Elderly patriarch who loses his home to foreclosure due to age-related unemployment. Initially split from his wife, he is hosted by Cora before being sent to California under the pretext of needing a milder climate. He spends a nostalgic final day with Lucy, visits their honeymoon hotel, and departs by train, reaffirming his lifelong love despite knowing his daughter's true motives.
Melvin Bush is the elderly justice of the peace whose appointment becomes effective only on January 1, although he performs several marriages on Christmas Eve. When the marriages are exposed as invalid, he helps notify the couples, and his mistake provides the central premise linking their separate stories.
The former owner and current manager of the building. Initially fired by Eric for poor repair quality, he is rehired after Polly's defense. He later locks Eric and Polly in his apartment, revealing conspiracies against Eric.
A has-been celebrity at Phil's Naughty Nineties Café, Victor Moore sings in the barbershop quartet alongside Don Ameche and Rudy Vallee. Fred joins the quartet under the pretense of being a bass singer so he can enter the crowded café and look for Trumble's chairs. Fred's attempt to seize them leads to a brawl and a fatal shooting.
A vagrant who secretly occupies Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor's Fifth Avenue mansion while its owner is away. He welcomes Jim Bullock, Trudy O'Connor, Whitey Temple, Hank, and their families, helps bring Mary O'Connor and Michael J. 'Mike' O'Connor together, and leaves to squat at the Virginia estate without learning Michael's identity.
Hired by Barry's mother to ensure Barry does not marry before turning 30 to protect his inheritance. He helps organize the wedding party and informs Barry's mother about the events at the hotel.
J. J. Hobart is a meek, aging, hypochondriac stage producer who constantly believes he is about to die. His partners Morty Wethered and Hugo insure him because his death would provide money for their production, while Rosmer Peck tries to keep him alive. After Andy Callahan helps save the show, J. J. marries Genevieve Larkin.
Bronco Billy is Pop Webster’s former silent-film star identity. Now working as a guard at Paramount’s main gate, Pop has told his Navy son Johnny that he is the studio’s executive vice president in charge of production. When Johnny arrives on shore leave, Pop and Polly maintain that fiction, and Pop’s offer of a Navy variety show complicates their plan.
A Republican federal senator, Loganberry arrives in Louisiana during Mardi Gras to hold hearings and gather evidence about the Louisiana Purchase Company’s misuse of federal funds. Jim Taylor’s partners decide to make Jim the fall guy and urge him to lure Loganberry into a honey trap; the Senator is tricked into getting drunk and photographed.
A humble milkman who discovers he is the heir to the Duke of Walshire. He falls in love with socialite Ethel Hamilton and navigates humorous complications while trying to adapt to his new aristocratic status. After realizing he is being mocked by social snobs, he renounces his title, returns to his milk route, and ultimately wins back Ethel by accepting her guidance to become a proper Duke.
Waldo is a bookmaker who joins Aunt Jane in plotting to arrange a romance between Carol and Fuller. He helps get Carol hired as Fuller's secretary, then tries to lure Fuller to the resort with a false claim that Carol is delirious and calling for him. After their hypnosis trick goes wrong, Waldo must convince Fuller that Carol is innocent.
Victor Moore has 41 screen credits in a career dating back to 1915. Signature works include Make Way for Tomorrow, We're Not Married!, This Marriage Business. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
