Sidney Toler

Career timeline

1. 1874 · Born

   Born in Warrensburg, Missouri, USA

2. 1918 · Screen debut

   Playthings (Movie)

3. 1918 · Writing debut

   Playthings (Movie)

4. 1932 · Breakthrough

   Blonde Venus (Movie)

5. 1947 · Died

   February 12, 1947

6. 1974 · Latest release

   That's Entertainment! (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1910s

2 1920s

51 1930s

23 1940s

1 1960s

1 1970s

• Drama30
• Comedy29
• Mystery24
• Crime22
• Thriller18
• Romance11

Highest-rated title That's Entertainment! 1974 7.4 Most popular title Blonde Venus 1932 6.8

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Sidney Toler in our catalogue.

Stanley Fields

3 titles together

Cecil Cunningham

2 titles together

Stuart Erwin

2 titles together

Henry O'Neill

2 titles together

Willard Robertson

2 titles together

Ginger Rogers

2 titles together

Tony Gaudio

2 titles together

Robert Young

2 titles together

Mary Astor

2 titles together

Theodore Newton

2 titles together

1. 1974 That's Entertainment! as (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.4 Movie
2. 1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy as Captain of SS Periwinkle (archive footage) Movie
3. 1946 The Trap as Charlie Chan 6.7 Movie
4. 1946 Dangerous Money as Charlie Chan 5.9 Movie
5. 1946 Shadows Over Chinatown as Charlie Chan Movie
6. 1946 Dark Alibi as Charlie Chan 6.3 Movie
7. 1945 The Shanghai Cobra as Charlie Chan 6.0 Movie
8. 1945 The Red Dragon as Charlie Chan Movie
9. 1945 The Scarlet Clue as Charlie Chan 6.1 Movie
10. 1945 It's in the Bag! as Detective Sully Movie
11. 1945 The Jade Mask as Charlie Chan 6.1 Movie
12. 1944 Black Magic as Charlie Chan 7.0 Movie
13. 1944 Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat as Charlie Chan 6.5 Movie
14. 1944 Charlie Chan in the Secret Service as Charlie Chan 6.0 Movie
15. 1943 Isle of Forgotten Sins as Capt. Krogan aka Carruthers Movie
16. 1943 White Savage as Wong Movie
17. 1943 The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as General Kai Ling [Chs. 1-5, 13] Movie
18. 1942 A Night to Remember as Inspector Hankins Movie
19. 1942 Castle in the Desert as Charlie Chan 7.0 Movie
20. 1941 Charlie Chan in Rio as Lt. Charlie Chan Movie
21. 1941 Dead Men Tell as Charlie Chan 6.5 Movie
22. 1940 Murder Over New York as Charlie Chan 6.3 Movie
23. 1940 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum as Charlie Chan 7.6 Movie
24. 1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise as Charlie Chan 6.8 Movie
25. 1940 Charlie Chan in Panama as Charlie Chan 6.8 Movie
26. 1939 City in Darkness as Charlie Chan 6.5 Movie
27. 1939 Law of the Pampas as Fernando "El Melancolio" Lopez Ramirez Movie
28. 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Charlie Chan 6.8 Movie
29. 1939 Heritage of the Desert as Nosey Movie
30. 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno as Charlie Chan 6.4 Movie
31. 1939 The Kid from Kokomo as Judge William 'Gashouse' Bronson Movie
32. 1939 King of Chinatown as Dr. Chang Ling Movie
33. 1939 Disbarred as G.L. 'Mardy' Mardeen Movie
34. 1938 Charlie Chan in Honolulu as Charlie Chan 6.5 Movie
35. 1938 Up the River as Jeffrey Mitchell Movie
36. 1938 If I Were King as Robin Turgis Movie
37. 1938 The Mysterious Rider as Frosty Kilburn Movie
38. 1938 One Wild Night as Lawton Movie
39. 1938 Wide Open Faces as Sheriff Movie
40. 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It as Harrison McCooey Movie
41. 1937 Double Wedding as Mr. Keough, Margit's Butler 6.4 Movie
42. 1937 That Certain Woman as Détective Lieutenant Neely 5.6 Movie
43. 1936 The Longest Night as Captain Holt Movie
44. 1936 Our Relations as Captain of SS Periwinkle 7.1 Movie
45. 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy as Daniel Webster Movie
46. 1936 Three Godfathers as Professor Amos Snape Movie
47. 1936 Give Us This Night as First Carabiniere Movie
48. 1935 This Is the Life as Professor Lafcadio F. Breckenridge Movie
49. 1935 Call of the Wild as Joe Groggins 6.3 Movie
50. 1935 Orchids to You as Nick Corsini Movie
51. 1935 The Daring Young Man as Warden Palmer Movie
52. 1934 Romance in Manhattan as Sergeant Duffy Movie
53. 1934 Here Comes the Groom as Detective Weaver Movie
54. 1934 Operator 13 as Major Allen Movie
55. 1934 Upperworld as Officer Moran Movie
56. 1934 The Trumpet Blows as Pepi Sancho Movie
57. 1934 Registered Nurse as Frankie Sylvestrie Movie
58. 1934 Spitfire as Jim Sawyer Movie
59. 1934 Dark Hazard as John Bright Movie
60. 1934 Massacre as Thomas Shanks Movie
61. 1933 The World Changes as Mr. Hodgens Movie
62. 1933 The Way to Love as Pierre Movie
63. 1933 The Narrow Corner as Ryan, the Go-Between Movie
64. 1933 King of the Jungle as Neil Forbes Movie
65. 1933 He Learned About Women as Wilson Movie
66. 1933 The Billion Dollar Scandal as Carter B. Moore Movie
67. 1932 Over the Counter as Mr. Drake Movie
68. 1932 Blonde Venus as Detective Wilson 6.8 Movie
69. 1932 The Phantom President as Aikenhead Movie
70. 1932 Blondie of the Follies as Pete Movie
71. 1932 Speak Easily as Stage Director 5.8 Movie
72. 1932 Tom Brown of Culver as Maj. Wharton Movie
73. 1932 Is My Face Red? as Tony Mugatti Movie
74. 1932 Strangers in Love as McPhail Movie
75. 1931 Strictly Dishonorable as Mulligan Movie
76. 1931 White Shoulders as William Sothern Movie
77. 1929 In the Nick of Time Movie
78. 1929 Madame X as Dr. Merivel Movie

1. 1918 Playthings Movie

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