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.
1951
1951
as Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
1950
as Bartender (uncredited)
1949
as Police Officer (Uncredited)
1948
1947
as Brakeman (uncredited)
1947
as Detective (uncredited)
1946
as Policeman (Uncredited)
1945
as Policeman (uncredited)
1943
as Military Police Sergeant #2 (uncredited)
1943
as Stevedore (uncredited)
1940
as Foreman (uncredited)
1940
as Deputy (uncredited)
1940
as Sailor
1940
as Train Passenger
1940
as Guard (uncredited)
1939
as Survivor (uncredited)
1939
as First Mate on the Ship's Bridge
1938
as Railroad Station Inspector
1937
as Dr. Spud O'Leary (uncredited)
1937
as Peasant (Uncredited)
1937
as (uncredited)
1937
as Hobo (uncredited)
1936
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1936
as Henchman Sam Haverly
1936
as Pug-Ugly
1935
as Fine (uncredited)
1935
as Guard
1935
as Galley Fight Warder
1935
as Fireman
1935
as Seaman
1934
as Gendarme
1934
as Guard #1 (uncredited)
1934
as Chief Petty Officer
1932
as Bud the Dogcatcher
1932
as Burns
1932
as Mugs
1932
as Cop at Accident
1931
as Breed
1930
as Step
1929
as Bernie Weber (as Bud Fine)
1929
as Pop Eye
1928
as Hulking Caveman
1927
1926
as Raider (uncredited)
1926
as The Mountain Girl's Brother
1925
as (uncredited)
1925
as Policeman
1924
1924
1924