Lee Phelps

May 14, 1893 - Mar 19, 1953 (59 years old) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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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

Gone with the Wind

Bartender (uncredited)

Why Worry?

Guest (uncredited)

Midnight Intruder

Deputy (uncredited)

Strangers May Kiss

Bartender

The Fountainhead

Juror (uncredited)

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

Letty Lynton

Dennis (Uncredited)

Parole Girl

Burns, 1st Store Detective (uncredited)

The Penalty

Policeman (uncredited)

Black Legion

Guard at Jail (uncredited)

Credits

Complicated Women 2003

Self (archive footage)

★ 6.7
Vice Squad 1953

Vickie's Apartment Manager (uncredited)

★ 5.7
America for Me 1953

Indian Dance Spectator

★ NR
The Blue Gardenia 1953

Information Desk Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Magnetic Monster 1953

City Engineer

★ 5.6
Kansas City Confidential 1952

Jailer (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Callaway Went Thataway 1951

Ranch Hand (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Fort Defiance 1951

Bartender

★ 6.3
The Adventures of Kit Carson 1951

★ 5.3
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok 1951

★ 4.5
Hunt the Man Down 1950

Court Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Cisco Kid 1950

Sheriff

★ 5.9
Devil's Doorway 1950

Posse Member (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Desperadoes of the West 1950

Rusty Steele

★ 3.8
Hi-Jacked 1950

Highway Patrolman

★ 4.9
Timber Fury 1950

Sheriff Williams

★ NR
Hills of Oklahoma 1950

Rancher Scotty Davis

★ NR
Father of the Bride 1950

Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)

★ 7
Champagne for Caesar 1950

Neighbor

★ 7.1
Western Pacific Agent 1950

Chief of Police

★ 5.5
The Baron of Arizona 1950

Guest at Governor's Mansion (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Girl from San Lorenzo 1950

Sheriff Marlowe

★ NR
The File on Thelma Jordon 1949

Chauffeur (Uncredited)

★ 6.5
Red, Hot and Blue 1949

Cop (uncredited)

★ 5.8
White Heat 1949

Prison Tower Guard (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Follow Me Quietly 1949

Detective

★ 6.2
The Fountainhead 1949

Juror (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Window 1949

Police Officer (Uncredited)

★ 6.9
Sky Dragon 1949

Detective at Airport Gate

★ 7.7
Gun Law Justice 1949

Hank Cardigan

★ NR
Knock on Any Door 1949

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.1
A Woman's Secret 1949

District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)

★ 5.6
Red River 1948

Gambler (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Walk a Crooked Mile 1948

★ 6
The Fuller Brush Man 1948

Fire Captain (uncredited)

★ 6
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome 1947

Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.3
They Won't Believe Me 1947

★ 6.4
High Barbaree 1947

Workman (uncredited)

★ 5.1
The Sea of Grass 1947

Homesteader (uncredited)

★ 6.1
A Likely Story 1947

Cop at Intersection (uncredited)

★ 4.2
Undercover Maisie 1947

Police Officer Mitchell (Uncredited)

★ 8
Duel in the Sun 1946

Train Fireman (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Magnificent Doll 1946

Hatch

★ 5.9
Accomplice 1946

Lt. Hayden

★ 5.4
Her Adventurous Night 1946

Cop #3 (uncredited)

★ 7
The Dark Corner 1946

Policeman on Street (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Blonde Alibi 1946

Policeman #1 (Uncredited)

★ 3.9
Up Goes Maisie 1946

Cop at Fire (Uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Harvey Girls 1946

Player (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Adventure 1945

Bartender at Frank & Bob's Place (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Scarlet Street 1945

First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Pillow of Death 1945

★ 6.5
Girls of the Big House 1945

Detective Benson

★ 6
The Hidden Eye 1945

Polasky

★ 7.6
Anchors Aweigh 1945

Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Along Came Jones 1945

Jailkeeper (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Betrayal from the East 1945

Immigration Officer with Black Hatband (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Circumstantial Evidence 1945

Cop

★ 4.8
Dark Mountain 1944

Police Dispatcher in montage (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 4.9
Arsenic and Old Lace 1944

Umpire (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Youth Runs Wild 1944

Night Watchman (uncredited)

★ 4.2
The Lady and the Monster 1944

Headwaiter with Phone (Uncredited)

★ 5.9
Patrolling the Ether 1944

Bit Role

★ 6
Swing Shift Maisie 1943

Security Officer (Uncredited)

★ 6.5
Action in the North Atlantic 1943

Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Gildersleeve's Bad Day 1943

Police Officer Ryan (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case 1943

Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Power of the Press 1943

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty 1942

Bartender

★ 6.5
Seven Miles from Alcatraz 1942

Patrol Launch Captain Luther

★ 4.5
Gentleman Jim 1942

Detective (uncredited)

★ 7.1
War Dogs 1942

Sgt. Day

★ 4.7
Riders of the West 1942

The Sheriff-Conspirator

★ 4
Night in New Orleans 1942

Grady, Police Car Driver (uncredited)

★ 3.6
Spy Ship 1942

Listener on Street

★ 6
Scattergood Rides High 1942

Trainer

★ NR
In This Our Life 1942

Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Broadway 1942

Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Grand Central Murder 1942

First Railroad Yardman (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Saboteur 1942

Plant Security Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Fingers at the Window 1942

Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Murder in the Big House 1942

Executioner (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Two Yanks in Trinidad 1942

Lieutenant (uncredited)

★ 2.5
Joe Smith, American 1942

Second Police Driver (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Blondie Goes to College 1942

Coach Hartley

★ 6.4
Pacific Blackout 1941

Cop

★ 6.3
The Great Man's Lady 1941

Chairman

★ 6.3
Honky Tonk 1941

Townsman at Meeting House (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Manpower 1941

Detective in Raid (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Love Crazy 1941

Uniformed Sanitarium Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.7
The Spider Returns 1941

Police Officer Mulligan

★ 8.7
Her First Beau 1941

State Trooper

★ 5
Lady from Louisiana 1941

Cop

★ 5.3
A Shot in the Dark 1941

Blaney

★ 5
Dead Men Tell 1941

Detective (unconfirmed)

★ 6.3
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941

Barnes

★ 5.4
The Face Behind the Mask 1941

Detective at Cary's Office (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Murder Over New York 1940

Police Officer Joe

★ 6.1
The Fargo Kid 1940

Bartender

★ 6.5
The Philadelphia Story 1940

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 7.6
Ellery Queen, Master Detective 1940

Flynn (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Little Nellie Kelly 1940

Detective Barter (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Gallant Sons 1940

Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Knute Rockne All American 1940

Army Coach (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Angels Over Broadway 1940

Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

★ 5.8
City for Conquest 1940

Ring Announcer (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Wyoming 1940

Ed James

★ 5.9
Men Against the Sky 1940

Shop Foreman

★ 3.8
Boom Town 1940

Man Fighting Oil Fire (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Dance, Girl, Dance 1940

Plainclothesman (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Flowing Gold 1940

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 7
Stranger on the Third Floor 1940

Cab Driver Sitting on Cab (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Return of Frank James 1940

Denver House Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Gold Rush Maisie 1940

Man Outside General Store (Uncredited)

★ 6.5
Pop Always Pays 1940

Policeman at the Pawnbroker's

★ NR
Brother Orchid 1940

1st Policeman at Buck's Hideout (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Hidden Gold 1940

Sheriff Cameron

★ 5.3
Girl in 313 1940

Second Detective

★ 5.4
The Light of Western Stars 1940

Train Conductor

★ 2.5
It All Came True 1940

Police Officer Pegasee (uncredited)

★ 5.8
And One Was Beautiful 1940

Bailiff

★ 6.2
Young Tom Edison 1940

Train Engineer Miller

★ 5.8
Women Without Names 1940

Police Broadcaster

★ 4.1
Castle on the Hudson 1940

Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.8
I Take This Woman 1940

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.6
The Saint's Double Trouble 1940

Police Sergeant Outside Bohlen's Office (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Santa Fe Marshal 1940

Blacksmith

★ 5.3
Gone with the Wind 1939

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 7.9
Balalaika 1939

Doorman (uncredited)

★ 4.4
Nick Carter, Master Detective 1939

Riley - Airplane Workman

★ 5.7
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939

Policeman

★ 2
Kid Nightingale 1939

Ring Announcer

★ 5.5
The Roaring Twenties 1939

Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Bad Little Angel 1939

Fireman (uncredited)

★ 4.9
Sued for Libel 1939

Policeman Playing Cards (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Smashing the Money Ring 1939

Night Gate Guard (uncredited)

★ 5
Dancing Co-Ed 1939

Workman's Stooge (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Golden Boy 1939

Ring Announcer

★ 6.4
Angels Wash Their Faces 1939

Guard at Reform School (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Each Dawn I Die 1939

Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.8
They Shall Have Music 1939

Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)

★ 6.1
These Glamour Girls 1939

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Girl from Rio 1939

Dennis Slater

★ 2.8
Coast Guard 1939

Senior Officer (uncredited)

★ 5
Hell's Kitchen 1939

Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation 1939

Police Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Dog Daze 1939

Officer Sweeney

★ 5.2
Tell No Tales 1939

Policeman at School (uncredited)

★ 4.6
Lucky Night 1939

Waiter At George's (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Boys' Reformatory 1939

Officer on Train

★ 4
Fixer Dugan 1939

Hammer Game Barker

★ 6.5
Undercover Agent 1939

Pete Higgens - Bartender

★ 3.7
Women in the Wind 1939

Wichita Official (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Flying Irishman 1939

Mechanic Hiring Doug

★ 4.6
The Lady and the Mob 1939

Policeman

★ 6.3
Let Us Live 1939

Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Sergeant Madden 1939

Policeman

★ 6
Money to Loan 1939

Policeman

★ 6.7
Tiny Troubles 1939

Officer O'Brien

★ 6
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939

Sheriff (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Wings of the Navy 1939

Train Conductor

★ 6
Torchy Blane in Chinatown 1939

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt 1939

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Four Girls in White 1939

Foreman at Accident

★ 6.3
Idiot's Delight 1939

Train Announcer

★ 6.1
Scouts to the Rescue 1939

G-Man Jim Carson [Chs. 11-12]

★ NR
The Long Shot 1939

★ 5.8
Pirates of the Skies 1939

★ NR
Trade Winds 1938

Detective (Uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938

Carpenter (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Spring Madness 1938

Police Officer Ryan

★ 3.9
Too Hot to Handle 1938

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 5.8
You Can't Take It with You 1938

Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 7.5
The Chaser 1938

Ambulance Dispatcher

★ 6
Men with Wings 1938

Photographer

★ 5
Gold Diggers in Paris 1938

Detective

★ 5.7
The Saint in New York 1938

Detective Kestry (Uncredited)

★ 6.4
Heart of Arizona 1938

Ranger Captain

★ 5
Female Fugitive 1938

Investigator Steve Roberts

★ NR
Over the Wall 1938

Patrolman Who Arrests Davis

★ 5
The First Hundred Years 1938

The Judge's clerk (uncredited)

★ 6
Midnight Intruder 1938

Deputy (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Wells Fargo 1937

Printer

★ 5.2
Sudden Bill Dorn 1937

Ken Fairchild

★ NR
Under Suspicion 1937

Private Detective

★ NR
Blossoms On Broadway 1937

Cop (uncredited)

★ 3.7
Boss of Lonely Valley 1937

Peter Starr

★ NR
One Mile from Heaven 1937

Radio Cop

★ 6.7
Easy Living 1937

Hotel Detective (uncredited)

★ 7
Raw Timber 1937

Goss 'Bull' Riley

★ NR
Behind The Headlines 1937

FBI Agent Harris

★ 6.2
Let Them Live 1937

Fireman

★ NR
Midnight Taxi 1937

Chief of Detectives

★ 5
Left-Handed Law 1937

Sheriff Joe Grant

★ 4
Sandflow 1937

Singing Guard

★ NR
Time Out for Romance 1937

Reporter

★ 5.6
Black Legion 1937

Guard at Jail (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Man Of The People 1937

Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)

★ 7
You Only Live Once 1937

Corridor Guard (uncredited)

★ 7.1
After the Thin Man 1936

Flop House Proprietor (uncredited)

★ 7.3
Sinner Take All 1936

Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited)

★ 4.3
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek 1936

Sheriff Lem Morrison

★ 6
Hideaway Girl 1936

Police Sgt. Davis

★ NR
The Accusing Finger 1936

Riley

★ 4.7
Theodora Goes Wild 1936

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Murder with Pictures 1936

Girard Henchman (uncredited)

★ 5.1
Wives Never Know 1936

Doorman (uncredited)

★ NR
Postal Inspector 1936

Cop (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Crash Donovan 1936

Patrolman (uncredited)

★ NR
And Sudden Death 1936

Court Clerk

★ NR
Palm Springs 1936

Bartender

★ NR
Little Miss Nobody 1936

Policeman

★ 6
Show Boat 1936

★ 6.8
Human Cargo 1936

Gangster

★ 6
Absolute Quiet 1936

First Mechanic (Uncredited)

★ 5.5
Big Brown Eyes 1936

Lee (Uncredited)

★ 6.3
Road Gang 1936

Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936

Off-Key Singer Hank

★ 4.2
The Garden Murder Case 1936

Bus Driver (Uncredited)

★ 5.2
The Voice of Bugle Ann 1936

Davis' Cellmate (uncredited)

★ 5
Strike Me Pink 1936

Stage Doorman at Club Lido (uncredited)

★ 6.6
We're Only Human 1935

Detective

★ 6.5
The Calling of Dan Matthews 1935

Club Owner (uncredited)

★ 3
Frisco Kid 1935

Second Lookout (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Hot Money 1935

Policeman (uncredited)

★ NR
3 Kids and a Queen 1935

Cop

★ 6
Confidential 1935

One of Keaton's Lieutenants

★ 5.8
It's in the Air 1935

Investigator (uncredited)

★ 5
She Couldn't Take It 1935

Bailiff

★ 4.5
Waterfront Lady 1935

Detective Bates

★ 4
Special Agent 1935

Court Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Woman Wanted 1935

Detective Charlie Beale (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Men of Action 1935

Construction Worker

★ 5
Public Hero Number 1 1935

Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Murder in the Fleet 1935

Officer Berating Guard (Uncredited)

★ 5
'G' Men 1935

McCord's Aide (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Vagabond Lady 1935

Yelling Ship Official (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Baby Face Harrington 1935

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 4.8
The Winning Ticket 1935

Bookmaker

★ 3.3
Sequoia 1935

Hunter (uncredited)

★ 6
The Gay Bride 1934

Safety deposit box guard (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Two Heads on a Pillow 1934

Court Clerk

★ NR
Among the Missing 1934

Detective Gaynor

★ 6.3
Chained 1934

Ship's Bartender (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Blind Date 1934

Marathon Dance Attendant

★ 7
The Thin Man 1934

Detective (uncredited)

★ 7.5
Sadie McKee 1934

Brennan’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Manhattan Melodrama 1934

Bailiff (uncredited)

★ 7
Upperworld 1934

Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Crime Doctor 1934

Detective (uncredited)

★ 2.7
Beggars in Ermine 1934

Joe Swanson

★ 6.3
Fashions of 1934 1934

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Roast-Beef and Movies 1934

Attendant from Asylum (uncredited)

★ 3
Cross Country Cruise 1934

Bus Driver (Uncredited)

★ 6
Female 1933

Man with Thorne's Blueprint (Uncredited)

★ 6.2
The Chief 1933

Tim, a Man Watching Fire

★ 3
Wild Boys of the Road 1933

Movie Theater Patron (uncredited)

★ 6.8
I'm No Angel 1933

Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Bedtime Worries 1933

Police Officer

★ 6.8
Penthouse 1933

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.7
Mary Stevens, M.D. 1933

Station Master (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Midnight Mary 1933

Club Imperial Floor Manager (uncredited)

★ 6.8
The Woman I Stole 1933

Murdock

★ 2.7
The Nuisance 1933

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

★ 5
I Cover the Waterfront 1933

★ 4.8
Murders in the Zoo 1933

Banquet Photographer / Zoo Guard (Uncredited)

★ 5.8
King of the Jungle 1933

Customs Inspector (uncredited)

★ 5
Parole Girl 1933

Burns, 1st Store Detective (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Men Must Fight 1933

Secret Service Escort

★ 5.7
She Done Him Wrong 1933

Waiter -Singer (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Goldie Gets Along 1933

Spring Valley Contest Judge

★ 4
Frisco Jenny 1933

Jailer (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Afraid to Talk 1932

Taxi Driver

★ 6
Vanity Street 1932

Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Thirteen Women 1932

Train Conductor (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Blessed Event 1932

Hotel Desk Clerk

★ 6.5
70,000 Witnesses 1932

Detective (uncredited)

★ 5
American Madness 1932

★ 6.8
By Whose Hand? 1932

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

★ 6
Red-Headed Woman 1932

Waiter Calling Bill to Phone (uncredited)

★ 6.5
Westward Passage 1932

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Attorney for the Defense 1932

Radio Test Man

★ 6
The Rich Are Always with Us 1932

Club Clerk (uncredited)

★ 4.6
Letty Lynton 1932

Dennis (Uncredited)

★ 6.8
Man Wanted 1932

Speakeasy Waiter (Uncredited)

★ 5.1
Young America 1932

Court Clerk (Uncredited)

★ 5
Cross-Examination 1932

Officer Myles

★ 4.6
Emma 1932

Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Local Boy Makes Good 1931

Assistant Coach

★ 6
The Champ 1931

Louie the Bartender (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Flying High 1931

Reporter from the News (uncredited)

★ 4.8
Traveling Husbands 1931

Hotel Elevator Starter

★ 4
Laughing Sinners 1931

Poker-Playing Salesman

★ 5.1
Daybreak 1931

Waiter

★ 3.4
The Public Enemy 1931

Steve - Bartender (uncredited)

★ 7.2
The Secret Six 1931

Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Quick Millions 1931

Tom, Man in sound track (uncredited)

★ 7.1
Ladies' Man 1931

Desk clerk

★ 4.1
Stepping Out 1931

Casino Patron

★ 6.5
Strangers May Kiss 1931

Bartender

★ 5
Ten Cents a Dance 1931

Bouncer (uncredited)

★ 6.8
Danger Lights 1931

Railroad Worker (uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Criminal Code 1931

Detective Doherty

★ 6
Brothers 1930

Bailiff (uncredited)

★ NR
Dancing Sweeties 1930

Athletic and Social Club Manager (uncredited)

★ 5.5
The Florodora Girl 1930

Bartender (uncredited)

★ 5
The Girl Said No 1930

Truck Driver

★ 5.5
Anna Christie 1930

Larry the Bartender

★ 6
Street of Chance 1930

Bert (uncredited)

★ 6.6
The Kiss 1929

Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 6.3
Putting Pants on Philip 1927

Extra

★ 6.3
Why Worry? 1923

Guest (uncredited)

★ 6.5
The Freshie 1922

Tom

★ NR
The Road Demon 1921

★ NR
The Penalty 1920

Policeman (uncredited)

★ 6.9
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1920

Turner Boy

★ NR
The Follies Girl 1919

Basil

★ NR
The Reckoning Day 1918

Jimmy Ware

★ NR
The Secret Code 1918

Towen Rage

★ NR
Marked Cards 1918

Wesley Cutting

★ NR
Limousine Life 1918

Moncure Kelts

★ NR
The Flames of Chance 1918

Paul

★ NR