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Budd Fine

Budd Fine

Budd Nathan Fine (September 10, 1894 – February 9, 1966) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born Budd Nathan Fine on September 10, 1894, in Hartford Connecticut, Fine served in the US Army during World War I, during which he was awarded a Purple Heart.

Fine broke into the film industry in a film short in 1924, Aggravatin' Papa, and would make his feature film debut later that year with a small role in the silent film, Hold Your Breath. During the silent film era, he would make mostly shorts, with only a handful of appearances in feature films, including Buster Keaton's Battling Butler (1926), and as a soldier in the Cecil B. De Mille's 1927 epic, The King of Kings.

With the advent of the talking picture, Fine began to work steadily in feature films. He would have small roles in many notable films, such as: the first talking version of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1931's A Connecticut Yankee, starring Will Rogers; Les Misérables in 1935, starring Fredric March and Charles Laughton; Anything Goes (1936), starring Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman; William Dieterle's 1939 version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, starring Charles Laughton; the Cary Grant and Jean Arthur vehicle, Only Angels Have Wings, directed by Howard Hawks; another Grant film in 1943, also starring Laraine Day, Mr. Lucky; the classic film noir, Lady in the Lake (1947), starring Robert Montgomery; the 1947 Bob Hope comedy, also starring Dorothy Lamour, My Favorite Brunette;. The 1950s would see Fine reunite with De Mille, on his epic film, Samson and Delilah (1950), starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr; he would also appear that year in the musical, Annie Get Your Gun, starring Betty Hutton and Howard Keel. He appeared in over 100 films, including over 80 feature films.

Bannerline

1951

The Tall Target

1951

as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)

The Nevadan

1950

as Bartender (uncredited)

The Window

1949

as Police Officer (Uncredited)

Whispering Smith

1948

The Sea of Grass

1947

as Brakeman (uncredited)

My Favorite Brunette

1947

as Detective (uncredited)

Lady in the Lake

1946

as Policeman (Uncredited)

Off Again, On Again

1945

as Policeman (uncredited)

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1943

as Military Police Sergeant #2 (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

1943

as Stevedore (uncredited)

Wildcat Bus

1940

as Foreman (uncredited)

The Return of Frank James

1940

as Deputy (uncredited)

Captain Caution

1940

as Sailor

Young Tom Edison

1940

as Train Passenger

Strange Cargo

1940

as Guard (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat

1939

as Survivor (uncredited)

Only Angels Have Wings

1939

as First Mate on the Ship's Bridge

Spring Madness

1938

as Railroad Station Inspector

My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937

as Dr. Spud O'Leary (uncredited)

The Soldier and the Lady

1937

as Peasant (Uncredited)

Paradise Express

1937

as (uncredited)

Man Of The People

1937

as Hobo (uncredited)

Sinner Take All

1936

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Drift Fence

1936

as Henchman Sam Haverly

Anything Goes

1936

as Pug-Ugly

The Calling of Dan Matthews

1935

as Fine (uncredited)

After the Dance

1935

as Guard

Les Misérables

1935

as Galley Fight Warder

Carnival

1935

as Fireman

The Best Man Wins

1935

as Seaman

We Live Again

1934

as Gendarme

The Crime of Helen Stanley

1934

as Guard #1 (uncredited)

Lazy River

1934

as Chief Petty Officer

The Pooch

1932

as Bud the Dogcatcher

The Promoter

1932

as Burns

Dumb Dicks

1932

as Mugs

The Greeks Had a Word for Them

1932

as Cop at Accident

The Texas Ranger

1931

as Breed

Be Yourself!

1930

as Step

The Racketeer

1929

as Bernie Weber (as Bud Fine)

Oh, Yeah!

1929

as Pop Eye

Flying Elephants

1928

as Hulking Caveman

The Sting of Stings

1927

The General

1926

as Raider (uncredited)

Battling Butler

1926

as The Mountain Girl's Brother

Confessions of a Queen

1925

as (uncredited)

Pie-Eyed

1925

as Policeman

Court Plaster

1924

Getting Gertie's Goat

1924

Busy Buddies

1924