Any Door
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Follow Me Quietly
Movie · as Detective

White Heat
Movie · as Prison Tower Guard (uncredited)

Red, Hot and Blue
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Sky Dragon
Movie · as Detective at Airport Gate

A Woman's Secret
Movie · as District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)

The Fountainhead
Movie · as Juror (uncredited)

The File on Thelma Jordon
Movie · as Chauffeur (uncredited)

The Window
Movie · as Police Officer (Uncredited)

Walk a Crooked Mile
Movie

Red River
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)

The Fuller Brush Man
Movie · as Fire Captain (uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

A Likely Story
Movie · as Cop at Intersection (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass
Movie · as Homesteader (uncredited)

Undercover Maisie
Movie · as Police Officer Mitchell (uncredited)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

High Barbaree
Movie · as Workman (uncredited)

High Wall
Movie

The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Movie

The Dark Corner
Movie · as Policeman on Street (uncredited)

Blonde Alibi
Movie · as Policeman #1 (Uncredited)

Her Adventurous Night
Movie · as Cop #3 (uncredited)

Magnificent Doll
Movie · as Hatch (uncredited)

Duel in the Sun
Movie · as Train Fireman (uncredited)

Up Goes Maisie
Movie · as Cop at Fire (Uncredited)

Accomplice
Movie · as Lt. Hayden

The Harvey Girls
Movie · as Player (uncredited)

Along Came Jones
Movie · as Jailkeeper (uncredited)

The Hidden Eye
Movie · as Polasky

Scarlet Street
Movie · as First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)

Girls of the Big House
Movie · as Detective Benson

Circumstantial Evidence
Movie · as Cop

Betrayal from the East
Movie · as Immigration Officer with Black Hatband (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Adventure
Movie · as Bartender at Frank & Bob's Place (uncredited)

Pillow of Death
Movie

Dark Mountain
Movie · as Police Dispatcher in montage (archive footage) (uncredited)

Arsenic and Old Lace
Movie · as Umpire (uncredited)

Patrolling the Ether
Movie · as Bit Role

The Lady and the Monster
Movie · as Headwaiter with Phone (Uncredited)

Youth Runs Wild
Movie · as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Movie · as Police Officer Ryan (uncredited)

Power of the Press
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Action in the North Atlantic
Movie · as Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Movie · as Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie
Movie · as Security Officer (Uncredited)

Scattergood Rides High
Movie · as Trainer

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Movie · as Bartender

Saboteur
Movie · as Plant Security Officer (uncredited)

Murder in the Big House
Movie · as Executioner (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Blondie Goes to College
Movie · as Coach Hartley

Riders of the West
Movie · as The Sheriff-Conspirator

The Secret Code
Movie · as Jailer

Spy Ship
Movie · as Listener on Street

Grand Central Murder
Movie · as First Railroad Yardman (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window
Movie · as Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

War Dogs
Movie · as Sgt. Day

Night in New Orleans
Movie · as Grady, Police Car Driver (uncredited)

In This Our Life
Movie · as Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Joe Smith, American
Movie · as Second Police Driver (uncredited)

Broadway
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Two Yanks in Trinidad
Movie · as Lieutenant (uncredited)

Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Movie · as Patrol Launch Captain Luther

Manpower
Movie · as Detective in Raid (uncredited)

Love Crazy
Movie · as Uniformed Sanitarium Guard (uncredited)

A Shot in the Dark
Movie · as Blaney

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · as Barnes

The Spider Returns
Movie · as Police Officer Mulligan

Lady from Louisiana
Movie · as Cop

The Great Man's Lady
Movie · as Chairman

Honky Tonk
Movie · as Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)

Dead Men Tell
Movie · as Detective (Uncredited)

Pacific Blackout
Movie · as Cop

Her First Beau
Movie · as State Trooper

The Face Behind the Mask
Movie · as Detective at Cary's Office (uncredited)

The Fargo Kid
Movie · as Bartender

Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Train Engineer Miller

Murder Over New York
Movie · as Police Officer Joe

I Take This Woman
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

The Saint's Double Trouble
Movie · as Police Sergeant Outside Bohlen's Office (uncredited)

Brother Orchid
Movie · as 1st Policeman at Buck's Hideout (uncredited)

Wyoming
Movie · as Ed James

The Light of Western Stars
Movie · as Train Conductor

Santa Fe Marshal
Movie · as Blacksmith

The Return of Frank James
Movie · as Denver House Bartender (uncredited)

Hidden Gold
Movie · as Sheriff Cameron

Boom Town
Movie · as Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

The Philadelphia Story
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Gallant Sons
Movie · as Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited)

Flowing Gold
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

City for Conquest
Movie · as Ring Announcer (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly
Movie · as Detective Barter (uncredited)

Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie · as Plainclothesman (uncredited)

Castle on the Hudson
Movie · as Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)

It All Came True
Movie · as Police Officer Pegasee (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American
Movie · as Army Coach (uncredited)

Men Against the Sky
Movie · as Shop Foreman

Angels Over Broadway
Movie · as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Stranger on the Third Floor
Movie · as Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)

And One Was Beautiful
Movie · as Bailiff

Girl in 313
Movie · as Second Detective

Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Movie · as Flynn (uncredited)

Women Without Names
Movie · as Police Broadcaster

Pop Always Pays
Movie · as Policeman at the Pawnbroker's

Gold Rush Maisie
Movie · as Man Outside General Store (Uncredited)

Undercover Agent
Movie · as Pete Higgens - Bartender

Tiny Troubles
Movie · as Officer O'Brien

Tell No Tales
Movie · as Policeman at School (uncredited)

Angels Wash Their Faces
Movie · as Guard at Reform School (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Movie · as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Four Girls in White
Movie · as Foreman at Accident

Kid Nightingale
Movie · as Ring Announcer

Smashing the Money Ring
Movie · as Night Gate Guard (uncredited)

The Lady and the Mob
Movie · as Policeman

Pirates of the Skies
Movie

The Long Shot
Movie

Idiot's Delight
Movie · as Train Announcer

Wings of the Navy
Movie · as Train Conductor

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie · as Sheriff (uncredited)

Let Us Live
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

The Flying Irishman
Movie · as Mechanic Hiring Doug

Women in the Wind
Movie · as Wichita Official (uncredited)

Lucky Night
Movie · as Waiter At George's (uncredited)

Boys' Reformatory
Movie · as Officer on Train

They Shall Have Music
Movie · as Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)

These Glamour Girls
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Girl from Rio
Movie · as Dennis Slater

Golden Boy
Movie · as Ring Announcer

Hell's Kitchen
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Movie · as Police Guard (uncredited)

Each Dawn I Die
Movie · as Guard (uncredited)

Coast Guard
Movie · as Senior Officer (uncredited)

Nick Carter, Master Detective
Movie · as Riley - Airplane Workman

Sergeant Madden
Movie · as Policeman

Dog Daze
Movie · as Officer Sweeney

Dancing Co-Ed
Movie · as Workman's Stooge (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

Sued for Libel
Movie · as Policeman Playing Cards (uncredited)

Bad Little Angel
Movie · as Fireman (uncredited)

Balalaika
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

Fixer Dugan
Movie · as Hammer Game Barker

Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Money to Loan
Movie · as Policeman

Scouts to the Rescue
Movie · as G-Man Jim Carson [Chs. 11-12]

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie · as Policeman

The Cowboy and the Lady
Movie · as Carpenter (uncredited)

Female Fugitive
Movie · as Investigator Steve Roberts

Trade Winds
Movie · as Detective (Uncredited)

Gold Diggers in Paris
Movie · as Detective

Spring Madness
Movie · as Police Officer Ryan

Men with Wings
Movie · as Photographer

You Can't Take It with You
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

Heart of Arizona
Movie · as Ranger Captain

Over the Wall
Movie · as Patrolman Who Arrests Davis

The First Hundred Years
Movie · as The Judge's clerk (uncredited)

The Saint in New York
Movie · as Detective Kestry (Uncredited)

The Chaser
Movie · as Ambulance Dispatcher

Midnight Intruder
Movie · as Deputy (uncredited)

Too Hot to Handle
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Under Suspicion
Movie · as Private Detective

Easy Living
Movie · as Hotel Detective (uncredited)

Raw Timber
Movie · as Goss 'Bull' Riley

Sudden Bill Dorn
Movie · as Ken Fairchild

Behind The Headlines
Movie · as FBI Agent Harris

Man Of The People
Movie · as Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)

Wells Fargo
Movie · as Printer

Midnight Taxi
Movie · as Chief of Detectives

Time Out for Romance
Movie · as Reporter

One Mile from Heaven
Movie · as Radio Cop

Left-Handed Law
Movie · as Sheriff Joe Grant

Boss of Lonely Valley
Movie · as Peter Starr

Let Them Live
Movie · as Fireman

Black Legion
Movie · as Guard at Jail (uncredited)

Blossoms On Broadway
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

You Only Live Once
Movie · as Corridor Guard (uncredited)

Sandflow
Movie · as Singing Guard

Turn Off the Moon
Movie · as Waiter (uncredited)

Hideaway Girl
Movie · as Police Sgt. Davis

Theodora Goes Wild
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

Show Boat
Movie

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Movie · as Sheriff Lem Morrison

Robin Hood of El Dorado
Movie · as Off-Key Singer Hank

Palm Springs
Movie · as Bartender

Strike Me Pink
Movie · as Stage Doorman at Club Lido (uncredited)

Postal Inspector
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)

Little Miss Nobody
Movie · as Policeman

Murder with Pictures
Movie · as Girard Henchman (uncredited)

Road Gang
Movie · as Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited)

And Sudden Death
Movie · as Court Clerk

Sinner Take All
Movie · as Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited)

Human Cargo
Movie · as Gangster

The Accusing Finger
Movie · as Riley

Crash Donovan
Movie · as Patrolman (uncredited)

The Voice of Bugle Ann
Movie · as Davis' Cellmate (uncredited)

Absolute Quiet
Movie · as First Mechanic (Uncredited)

The Garden Murder Case
Movie · as Bus Driver (Uncredited)

Big Brown Eyes
Movie · as Lee (Uncredited)

Wives Never Know
Movie · as Doorman (uncredited)

After the Thin Man
Movie · as Flop House Proprietor (uncredited)

The Walking Dead
Movie

Frisco Kid
Movie · as Second Lookout (uncredited)

Hot Money
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Sequoia
Movie · as Hunter (uncredited)

We're Only Human
Movie · as Detective

Woman Wanted
Movie · as Detective Charlie Beale (uncredited)

Baby Face Harrington
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

Murder in the Fleet
Movie · as Officer Berating Guard (Uncredited)

Confidential
Movie · as One of Keaton's Lieutenants

The Winning Ticket
Movie · as Bookmaker

Waterfront Lady
Movie · as Detective Bates

It's in the Air
Movie · as Investigator (uncredited)

Men of Action
Movie · as Construction Worker

She Couldn't Take It
Movie · as Bailiff

3 Kids and a Queen
Movie · as Cop

'G' Men
Movie · as McCord's Aide (uncredited)

Public Hero Number 1
Movie · as Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

The Calling of Dan Matthews
Movie · as Club Owner (uncredited)

Special Agent
Movie · as Court Clerk (uncredited)

Vagabond Lady
Movie · as Yelling Ship Official (uncredited)

The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Fashions of 1934
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Roast-Beef and Movies
Movie · as Attendant from Asylum (uncredited)

Blind Date
Movie · as Marathon Dance Attendant

Two Heads on a Pillow
Movie · as Court Clerk

The Thin Man
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

The Gay Bride
Movie · as Safety deposit box guard (uncredited)

Chained
Movie · as Ship's Bartender (uncredited)

Among the Missing
Movie · as Detective Gaynor

Manhattan Melodrama
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise
Movie · as Bus Driver (Uncredited)

Beggars in Ermine
Movie · as Joe Swanson

Sadie McKee
Movie · as Brennan’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

Upperworld
Movie · as Reporter (uncredited)

The St. Louis Kid
Movie · as Farmer Behind Mr. Brown (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong
Movie · as Waiter -Singer (uncredited)

Midnight Mary
Movie · as Club Imperial Floor Manager (uncredited)

I Cover the Waterfront
Movie

The Nuisance
Movie · as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Mary Stevens, M.D.
Movie · as Station Master (uncredited)

Parole Girl
Movie · as Burns, 1st Store Detective (uncredited)

Men Must Fight
Movie · as Secret Service Escort

I'm No Angel
Movie · as Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

King of the Jungle
Movie · as Customs Inspector (uncredited)

Wild Boys of the Road
Movie · as Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)

The Chief
Movie · as Tim, a Man Watching Fire

Bedtime Worries
Movie · as Police Officer

The Woman I Stole
Movie · as Murdock

Goldie Gets Along
Movie · as Spring Valley Contest Judge

Penthouse
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Murders in the Zoo
Movie · as Banquet Photographer / Zoo Guard (Uncredited)

Female
Movie · as Man with Thorne's Blueprint (Uncredited)

Frisco Jenny
Movie · as Jailer (uncredited)

Thirteen Women
Movie · as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Blessed Event
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clerk

Red-Headed Woman
Movie · as Waiter Calling Bill to Phone (uncredited)

Cross-Examination
Movie · as Officer Myles

Westward Passage
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

Vanity Street
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

American Madness
Movie

Emma
Movie · as Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk
Movie · as Taxi Driver

Attorney for the Defense
Movie · as Radio Test Man

Man Wanted
Movie · as Speakeasy Waiter (Uncredited)

Letty Lynton
Movie · as Dennis (Uncredited)

The Rich Are Always with Us
Movie · as Club Clerk (uncredited)

70,000 Witnesses
Movie · as Detective (uncredited)

Young America
Movie · as Court Clerk (Uncredited)

By Whose Hand?
Movie · as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Grand Hotel
Movie · as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

The Secret Six
Movie · as Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)

Danger Lights
Movie · as Railroad Worker (uncredited)

Ladies' Man
Movie · as Desk clerk

Laughing Sinners
Movie · as Poker-Playing Salesman

Flying High
Movie · as Reporter from the News (uncredited)

Traveling Husbands
Movie · as Hotel Elevator Starter

Local Boy Makes Good
Movie · as Assistant Coach

Daybreak
Movie · as Waiter

Ten Cents a Dance
Movie · as Bouncer (uncredited)

Quick Millions
Movie · as Tom, Man in sound track (uncredited)

The Champ
Movie · as Louie the Bartender (uncredited)

The Criminal Code
Movie · as Detective Doherty

Strangers May Kiss
Movie · as Bartender

The Public Enemy
Movie · as Steve - Bartender (uncredited)

Stepping Out
Movie · as Casino Patron

Anna Christie
Movie · as Larry the Bartender

Dancing Sweeties
Movie · as Athletic and Social Club Manager (uncredited)

The Florodora Girl
Movie · as Bartender (uncredited)

The Girl Said No
Movie · as Truck Driver

Street of Chance
Movie · as Bert (uncredited)

Brothers
Movie · as Bailiff (uncredited)

The Kiss
Movie · as Tour Guide (uncredited)

Putting Pants on Philip
Movie · as Extra

Why Worry?
Movie · as Guest (uncredited)

The Freshie
Movie · as Tom

The Road Demon
Movie

The Penalty
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie · as Turner Boy

The Follies Girl
Movie · as Basil

The Home Town Girl
Movie · as Frank Willis

The Secret Code
Movie · as Towen Rage
Marked Cards
Movie · as Wesley Cutting
The Flames of Chance
Movie · as Paul

The Reckoning Day
Movie · as Jimmy Ware

Limousine Life
Movie · as Moncure Kelts

Framing Framers
Movie · as Lonnie Gorman

The Fuel of Life
Movie · as Leonard Durant