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1707:Dwight Frye
1698:Dwight Frye
1637:October 30,
1576:October 30,
1538:Uncredited
1523:Uncredited
1494:Uncredited
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1459:Desk Clerk
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586:Filmography
567:Eliogabalus
468:(1942) and
456:E. E. Clive
340:Colin Clive
319:Colin Clive
25:Dwight Frye
1744:Categories
1545:References
1240:Conspiracy
1089:The Shadow
1001:Sea Devils
680:Man to Man
562:Devil Doll
239:newspapers
165:, such as
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1281:Serial,
1200:Villager
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1111:Mr. Owen
1094:Vindecco
983:Great Guy
926:Tough Guy
853:Reporter
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671:Gangster
528:Hollywood
506:. During
269:July 2018
185:Biography
113:1917–1943
1570:AllMovie
1535:Hoodlum
1520:Hostage
974:Swanson
960:McBride
946:Jenkins
630:Upstream
445:(1935).
392:Renfield
181:(1931).
167:Renfield
141:Children
1709:at the
1650:Sources
1477:Zolarr
1396:Barber
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303:Dracula
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607:1926
599:Role
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518:Death
260:JSTOR
246:books
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1733:2010
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1662:ISBN
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1626:ISBN
1605:2010
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232:news
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