Paul Hurst

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 to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)

Known For: Acting

Born: Traver, California, USA, 1888-10-14

Died: 1953-02-27

Paul Hurst

Film

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1912	The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach	Bad Bill - a Desperado	0
2	1913	The Cave Men's War	Red Axe	0
3	1914	The Quicksands	Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival	0
4	1914	The Chief of Police	Daniels	0
5	1914	The Plot at the Railroad Cut	Benton, the Foreman	0
6	1915	The Girl Detective	Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake	58
7	1915	The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight	A Trainman	58
8	1915	The Red Signal	Chief Dispatcher	0
9	1915	The Vivisectionist	Bart - Jardine's Servant	0
10	1915	Stingaree	Howie - Stingaree's Partner	0
11	1916	A Lass of the Lumberlands		0
12	1916	Whispering Smith	Murray Sinclair	0
13	1916	Medicine Bend	Murray Sinclair	0
14	1916	Judith of the Cumberlands	Blatchley Turrentine	0
15	1916	The Diamond Runners	Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.	0
16	1916	The Manager of the B & A	Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)	0
17	1917	The Hazards of Helen	Benton - a Foreman	0
18	1917	The Railroad Raiders	Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)	0
19	1917	The Further Adventures of Stingaree	Howie	0
20	1918	Rimrock Jones	Ike Bray	0
21	1918	Smashing Through	Stevens	0
22	1919	Lightning Bryce	Powder Solvang	0
23	1923	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)	65
24	1926	Roaring Road	Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)	0
25	1926	The Fighting Ranger		0
26	1926	Blue Streak O'Neil		0
27	1927	Outlaw's Paradise	McDonald	0
28	1927	The Devil's Saddle	'Swig' Moran	0
29	1927	The Red Raiders	Sergeant Murphy	80
30	1927	The Valley of the Giants	Randeau	0
31	1927	Buttons	Slugger McGlue	10
32	1928	The Cossacks	Sitchi	73
33	1928	Lilac Time	(uncredited)	62
34	1929	The Lawless Legion	Ramirez	0
35	1929	Tide of Empire	Poppy	59
36	1929	The California Mail	Rowdy Ryan	0
37	1929	Sailor's Holiday	Jimmylegs	52
38	1929	Oh, Yeah!	Railroad-Yard Superintendent	43
39	1929	The Racketeer	Mehaffy - Policeman	49
40	1929	His First Command	Sgt. Westbrook	70
41	1930	Lucky Larkin	Pete Brierson	0
42	1930	Officer O'Brien	Captain Antrim	37
43	1930	Swellhead	Mugsy	0
44	1930	The Runaway Bride	Sergeant Daly	50
45	1930	Mountain Justice	Lem Harland	50
46	1930	Shadow of the Law	Pete Shore	64
47	1930	Hot Curves	'Slug', Baseball Player	57
48	1930	Paradise Island	Beauty	31
49	1930	Borrowed Wives	Bull Morgan	46
50	1930	The Third Alarm	'Beauty' Johnson	0
51	1931	The Single Sin	Slug	0
52	1931	The Secret Six	Nick Mizoski - the Gouger	58
53	1931	Kick In	Detective Whip Fogarty	60
54	1931	Sweepstakes	Bartender	45
55	1931	That's My Line	Mexican Bandit	0
56	1931	The Public Defender	Doc	60
57	1931	Maker of Men	Gabby	0
58	1931	Bad Company	Paul Hurst	46
59	1931	The Secret Witness	Officer Brannigan	30
60	1932	Panama Flo	Al	70
61	1932	My Pal, the King	Red	0
62	1932	State's Attorney	Police Captain Morgan	67
63	1932	The Thirteenth Guest	Detective Grump	49
64	1932	Hold 'Em Jail	Butch	68
65	1932	The Phantom President	Sailor (uncredited)	55
66	1932	The Big Stampede	'Arizona' Frank Bailey	48
67	1932	Men Are Such Fools	Stiles	0
68	1932	Island of Lost Souls	Capt. Donahue	69
69	1933	Grand Slam	Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film	37
70	1933	Terror Aboard	Boatswain	60
71	1933	The Sphinx	Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan	45
72	1933	Hold Your Man	Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)	61
73	1933	Tugboat Annie	Sam	70
74	1933	Saturday's Millions	Doc Maloney, Trainer	50
75	1933	Day of Reckoning	Harry	50
76	1933	The Women in His Life	Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard	40
77	1933	Queen Christina	Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)	68
78	1934	The Big Race	Skipper O'Neal	0
79	1934	A Very Honorable Guy	Butler	20
80	1934	Charlie Chan's Courage	Undetermined Role	80
81	1934	Midnight Alibi	Babe the Butcher	60
82	1934	Take the Stand	Denny O'Brien	47
83	1934	Among the Missing	Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors	63
84	1934	Tomorrow's Youth	Detective	0
85	1934	The Ballad of Paducah Jail	Escaped Felon	0
86	1935	Maybe It's Love	Expressman (uncredited)	60
87	1935	Sequoia	Bergman	60
88	1935	Shadow of Doubt	Lt. Sackville	62
89	1935	Carnival	Policeman	0
90	1935	Mississippi	Hefty	67
91	1935	The Case of the Curious Bride	Fibo Morgan (uncredited)	60
92	1935	Public Hero Number 1	Rufe Parker	62
93	1935	Calm Yourself	Detective Roscoe	45
94	1935	The Daring Young Man	Prison Guard	0
95	1935	The Gay Deception	Bell Captain	64
96	1936	Riffraff	Belcher	50
97	1936	Robin Hood of El Dorado	Wilson	40
98	1936	Mr. Deeds Goes to Town	1st Deputy (uncredited)	75
99	1936	Blackmailer	Inspector Killian	50
100	1936	To Mary - with Love	Drunk	45
101	1936	I'd Give My Life	"Sport" Conly	60
102	1936	The Gay Desperado	American Detective	28
103	1936	North of Nome	Carlson	60
104	1937	We Who Are About to Die	Tip Fuller	68
105	1937	Trouble in Morocco	Tiger Malone	60
106	1937	This Is My Affair	Bowler	73
107	1937	Fifty Roads to Town	Tom	0
108	1937	Angel's Holiday	Sgt. Murphy	55
109	1937	Slave Ship	Drunk	48
110	1937	You Can't Beat Love	Foreman Butch Mehaffey	60
111	1937	Super-Sleuth	Motorcycle Cop	50
112	1937	The Legion of Missing Men	Muggsy	50
113	1937	You Can't Have Everything	Truck Driver (uncredited)	57
114	1937	She's No Lady	Cop	0
115	1937	Wake Up and Live	McCabe	53
116	1937	Wife, Doctor and Nurse	Bill	60
117	1937	Danger – Love at Work	NYC policeman	73
118	1937	The Lady Fights Back	Maloney	60
119	1937	Ali Baba Goes to Town	Captain	59
120	1937	Second Honeymoon	Dennis Huggins	58
121	1938	No Time to Marry	Sergeant	60
122	1938	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm	Florabelle's Father	67
123	1938	Island in the Sky	Happy	70
124	1938	In Old Chicago	Mitch	65
125	1938	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Bill Mulligan	67
126	1938	Josette	A. Adolphus Heyman	65
127	1938	Prison Break	Soapy	52
128	1938	My Lucky Star	Louie	53
129	1938	Hold That Co-ed	Slapsy	63
130	1938	The Last Express	Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer	10
131	1938	Secrets of a Nurse	Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh	30
132	1938	Topper Takes a Trip	Charlie - the Bartender	64
133	1939	Cafe Society	Bartender	60
134	1939	Broadway Serenade	Reynolds, a Drunk	62
135	1939	It Could Happen to You	Sandy	15
136	1939	Each Dawn I Die	Garsky	68
137	1939	Quick Millions	Sheriff	75
138	1939	Bad Lands	Curly Tom	37
139	1939	On Your Toes	Variety Club Bartender	39
140	1939	Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence	Empire State Building Guard	63
141	1939	Glove Slingers	Chuck Brenner	40
142	1939	Gone with the Wind	Yankee Deserter	79
143	1939	Remember?	Policeman	58
144	1940	Castle on the Hudson	Guard (uncredited)	68
145	1940	Star Dust	Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech	47
146	1940	Edison, the Man	Sheriff	66
147	1940	Torrid Zone	Daniels	64
148	1940	They Drive by Night	Pete Haig (uncredited)	69
149	1940	South to Karanga	Slats	0
150	1940	The Westerner	Chickenfoot	71
151	1940	Spring Parade	Headwaiter	67
152	1940	Tugboat Annie Sails Again	Pete	55
153	1940	Goin' Fishin'		60
154	1941	Tall, Dark and Handsome	Biff Sage	57
155	1941	Virginia	Thomas	0
156	1941	Petticoat Politics	Slats O'Dell	0
157	1941	The Great Mr. Nobody	Michael O'Connor	53
158	1941	Caught in the Draft	Sgt. Burns	58
159	1941	The Parson of Panamint	Jake Waldren	50
160	1941	This Woman Is Mine	Second Mate Mumford	37
161	1941	Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring	Page	57
162	1942	Pardon My Stripes	Feets	60
163	1942	Dudes Are Pretty People	Two-Gun	0
164	1942	Sundown Jim	Broderick	0
165	1942	Night in New Orleans	Sergeant Casper Riordan	40
166	1943	Calaboose	Ed the bartender	0
167	1943	Hi'ya, Chum	Archie Billings	60
168	1943	December 7th	World War I Ghost Soldier	58
169	1943	The Ox-Bow Incident	Monty Smith	77
170	1943	Coney Island	Louie	61
171	1943	The Sky's the Limit	Dock Foreman (uncredited)	62
172	1944	The Ghost That Walks Alone	Sheriff Slim Carson	37
173	1944	Summer Storm	Orloff	53
174	1944	Barbary Coast Gent	Jake Compton	46
175	1944	Girl Rush	Muley	50
176	1944	Something for the Boys	Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)	62
177	1945	The Big Show-Off	Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler	45
178	1945	Scared Stiff	Sheriff	40
179	1945	Steppin' in Society	Cookie	0
180	1945	Midnight Manhunt	Murphy	45
181	1945	Dakota	Captain Spotts	51
182	1946	Murder in the Music Hall	Hobarth	46
183	1946	The Virginian		61
184	1946	In Old Sacramento	Stagecoach Driver	60
185	1946	Death Valley	Sergeant Dailey	50
186	1946	The Plainsman and the Lady	Al	30
187	1947	Angel and the Badman	Frederick Carson	64
188	1947	Under Colorado Skies	Lucky John Hawkins	0
189	1948	Madonna of the Desert	Pete Connors	60
190	1948	California Firebrand	Chuck Waggoner	30
191	1948	Who Killed Doc Robbin?	Jailer	37
192	1948	Heart of Virginia	Whit Galtry	0
193	1948	The Arizona Ranger	Ben Riddle	60
194	1948	Son of God’s Country	Eli Walker	0
195	1948	Yellow Sky	Drunk (uncredited)	69
196	1948	Gun Smugglers	Sergeant Hasty Jones	0
197	1949	Prince of the Plains	Sheriff Hank Hartley	0
198	1949	Law of the Golden West	Otis Ellis	60
199	1949	Outcasts of the Trail	Doc Meadowlark	0
200	1949	South of Rio	Andy Weems	0
201	1949	San Antone Ambush	Happy Daniels	40
202	1949	Ranger of Cherokee Strip	Sheriff Jug Mason	0
203	1949	Pioneer Marshal	Huck Homer	0
204	1950	The Vanishing Westerner	Waldorf Worthington	20
205	1950	The Old Frontier	Skipper Horton	0
206	1950	The Missourians	John X. Finn	60
207	1951	Million Dollar Pursuit	Ray Harvey	58
208	1952	Big Jim McLain	Mr. Lexiter	49
209	1952	Toughest Man in Arizona		0
210	1953	The Sun Shines Bright	Jimmy Bagby	65