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 involve...
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The Ox-Bow Incident
As Monty Smith
Gone with the Wind
As Yankee Deserter
Island of Lost Souls
As Capt. Donahue
Paradise Island
As Beauty
Angel and the Badman
As Frederick Carson
Steppin' in Society
As Cookie
Roaring Road
As Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
Petticoat Politics
As Slats O'Dell
Trouble in Morocco
As Tiger Malone
The Secret Six
As Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
As Bad Bill - a Desperado
Scared Stiff
As Sheriff
The Railroad Raiders
As Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Hazards of Helen
As Benton - a Foreman
The Girl Detective
As Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
A Lass of the Lumberlands
Hi'ya, Chum
As Archie Billings
The Westerner
As Chickenfoot
Alexander's Ragtime Band
As Bill Mulligan
Toughest Man in Arizona
Million Dollar Pursuit
As Ray Harvey
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
As Florabelle's Father
The Big Stampede
As 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
As Page
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
As Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Summer Storm
As Orloff
The Sphinx
As Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
Topper Takes a Trip
As Charlie - the Bartender
The Gay Deception
As Bell Captain
Whispering Smith
As Murray Sinclair
Angel's Holiday
As Sgt. Murphy
Tall, Dark and Handsome
As Biff Sage
The Quicksands
As Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
The Thirteenth Guest
As Detective Grump
Bad Company
As Paul Hurst
The Chief of Police
As Daniels
In Old Chicago
As Mitch
The Racketeer
As Mehaffy - Policeman
December 7th
As World War I Ghost Soldier
Rimrock Jones
As Ike Bray
Stingaree
As Howie - Stingaree's Partner
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
As Howie
Terror Aboard
As Boatswain
Ali Baba Goes to Town
As Captain
Caught in the Draft
As Sgt. Burns
The Sun Shines Bright
As Jimmy Bagby
The Red Signal
As Chief Dispatcher
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
As Benton, the Foreman
Sequoia
As Bergman
Judith of the Cumberlands
As Blatchley Turrentine
The Diamond Runners
As Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Medicine Bend
As Murray Sinclair
Night in New Orleans
As Sergeant Casper Riordan
Broadway Serenade
As Reynolds, a Drunk
Swellhead
As Mugsy
Danger – Love at Work
As NYC policeman
Island in the Sky
As Happy
It Could Happen to You
As Sandy
Borrowed Wives
As Bull Morgan
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
As Sheriff Jug Mason
That's My Line
As Mexican Bandit
Second Honeymoon
As Dennis Huggins
Midnight Alibi
As Babe the Butcher
I'd Give My Life
As "Sport" Conly
The Cossacks
As Sitchi
Calaboose
As Ed the bartender
Sweepstakes
As Bartender
Hot Curves
As 'Slug', Baseball Player
Shadow of Doubt
As Lt. Sackville
Secrets of a Nurse
As Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
The Big Show-Off
As Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
As Pete
Remember?
As Policeman
Bad Lands
As Curly Tom
The Plainsman and the Lady
As Al
The Legion of Missing Men
As Muggsy
Wake Up and Live
As McCabe
Girl Rush
As Muley
Virginia
As Thomas
Prison Break
As Soapy
Hold That Co-ed
As Slapsy
The Sky's the Limit
As Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Something for the Boys
As Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
The Runaway Bride
As Sergeant Daly
My Lucky Star
As Louie
Officer O'Brien
As Captain Antrim
State's Attorney
As Police Captain Morgan
The Devil's Saddle
As 'Swig' Moran
The Single Sin
As Slug
The California Mail
As Rowdy Ryan
Men Are Such Fools
As Stiles
The Red Raiders
As Sergeant Murphy
The Lawless Legion
As Ramirez
Lucky Larkin
As Pete Brierson
Mountain Justice
As Lem Harland
The Cave Men's War
As Red Axe
My Pal, the King
As Red
The Lady Fights Back
As Maloney
She's No Lady
As Cop
Tide of Empire
As Poppy
Shadow of the Law
As Pete Shore
Slave Ship
As Drunk
Josette
As A. Adolphus Heyman
Lightning Bryce
As Powder Solvang
Public Hero Number 1
As Rufe Parker
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
As A Trainman
Sailor's Holiday
As Jimmylegs
We Who Are About to Die
As Tip Fuller
Blue Streak O'Neil
You Can't Have Everything
As Truck Driver (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy
As Butler
Robin Hood of El Dorado
As Wilson
Cafe Society
As Bartender
Lilac Time
As (uncredited)
The Secret Witness
As Officer Brannigan
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
As Jailer
The Virginian
Tomorrow's Youth
As Detective
The Public Defender
As Doc
On Your Toes
As Variety Club Bartender
Maybe It's Love
As Expressman (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
As Garsky
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
As Empire State Building Guard
Take the Stand
As Denny O'Brien
Dudes Are Pretty People
As Two-Gun
Prince of the Plains
As Sheriff Hank Hartley
Glove Slingers
As Chuck Brenner
Pioneer Marshal
As Huck Homer
Spring Parade
As Headwaiter
The Valley of the Giants
As Randeau
San Antone Ambush
As Happy Daniels
The Phantom President
As Sailor (uncredited)
Among the Missing
As Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
The Arizona Ranger
As Ben Riddle
Tugboat Annie
As Sam
Oh, Yeah!
As Railroad-Yard Superintendent
Hold 'Em Jail
As Butch
The Great Mr. Nobody
As Michael O'Connor
The Daring Young Man
As Prison Guard
South of Rio
As Andy Weems
The Vivisectionist
As Bart - Jardine's Servant
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
As 1st Deputy (uncredited)
Dakota
As Captain Spotts
Edison, the Man
As Sheriff
You Can't Beat Love
As Foreman Butch Mehaffey
Death Valley
As Sergeant Dailey
Madonna of the Desert
As Pete Connors
Coney Island
As Louie
North of Nome
As Carlson
Maker of Men
As Gabby
No Time to Marry
As Sergeant
Son of God’s Country
As Eli Walker
The Parson of Panamint
As Jake Waldren
The Last Express
As Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
Gun Smugglers
As Sergeant Hasty Jones
This Is My Affair
As Bowler
In Old Sacramento
As Stagecoach Driver
Midnight Manhunt
As Murphy
California Firebrand
As Chuck Waggoner
Smashing Through
As Stevens
Queen Christina
As Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
To Mary - with Love
As Drunk
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
As Bill
Castle on the Hudson
As Guard (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
As Pete Haig (uncredited)
Torrid Zone
As Daniels
Panama Flo
As Al
The Missourians
As John X. Finn
The Old Frontier
As Skipper Horton
This Woman Is Mine
As Second Mate Mumford
Sundown Jim
As Broderick
Big Jim McLain
As Mr. Lexiter
Kick In
As Detective Whip Fogarty
Goin' Fishin'
Under Colorado Skies
As Lucky John Hawkins
Carnival
As Policeman
The Vanishing Westerner
As Waldorf Worthington
Law of the Golden West
As Otis Ellis
Outcasts of the Trail
As Doc Meadowlark
The Gay Desperado
As American Detective
Yellow Sky
As Drunk (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent
As Jake Compton
Saturday's Millions
As Doc Maloney, Trainer
Heart of Virginia
As Whit Galtry
Super-Sleuth
As Motorcycle Cop
Fifty Roads to Town
As Tom
Star Dust
As Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
Day of Reckoning
As Harry
Murder in the Music Hall
As Hobarth
The Big Race
As Skipper O'Neal
The Women in His Life
As Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
Grand Slam
As Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Outlaw's Paradise
As McDonald
Pardon My Stripes
As Feets
The Fighting Ranger
The Ghost That Walks Alone
As Sheriff Slim Carson
Blackmailer
As Inspector Killian
South to Karanga
As Slats
Buttons
As Slugger McGlue
The Manager of the B & A
As Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
The Third Alarm
As 'Beauty' Johnson
Quick Millions
As Sheriff
Mississippi
As Hefty
His First Command
As Sgt. Westbrook
Riffraff
As Belcher
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
As Escaped Felon
Charlie Chan's Courage
As Undetermined Role
Calm Yourself
As Detective Roscoe