James Conaty

Biography

James Conaty was an American screen actor whose career spanned from 1928 to his death.

Career Overview

James Conaty has 174 screen credits in a career dating back to 1928. Their work spans 14 cinematic universes — most prominently War of the Worlds with 1 titles. Signature works include Romance of Radium, Eyes of the Navy, They're Always Caught. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

174

Birth Date

1895-12-13 00:00:00

Birth Place

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Known For

• 

  Romance of Radium
• 

  Eyes of the Navy
• 

  They're Always Caught
• 

  Love Affair
• 

  Too Many Husbands
• 

  The Truth About Youth

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 14 universes

• War of the Worlds (1 titles)
• Blondie (1 titles)
• Maisie Ravier Collection (1 titles)
• Boston Blackie Collection (1 titles)
• Lone Wolf Collection (1 titles)
• Michael Shayne Collection (1 titles)
• Edison Collection (1 titles)
• Road to... (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Larry Steers (2 collaborations)
• Pete Smith (1 collaborations)
• Margaret Bert (1 collaborations)
• André Cheron (1 collaborations)
• Eddie Hart (1 collaborations)
• Emmett Vogan (1 collaborations)
• Frank Whitbeck (1 collaborations)
• Charles Middleton (1 collaborations)
• Warren McCollum (1 collaborations)
• Russell Wade (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (174 credits)

  • Serenade

    Opera Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Ransom!

    Bank Teller (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Sincerely Yours

    Concert Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Illegal

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Cobweb

    Concertgoer (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Living It Up

    Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Caine Mutiny

    Dignitary on Dais at Graduation Ceremony (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Duffy of San Quentin

    Prison Board Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Long, Long Trailer

    Trailer Show Attendee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Let's Do It Again

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The War of the Worlds

    Man at Pacific Institute of Science and Technology (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Call Me Madam

    Guest at Sally's Party (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Destination Gobi

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Jazz Singer

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Bad and the Beautiful

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Steel Trap

    Airplane Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Kansas City Confidential

    Man at Craps Table (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Affair in Trinidad

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • This Woman Is Dangerous

    Gambling House Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Room for One More

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The Unknown Man

    Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Rhubarb

    Sporting Goods Store Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Bright Victory

    Military Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Goodbye, My Fancy

    Party Guest (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Mating Season

    Man in Hotel Lobby / Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Walk Softly, Stranger

    New Year's Eve Celebrant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Born to Be Bad

    Charity Ball Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Pretty Baby

    Caravan Club Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Bunco Squad

    Bride's Father in Film (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Toast of New Orleans

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • A Wonderful Life

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Next Voice You Hear...

    Man Outside Church (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Bright Leaf

    Member Tobacco Board of Directors (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Rocketship X-M

    Doctor Taking Lisa's Blood Pressure (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Champagne for Caesar

    Backstage Extra at Hollywood Bowl

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Secret Fury

    Wedding Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Woman in Hiding

    Man at Bus Depot/Conventioneer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Holiday Affair

    Man Entering Nightclub (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • All the King's Men

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Red, Hot and Blue

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Fountainhead

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Lady Gambles

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Flamingo Road

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Johnny Stool Pigeon

    Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Alias Nick Beal

    Man at Press Conference

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Woman's Secret

    Ship's Passenger (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Race Street

    Racetrack Spectator / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Easter Parade

    Passerby on Street (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Hazard

    Roulette Croupier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Who Killed Doc Robbin?

    Bailiff (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • High Wall

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Judge Steps Out

    Lawyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Out of the Past

    Bartender in Acapulco (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Blondie in the Dough

    Premier Biscuit Co. Board Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Lured

    Concertgoer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Singapore

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • They Won't Believe Me

    Man at Piano Concert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Possessed

    Jury Foreman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Nora Prentiss

    Patient in Dr. Talbot's Office (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • The Locket

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Best Years of Our Lives

    Dinner Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Undercurrent

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Deception

    Well-Wisher at Concert (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Killers

    Onlooker at Green Cat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Big Sleep

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • The Time of Their Lives

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Without Reservations

    Train Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Gilda

    Gambler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Strange Impersonation

    Doctor at Nora's Presentation (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Young Widow

    Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Black Market Babies

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Lost Weekend

    Man in Nightclub Washroom (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Hold That Blonde!

    Dinner Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Club Havana

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Johnny Angel

    Harbor Board Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • The Affairs of Susan

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Bedside Manner

    Bertha's Husband (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Thrill of a Romance

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Dillinger

    Restaurant Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Circumstantial Evidence

    Juror (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Hangover Square

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • I Love a Mystery

    Restaurant Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Experiment Perilous

    Art Exhibition Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Laura

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Strange Affair

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Maisie Goes to Reno

    Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Christmas Holiday

    Concert Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Chance of a Lifetime

    Parole Board Member (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Audience Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Wintertime

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Seventh Victim

    Party Guest (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Phantom of the Opera

    Operagoer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Heaven Can Wait

    Man in Park with Top Hat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Mission to Moscow

    Dinner Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Crash Dive

    Hotel Desk Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Silver Queen

    Poker Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Major and the Minor

    Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Big Street

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • My Favorite Spy

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Frisco Lil

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Fleet's In

    Courtroom Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Secrets of the Lone Wolf

    Jewel Buyer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • I Wake Up Screaming

    Nightclub patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Ziegfeld Girl

    Man in Audience (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Michael Shayne: Private Detective

    Casino Patron

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Lady with Red Hair

    Actor at Rehearsal (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Eyes of the Navy

    Officer at Briefing

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Christmas in July

    Coworker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Angels Over Broadway

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • City for Conquest

    Championship Fight Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Boom Town

    Man Working in McMasters' Office (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Girls of the Road

    Reverend Jackson (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • My Love Came Back

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Girl in 313

    Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Edison, the Man

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • An Angel from Texas

    Nightclub Table Extra

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Forty Little Mothers

    Alumni Dinner Guest

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Johnny Apollo

    Courtroom Spectator / Horse Parlor Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man with Nine Lives

    Doctor Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Too Many Husbands

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Road to Singapore

    Yacht Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Broadway Melody of 1940

    Seated Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Fighting 69th

    Officer at Briefing (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • He Married His Wife

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Earl of Chicago

    Lord (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Everything Happens at Night

    Officer Boarding Ship

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Slightly Honorable

    Senator (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Roaring Twenties

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • At the Circus

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Espionage Agent

    Ball Guest

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

    Ship Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Stronger Than Desire

    Doctor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Good Girls Go to Paris

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Buck Rogers

    Kane Councilman

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    Man in Montage (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    Wedding Guest

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Tail Spin

    Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Made for Each Other

    Co-Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Kentucky

    Dance Extra

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Cowboy and the Lady

    Gambling House Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Fugitives for a Night

    Extra at Jericho Club

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Carefree

    Country Club Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Nightclub Extra

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penrod's Double Trouble

    Dinner Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • They're Always Caught

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Woman Against Woman

    Guest at Senator Kingsley's Party

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Blond Cheat

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Hold That Kiss

    Dog Show Attendee

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Missing Witnesses

    Assistant Defense Counsel (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Fight for Your Lady

    Wrestling Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Romance of Radium

    American Scientist (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Boots and Saddles

    Cantina Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • It Happened in Hollywood

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • That Certain Woman

    George - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Make Way for Tomorrow

    Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Marked Woman

    Graham's Trial Assistant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Sinner Take All

    Roulette Player (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Big Game

    Man at Dance

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • One Rainy Afternoon

    First Nighter (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Special Investigator

    Nightclub Patron

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

    Auditor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Two in the Dark

    Hotel Dining Room Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • If You Could Only Cook

    Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • I Dream Too Much

    Audience Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • It's in the Air

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • A Night at the Ritz

    Dinner Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Scarface

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Love Affair

    Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Public Defender

    Country Club Guest

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Truth About Youth

    Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Show Girl in Hollywood

    Story Editor

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Weary River

    Attorney at Trial (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Motorboat Mamas

    actor

    actors
    1928