John Berkes
Know for: Acting
Born: 1895-06-13
Place of birth: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
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My Dream Is Yours (1949)
Conceited singer Garry Mitchell refuses to renew his radio contract, so agent Doug Blake decides to find a new personality to replace him. In New...
Ace in the Hole (1951)
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
Station West (1948)
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging...
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
Georgia Garrett is sent by jealous wife Elvira Kent on an ocean cruise to masquerade as herself while she secretly stays home to catch her husband...
Blonde Alibi (1946)
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot...
The Suspect (1945)
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the...
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bowery mission as a front for his criminal gang....
Phantom Lady (1944)
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by...
The Corpse Came C.O.D. (1947)
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.
Double Exposure (1935)
An aspiring photographer and his bumbling assistant go to great lengths to take a picture of a beautiful actress whose wealthy husband does not want...
While the Cat's Away (1936)
Henry and Johnnie need to clean the apartment before the wives get home.
While New York Sleeps (1938)
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Sheik to Sheik (1936)
A radio salesman gets knocked out by a golf ball and dreams he's in the desert where he sells radios to sheiks.
Calling All Tars (1936)
This early comedy short has Bob Hope and John Berkes putting on sailor uniforms to find dates, getting mistaken for real sailors and being dragged...
Christmas Holiday (1944)
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin...
The Killers (1946)
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight....
Inside Job (1946)
A pair of married ex-convicts trying to go straight get jobs at a department store. A gangster who knows about their past threatens to expose it...
Absorbing Junior (1936)
Johnny's freeloading brother Henry will go to any length to bet on a tip at Belmont, including stealing from Junior's piggy bank. When Johnny's...
Branded (1950)
A gunfighter takes part in a scheme to bilk a wealthy cattle family out of half a million dollars by pretending to be their son, who was kidnapped as...
Gang Busters (1942)
Police detectives battle the League of Murdered Men, a gang of resurrected dead criminals.
Cowboy Serenade (1942)
Gene Autry heads a cattlemen's association and calls on the inexperienced Jim Agnew to negotiate the sale of five hundred heads of cattle. Jim ends...
For the Love of Pete (1936)
Boxer Joe Palooka steps into the ring after a friend's dog gets kicked.
Punch and Beauty (1936)
Before the big fight, Joe and his opponent come to blows at their hotel. Palooka knocks him out and the fight has to be postponed.
The Blonde Bomber (1936)
The Palooka gang is out of money again, and Knobby and Johnny try to raise some quick cash by selling phony watches. Their first sale is their last,...
The Choke's on You (1936)
Joe Palooka and Strangler Chokeovitch have set up training camps on adjacent beachfront sites. When Joe knocks out the Strangler after a...
Taking the Count (1937)
Now that they're engaged, Ann wants Joe to retire from the ring, seeing as how he's the heavyweight champ. Ann's mother, who doesn't want her...
I Stole a Million (1939)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Winter Carnival (1939)
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
About Face (1942)
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
Woman of the Year (1942)
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess'...
Alex in Wonderland (1940)
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to...
Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942)
Following Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, America was rife with rumors about the size of Japan's armed forces and how well-equipped they were to wage...
Johnny O'Clock (1947)
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave...
Madame Spy (1942)
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins...
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio...
The Egg and I (1947)
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country....
War Dogs (1942)
A young boy donates his pet, a police dog, to the army to be trained as a war dog.
Lost in a Harem (1944)
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Black Legion (1937)
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates...
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well...
Adventure (1945)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house...
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and...
No Sad Songs for Me (1950)
Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and...
Journey Into Light (1951)
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife...
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masquerades as a dashing nobleman engaged to the...