Paul Hurst

actor • director • writer

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 surrou...

Born: October 14, 1888 in Traver, California, USA

Died: February 27, 1953 (age 64)

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Known For

8.1

The Ox-Bow Incident

Movies & TV Credits

239 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
The Sun Shines Bright Movie	6.7	Actor	Jimmy Bagby	1953
Big Jim McLain Movie	5.0	Actor	Mr. Lexiter	1952
Toughest Man in Arizona Movie	5.9	Actor	—	1952
Million Dollar Pursuit Movie	6.1	Actor	Ray Harvey	1951
The Vanishing Westerner Movie	6.1	Actor	Waldorf Worthington	1950
The Old Frontier Movie	8.0	Actor	Skipper Horton	1950
The Missourians Movie	6.5	Actor	John X. Finn	1950
Law of the Golden West Movie	6.5	Actor	Otis Ellis	1949
Prince of the Plains Movie	7.8	Actor	Sheriff Hank Hartley	1949
San Antone Ambush Movie	4.0	Actor	Happy Daniels	1949
South of Rio Movie	—	Actor	Andy Weems	1949
Pioneer Marshal Movie	6.7	Actor	Huck Homer	1949
Outcasts of the Trail Movie	6.4	Actor	Doc Meadowlark	1949
Ranger of Cherokee Strip Movie	6.3	Actor	Sheriff Jug Mason	1949
Gun Smugglers Movie	5.8	Actor	Sergeant Hasty Jones	1948
Yellow Sky Movie	7.3	Actor	Drunk (uncredited)	1948
The Arizona Ranger Movie	6.2	Actor	Ben Riddle	1948
Son of God’s Country Movie	6.2	Actor	Eli Walker	1948
Madonna of the Desert Movie	6.1	Actor	Pete Connors	1948
Heart of Virginia Movie	5.8	Actor	Whit Galtry	1948
California Firebrand Movie	6.3	Actor	Chuck Waggoner	1948
Who Killed Doc Robbin? Movie	4.4	Actor	Jailer	1948
Angel and the Badman Movie	6.7	Actor	Frederick Carson	1947
Under Colorado Skies Movie	6.6	Actor	Lucky John Hawkins	1947
The Plainsman and the Lady Movie	6.0	Actor	Al	1946
Death Valley Movie	5.4	Actor	Sergeant Dailey	1946
In Old Sacramento Movie	6.4	Actor	Stagecoach Driver	1946
Murder in the Music Hall Movie	6.0	Actor	Hobarth	1946
The Virginian Movie	6.6	Actor	—	1946
Dakota Movie	5.8	Actor	Captain Spotts	1945
Midnight Manhunt Movie	5.1	Actor	Murphy	1945
The Big Show-Off Movie	5.5	Actor	Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler	1945
Steppin' in Society Movie	6.8	Actor	Cookie	1945
Scared Stiff Movie	4.7	Actor	Sheriff	1945
Girl Rush Movie	4.7	Actor	Muley	1944
Barbary Coast Gent Movie	6.0	Actor	Jake Compton	1944
Summer Storm Movie	6.4	Actor	Orloff	1944
Something for the Boys Movie	5.7	Actor	Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)	1944
The Ghost That Walks Alone Movie	4.7	Actor	Sheriff Slim Carson	1944
The Ox-Bow Incident Movie	8.1	Actor	Monty Smith	1943
December 7th Movie	5.9	Actor	World War I Ghost Soldier	1943
The Sky's the Limit Movie	6.1	Actor	Dock Foreman (uncredited)	1943
Coney Island Movie	6.1	Actor	Louie	1943
Calaboose Movie	5.0	Actor	Ed the bartender	1943
Hi'ya, Chum Movie	5.9	Actor	Archie Billings	1943
Sundown Jim Movie	5.6	Actor	Broderick	1942
Night in New Orleans Movie	5.7	Actor	Sergeant Casper Riordan	1942
Pardon My Stripes Movie	7.2	Actor	Feets	1942
Dudes Are Pretty People Short Film	4.7	Actor	Two-Gun	1942
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring Movie	5.7	Actor	Page	1941
Caught in the Draft Movie	6.3	Actor	Sgt. Burns	1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome Movie	6.4	Actor	Biff Sage	1941
The Great Mr. Nobody Movie	5.6	Actor	Michael O'Connor	1941
Virginia Movie	6.2	Actor	Thomas	1941
This Woman Is Mine Movie	5.3	Actor	Second Mate Mumford	1941
The Parson of Panamint Movie	7.2	Actor	Jake Waldren	1941
Petticoat Politics Movie	7.4	Actor	Slats O'Dell	1941
The Westerner Movie	7.2	Actor	Chickenfoot	1940
Edison, the Man Movie	6.9	Actor	Sheriff	1940
Castle on the Hudson Movie	6.5	Actor	Guard (uncredited)	1940
They Drive by Night Movie	7.0	Actor	Pete Haig (uncredited)	1940
Torrid Zone Movie	6.5	Actor	Daniels	1940
Spring Parade Movie	6.4	Actor	Headwaiter	1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again Movie	5.4	Actor	Pete	1940
Star Dust Movie	6.4	Actor	Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech	1940
South to Karanga Movie	5.3	Actor	Slats	1940
Goin' Fishin' Short Film	6.8	Actor	—	1940
Gone with the Wind Movie	8.1	Actor	Yankee Deserter	1939
Broadway Serenade Movie	5.5	Actor	Reynolds, a Drunk	1939
Bad Lands Movie	5.8	Actor	Curly Tom	1939
Cafe Society Movie	6.1	Actor	Bartender	1939
Each Dawn I Die Movie	7.1	Actor	Garsky	1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence Movie	6.1	Actor	Empire State Building Guard	1939
Remember? Movie	5.7	Actor	Policeman	1939
On Your Toes Movie	5.4	Actor	Variety Club Bartender	1939
It Could Happen to You Movie	6.5	Actor	Sandy	1939
Quick Millions Movie	5.0	Actor	Sheriff	1939
Glove Slingers Short Film	6.9	Actor	Chuck Brenner	1939
Alexander's Ragtime Band Movie	6.7	Actor	Bill Mulligan	1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Movie	7.2	Actor	Florabelle's Father	1938
Topper Takes a Trip Movie	6.5	Actor	Charlie - the Bartender	1938
In Old Chicago Movie	6.5	Actor	Mitch	1938
Island in the Sky Movie	5.9	Actor	Happy	1938
Hold That Co-ed Movie	5.9	Actor	Slapsy	1938
Josette Movie	5.8	Actor	A. Adolphus Heyman	1938
Prison Break Movie	5.9	Actor	Soapy	1938
My Lucky Star Movie	5.8	Actor	Louie	1938
Secrets of a Nurse Movie	7.7	Actor	Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh	1938
No Time to Marry Movie	6.3	Actor	Sergeant	1938
The Last Express Movie	7.7	Actor	Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer	1938
Ali Baba Goes to Town Movie	6.1	Actor	Captain	1937
Danger – Love at Work Movie	6.1	Actor	NYC policeman	1937
This Is My Affair Movie	6.4	Actor	Bowler	1937
Second Honeymoon Movie	6.0	Actor	Dennis Huggins	1937
Super-Sleuth Movie	5.5	Actor	Motorcycle Cop	1937
You Can't Beat Love Movie	5.6	Actor	Foreman Butch Mehaffey	1937
You Can't Have Everything Movie	6.1	Actor	Truck Driver (uncredited)	1937
We Who Are About to Die Movie	6.3	Actor	Tip Fuller	1937
Wake Up and Live Movie	6.5	Actor	McCabe	1937
She's No Lady Movie	—	Actor	Cop	1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse Movie	5.8	Actor	Bill	1937
Fifty Roads to Town Movie	6.0	Actor	Tom	1937
Angel's Holiday Movie	6.4	Actor	Sgt. Murphy	1937
The Lady Fights Back Movie	6.5	Actor	Maloney	1937
The Legion of Missing Men Movie	4.9	Actor	Muggsy	1937
Trouble in Morocco Movie	6.7	Actor	Tiger Malone	1937
Slave Ship Movie	6.1	Actor	Drunk	1937
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Movie	7.7	Actor	1st Deputy (uncredited)	1936
The Gay Desperado Movie	5.9	Actor	American Detective	1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado Movie	5.7	Actor	Wilson	1936
To Mary - with Love Movie	6.2	Actor	Drunk	1936
North of Nome Movie	7.8	Actor	Carlson	1936
I'd Give My Life Movie	6.1	Actor	"Sport" Conly	1936
Blackmailer Movie	5.3	Actor	Inspector Killian	1936
Riffraff Movie	6.0	Actor	Belcher	1936
Calm Yourself Movie	5.5	Actor	Detective Roscoe	1935
Public Hero Number 1 Movie	6.5	Actor	Rufe Parker	1935
The Gay Deception Movie	6.5	Actor	Bell Captain	1935
Shadow of Doubt Movie	6.1	Actor	Lt. Sackville	1935
Sequoia Movie	6.6	Actor	Bergman	1935
Maybe It's Love Movie	5.6	Actor	Expressman (uncredited)	1935
The Daring Young Man Movie	6.0	Actor	Prison Guard	1935
Carnival Movie	6.4	Actor	Policeman	1935
Mississippi Movie	6.3	Actor	Hefty	1935
A Very Honorable Guy Movie	5.8	Actor	Butler	1934
Among the Missing Movie	6.3	Actor	Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors	1934
Midnight Alibi Movie	6.2	Actor	Babe the Butcher	1934
Take the Stand Movie	5.6	Actor	Denny O'Brien	1934
Tomorrow's Youth Movie	5.2	Actor	Detective	1934
The Big Race Movie	6.8	Actor	Skipper O'Neal	1934
Charlie Chan's Courage Movie	6.8	Actor	Undetermined Role	1934
The Ballad of Paducah Jail Short Film	—	Actor	Escaped Felon	1934
Queen Christina Movie	7.4	Actor	Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)	1933
Tugboat Annie Movie	6.6	Actor	Sam	1933
The Sphinx Movie	5.4	Actor	Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan	1933
Terror Aboard Movie	6.3	Actor	Boatswain	1933
Saturday's Millions Movie	6.1	Actor	Doc Maloney, Trainer	1933
Day of Reckoning Movie	6.3	Actor	Harry	1933
Grand Slam Movie	5.6	Actor	Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film	1933
The Women in His Life Movie	6.1	Actor	Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard	1933
Hold Your Man Movie	6.7	Actor	Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)	1933
Island of Lost Souls Movie	7.4	Actor	Capt. Donahue	1932
Hold 'Em Jail Movie	5.9	Actor	Butch	1932
The Thirteenth Guest Movie	5.5	Actor	Detective Grump	1932
The Big Stampede Movie	5.4	Actor	'Arizona' Frank Bailey	1932
State's Attorney Movie	6.4	Actor	Police Captain Morgan	1932
Panama Flo Movie	6.2	Actor	Al	1932
Men Are Such Fools Movie	5.7	Actor	Stiles	1932
My Pal, the King Movie	6.5	Actor	Red	1932
The Phantom President Movie	5.6	Actor	Sailor (uncredited)	1932
The Secret Six Movie	6.1	Actor	Nick Mizoski - the Gouger	1931
Bad Company Movie	6.0	Actor	Paul Hurst	1931
The Public Defender Movie	6.2	Actor	Doc	1931
Maker of Men Movie	4.7	Actor	Gabby	1931
The Single Sin Movie	6.9	Actor	Slug	1931
Sweepstakes Movie	5.5	Actor	Bartender	1931
The Secret Witness Movie	5.7	Actor	Officer Brannigan	1931
Kick In Movie	7.4	Actor	Detective Whip Fogarty	1931
That's My Line Short Film	—	Actor	Mexican Bandit	1931
Borrowed Wives Movie	5.0	Actor	Bull Morgan	1930
The Runaway Bride Movie	4.7	Actor	Sergeant Daly	1930
Shadow of the Law Movie	6.0	Actor	Pete Shore	1930
Paradise Island Movie	4.4	Actor	Beauty	1930
Hot Curves Movie	5.2	Actor	'Slug', Baseball Player	1930
Officer O'Brien Movie	5.2	Actor	Captain Antrim	1930
Mountain Justice Movie	5.4	Actor	Lem Harland	1930
Lucky Larkin Movie	6.7	Actor	Pete Brierson	1930
The Third Alarm Movie	3.3	Actor	'Beauty' Johnson	1930
Swellhead Movie	5.5	Actor	Mugsy	1930
The Racketeer Movie	5.1	Actor	Mehaffy - Policeman	1929
Tide of Empire Movie	5.9	Actor	Poppy	1929
Oh, Yeah! Movie	5.7	Actor	Railroad-Yard Superintendent	1929
Sailor's Holiday Movie	5.8	Actor	Jimmylegs	1929
The California Mail Movie	—	Actor	Rowdy Ryan	1929
The Lawless Legion Movie	4.9	Actor	Ramirez	1929
His First Command Movie	5.5	Actor	Sgt. Westbrook	1929
The Cossacks Movie	6.6	Actor	Sitchi	1928
Lilac Time Movie	6.3	Actor	(uncredited)	1928
The Valley of the Giants Movie	6.7	Actor	Randeau	1927
The Red Raiders Movie	6.0	Actor	Sergeant Murphy	1927
The Devil's Saddle Movie	—	Actor	'Swig' Moran	1927
Outlaw's Paradise Movie	—	Actor	McDonald	1927
Buttons Movie	—	Actor	Slugger McGlue	1927
Outlaw's Paradise Movie	—	Directing	Director	1927
Blue Streak O'Neil Movie	5.5	Actor	—	1926
The Fighting Ranger Movie	—	Actor	—	1926
Roaring Road Movie	6.2	Actor	Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)	1926
The Midnight Message Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1926
Haunted Range Movie	5.8	Directing	Director	1926
Blue Streak O'Neil Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1926
The Fighting Ranger Movie	—	Directing	Director	1926
The Law of the Snow Country Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1926
Roaring Road Movie	6.2	Directing	Director	1926
The Demon Rider Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1925
A Western Engagement Movie	—	Directing	Director	1925
The Fighting Cub Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1925
The Were-Tiger Short Film	6.1	Directing	Director	1925
Battling Bunyan Movie	7.1	Directing	Director	1924
The Passing of Wolf MacLean Movie	6.1	Directing	Director	1924
Branded a Bandit Movie	5.9	Directing	Director	1924
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Movie	7.0	Actor	Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)	1923
Golden Silence Movie	—	Directing	Director	1923
South of Northern Lights Movie	5.7	Directing	Director	1922
Rangeland Movie	4.3	Directing	Director	1922
The Heart of a Texan Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1922
Table Top Ranch Movie	—	Directing	Director	1922
Shadows of the West Movie	—	Directing	Director	1921
King Fisher's Roost Movie	4.9	Directing	Director	1921
Lightning Bryce Movie	5.6	Actor	Powder Solvang	1919
Lightning Bryce Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1919
The Tiger's Trail Movie	3.3	Directing	Director	1919
Rimrock Jones Movie	5.5	Actor	Ike Bray	1918
Smashing Through Movie	4.7	Actor	Stevens	1918
The Woman in the Web Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1918
Play Straight or Fight Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1918
The Hazards of Helen Movie	6.7	Actor	Benton - a Foreman	1917
The Railroad Raiders Movie	5.6	Actor	Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)	1917
The Further Adventures of Stingaree Movie	7.5	Actor	Howie	1917
The Railroad Raiders Movie	5.6	Directing	Director	1917
The Further Adventures of Stingaree Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	1917
The Manager of the B & A Movie	—	Actor	Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)	1916
A Lass of the Lumberlands Movie	5.5	Actor	—	1916
Whispering Smith Movie	4.7	Actor	Murray Sinclair	1916
The Diamond Runners Movie	7.8	Actor	Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.	1916
Judith of the Cumberlands Movie	—	Actor	Blatchley Turrentine	1916
Medicine Bend Movie	4.7	Actor	Murray Sinclair	1916
A Lass of the Lumberlands Movie	5.5	Directing	Director	1916
The Girl Detective Short Film	5.9	Actor	Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake	1915
Stingaree Movie	5.9	Actor	Howie - Stingaree's Partner	1915
The Red Signal Short Film	—	Actor	Chief Dispatcher	1915
The Escape on the Fast Freight Short Film	6.6	Actor	A Trainman	1915
The Vivisectionist Short Film	5.0	Actor	Bart - Jardine's Servant	1915
The Escape on the Fast Freight Short Film	6.6	Production	Producer	1915
The Red Signal Short Film	—	Directing	Director	1915
The Quicksands Short Film	—	Actor	Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival	1914
The Chief of Police Short Film	—	Actor	Daniels	1914
The Plot at the Railroad Cut Short Film	—	Actor	Benton, the Foreman	1914
The Cave Men's War Short Film	5.1	Actor	Red Axe	1913
The Driver of the Deadwood Coach Short Film	—	Actor	Bad Bill - a Desperado	1912

Paul Hurst

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Island of Lost Souls

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The Ox-Bow Incident

Movies & TV Credits