Paul Hurst
Acting
214
Acting Credits
32
Directed
Biography
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 t...
Known For
Gone with the Wind
Yankee Deserter
The Ox-Bow Incident
Monty Smith
Queen Christina
Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
Angel and the Badman
Frederick Carson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1st Deputy (uncredited)
Island of Lost Souls
Capt. Donahue
They Drive by Night
Pete Haig (uncredited)
Yellow Sky
Drunk (uncredited)
Filmography
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Jimmy Bagby
Toughest Man in Arizona
1952
Big Jim McLain
1952
as Mr. Lexiter
Million Dollar Pursuit
1951
as Ray Harvey
The Missourians
1950
as John X. Finn
The Old Frontier
1950
as Skipper Horton
The Vanishing Westerner
1950
as Waldorf Worthington
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
1949
as Sheriff Jug Mason
Prince of the Plains
1949
as Sheriff Hank Hartley
Pioneer Marshal
1949
as Huck Homer
San Antone Ambush
1949
as Happy Daniels
South of Rio
1949
as Andy Weems
Law of the Golden West
1949
as Otis Ellis
Outcasts of the Trail
1949
as Doc Meadowlark
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
1948
as Jailer
The Arizona Ranger
1948
as Ben Riddle
Madonna of the Desert
1948
as Pete Connors
Son of God’s Country
1948
as Eli Walker
Gun Smugglers
1948
as Sergeant Hasty Jones
California Firebrand
1948
as Chuck Waggoner
Yellow Sky
1948
as Drunk (uncredited)
Heart of Virginia
1948
as Whit Galtry
Angel and the Badman
1947
as Frederick Carson
Under Colorado Skies
1947
as Lucky John Hawkins
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
as Al
The Virginian
1946
Death Valley
1946
as Sergeant Dailey
In Old Sacramento
1946
as Stagecoach Driver
Murder in the Music Hall
1946
as Hobarth
Steppin' in Society
1945
as Cookie
Scared Stiff
1945
as Sheriff
The Big Show-Off
1945
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Dakota
1945
as Captain Spotts
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Murphy
Summer Storm
1944
as Orloff
Girl Rush
1944
as Muley
Something for the Boys
1944
as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Jake Compton
The Ghost That Walks Alone
1944
as Sheriff Slim Carson
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Monty Smith
Hi'ya, Chum
1943
as Archie Billings
December 7th
1943
as World War I Ghost Soldier
Calaboose
1943
as Ed the bartender
The Sky's the Limit
1943
as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Coney Island
1943
as Louie
Night in New Orleans
1942
as Sergeant Casper Riordan
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Two-Gun
Sundown Jim
1942
as Broderick
Pardon My Stripes
1942
as Feets
Petticoat Politics
1941
as Slats O'Dell
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Page
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
as Biff Sage
Caught in the Draft
1941
as Sgt. Burns
Virginia
1941
as Thomas
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
as Michael O'Connor
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Jake Waldren
This Woman Is Mine
1941
as Second Mate Mumford
The Westerner
1940
as Chickenfoot
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
1940
as Pete
Spring Parade
1940
as Headwaiter
Edison, the Man
1940
as Sheriff
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
1940
as Pete Haig (uncredited)
Torrid Zone
1940
as Daniels
Goin' Fishin'
1940
Star Dust
1940
as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
South to Karanga
1940
as Slats
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Yankee Deserter
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Reynolds, a Drunk
It Could Happen to You
1939
as Sandy
Remember?
1939
as Policeman
Bad Lands
1939
as Curly Tom
Cafe Society
1939
as Bartender
On Your Toes
1939
as Variety Club Bartender
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Garsky
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Empire State Building Guard
Glove Slingers
1939
as Chuck Brenner
Quick Millions
1939
as Sheriff
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
as Bill Mulligan
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
as Mug
Topper Takes a Trip
1938
as Charlie - the Bartender
In Old Chicago
1938
as Mitch
Island in the Sky
1938
as Happy
Secrets of a Nurse
1938
as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
Prison Break
1938
as Soapy
Hold That Co-ed
1938
as Slapsy
My Lucky Star
1938
as Louie
Josette
1938
as A. Adolphus Heyman
No Time to Marry
1938
as Sergeant
The Last Express
1938
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
Trouble in Morocco
1937
as Tiger Malone
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Sgt. Murphy
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937
as Captain
Danger – Love at Work
1937
as NYC policeman
Second Honeymoon
1937
as Dennis Huggins
The Legion of Missing Men
1937
as Muggsy
Wake Up and Live
1937
as McCabe
She's No Lady
1937
as Cop
The Lady Fights Back
1937
as Maloney
Slave Ship
1937
as Drunk
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Tip Fuller
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
You Can't Beat Love
1937
as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
This Is My Affair
1937
as Bowler
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Bill
Super-Sleuth
1937
as Motorcycle Cop
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Tom
I'd Give My Life
1936
as "Sport" Conly
Robin Hood of El Dorado
1936
as Wilson
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
North of Nome
1936
as Carlson
To Mary - with Love
1936
as Drunk
The Gay Desperado
1936
as American Detective
Blackmailer
1936
as Inspector Killian
Riffraff
1936
as Belcher
The Gay Deception
1935
as Bell Captain
Sequoia
1935
as Bergman
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Lt. Sackville
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Rufe Parker
Maybe It's Love
1935
as Expressman (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
1935
as Prison Guard
Carnival
1935
as Policeman
Mississippi
1935
as Hefty
Calm Yourself
1935
as Detective Roscoe
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
as Fibo Morgan (uncredited)
Wilderness Mail
1935
as Jules
Midnight Alibi
1934
as Babe the Butcher
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Butler
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Detective
Take the Stand
1934
as Denny O'Brien
Among the Missing
1934
as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
Queen Christina
1934
as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
The Big Race
1934
as Skipper O'Neal
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
1934
as Escaped Felon
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as Undetermined Role
The Line-Up
1934
as Detective Sgt. Doyle
The Sphinx
1933
as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
Terror Aboard
1933
as Boatswain
Tugboat Annie
1933
as Sam
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Doc Maloney, Trainer
Day of Reckoning
1933
as Harry
The Women in His Life
1933
as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
Grand Slam
1933
as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Hold Your Man
1933
as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Capt. Donahue
The Big Stampede
1932
as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
The Thirteenth Guest
1932
as Detective Grump
State's Attorney
1932
as Police Captain Morgan
Men Are Such Fools
1932
as Stiles
My Pal, the King
1932
as Red
The Phantom President
1932
as Sailor (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
as Butch
Panama Flo
1932
as Al
The Secret Six
1931
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
Bad Company
1931
as Paul Hurst
That's My Line
1931
as Mexican Bandit
Sweepstakes
1931
as Bartender
The Single Sin
1931
as Slug
The Secret Witness
1931
as Officer Brannigan
The Public Defender
1931
as Doc
Maker of Men
1931
as Gabby
Kick In
1931
as Detective Whip Fogarty
Paradise Island
1930
as Beauty
Swellhead
1930
as Mugsy
Borrowed Wives
1930
as Bull Morgan
Hot Curves
1930
as 'Slug', Baseball Player
The Runaway Bride
1930
as Sergeant Daly
Officer O'Brien
1930
as Captain Antrim
Lucky Larkin
1930
as Pete Brierson
Mountain Justice
1930
as Lem Harland
Shadow of the Law
1930
as Pete Shore
The Third Alarm
1930
as 'Beauty' Johnson
The Racketeer
1929
as Mehaffy - Policeman
The California Mail
1929
as Rowdy Ryan
The Lawless Legion
1929
as Ramirez
Tide of Empire
1929
as Poppy
Sailor's Holiday
1929
as Jimmylegs
Oh, Yeah!
1929
as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
His First Command
1929
as Sgt. Westbrook
The Rainbow
1929
as Pat
The Cossacks
1928
as Sitchi
Lilac Time
1928
as (uncredited)
The Devil's Saddle
1927
as 'Swig' Moran
The Red Raiders
1927
as Sergeant Murphy
The Valley of the Giants
1927
as Randeau
Outlaw's Paradise
1927
as McDonald
Buttons
1927
as Slugger McGlue
Roaring Road
1926
as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
Blue Streak O'Neil
1926
The Fighting Ranger
1926
The Man Who Would Not Die
1924
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1923
as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Lightning Bryce
1919
as Powder Solvang
Rimrock Jones
1918
as Ike Bray
Smashing Through
1918
as Stevens
The Railroad Raiders
1917
as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Hazards of Helen
1917
as Benton - a Foreman
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
1917
as Howie
A Lass of the Lumberlands
1916
Whispering Smith
1916
as Murray Sinclair
Medicine Bend
1916
as Murray Sinclair
Judith of the Cumberlands
1916
as Blatchley Turrentine
The Diamond Runners
1916
as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
The Manager of the B & A
1916
as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Girl Detective
1915
as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
Stingaree
1915
as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
The Red Signal
1915
as Chief Dispatcher
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
1915
as A Trainman
The Vivisectionist
1915
as Bart - Jardine's Servant
The Quicksands
1914
as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
The Chief of Police
1914
as Daniels
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
1914
as Benton, the Foreman
The Cave Men's War
1913
as Red Axe
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
1912
as Bad Bill - a Desperado