--- name: "Paul Hurst" canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-hurst" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 October 1888" died: "27 February 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 73 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-09-20T01:02:14.809892+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Paul Hurst Actor. Born 14 October 1888 in Traver, California, USA. Died 27 February 1953. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 October 1888, Traver, California, USA - **Died:** 27 February 1953 - **Active:** 1938–1943 - **Also known as:** Paul Causey Hurst, Paul C. Hurst - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 4 acting, 1 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 72 (4), 1940s 84 (1) - **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, History 1, Music 1, War 1, Western 1 - **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $409m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hurst_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403636/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14664 ## Biography Paul Hurst (also credited as Paul Causey Hurst or Paul C. Hurst) was an American character actor and occasional director and writer. Born in Traver, California, he appeared in films from around 1912, initially working in low-budget westerns and directing some silent films before concentrating on acting. Hurst appeared in more than 250 films, often in supporting roles as villains, lawmen or sidekicks. He is noted for performances in *Gone with the Wind* (1939) as a Yankee deserter and *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943) as Monty Smith. Other credits include *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), *Island of Lost Souls* (1932) and *In Old Chicago* (1938) as Mitch. He was married to actress Hedda Nova. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Performed in (4) — the average rests on these - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), Fi1m 84, as Monty Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) - *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Fi1m 74, as Yankee Deserter — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md) - *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), Fi1m 70, as Bill Mulligan — [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md) - *In Old Chicago* (1938), Fi1m 64, as Mitch — [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), Fi1m 82, as 1st Deputy (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) ## Complete filmography (236) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Sun Shines Bright* (1953), as Jimmy Bagby - *Toughest Man in Arizona* (1952), Actor - *Big Jim McLain* (1952), as Mr. Lexiter - *Million Dollar Pursuit* (1951), as Ray Harvey - *The Missourians* (1950), as John X. Finn - *The Old Frontier* (1950), as Skipper Horton - *The Vanishing Westerner* (1950), as Waldorf Worthington - *Pioneer Marshal* (1949), as Huck Homer - *Ranger of Cherokee Strip* (1949), as Sheriff Jug Mason - *San Antone Ambush* (1949), as Happy Daniels - *South of Rio* (1949), as Andy Weems - *Outcasts of the Trail* (1949), as Doc Meadowlark - *Law of the Golden West* (1949), as Otis Ellis - *Prince of the Plains* (1949), as Sheriff Hank Hartley - *Gun Smugglers* (1948), as Sergeant Hasty Jones - *Yellow Sky* (1948), as Drunk (uncredited) - *Son of God’s Country* (1948), as Eli Walker - *The Arizona Ranger* (1948), as Ben Riddle - *Heart of Virginia* (1948), as Whit Galtry - *Who Killed Doc Robbin?* (1948), as Jailer - *California Firebrand* (1948), as Chuck Waggoner - *Madonna of the Desert* (1948), as Pete Connors - *Under Colorado Skies* (1947), as Lucky John Hawkins - *Angel and the Badman* (1947), as Frederick Carson - *The Plainsman and the Lady* (1946), as Al - *Death Valley* (1946), as Sergeant Dailey - *In Old Sacramento* (1946), as Stagecoach Driver - *The Virginian* (1946), Actor - *Murder in the Music Hall* (1946), as Hobarth - *Dakota* (1945), as Captain Spotts - *Midnight Manhunt* (1945), as Murphy - *Steppin' in Society* (1945), as Cookie - *Scared Stiff* (1945), as Sheriff - *The Big Show-Off* (1945), as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler - *Something for the Boys* (1944), as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited) - *Girl Rush* (1944), as Muley - *Barbary Coast Gent* (1944), as Jake Compton - *Summer Storm* (1944), as Orloff - *The Ghost That Walks Alone* (1944), as Sheriff Slim Carson - *The Sky's the Limit* (1943), as Dock Foreman (uncredited) - *Coney Island* (1943), as Louie - *The Ox-Bow Incident* (1943), as Monty Smith — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ox-bow-incident.md) - *December 7th* (1943), as World War I Ghost Soldier - *Hi'ya, Chum* (1943), as Archie Billings - *Calaboose* (1943), as Ed the bartender - *Night in New Orleans* (1942), as Sergeant Casper Riordan - *Sundown Jim* (1942), as Broderick - *Dudes Are Pretty People* (1942), as Two-Gun - *Pardon My Stripes* (1942), as Feets - *Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring* (1941), as Page - *This Woman Is Mine* (1941), as Second Mate Mumford - *The Parson of Panamint* (1941), as Jake Waldren - *Caught in the Draft* (1941), as Sgt. Burns - *The Great Mr. Nobody* (1941), as Michael O'Connor - *Petticoat Politics* (1941), as Slats O'Dell - *Virginia* (1941), as Thomas - *Tall, Dark and Handsome* (1941), as Biff Sage - *Goin' Fishin'* (1940), Actor - *Tugboat Annie Sails Again* (1940), as Pete - *Spring Parade* (1940), as Headwaiter - *The Westerner* (1940), as Chickenfoot - *South to Karanga* (1940), as Slats - *They Drive by Night* (1940), as Pete Haig (uncredited) - *Torrid Zone* (1940), as Daniels - *Edison, the Man* (1940), as Sheriff - *Star Dust* (1940), as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech - *Castle on the Hudson* (1940), as Guard (uncredited) - *Remember?* (1939), as Policeman - *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Yankee Deserter — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md) - *Glove Slingers* (1939), as Chuck Brenner - *Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence* (1939), as Empire State Building Guard - *On Your Toes* (1939), as Variety Club Bartender - *Bad Lands* (1939), as Curly Tom - *Quick Millions* (1939), as Sheriff - *Each Dawn I Die* (1939), as Garsky - *It Could Happen to You* (1939), as Sandy - *Broadway Serenade* (1939), as Reynolds, a Drunk - *Cafe Society* (1939), as Bartender - *Topper Takes a Trip* (1938), as Charlie - the Bartender - *Secrets of a Nurse* (1938), as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh - *The Last Express* (1938), as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer - *Hold That Co-ed* (1938), as Slapsy - *My Lucky Star* (1938), as Louie - *Prison Break* (1938), as Soapy - *Josette* (1938), as A. Adolphus Heyman - *Alexander's Ragtime Band* (1938), as Bill Mulligan — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/alexanders-ragtime-band.md) - *In Old Chicago* (1938), as Mitch — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/in-old-chicago.md) - *Island in the Sky* (1938), as Happy - *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1938), as Mug - *No Time to Marry* (1938), as Sergeant - *Second Honeymoon* (1937), as Dennis Huggins - *Ali Baba Goes to Town* (1937), as Captain - *The Lady Fights Back* (1937), as Maloney - *Danger – Love at Work* (1937), as NYC policeman - *Wife, Doctor and Nurse* (1937), as Bill - *Wake Up and Live* (1937), as McCabe - *She's No Lady* (1937), as Cop - *You Can't Have Everything* (1937), as Truck Driver (uncredited) - *The Legion of Missing Men* (1937), as Muggsy - *Super-Sleuth* (1937), as Motorcycle Cop - *You Can't Beat Love* (1937), as Foreman Butch Mehaffey - *Slave Ship* (1937), as Drunk - *Angel's Holiday* (1937), as Sgt. Murphy - *Fifty Roads to Town* (1937), as Tom - *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Bowler - *Trouble in Morocco* (1937), as Tiger Malone - *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Tip Fuller - *North of Nome* (1936), as Carlson - *The Gay Desperado* (1936), as American Detective - *I'd Give My Life* (1936), as "Sport" Conly - *To Mary - with Love* (1936), as Drunk - *Blackmailer* (1936), as Inspector Killian - *Mr. Deeds Goes to Town* (1936), as 1st Deputy (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-deeds-goes-to-town.md) - *Robin Hood of El Dorado* (1936), as Wilson - *Riffraff* (1936), as Belcher - *The Gay Deception* (1935), as Bell Captain - *Wilderness Mail* (1935), as Jules - *The Daring Young Man* (1935), as Prison Guard - *Calm Yourself* (1935), as Detective Roscoe - *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Rufe Parker - *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935), as Fibo Morgan (uncredited) - *Mississippi* (1935), as Hefty - *Shadow of Doubt* (1935), as Lt. Sackville - *Carnival* (1935), as Policeman - *Sequoia* (1935), as Bergman - *Maybe It's Love* (1935), as Expressman (uncredited) - *The Ballad of Paducah Jail* (1934), as Escaped Felon - *Tomorrow's Youth* (1934), as Detective - *Among the Missing* (1934), as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors - *Take the Stand* (1934), as Denny O'Brien - *Midnight Alibi* (1934), as Babe the Butcher - *Charlie Chan's Courage* (1934), as Undetermined Role - *A Very Honorable Guy* (1934), as Butler - *The Line-Up* (1934), as Detective Sgt. Doyle - *The Big Race* (1934), as Skipper O'Neal - *Queen Christina* (1934), as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited) - *The Women in His Life* (1933), as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard - *Day of Reckoning* (1933), as Harry - *Saturday's Millions* (1933), as Doc Maloney, Trainer - *Tugboat Annie* (1933), as Sam - *Hold Your Man* (1933), as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited) - *The Sphinx* (1933), as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan - *Terror Aboard* (1933), as Boatswain - *Grand Slam* (1933), as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film - *Island of Lost Souls* (1932), as Capt. Donahue - *Men Are Such Fools* (1932), as Stiles - *The Big Stampede* (1932), as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey - *The Phantom President* (1932), as Sailor (uncredited) - *Hold 'Em Jail* (1932), as Butch - *The Thirteenth Guest* (1932), as Detective Grump - *State's Attorney* (1932), as Police Captain Morgan - *My Pal, the King* (1932), as Red - *Panama Flo* (1932), as Al - *The Secret Witness* (1931), as Officer Brannigan - *Bad Company* (1931), as Paul Hurst - *Maker of Men* (1931), as Gabby - *The Public Defender* (1931), as Doc - *That's My Line* (1931), as Mexican Bandit - *Sweepstakes* (1931), as Bartender - *Kick In* (1931), as Detective Whip Fogarty - *The Secret Six* (1931), as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger - *The Single Sin* (1931), as Slug - *The Third Alarm* (1930), as 'Beauty' Johnson - *Borrowed Wives* (1930), as Bull Morgan - *Paradise Island* (1930), as Beauty - *Hot Curves* (1930), as 'Slug', Baseball Player - *Shadow of the Law* (1930), as Pete Shore - *The Runaway Bride* (1930), as Sergeant Daly - *Mountain Justice* (1930), as Lem Harland - *Swellhead* (1930), as Mugsy - *Officer O'Brien* (1930), as Captain Antrim - *Lucky Larkin* (1930), as Pete Brierson - *His First Command* (1929), as Sgt. Westbrook - *The Racketeer* (1929), as Mehaffy - Policeman - *Oh, Yeah!* (1929), as Railroad-Yard Superintendent - *Sailor's Holiday* (1929), as Jimmylegs - *The California Mail* (1929), as Rowdy Ryan - *Tide of Empire* (1929), as Poppy - *The Lawless Legion* (1929), as Ramirez - *The Rainbow* (1929), as Pat - *Lilac Time* (1928), as (uncredited) - *The Cossacks* (1928), as Sitchi - *Buttons* (1927), as Slugger McGlue - *The Valley of the Giants* (1927), as Randeau - *The Red Raiders* (1927), as Sergeant Murphy - *The Devil's Saddle* (1927), as 'Swig' Moran - *Outlaw's Paradise* (1927), as McDonald · Director - *Blue Streak O'Neil* (1926), Director - *The Fighting Ranger* (1926), Director - *The Midnight Message* (1926), Director - *Roaring Road* (1926), as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited) · Director - *The Law of the Snow Country* (1926), Director - *Haunted Range* (1926), Director - *The Demon Rider* (1925), Director - *The Fighting Cub* (1925), Director - *The Were-Tiger* (1925), Director - *A Western Engagement* (1925), Director - *Folly of Youth* (1925), Director - *Branded a Bandit* (1924), Director, Story, Scenario Writer - *The Passing of Wolf MacLean* (1924), Director - *Battling Bunyan* (1924), Director - *The Man Who Would Not Die* (1924), Director - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited) - *Golden Silence* (1923), Director - *South of Northern Lights* (1922), Director - *The Crow's Nest* (1922), Director - *Table Top Ranch* (1922), Story, Scenario Writer, Director - *The Heart of a Texan* (1922), Scenario Writer, Director - *Rangeland* (1922), Writer, Director - *King Fisher's Roost* (1921), Director, Scenario Writer, Story - *Shadows of the West* (1921), Director - *Lightning Bryce* (1919), as Powder Solvang · Director - *The Tiger's Trail* (1919), Director - *Play Straight or Fight* (1918), Director - *Smashing Through* (1918), as Stevens - *The Woman in the Web* (1918), Director - *Rimrock Jones* (1918), as Ike Bray - *The Further Adventures of Stingaree* (1917), as Howie · Director - *The Railroad Raiders* (1917), as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst) · Writer, Director - *The Hazards of Helen* (1917), as Benton - a Foreman - *The Manager of the B & A* (1916), as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst) - *The Diamond Runners* (1916), as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B. - *Judith of the Cumberlands* (1916), as Blatchley Turrentine - *Medicine Bend* (1916), as Murray Sinclair - *Whispering Smith* (1916), as Murray Sinclair - *A Lass of the Lumberlands* (1916), Director - *Stingaree* (1915), as Howie - Stingaree's Partner - *The Vivisectionist* (1915), as Bart - Jardine's Servant - *The Red Signal* (1915), as Chief Dispatcher · Director - *The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight* (1915), as A Trainman · Producer - *The Girl Detective* (1915), as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake - *The Plot at the Railroad Cut* (1914), as Benton, the Foreman - *The Chief of Police* (1914), as Daniels - *The Quicksands* (1914), as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival - *The Cave Men's War* (1913), as Red Axe - *The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach* (1912), as Bad Bill - a Desperado --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/paul-hurst