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The two men in bed, no not the gay guy.

posted 10 years ago by CindyH
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There was a scene where they entered a room and two men were sharing a bed, not in today's sense of course. Now the tailor, that's another story, but I digress.

Anyway, the man on the left side of the bed, that is, the one closest to the screen; the one with the thick mustache. Who is he? Does anyone know that actor's name? I've tried to figure it out and I've been through all the actor names listed. He is just so familiar! I know I've seen him before.

Unfortunately, I (stupidly) deleted the movie off my DVR. I could now kick myself. I thought it would be easy to find, but apparently not. I'm not sure now what his name was or anything.

Anyone know?

Random Thoughts: http://goo.gl/eXk3O

[–] jonkennedy 9 years ago

The guy on the bed with the mustache is Dutch, played by Clark Burroughs. Putty Nose is setting them up for the fur job, and says "Dutch knows the layout" and Dutch slightly nods. We see Dutch once again a bit later when he's delivering beer barrels (by force) for Tom. He's standing by the bar's door and Tom tells Dutch to bring in five barrels.

Interesting that Burroughs was only in 5 films, 4 of them uncredited between 1930-37 - according to IMDb.