Affluent friend of the victim, suffers heavy financial losses from margin calls.
A former doctor traveling with Tina. He exploits a dying woman's identity to send Tina to impersonate the blind heir's mother. Later returns to extort money, but is exposed by Grant Arnold as a disbarred physician and a police fugitive, forcing him to flee.
A competent U.S. Army Air Corps sergeant who initially clashes with the cowardly Wilkie and Mitchell. He is a skilled boxer and pilot, competes with Wilkie for Fifi's attention, and eventually forms an unlikely alliance with them to escape enemy capture and conduct unauthorized bombing missions.
Diamond Joe Jennings is the gangster against whom the characters need evidence. The life of Nora Brady's brother, who has been sentenced to die in the electric chair, depends on obtaining that evidence. The detective's undercover operation and the conspiracy involving Hogan's moll are part of the effort to secure it.
Ann Carter's wealthy husband, approaching their first wedding anniversary with her. He knows Frank Devereaux is having an affair with a friend's wife and warns Frank to leave town before the friend catches up with him. When Lawrence threatens to beat Frank, Frank draws a gun and is shot in the struggle. Ann hears what happened and tries to protect Lawrence from suspicion.
A corrupt official sent to Nome to represent the law. He conspires with Judge Stillman to seize mining claims, steals the partners' funds, shoots Slapjack Simms, and attempts to bomb soldiers to frame Roy. He is ultimately defeated by Roy in a physical confrontation.
A mobster connected to Claire Foster, Evans orders his chauffeur to kill prosecutor David Rolfe, but the attempt fails. When Phil confronts Claire, Evans enters and is shot in the arm; he later orders Claire to blame David for Phil's death. His wounded arm becomes crucial evidence identifying him as Phil's killer.
Valentine 'Vanny' Powers is a gangster and Tom Cardigan's childhood friend. He helps promote Cardigan's political career by delivering votes, threatens to expose their shared reform-school past, and murders a man. At trial, his intimidation of June ultimately fails when Cardigan pressures her to identify him as the killer.
The last of the Lemurians, Zolok lives in a secret complex inside a mountain and creates electrically induced natural disasters as part of his plan to take over the world. He holds Dr. Manyus and Natcha captive, forcing Dr. Manyus to make giant slaves for his army. Bruce Gordon ultimately helps thwart his plan.
Eadie's abusive stepfather owns the beer joint in Kansas City where she works as a waitress and dance partner. His mistreatment is part of the circumstances behind her decision to run away with Kitty and pursue her hope of marrying a wealthy man.
Sloane is a racketeer who employs crooked trainer Honest John Miller. Through Miller, he is connected to the scheme that makes Eddie Burke lose his Madison Square Garden fight. The truth about the wrongdoing eventually comes to light, prompting some of Eddie's fellow boxers to go after the crooks.
Portrayed by William "Stage" Boyd, Dr. Willoughby appears in the cast list with the title Doctor. The source text offers no description of his character's story function.
William 'Stage' Boyd has 31 screen credits in a career dating back to 1915. Their work is anchored in the Philo Vance Collection universe with 1 titles. Signature works include The Lost City, Midnight Warning, Sky Devils. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
