6 Best Berton Churchill Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 14, 2026

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Berton Churchill was a familiar Hollywood character actor, often cast as a pompous banker or politician, who appeared in over a hundred films in the 1930s. Three of a Kind has a truck driver and a gold digger mistaking each other for rich, The Dark Hour searches for suspects in a millionaire’s murder, So This Is Africa sends two lion tamers to shoot a movie, and Dimples entertains crowds with a pickpocket grandfather. The Dark Horse and Saturday’s Children round out the list.

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Three of a Kind (1936)

TMDB ★ 5.8

Berton Churchill is in this comedy where a truck driver and a gold-digger both mistake each other for wealthy at a swank hotel, with predictably messy results.

Directed by Phil Rosen · 1h 08m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video

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The Dark Hour (1936)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Berton Churchill appears in this mystery where a pair of detectives investigating a millionaire's murder find no shortage of suspects among his own family.

Directed by Charles Lamont · 1h 04m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel, Artiflix

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So This Is Africa (1933)

TMDB ★ 6.3

Berton Churchill appears in this comedy about two broke lion tamers who travel to Africa to shoot a movie about Amazon women from a very safe distance.

Directed by Edward F. Cline · 1h 05m · Rated NR

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Dimples (1936)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Berton Churchill features in this Shirley Temple film about a cheerful girl who entertains crowds while her pickpocket grandfather works the streets of old New York.

Directed by William A. Seiter · 1h 19m · Rated PG

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Dark Horse (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Berton Churchill features in this political comedy about a jailed campaign manager who transforms a deadlocked convention's dim-witted dark-horse nominee into an unlikely political sensation.

Directed by Alfred E. Green · 1h 15m · Rated NR

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Saturday's Children (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Berton Churchill appears in this John Garfield drama about a struggling young inventor and his new bride who clash as they try to scrape by in the big city.

Directed by Vincent Sherman · 1h 42m · Rated NR

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.