Gloria HenryFilmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Restless Redhead

Synopsis: The first client of defense attorney Perry Mason (Raymond Burr in the very first episode of the TV series bearing his name is red-haired, blue-eyed Evelyn Bagby (played by Whitney Blake, in real life the mother of actress Meredith Baxter). It doesn't look good for Evelyn, who claims that she was Read More

Hot News

Actors: Stanley Clements, Gloria Henry, Ted de Corsia, Veda Ann Borg, Scotty Beckett

Synopsis: A rare foray into straight action-adventure by comedy director Edward Bernds, Hot News stars Stanley Clements as ex-pugilist Mark Miller. Now working as a sports columnist at the newspaper run by Al Bragg (James Flavin), Miller takes it upon himself to expose the fight-fixing racket masterminded Read More

Rancho Notorious

Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Marlene Dietrich, Mel Ferrer, Lloyd Gough, Gloria Henry, William Frawley

Synopsis: The original title for Rancho Notorious was Chuck-a-Luck, which is also the title of the soundtrack ballad (written by Ken Darby) which unifies the plotline, à la High Noon. Frontiersman Vern Haskell (Arthur Kennedy) wanders throughout the West in search of the man who robbed and murdered his Read More

Yellow Fin

Actors: Wayne Morris, Adrian Booth, Gloria Henry, Damian O'Flynn, Gordon Jones

Synopsis: Wayne Morris was rapidly becoming Monogram's answer to John Wayne when he starred in Yellow Fin. Lensed on location in the Northern Pacific, the story concerns a group of rough-and-ready tuna fishermen. When he isn't fighting the elements, Mike (Wayne Morris) is trying to snap his father (Damian O'Flynn Read More

Al Jennings of Oklahoma

Actors: Dan Duryea, Gale Storm, Dick Foran, Gloria Henry

Synopsis: The real Al Jennings was a wizened little man who, after a largely unsuccessful career as a western outlaw, reformed to the extent of hitting the lecture circuit and even producing his own films. Jennings was still alive when Columbia's Al Jennings of Oklahoma was produced in 1951, so one can Read More

Kill the Umpire

Actors: William Bendix, Una Merkel, Ray Collins, Gloria Henry, Richard Taylor

Synopsis: William Bendix is perfectly cast as a diehard baseball fan who hates umpires with every fibre of his being. Bendix' devotion to baseball has lost him job after job, so his father-in-law (Ray Collins)--who happens to be an umpire--forces Our Hero to enroll in umpire school. Eventually Bendix learns Read More

Rookie Fireman

Actors: Bill Williams, Barton MacLane, Marjorie Reynolds, Gloria Henry, Richard Quine

Synopsis: Former sailor Joe Blake (Bill Williams) is the Rookie Fireman in this Columbia quickie. Though fiercely independent, Blake learns how to be a team player as he goes through the firefighters' training process. Occasionally, he has second thoughts about returning to the sea, and his on-the-job Read More

The Tougher They Come

Actors: Wayne Morris, Preston S. Foster, Kay Buckley, William Bishop, Frank McHugh

Synopsis: Set in a rugged Northwest logging camp, this drama follows the exploits of the lumberjack who inherits the camp. For a long time, he has been courting a pretty young thing, and now that she believes him wealthy, she decides to finally accept his proposal. When she finds out that the company has Read More

Lightning Guns

Actors: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette, Gloria Henry, William Norton Bailey, Edgar Dearing

Synopsis: The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is played by Charles Starrett, who this time around is on the trail of a gang of cold-blooded killers. Rancher Dan Saunders (Edgar Dearing) is held responsible for the killings because of his Read More

Rusty Saves a Life

Actors: Ted Donaldson, Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, John Litel, Ann Doran

Synopsis: Columbia's "Rusty" series was entering the homestretch with 1949's Rusty Saves a Life. The eponymous doggie hero, portrayed by a very busy canine thespian named Flame, does exactly what the film's title says he does. But before this prophecy can be fulfilled, the story spends a great deal of time Read More

Miss Grant Takes Richmond

Actors: Lucille Ball, William Holden, Janis Carter, James Gleason, Gloria Henry

Synopsis: Lucille Ball is Miss Grant, an efficient but naïve secretary hired by William Holden. Ostensibly a legit real estate salesman, Holden is actually the brains of a bookie ring. It takes forever for Ball to tumble to what's going on, but when she does she settles matters in the same fashion as her Read More

Riders in the Sky

Actors: Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Pat Buttram, Mary Beth Hughes, Robert Livingston

Synopsis: Gene Autry enjoyed considerable success with his recording of Stan Jones' haunting "Riders in the Sky". He then parlayed this success into a film, which proved to be one of Autry's best postwar efforts. The basic plot concerns Autry's efforts to clear rancher Ralph Lawson (Steve Darrell) of a Read More

Johnny Allegro

Actors: George Raft, Nina Foch, George Macready, Will Geer, Gloria Henry

Synopsis: A reformed gangster, accustomed to a life of danger, finds himself dealing with a new and different threat in this adventure thriller. Johnny Allegro (George Raft) is a former mobster who has gone over to the other side and now works for the U.S. Treasury Department as an undercover agent. Allegro Read More

Feudin' Rhythm

Air Hostess

Actors: Gloria Henry, Ross Ford, Audrey Long, Marjorie Lord, William Wright

Synopsis: The upsurge in commercial air travel in the postwar years resulted in several films dealing with the trials and tribulations of airline stewardesses. Gloria Henry, who'd later star as Alice Mitchell in TV's Dennis the Menace, is teamed with Danny Thomas' future TV wife Marjorie Lord and Audrey Long Read More

Law of the Barbary Coast

Actors: Gloria Henry, Stephen Dunne, Adele Jergens, Robert Shayne, Stefan Schnabel

Synopsis: Gloria Henry, best known to modern viewers as Alice Mitchell in TV's Dennis the Menace, was the winsome leading lady of Law of the Barbary Coast. As Julie Adams, Henry assists D.A. Michael Lodge (played by Robert Shayne, the future Inspector Henderson of Superman) in his efforts to clean up the Read More

Adventures in Silverado

Synopsis: Stagecoach driver Bishop needs to capture the infamous bandit known as "The Monk" for his hooded attire. If Bishop can't bring the outlaw to justice, a crime will rest on his name. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Triple Threat

Actors: Richard Crane, Gloria Henry, Mary Stuart, John Litel, Pat Phelan

Synopsis: Two future TV favorites--Rocky Jones' Richard Crane and Dennis the Menace's Gloria Henry-head the cast of Columbia's Triple Threat. Crane plays Don Whitney, an egocentric college football hero who receives a good strong dose of reality when he joins a professional team. Whitney's game really Read More

The Strawberry Roan

Actors: Gene Autry, Gloria Henry, Jack Holt, Dick Jones, Pat Buttram

Synopsis: Gene Autry's equine sidekick Champion takes the center stage in western drama, based on a story by fellow sagebrush star Ken Maynard. Walt Bailey (Jack Holt) is teaching his young son Joe (Dickie Jones) how to break in a horse when a high-spirited steed (Champion) throws the boy, leaving him Read More

Racing Luck

Actors: Gloria Henry, Stanley Clements, David Bruce, Paula Raymond, Harry V. Cheshire

Synopsis: Years before she played Dennis Mitchell's mom in TV's Dennis the Menace, Gloria Henry was a B-picture ingenue at Columbia. In Racing Luck, Gloria is top-billed as Phyllis Warren, sister of headstrong jockey Boots Warren (Stanley Clements). There's plenty of stock racetrack footage, intermingled Read More

Port Said

Actors: Gloria Henry, William Bishop, Edgar Barrier, Richard Hale

Synopsis: Fans of TV's Dennis the Menace should get an extra kick out of Columbia's Port Said, wherein Gloria Henry, aka Dennis' mother Alice Mitchell, essays a dual role. The story concerns the pursuit of neo-Nazis in the exotic titular port city. Henry plays both Gina Lingallo, daughter of itinerant Read More

Keeper of the Bees

Synopsis: Based on an old Gene Stratton Porter story, Keeper of the Bees was a shade too bucolic for postwar audiences. Michael Duane stars as an artist who has lost confidence in humanity. He regains it with the help of a faith healer and her two daughters. One of the girls is played by Gloria Henry, later Read More

Sport of Kings

Actors: Paul Campbell, Gloria Henry, Harry Davenport, Mark Dennis, Harry V. Cheshire

Synopsis: In this drama, two brothers from the North inherit a southern plantation and find themselves unwelcome by the locals. They were bequeathed the horse farm by their father who won it on a bet with the original owner, Major Denning. To gain acceptance into the community, the two Yanks decide to bring Read More

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Synopsis: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back was the second and last entry in Columbia's abortive attempt to revive the "Bulldog Drummond" B-series of the 1930s. As in Bulldog Drummond at Bay, Ron Randell stars as the dashing adventurer. The plot this time is the old saw about a phony heiress laying claim to a Read More