Actor
Lee Phelps
May 14, 1893 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Lee Phelps (May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films - Grand Hotel, You Can't Take It with You, and Gone with the Wind - that won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Phelps appeared in the 1952 episode "Outlaw's Paradise" as a judge in the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, starring Bill Williams in the title role. He also appeared in a 1952 TV episode (#90) of The Lone Ranger.
Notable work
7.9Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Bartender (uncredited)
7.6Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Umpire (uncredited)
7.5The Philadelphia Story (1940)
as Bartender (uncredited)
7.3Red River (1948)
as Gambler (uncredited)
6.9Saboteur (1942)
as Plant Security Officer (uncredited)
7.6White Heat (1949)
as Prison Tower Guard (uncredited)
7.5The Thin Man (1934)
as Detective (uncredited)
7.5You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
7.6Scarlet Street (1945)
as First Policeman in Hogarth's Office (uncredited)
7.2The Public Enemy (1931)
as Steve - Bartender (uncredited)
7Grand Hotel (1932)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Often works with
Priscilla Lane
3 titles together
Arsenic and Old Lace, Saboteur, The Roaring Twenties
James Cagney
3 titles together
White Heat, The Public Enemy, The Roaring Twenties
Lionel Barrymore
3 titles together
You Can't Take It with You, Grand Hotel, Duel in the Sun
George Reeves
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, The Blue Gardenia
Butterfly McQueen
2 titles together
Gone with the Wind, Duel in the Sun
Cary Grant
2 titles together
Arsenic and Old Lace, The Philadelphia Story
Full filmography · 150
Vice Squad
as Vickie's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
19536.1America for Me
as Indian Dance Spectator
1953
The Blue Gardenia
as Information Desk Guard (uncredited)
19536.5
The Magnetic Monster
as City Engineer
19535.6
Kansas City Confidential
as Jailer (uncredited)
19527
Callaway Went Thataway
as Ranch Hand (uncredited)
1951
Fort Defiance
as Bartender
1951
Hunt the Man Down
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
1950
Devil's Doorway
as Posse Member (uncredited)
19506.9
Desperadoes of the West
as Rusty Steele
1950
Hi-Jacked
as Highway Patrolman
1950
Timber Fury
as Sheriff Williams
1950