By Vlad Zakh · August 29, 2026
Lee Phelps was one of Hollywood’s most prolific uncredited character actors and appeared in over 300 films as police officers, bartenders and everyday bystanders. The Window has a boy who cries wolf witnessing a real murder, It All Came True hides a fugitive gangster in a boarding house, Pillow of Death targets a seance-obsessed suspect, and Big Brown Eyes teams a detective and a manicurist-turned-reporter against jewel thieves. Danger Lights and Putting Pants on Philip round out the list.
01 Lee Phelps features in this noir about a boy who cries wolf witnesses a real murder but can't convince any adult to believe him.
Directed by Ted Tetzlaff · 1h 13m
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02 Lee Phelps is in this Inner Sanctum mystery where a lawyer's secretary is murdered and a séance-obsessed suspect becomes the prime target of the investigation.
Directed by Wallace Fox · 1h 06m
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03 Lee Phelps is in this comedy where a fugitive gangster hides out in a boarding house and helps its eccentric residents turn it into a nightclub.
Directed by Lewis Seiler · 1h 37m
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04 Lee Phelps appears in this comedy-mystery about a wisecracking detective and a manicurist-turned-reporter who team up to crack a jewel theft.
Directed by Raoul Walsh · 1h 17m
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05 Lee Phelps appears in this railroad drama where a superintendent's rivalry with a young drifter escalates after both fall for the same woman.
Directed by George B. Seitz · 1h 14m · Rated NR
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06 Lee Phelps is in this Laurel and Hardy silent where a proper American gentleman is mortified when his kilt-wearing Scottish nephew arrives for a visit.
Directed by Clyde Bruckman · 0h 19m
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