By Vlad Zakh · September 6, 2026
Kernan Cripps was a prolific Hollywood character actor of the 1930s and 40s, frequently cast as police officers and detectives in mysteries and crime pictures. The Scarlet Clue has Charlie Chan investigating a murder at a radio station, The Falcon in San Francisco chases a smuggling ring, Mysterious Intruder searches for a missing woman in a conspiracy, and Hi Diddle Diddle disrupts a wedding with scheming parents. The Invisible Woman and The Saint Strikes Back round out the list.
01 Kernan Cripps is in this mystery where detective Charlie Chan investigates a murder tied to a radio station developing top-secret military technology.
Directed by Phil Rosen · 1h 05m · Rated NR
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02 Kernan Cripps appears in this Whistler mystery about a private detective whose search for a missing woman uncovers a deadly conspiracy over a valuable inheritance.
Directed by William Castle · 1h 01m · Rated NR
03 Kernan Cripps is in this mystery where gentleman detective The Falcon investigates a smuggling ring hiding contraband inside a child's doll.
Directed by Joseph H. Lewis · 1h 06m · Rated NR
04 Kernan Cripps features in this comedy about a young couple whose wedding is thrown into chaos by their scheming parents' competing financial cons.
Directed by Andrew L. Stone · 1h 12m · Rated NR
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05 Kernan Cripps appears in this comedy where a scientist's invisibility experiment on a department store model leads to comic chaos and criminal intrigue.
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland · 1h 12m
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06 Kernan Cripps features in this mystery where a gentleman detective investigates a string of revenge killings targeting a corrupt jury from years earlier.
Directed by John Farrow · 1h 04m · Rated NR
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