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 involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect).In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywoods Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide.Date of Death 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California (suicide)
Cookie
Ταινία 1945
Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
Ταινία 1926
Slats O'Dell
Ταινία 1941
Bad Bill - a Desperado
Ταινία 1912
Sheriff
Ταινία 1945
Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
Ταινία 1917
Benton - a Foreman
Ταινία 1917
Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
Ταινία 1915
Ταινία 1916
Archie Billings
Ταινία 1943
Chickenfoot
Ταινία 1940
Ταινία 1952
Ray Harvey
Ταινία 1951
Florabelle's Father
Ταινία 1938
'Arizona' Frank Bailey
Ταινία 1932
Page
Ταινία 1941
Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Ταινία 1923
Orloff
Ταινία 1944
Murray Sinclair
Ταινία 1916
Sgt. Murphy
Ταινία 1937
Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
Ταινία 1914
Paul Hurst
Ταινία 1931
Daniels
Ταινία 1914
World War I Ghost Soldier
Ταινία 1943
Ike Bray
Ταινία 1918
Howie - Stingaree's Partner
Ταινία 1915
Boatswain
Ταινία 1933
Captain
Ταινία 1937
Sgt. Burns
Ταινία 1941
Chief Dispatcher
Ταινία 1915
Benton, the Foreman
Ταινία 1914
Bergman
Ταινία 1935
Murray Sinclair
Ταινία 1916
Blatchley Turrentine
Ταινία 1916
Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Ταινία 1916
Sergeant Casper Riordan
Ταινία 1942
Reynolds, a Drunk
Ταινία 1939
Mugsy
Ταινία 1930
Sandy
Ταινία 1939
Bull Morgan
Ταινία 1930
Sheriff Jug Mason
Ταινία 1949
Mexican Bandit
Ταινία 1931
Babe the Butcher
Ταινία 1934
"Sport" Conly
Ταινία 1936
Sitchi
Ταινία 1928
Ed the bartender
Ταινία 1943
Bartender
Ταινία 1931
'Slug', Baseball Player
Ταινία 1930
Lt. Sackville
Ταινία 1935
Pete
Ταινία 1940
Curly Tom
Ταινία 1939
Muggsy
Ταινία 1937
McCabe
Ταινία 1937
Thomas
Ταινία 1941
Soapy
Ταινία 1938
Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Ταινία 1943
Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Ταινία 1944
Sergeant Daly
Ταινία 1930
Captain Antrim
Ταινία 1930
Police Captain Morgan
Ταινία 1932
'Swig' Moran
Ταινία 1927
Slug
Ταινία 1931
Rowdy Ryan
Ταινία 1929
Stiles
Ταινία 1932
Sergeant Murphy
Ταινία 1927
Ramirez
Ταινία 1929
Pete Brierson
Ταινία 1930
Lem Harland
Ταινία 1930
Red Axe
Ταινία 1913
Cop
Ταινία 1937
Maloney
Ταινία 1937
Pete Shore
Ταινία 1930
A. Adolphus Heyman
Ταινία 1938
Powder Solvang
Ταινία 1919
Rufe Parker
Ταινία 1935
A Trainman
Ταινία 1915
Jimmylegs
Ταινία 1929
Tip Fuller
Ταινία 1937
Ταινία 1926
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Ταινία 1937
Bartender
Ταινία 1939
(uncredited)
Ταινία 1928
Ταινία 1946
Detective
Ταινία 1934
Expressman (uncredited)
Ταινία 1935
Variety Club Bartender
Ταινία 1939
Denny O'Brien
Ταινία 1934
Two-Gun
Ταινία 1942
Sheriff Hank Hartley
Ταινία 1949
Chuck Brenner
Ταινία 1939
Randeau
Ταινία 1927
Sailor (uncredited)
Ταινία 1932
Railroad-Yard Superintendent
Ταινία 1929
Butch
Ταινία 1932
Bart - Jardine's Servant
Ταινία 1915
1st Deputy (uncredited)
Ταινία 1936
Sheriff
Ταινία 1940
Pete Connors
Ταινία 1948
Louie
Ταινία 1943
Gabby
Ταινία 1931
Carlson
Ταινία 1936
Sergeant
Ταινία 1938
Jake Waldren
Ταινία 1941
Eli Walker
Ταινία 1948
Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
Ταινία 1938
Chuck Waggoner
Ταινία 1948
Stevens
Ταινία 1918
Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
Ταινία 1933
Bill
Ταινία 1937
Guard (uncredited)
Ταινία 1940
Pete Haig (uncredited)
Ταινία 1940
Al
Ταινία 1932
John X. Finn
Ταινία 1950
Second Mate Mumford
Ταινία 1941
Broderick
Ταινία 1942
Detective Whip Fogarty
Ταινία 1931
Ταινία 1940
Lucky John Hawkins
Ταινία 1947
Policeman
Ταινία 1935
Otis Ellis
Ταινία 1949
Doc Meadowlark
Ταινία 1949
Drunk (uncredited)
Ταινία 1948
Jake Compton
Ταινία 1944
Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
Ταινία 1940
Harry
Ταινία 1933
Skipper O'Neal
Ταινία 1934
Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Ταινία 1933
McDonald
Ταινία 1927
Feets
Ταινία 1942
Ταινία 1926
Sheriff Slim Carson
Ταινία 1944
Slats
Ταινία 1940
'Beauty' Johnson
Ταινία 1930
Sheriff
Ταινία 1939
Belcher
Ταινία 1936
Escaped Felon
Ταινία 1934
Detective Roscoe
Ταινία 1935
Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
Ταινία 1933