Hooper Atchley
Know for: Acting
Born: 1887-04-29
Place of birth: Ebenezer, Tennessee, USA
Also know as:
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two...
Bombshell (1933)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide...
The Local Bad Man (1932)
The Murdock's bank is in trouble. So they ship money on the train and rob it to get back the money plus the insurance, Bonner and his two pals...
Prescott Kid (1934)
Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.
Gangster's Boy (1938)
A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
The Fatal Hour (1940)
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a...
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America....
Gold (1932)
A cowboy turned gold miner fights a gang that buys miner's claims and then murders them.
Exclusive Story (1936)
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
The Three Musketeers (1933)
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he...
Clearing the Range (1931)
A cowboy rides by night to catch the man who killed his brother.
If I Had a Million (1932)
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
The Old Barn Dance (1938)
Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.
Birthday Blues (1932)
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
Johnny Eager (1941)
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Desert Command (1946)
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he...
The Dude Bandit (1933)
After Burton kills Dad Mason and makes it look like a suicide, Ace Cooper arrives to investigate. He poses as a coward during the day but at night he...
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as...
Trade Winds (1938)
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her...
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Roarin' Lead (1936)
The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.
The Crime Patrol (1936)
Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in...
Branded Men (1931)
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang...
Navy Born (1936)
A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the...
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
The Outlaw Deputy (1935)
While searching for his friend's killer, a former outlaw (Tim McCoy) thwarts a robbery and becomes a lawman.
Ladies' Man (1931)
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in...
Men in Her Life (1931)
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds...
Against the Law (1934)
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in...
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
An orphaned girl is being raised in the Limberlost by her aunt, who hates her because the girl's mother married the man that the aunt loved. The...
Speed Wings (1934)
A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by...
Gun Justice (1933)
Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter,...
Mystery Mountain (1934)
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned...
Saga of Death Valley (1939)
When Tasker kills Roy Rogers he takes one of his young sons. Fifteen years later the other son Roy arrives buying a ranch in the valley where Tasker...
The Arizona Terror (1931)
Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next...
Scarlet River (1933)
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.
Hot Money (1935)
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
Sundown Trail (1931)
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must...
The Women Men Marry (1937)
A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
Japanese spies attempt to subvert America's war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.
Radio Patrol (1937)
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new bulletproof...
The Spirit of the West (1932)
To bring in the bad guys, a rodeo champ poses as an inept cowhand.
Love and Hisses (1937)
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Condemned Women (1938)
A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.
Blondie (1938)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself...
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
The Secret Witness (1931)
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor...
Homicide Bureau (1939)
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide...
Without Orders (1936)
At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick lands at the end of a cross-country record flight, met by his father J.P. Kendrick who owns...
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by...
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Border Cafe (1937)
The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny...
Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's...
East Side of Heaven (1939)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading...
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who...
Portia on Trial (1937)
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle...
I Can't Escape (1934)
An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
The Gay Caballero (1940)
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have...
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family....
Missing Witnesses (1937)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
The Lady Objects (1938)
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get...
Hell's House (1932)
A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
Edison, the Man (1940)
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New...
King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
Queen Christina (1933)
Popular monarch Queen Christina of Sweden must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
Rhapsody in Brew (1933)
The Schmaltz Brothers are tricked into buying a beer garden.
Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than...
General Spanky (1936)
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After...
The Little Foxes (1941)
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on...
Gentleman Jim (1942)
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of...
Haunted House (1940)
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Gambling Ship (1933)
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new...
I Love You Again (1940)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
Sky Murder (1940)
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US...
Wolf of New York (1940)
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
City of Chance (1940)
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
Geronimo (1939)
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud...
Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
Black Hills Express (1943)
A man framed for a series of Wells' Fargo stage robberies and a comical sheriff's deputy join forces to uncover the real robbers, unaware that a U.S....
Near the Trail's End (1931)
Bart Morgan controls the town of Cactus City and is keeping all men away from Jane Rankin. When Johnny Day arrives and takes an interest in Jane,...
In Old California (1942)
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the...
Idaho (1943)
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
Honky Tonk (1941)
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things...
Belle Starr (1941)
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge....
Say It in French (1938)
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are...
Lost Angel (1943)
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts...
S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral...
Repent at Leisure (1941)
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
Cipher Bureau (1938)
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the hero shows that a white crook is responsible.
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as...
This Time for Keeps (1942)
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
Chained (1934)
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose...
Corvette K-225 (1943)
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Too Busy to Work (1939)
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their...
The West Side Kid (1943)
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one...
The Accusing Finger (1936)
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and...
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Honeymoon Lodge (1943)
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a...
Inflation (1942)
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
Fingers at the Window (1942)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
Our Wife (1941)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Millie (1931)
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The...
In the Navy (1941)
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter,...
Freaks (1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for...
You Only Live Once (1937)
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is...
Fighting for Justice (1932)
Property taxes, murder charges, and outlaws trouble the son of a dead rancher.
Appointment for Love (1941)
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her...
Mad Love (1935)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands...
Union Depot (1932)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend...
The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them...
Mountain Rhythm (1939)
Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money...
Midnight Warning (1932)
Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective,...
For Me and My Gal (1942)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
The Sphinx (1933)
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was...
The Westerner (1934)
A rancher (Tim McCoy) and his buddy (Joseph Sauers) scare rustlers out of business.
Come Live with Me (1941)
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Two for Tonight (1935)
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.
Sadie McKee (1934)
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
The Phantom President (1932)
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party...
Hunted Men (1938)
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails...
Mr. Wong Collection 1938-1940 (1970)
Mr. Wong (James Lee Wong) was a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Hugh Wiley (1884-1968). Mr Wong appeared in magazine stories and a...