Oscar Blank

Acting
1898-03-11

Biography

Oscar Blank was born on March 11, 1898 in Romania. He was an actor, known for The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and The Night of the Hunter (1955). He died on January 10, 1965 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known For & Full Filmography22 Titles

#1The War of the Worlds

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Man in Church (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
Sci-FiAction

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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#2A Star Is Born

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Vagrant (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

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#3Julius Caesar

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Citizen of Rome (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
DramaHistory

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

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#4Robin and the 7 Hoods

Movie - 1964, 2h 15m as Derelict (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
ComedyCrime

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.

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#5Ride the High Country

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Miner (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
WesternDrama

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

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#6The Hanging Tree

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
Western

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides to settle down, and he takes over as town doctor. He meets Elizabeth, who is suffering from shock, and the two soon fall in love. But when Elizabeth is attacked, Frail's attempt to help her lands them both in trouble.

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#7Lonely are the Brave

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Prisoner (uncredited)

7.4 / 10
Western

A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.

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#8The Hallelujah Trail

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Miner (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
WesternComedy

A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.

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#9Sergeant Rutledge

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
WesternCrimeDrama

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

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#10The Mummy's Curse

Movie - 1944, 2h 15m as Bit (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
HorrorFantasy

After being buried in quicksand for the past 25 years, Kharis is set free to roam the rural bayous of Louisiana, as is the soul of his beloved Princess Ananka, still housed in the body of Amina Mansouri, who seeks help and protection at a swamp draining project.

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#11The Toast of New Orleans

Movie - 1950, 2h 15m as Fisherman (uncredited)

5.2 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

Snooty opera singer meets a rough-and-tumble fisherman in the Louisiana bayous, but this fisherman can sing! Her agent lures him away to New Orleans to teach him to sing opera but comes to regret this rash decision when the singers fall in love.

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#12It Should Happen to You

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Waiter (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
ComedyRomance

Gladys Glover has just lost her modeling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it's love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things, making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city.

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#13The Merry Widow

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
DramaMusic

Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Marshovian, can be convinced to part with her money and marry the king's nephew count Danilo. Arriving to Marshovia on a visit, Crystal Radek change places with her secretary Kitty. Following them to Paris, Danilo has a hard time wooing the widow after meeting an attractive young woman at a nightclub, the same Crystal Radek who presents herself as Fifi the chorus girl. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

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#14Hot Blood

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Vendor (uncredited)

5.7 / 10
DramaRomanceMusic

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.

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#15The Helen Morgan Story

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Drunk (uncredited)

5.3 / 10
DramaMusicRomance

Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.

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#16The Prodigal

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Citizen (uncredited)

4.6 / 10
DramaAdventure

A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring pagan priestess and cheated of his fortune by the High Priest as well.

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#17Glory Alley

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Boxing Spectator (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
DramaMusic

A New Orleans boxer leaves the ring to fight his inner demons.

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#18Trail Street

Movie - 1947, 2h 15m as Townsman (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
Western

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.

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#19Hellgate

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Prisoner (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
Western

A man is framed and sent to the toughest prison in the territory.

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#20Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Bar Patron (uncredited)

5.9 / 10
DramaCrime

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.

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#21Gasoline Alley

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Billboard Man (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
Comedy

A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.

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#22A Town Has Turned to Dust

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Townsman

5.5 / 10
WesternDramaTV Movie

The weakling sheriff of a small southwestern town allows a Mexican teenager to be lynched by a local mob for a crime he may not have committed.

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