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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
Film 1945
Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
Film 1926
Slats O'Dell
Film 1941
Bad Bill - a Desperado
Film 1912
Sheriff
Film 1945
Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
Film 1917
Benton - a Foreman
Film 1917
Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
Film 1915
Film 1916
Archie Billings
Film 1943
Chickenfoot
Film 1940
Film 1952
Ray Harvey
Film 1951
Florabelle's Father
Film 1938
'Arizona' Frank Bailey
Film 1932
Page
Film 1941
Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Film 1923
Orloff
Film 1944
Murray Sinclair
Film 1916
Sgt. Murphy
Film 1937
Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
Film 1914
Paul Hurst
Film 1931
Daniels
Film 1914
World War I Ghost Soldier
Film 1943
Ike Bray
Film 1918
Howie - Stingaree's Partner
Film 1915
Boatswain
Film 1933
Captain
Film 1937
Sgt. Burns
Film 1941
Chief Dispatcher
Film 1915
Benton, the Foreman
Film 1914
Bergman
Film 1935
Murray Sinclair
Film 1916
Blatchley Turrentine
Film 1916
Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Film 1916
Sergeant Casper Riordan
Film 1942
Reynolds, a Drunk
Film 1939
Mugsy
Film 1930
Sandy
Film 1939
Bull Morgan
Film 1930
Sheriff Jug Mason
Film 1949
Mexican Bandit
Film 1931
Babe the Butcher
Film 1934
"Sport" Conly
Film 1936
Sitchi
Film 1928
Ed the bartender
Film 1943
Bartender
Film 1931
'Slug', Baseball Player
Film 1930
Lt. Sackville
Film 1935
Pete
Film 1940
Curly Tom
Film 1939
Muggsy
Film 1937
McCabe
Film 1937
Thomas
Film 1941
Soapy
Film 1938
Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Film 1943
Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
Film 1944
Sergeant Daly
Film 1930
Captain Antrim
Film 1930
Police Captain Morgan
Film 1932
'Swig' Moran
Film 1927
Slug
Film 1931
Rowdy Ryan
Film 1929
Stiles
Film 1932
Sergeant Murphy
Film 1927
Ramirez
Film 1929
Pete Brierson
Film 1930
Lem Harland
Film 1930
Red Axe
Film 1913
Cop
Film 1937
Maloney
Film 1937
Pete Shore
Film 1930
A. Adolphus Heyman
Film 1938
Powder Solvang
Film 1919
Rufe Parker
Film 1935
A Trainman
Film 1915
Jimmylegs
Film 1929
Tip Fuller
Film 1937
Film 1926
Truck Driver (uncredited)
Film 1937
Bartender
Film 1939
(uncredited)
Film 1928
Film 1946
Detective
Film 1934
Expressman (uncredited)
Film 1935
Variety Club Bartender
Film 1939
Denny O'Brien
Film 1934
Two-Gun
Film 1942
Sheriff Hank Hartley
Film 1949
Chuck Brenner
Film 1939
Randeau
Film 1927
Sailor (uncredited)
Film 1932
Railroad-Yard Superintendent
Film 1929
Butch
Film 1932
Bart - Jardine's Servant
Film 1915
1st Deputy (uncredited)
Film 1936
Sheriff
Film 1940
Pete Connors
Film 1948
Louie
Film 1943
Gabby
Film 1931
Carlson
Film 1936
Sergeant
Film 1938
Jake Waldren
Film 1941
Eli Walker
Film 1948
Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
Film 1938
Chuck Waggoner
Film 1948
Stevens
Film 1918
Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
Film 1933
Bill
Film 1937
Guard (uncredited)
Film 1940
Pete Haig (uncredited)
Film 1940
Al
Film 1932
John X. Finn
Film 1950
Second Mate Mumford
Film 1941
Broderick
Film 1942
Detective Whip Fogarty
Film 1931
Film 1940
Lucky John Hawkins
Film 1947
Policeman
Film 1935
Otis Ellis
Film 1949
Doc Meadowlark
Film 1949
Drunk (uncredited)
Film 1948
Jake Compton
Film 1944
Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
Film 1940
Harry
Film 1933
Skipper O'Neal
Film 1934
Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Film 1933
McDonald
Film 1927
Feets
Film 1942
Film 1926
Sheriff Slim Carson
Film 1944
Slats
Film 1940
'Beauty' Johnson
Film 1930
Sheriff
Film 1939
Belcher
Film 1936
Escaped Felon
Film 1934
Detective Roscoe
Film 1935
Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
Film 1933
