Cast: Howard Wendell

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Howard Wendell. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Big Heat

1953 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Fritz Lang

Cast Glenn Ford · Gloria Grahame · Lee Marvin · Jocelyn Brando

Synopsis Dave Bannion is an upright but unscrupulous cop on the trail of a vicious gang he suspects holds power over the police force. Bannion is tipped off after a colleague's suicide and his fellow officers' suspicious silence lead him to...

8.1

11K votes

8.1

11K votes

Storm Center

1956 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Daniel Taradash

Cast Bette Davis · Brian Keith · Kim Hunter · Paul Kelly

Synopsis A small-town librarian is branded as a Communist by local politicians when she refuses to withdraw a controversial book from the library's shelves.

6.5

128 votes

6.5

128 votes

Prince Valiant

1954 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast Robert Wagner · James Mason · Janet Leigh · Debra Paget

Synopsis Cartoonist Hal Foster's medieval hero, the Scandinavian Prince Valiant, comes to the screen in all his Dutch-bob-haircut glory in this 1954 film directed by Henry Hathaway (Kiss of Death). Robert Wagner plays the title role and does a bang-up job...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Affair in Trinidad

1952 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Vincent Sherman

Cast Rita Hayworth · Glenn Ford · Alexander Scourby · Valerie Bettis

Synopsis When Steve Emery arrives in Trinidad at the urgent request of his brother, he is stunned to find that his brother has not only been murdered, but that his brother's wife Chris is succumbing to the seduction attempts of the...

6.2

494 votes

6.2

494 votes

The Four Skulls Of Jonathan Drake

1959 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Henry Daniell · Valerie French · Grant Richards · Eduard Franz

Synopsis Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a...

5.2

22 votes

5.2

22 votes

A Day of Fury

1956 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Harmon Jones

Cast Dale Robertson · Mara Corday · Jock Mahoney · Carl Benton Reid

Synopsis While on a manhunt the Marshal is saved by a passing gunslinger named Jagade. It is a time when law is coming to the west and when the gunslinger shows up in the Marshals' town the Marshal is caught between...

5.1

59 votes

5.1

59 votes

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

1953 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast Doris Day · Gordon MacRae · Leon Ames · Rosemary DeCamp

Synopsis The trials and tribulations of the Winfield family in small town Indiana as Marjorie Winfield's boyfriend, William Sherman, returns from the Army after W.W.I. Bill & Marjorie's on-again, off-again provide the backdrop for other family issues, primarily brought on by...

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You for Me

1952 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast Peter Lawford · Jane Greer · Gig Young · Rita Corday

Synopsis Katie McDermad, who comes from a working class household, is a dedicated surgical nurse, who loves her profession but not the low pay. Her emotions often get the better of her. Jeff Chadwick is a surgeon and researcher who works...

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My Blood Runs Cold

1965 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction William Conrad

Cast Troy Donahue · Joey Heatherton · Barry Sullivan · Nicolas Coster

Synopsis Wealthy, reckless Californian Julie Merriday, accompanied by her boyfriend Harry Lindsay, an attorney, narrowly avoids crashing into a motorcycle driven by young Ben Gunther. Ben temporarily abandons his damaged cycle and accepts a ride from Julie but insists upon calling...

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The Tab Hunter Show (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Norman Tokar · William J. Hole Jr. · Richard Kinon · Philip Rapp

Cast Tab Hunter · Richard Erdman · Jerome Cowan · Reta Shaw

Synopsis TV Series (1960-1961). 32 Episodes. Paul Morgan makes his living through his cartoon strip "Bachelor at Large", which largely describes his amorous adventures in and around California's Malibu Beach. His boss John, best friend Peter, and housekeeper Thelma each take...

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Suspicion (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Medford · James Neilson · Robert Stevens · John Brahm

Cast Dennis O'Keefe · Clark Howat · Marian Seldes · Jack Klugman

Synopsis TV Series (1957-1958). 1 season. 41 episodes. An anthology television mystery drama series. The executive producer was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

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The View from Pompey's Head

1955 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Philip Dunne

Cast Richard Egan · Dana Wynter · Cameron Mitchell · Sidney Blackmer

Synopsis Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never...

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The Black Dakotas

1954 · Movie · 65 min. · United States

Direction Ray Nazarro

Cast Gary Merrill · Wanda Hendrix · John Bromfield · Noah Beery Jr.

Synopsis During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln sends an emissary with a peace treaty to the Sioux Indians. He also sends a gift of $130,000 in gold. This attracts the attention of Brock Marsh, the secret leader of a Confederate...

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Father of the Bride (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Fletcher Markle · Gene Reynolds · Richard Whorf · Anton Leader

Cast Leon Ames · Ruth Warrick · Myrna Fahey · Rickie Sorensen

Synopsis Stanley and Ellie's only daughter Kay is getting married to Buckley Dunston. The wedding preparations turn the Banks household upside down with the dad wondering when things got so complicated.

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Athena

1954 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Jane Powell · Debbie Reynolds · Virginia Gibson · Nancy Kilgas

Synopsis Attorney, Purdom, and singer, Damone, romance two sisters, Reynolds and Powell, who live with and are strongly influenced by eccentric, health oriented and star gazing grandparents.

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The Fighting Chance

1955 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William Witney

Cast Rod Cameron · Julie London · Ben Cooper · Taylor Holmes

Synopsis Racehorse trainer Bill Binyon and his pal, jockey Mike Gargan, are having a hard time of making ends meet when they meet Janet Wales, an attractive-but-greedy blonde, who gets them a job with "Lucky Jim" Morrison, a wealthy stable-owner. Janet...

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Captain Scarface

1953 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Paul Guilfoyle

Cast Barton MacLane · Virginia Grey · Leif Erickson · Peter Coe

Synopsis A man desperate to leave South America books passage on a freighter, and learns that the captain has made plans to force a scientist to participate in a mission of destruction.

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Horatio Alger Jones (TV)

1966 · Movie · 30 min. · United States

Direction Don Taylor

Cast Tommy Andre · Hal Baylor · Walter Brennan · Tommy Cole

Synopsis Grandfather lives with his four grandchildren and helps his oldest grandson run a garage.

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A Stranger in My Arms

1959 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

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