Berton Churchill

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American character actor (1876-1940), a member of the John Ford Stock Company best remembered as the embezzling banker in Stagecoach (1939). He played pompous businessmen and officials in hundreds of films, including The Dark Hour (1936).

Acted In

5.91936·1h 4mPD

Mystery, Comedy

A Chesterfield old-dark-house mystery directed by Charles Lamont. Two brothers, eccentric misers feared and hated by everyone in their household, have made a habit of threatening to cut off their heirs — so when one of them is murdered at midnight during a thunderstorm, nearly everyone is a suspect. Retired detective Jim Landis (Ray Walker) must sort out which heir pulled the trigger while reporter Elsa Carson (Irene Ware) gets in the way. Hedda Hopper, a year away from becoming Hollywood's most feared gossip columnist, appears as one of the scheming relatives. The film's copyright was not renewed; it is in the public domain in the United States.

Mystery · Comedy

The Dark Hour

1936 - as Paul Bernard