List of the best Wade Boteler movies: Southward Ho!(1939), Local Boy Makes Good(1931), Billy the Kid Returns(1938), Escape From Crime(1942), Navy Blues(1930), Youth on Parole(1937), Come on, Danger!(1932), Days of Jesse James(1939), The Singing Hill(1941), The Richest Girl in the World(1934), Love in Bloom(1935), Three Faces West(1940) ... ...
Western
USA
1939
57 Minutes
Colonel Denbigh
Roy Rogers Lynne Roberts George "Gabby" Hayes Wade Boteler Arthur Loft Lane Chandler Tom London Charles R. Moore Ed Brady
In post Civil War Texas a former Union officer is the government's chief law enforcement official and tax collector. Roy discovers that the man is also the head of an outlaw gang.
Comedy
USA
1931
67 Minutes
Doc
Joe E. Brown Dorothy Lee Ruth Hall Edward Woods Edward Nugent Wade Boteler John Harrington William Burress
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1938
54 Minutes
Sheriff Pat Garrett
Roy Rogers Smiley Burnette Lynne Roberts Morgan Wallace Fred Kohler Wade Boteler Edwin Stanley Horace Murphy Joseph Crehan Robert Emmett Keane
After Pat Garrett kills Billy the Kid, Billy's look-alike Roy Rogers arrives and is mistaken for him. Although a murderer, Billy was on the side of the homesteaders against the large ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
60 Minutes
Lieutenant "Biff" Malone
Richard Travis Jacqueline Wells Jackie Gleason Frank Wilcox Rex Williams Wade Boteler Charles Wilson Paul Fix Ruth Ford John Hamilton Ann Corcoran
ex-convict wife photographer journalist parole officer thrilling suspenseful gutsy prison new york city newsroom crime scene crime journalism bank robbery photography vengeance frame-up transformation revenge
Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Higgins
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane J.C. Nugent Edythe Chapman Wade Boteler Gertrude Sutton
sailor dance hall girl mother father melodramatic lighthearted endearing ship docks dance hall family home hotel military leave young love parental pressure parent/child relationship running away reunion forbidden love transformation
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1937
60 Minutes
Mr. Blair
Marian Marsh Gordon Oliver Margaret Dumont Peggy Shannon Miles Mander Sarah Padden Wade Boteler Mary Kornman Joe Caits Milburn Stone Harry Tyler
Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.
Western
USA
1932
54 Minutes
Tex
Tom Keene Julie Haydon Roscoe Ates Robert Ellis William Scott Frank Lackteen Wade Boteler Roy Stewart Harry Tenbrook
Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1939
63 Minutes
Dr. R.S. Samuels
George "Gabby" Hayes Don "Red" Barry Pauline Moore Harry Woods Arthur Loft Wade Boteler Ethel Wales Scotty Beckett Michael Worth Glenn Strange Olin Howland
Bank robbery pulled off by the bank officials, not the usual James gang.
Western
USA
1941
61 Minutes
Pop Sloan
Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Virginia Dale Mary Lee Spencer Charters Gerald Oliver Smith George Meeker Wade Boteler Harry Stubbs Jack Kirk
gene autry sidekick rancher cattleman landowner villain endearing charming wild west prairie ranch party ranchers community land dispute justice greed quest sacrifice rivalry
If a young lady gives up her inheritance the local ranchers will lose their free grazing land.
Comedy
USA
1934
80 Minutes
Jim Franey
Miriam Hopkins Joel McCrea Fay Wray Henry Stephenson Reginald Denny Beryl Mercer George Meeker Wade Boteler Herbert Bunston Burr McIntosh Edgar Norton
heiress secretary fiancé love interest amusing lighthearted adirondack mountains mansion party impersonation social standing wealth trading places romance love transformation 1930s
An heiress switches places with her secretary in order to find a man who will love her for who she is and not for her money.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Motorcycle Cop
George Burns Gracie Allen Joe Morrison Dixie Lee J.C. Nugent Lee Kohlmar Richard Carle Mary Foy Wade Boteler Marian Mansfield
A young girl runs away from her carnival family to make it in New York City and becomes involved with a handsome young songwriter.
Western
USA
1940
79 Minutes
Mr. Harris
John Wayne Sigrid Gurie Charles Coburn Spencer Charters Roland Varno Trevor Bardette Helen MacKellar Sonny Bupp Wade Boteler Russell Simpson Charles Waldron
physician daughter farmer fiancé agitator intense engaging solemn south dakota small town farm san francisco oregon refugees farming father/daughter relationship weather radio nazism quest
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1941
88 Minutes
Policeman in Daydream
Shirley Temple Herbert Marshall Laraine Day Gail Patrick Felix Bressart Lloyd Corrigan Nella Walker Guy Bellis Wade Boteler Charles Judels Else Argal
girl father governess friend fiancée psychologist charming amusing emotional household antique shop truck philadelphia daydreaming father/daughter relationship loneliness neglect romance psychoanalysis escape
Kathleen is a 12 year old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and a father who is working most of the time. She dreams of a family with a mother, father and ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1933
74 Minutes
Sgt. Owen Hilliker
Bela Lugosi Adrienne Ames David Manners John Wray Vince Barnett Alexander Carr Edward Van Sloan Harold Minjir Wade Boteler Al Hill Barbara Bedford
Murder during film shoot sparks search for a killer.
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
61 Minutes
Ben Belden
Michael Ames Jacqueline Wells Regis Toomey Patty Hale John Harmon Aldrich Bowker Roland Drew Oscar O'Shea Wade Boteler
innocent man cellmate pregnant wife corrupt businessman politician reporter crafty intricate suspenseful emotional prison california newsroom car small town house framed for murder wrongfully accused prison break corruption
A newspaperman out to get the goods on a crooked politician winds up in jail, framed for a killing he didn't commit. He and another prisoner attempt an escape, but although the newspaperman... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
66 Minutes
First Deputy
Ole Olsen Chic Johnson Lila Lee Joyce Compton Pierre Watkin Donald Kirke Ray Corrigan Sammy McKim Wade Boteler Ivan Miller Olin Howland
con artist secretary hotel owner deputy partner investor cheeky spirited playful amusing small town field hotel car chesterville oil kidnapping deception money crime
McAllister (Ole Olsen and Hamilton (Chic Johnson)are a couple of con-men who travel about the country selling worthless stock to small town citizens. They come to Chesterville where they ... See full summary »
Western
1940
59 Minutes
Colonel Joseph Calhoun
Roy Rogers George "Gabby" Hayes Pauline Moore Hugh Sothern Chief Thundercloud Julian Rivero Trevor Bardette Steve Pendleton Wade Boteler Anna Demetrio Estelita Zarco
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
78 Minutes
Detective Humphries
Myrna Loy Spencer Tracy Harvey Stephens William Harrigan Clay Clement Robert Gleckler Robert Warwick Georges Renavent Paul Stanton Wade Boteler Don Rowan
racketeer partner moll federal agent mobster henchman engaging intense suspenseful london new york city st. louis countryside house theft jewel smuggling undercover operations impersonation chase romance
Hoping to nab a gang of jewel thieves, a government agent poses as a crook and travels across the country with a female thief.
Comedy
USA
1941
72 Minutes
Jeffrey Lynn Jane Wyman Edward Everett Horton David Bruce Herb Anderson Marguerite Chapman Craig Stevens Willie Best Ivan F. Simpson Charles Halton Wade Boteler
young man fiancé young woman professor friend daughter lighthearted amusing endearing college family home mental institution operating room courtroom bachelor party race against time invisibility science practical jokes marrying for money
Comedy about an invisible man.
Comedy
USA
1936
74 Minutes
Melvyn Douglas Mary Astor Edith Fellows Jackie Moran Donald Meek Dorothy Stickney Romaine Callender Douglas Scott Margaret Armstrong George McKay Wade Boteler
A bitter divorcée and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1936
75 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Gene Raymond Robert Young Ned Sparks Helen Broderick Vivien Oakland Willie Best Robert Warwick Billy Gilbert Eddie Dunn Wade Boteler
model engineer husband wife business partner millionaire amusing melodramatic new york city city hall police station household marriage poverty ambition love triangle unrequited love love transformation 1930s
Extremely proud, Michael Martin made fashion model Carolyn quit her job, after their marriage. Carolyn quickly, quietly and secretly did get another job, when she realizes Michael cannot successfully make their financial ends meet, alone.
Drama
USA
1932
65 Minutes
Lee Tracy Evalyn Knapp Eugene Pallette Warren Hymer Don Dillaway Vince Barnett Astrid Allwyn Barbara Weeks Gloria Shea Emmett Corrigan Tom O'Brien
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before his name was out of the newspapers. Tracy plays a mayor who has a penchant for the night... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1936
72 Minutes
Warner Oland Keye Luke Francis Ford George Brasno Olive Brasno Shirley Deane John McGuire Maxine Reiner J. Carrol Naish Paul Stanton Boothe Howard
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Biography
USA
1933
83 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Bebe Daniels Aline MacMahon Jobyna Howland DeWitt Jennings Robert Warwick Russell Simpson Harry Holman Charles Middleton John Marston Marjorie Gateson
politician chester a. arthur wife mine owner mistress ulysses s. grant engaging spirited denver washington, d.c. mine colorado marriage wealth politics philanthropy affair egoism transformation discovery
Yates and Sarah Martin are barely getting by in a Colorado boom town grocery store. Sudden wealth leads to greater prosperity and political power. In Denver Yates buys a mansion and builds ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
71 Minutes
Guy Kibbee Tom Brown Lucie Kaye Catherine Doucet Edward Brophy Ed Gargan Helen Jerome Eddy Theodore von Eltz Kenneth Thomson Howard C. Hickman Oscar Apfel
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance company hires him to find a missing emerald so they won't have to pay out the $100,000 for ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1933
97 Minutes
Greta Garbo John Gilbert Lewis Stone Elizabeth Young C. Aubrey Smith Reginald Owen Georges Renavent Gustav von Seyffertitz David Torrence Ferdinand Munier Akim Tamiroff
queen diplomat count cousin courtier confident melodramatic sweden royal court countryside inn stockholm love triangle marriage politics palace intrigue royalty forbidden love rivalry transformation
Queen Christina of Sweden is a popular monarch who is loyal to her country. However, when she falls in love with a Spanish envoy, she must choose between the throne and the man she loves.
Drama
USA
1940
77 Minutes
John Garfield Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien Burgess Meredith Henry O'Neill Jerome Cowan Guinn "Big Boy" Williams John Litel Margot Stevenson Willard Robertson Edward Pawley
gangster prisoner warden girlfriend rival attorney brooding fiery confident passionate sing sing correctional facility new york state cell yard courtroom prison life organized crime egoism rehabilitation jailbreak
An arrogant mobster, sentenced to a long prison term in Sing Sing, becomes a changed man when given a chance by the fair and progressive warden.
Adventure
USA
1934
86 Minutes
Marion Davies Gary Cooper Jean Parker Katharine Alexander Ted Healy Russell Hardie Henry Wadsworth Douglas Dumbrille Willard Robertson Fuzzy Knight Sidney Toler
actress southern belle spy confederate soldier union soldier servant melodramatic thrilling suspenseful american south washington, d.c. farmhouse household assumed identity espionage romantic dilemma american civil war secret mission deception adventure
Union spy Gail Loveless impersonates a black maid in the early days of the Civil War, but complications arise when she falls in love with a Confederate officer.
Western
USA
1939
85 Minutes
James Cagney Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Donald Crisp Harvey Stephens Hugh Sothern Charles Middleton Ward Bond Edward Pawley Lew Harvey Trevor Bardette
son outlaw judge brother rousing cheery wild oklahoma saloon the cherokee strip land rush father/son relationship framed for murder vigilantism old west transformation adventure 1890s
During the Oklahoma Land Rush, the lawlessness is exacerbated by the McCord gang's feud with the Kincaids, who are trying to bring law and justice to the region.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1935
89 Minutes
Jean Harlow Spencer Tracy Una Merkel Joseph Calleia Mickey Rooney Victor Kilian J. Farrell MacDonald Roger Imhof Juanita Quigley Paul Hurst Vince Barnett
fisherman factory worker night watchman union boss sister wife melodramatic fiery bleak coast factory california prison small town house worker's rights marriage thievery pregnancy poverty
Fisherman Dutch marries cannery worker Hattie. He quits his poorly paid job to concentrate on getting better working conditions as union leader. Unfortunately, the union members disagree ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1938
87 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Claire Trevor Humphrey Bogart Gale Page Donald Crisp Allen Jenkins Thurston Hall John Litel Henry O'Neill Max Rosenbloom Ward Bond
psychiatrist crime boss fence criminal inspector offbeat suspenseful spirited cool new york city courtroom crime new identity research unusual romance blackmail murder transformation fall 1930s
A brilliant Park Avenue doctor becomes a criminal in order to do research into the criminal mind.
Musical
USA
1939
101 Minutes
Joel McCrea Andrea Leeds Walter Brennan Gene Reynolds Terry Kilburn Tommy Kelly Chuck Stubbs Walter Tetley Arthur Hohl Marjorie Main Porter Hall
poor boy classmate teacher violinist schoolmaster touching inspiring engaging music conservatory new york city basement classroom classical music talent bankruptcy music education friendship poverty discovery underdog
A boy runs away from home and ends up at a music school for poor children. When the school suffers hard times, he enlists the aid of violinist Heifetz to save the day.
Drama
USA
1935
95 Minutes
Paul Muni Karen Morley William Gargan Barton MacLane John Qualen J. Carrol Naish Vince Barnett Henry O'Neill Tully Marshall Mae Marsh Sara Haden
miner best friend union boss scab thug melodramatic rousing fiery pennsylvania mine labor strike worker's rights friendship courage immigration rivalry quest revenge rise 1930s
An immigrant coal miner finds himself in the middle of a bitter labor dispute between the workers and the mine owners.
Romance
1940
99 Minutes
Merle Oberon George Brent Pat O'Brien Geraldine Fitzgerald Binnie Barnes Frank McHugh Eric Blore Henry O'Neill George Reeves Frank Wilcox Doris Lloyd
dying person convict police officer con artist countess melodramatic mushy sad cruise ship hong kong death dark secrets romance terminal illness execution forbidden love pursuit 1940s
A dying woman (Merle Oberon) and condemned man (George Brent) fall in love on a ship from Hong Kong to San Francisco.
Drama
USA
1942
90 Minutes
Marlene Dietrich Randolph Scott John Wayne Frank Craven Louise Allbritton Shemp Howard Thomas Gomez Ludwig Stossel Samuel S. Hinds Paul Fix William Haade
coal miner boxer beautiful woman magnate rich girl tailor fiery melodramatic passionate patriotic pittsburgh factory boardroom office ambition ethics greed steel industry military industrial complex redemption
Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
75 Minutes
Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung Marjorie Weaver Lionel Atwill Robert Lowery Don Beddoe Leo G. Carroll Cora Witherspoon Kay Linaker Harlan Briggs Charles Middleton
Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California.
Drama
USA
1934
70 Minutes
Loretta Young Cary Grant Jackie Kelk Henry Travers Russell Hopton Andrew Tombes Howard H. Lang Harry Green Marion Burns Paul Harvey Charles Coleman
An immoral mother blackmails a wealthy businessman after he accidentally hits her delinquent son with his truck.
Drama, History
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche Alice Brady Andy Devine Brian Donlevy Phyllis Brooks Tom Brown Sidney Blackmer Berton Churchill June Storey
mother mayor singer saloon owner engaging fiery suspenseful chicago saloon love triangle destruction death fire historical events rivalry rise fall 1860s
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
Drama
USA
1935
80 Minutes
Kay Francis George Brent Warren William Helene Lowell Henry O'Neill Samuel S. Hinds Russell Hicks Maude Turner Gordon Martha Merrill Edgar Kennedy Sam Hayes
pilot friend wife benefactor daredevil melodramatic mushy emotional tense long island, n.y. new york state airplane party friendship love triangle marriage tragic death guilt loyalty forbidden love
Terry Parker (George Brent) is shattered by the crash of his airplane which killed his parents and sister, and adopts a listless attitude toward life. But romance enters in the person of ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1939
82 Minutes
Wallace Beery Tom Brown Alan Curtis Laraine Day Fay Holden Marc Lawrence Marion Martin David Gorcey Donald Haines Ben Welden Etta McDaniel
A highly respected Irish cop is pleased when his son follows him onto the force. Unfortunately, the son is more interested in rewards than in upholding the law. When he shoots a child ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
78 Minutes
Bob Hope Madeleine Carroll Gale Sondergaard George Zucco Lionel Royce Walter Kingsford Victor Varconi Otto Reichow Charles Cane Crane Whitley Erville Alderson
spy beautiful woman vaudevillian nazi fugitive amusing cheery spirited new york city train chicago california theater show business espionage frame-up mistaken identity secret codes world war ii escape
Karen Bentley, an English secret agent, links up with Larry Haines and his star penguin Percy in an attempt to outwit German spies.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1934
72 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Mary Astor Louis Calhern Ricardo Cortez Mae Clarke John Eldredge Arthur Byron Henry O'Neill David Landau Emily Fitzroy Margaret Dale
A talented young actress seems to be under the spell of her unscrupulous, avaricious, and totally unprincipled husband.
Drama
USA
1934
66 Minutes
Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea Pat O'Brien C. Aubrey Smith Claire Dodd Philip Reed Phillip Faversham Robert Barrat Arthur Vinton Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Elliott
Lady Lee, gambler's daughter, plies her trade while pondering the proposal of a social-register suitor.