Henry Kulky
Biography: Henry Kulky (born Henry Kulakowich; August 11, 1911 – February 12, 1965) was an American actor and professional wrestler from Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, probably best remembered as Chief Petty Officer Curly Jones from season 1 of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Kulky began boxing in his teenage years. After six bouts, he stopped boxing when he was offered a position training wrestlers at St. Matthew's Lyceum in his native Hastings-on-Hudson. Stanislaus Zbyszko convinced Kulky to compete professionally in 1939. Moving to Argentina, Kulky competed throughout South America under the ring name Bomber Kulkavich. The number of matches in which he competed is uncertain; one claim states that he won 172 of 175 matches. Kulky, however, claims that he won nearly all of 7,000 matches. While in South America, he is also said to have won the continent's judo crown. Like most wrestlers who turned to acting in the 1950s he owed his big break to Mike Mazurki. The two appeared in several parts in the 1940s and 1950s, with Mazurki's agent getting him a part in Call Northside 777. Because of his rather tough guy image, Kulky became typecast as military men, thugs, gangsters, bartenders, wrestlers and other "strong guys" who were at times quite friendly and lovable characters contrasting strongly with the tough guy image. From 1953 to 1958, he played Otto Schmidlap in the television series The Life of Riley. In the series, Kulky portrayed a co-worker of series character Chester Riley, a wing riveter at an aircraft plant. In 1952 he appeared in an episode (#11) of Adventures of Superman, as a wrestler working for a crooked promoter. In 1954 he appeared in an episode (#141) of The Lone Ranger. From 1959 to 1962, Kulky was cast in the recurring role as Chief Max Bronsky in forty-six episodes of Jackie Cooper's CBS military sitcom-drama television series Hennesey. The role was close to Kulky's heart because during World War II, he was a boatswain's mate in the United States Navy. Kulky's last role was as Chief Curley Jones in the television series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He died on February 12, 1965, in Oceanside, California, of a heart attack suffered while he was studying a script.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 11, 1911
Deathday: February 12, 1965
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Call Northside 777
1948-02-13
Call Northside 777
Overview: In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-13
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Alias the Champ
1949-10-15
Alias the Champ
Overview: Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-15
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The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953-06-19
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
Overview: Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-19
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New York Confidential
1955-02-15
New York Confidential
Overview: Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-15
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The Human Jungle
1954-10-03
The Human Jungle
Overview: Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-03
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Fireman Save My Child
1954-05-02
Fireman Save My Child
Overview: Comedy about the members of an early 1900s fire company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-02
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Tobor the Great
1954-09-01
Tobor the Great
Overview: To avoid the life-threatening dangers of manned space exploration, Professor Nordstrom creates highly advanced form of artificial intelligence capable of piloting a starship to other worlds. In order to transmit alien data, the extraordinary robot is infused with a powerful telepathic device that enables it to instantly read and even feel emotions. Danger strikes when a sinister band of covert agents kidnaps Gadge, the professor's 10-year-old grandson. But Gadge has a powerful ally. For he has developed a psychic, emotional bond with his grandfather's robot. And now Gadge's captors must suffer the wrath of his protective friend. They must face a mechanical monstrosity bent on a killing rampage of revenge and destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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Mighty Joe Young
1949-07-27
Mighty Joe Young
Overview: A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-27
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Illegal
1955-10-09
Illegal
Overview: A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-09
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Fixed Bayonets!
1951-11-21
Fixed Bayonets!
Overview: The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one, Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-21
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Target Hong Kong
1953-02-06
Target Hong Kong
Overview: Yankee soldiers-of-fortune smash a spy plot aimed at seizing Hong Kong.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-06
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No Holds Barred
1952-11-23
No Holds Barred
Overview: One of the Bowery Boys gains superhuman strength, and he cashes in by becoming a pro wrestler.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-23
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To the Ends of the Earth
1948-02-07
To the Ends of the Earth
Overview: A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-07
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Guns of the Timberland
1960-02-01
Guns of the Timberland
Overview: Logger Jim Hadley and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The residents of Deep Wells led by Laura Riley are opposed to the felling of the trees, believing that losing them would cause mudslides during the heavy rains. Conflict between the town's residents and the loggers is inevitable.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-01
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You Never Can Tell
1951-09-23
You Never Can Tell
Overview: Ex-police/army dog King inherits a fortune from an eccentric millionaire. But someone poisons him for his fortune. He gets to go back to earth as a human detective to bring his killer to justice and protect the girl who used to look after him.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-23
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
1955-02-02
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Overview: Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-02
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Tarzan's Magic Fountain
1949-02-05
Tarzan's Magic Fountain
Overview: An expedition tries to enlist Tarzan's help in finding the secret Blue Valley, which legend says is the location of a miraculous fountain of youth.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-05
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A Foreign Affair
1948-08-20
A Foreign Affair
Overview: In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-20
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Sierra Stranger
1957-05-01
Sierra Stranger
Overview: A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-01
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The Guy Who Came Back
1951-08-16
The Guy Who Came Back
Overview: Former football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married life. He seems convinced of his own unworthiness, but a chance to play in a charity football game helps him see his life in a new light.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-16
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Love Nest
1951-10-10
Love Nest
Overview: Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-10
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Down Among the Sheltering Palms
1953-03-01
Down Among the Sheltering Palms
Overview: War-weary Captain Willoby and his men are the occupation force on an island of lovely women...and are forbidden to fraternize.
Genres: Romance Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-01
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A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
A Star Is Born
Overview: A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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Army Daze
1956-03-22
Army Daze
Overview: Joe is drafted into the army of Starvania, and falls in love with Olga, a beautiful Starvanian WAC, but Joe's sergeant also has his eyes on Olga. But Joe wins her hand when he captures two spies in the Colonel's office.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-22
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Aim, Fire, Scoot
1952-03-13
Aim, Fire, Scoot
Overview: Joe and his sergeant fall for the same girl.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-13
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Red Skies of Montana
1952-01-23
Red Skies of Montana
Overview: When a large forest fire breaks out in the mountains of Montana, a squad of 'Smoke Jumpers', the paratroop-corps of fire-fighters in the U. S. Forest Service, is flown to the scene from their regional headquarters in Missoula, Montana. The Forest Rangers, under Cliff Mason, put out the blaze, but several of the fire-fighters are killed. Ed Miller, son of one of the dead rangers, thinks he died because Mason was a coward, and sets out to prove it.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-23
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Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954-03-27
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Overview: When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-27
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It's Always Fair Weather
1955-08-30
It's Always Fair Weather
Overview: Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-30
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Hell and High Water
1954-02-06
Hell and High Water
Overview: A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan submarine expedition in order to prevent a Red Chinese anti-American plot that may lead to World War III. Mixes deviously plotted schoolboy fiction with submarine spectacle and cold war heroics.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-06
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A Likely Story
1947-04-18
A Likely Story
Overview: A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-04-18
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Jiggs and Maggie Out West
1950-04-23
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Overview: Monogram's Bringing Up Father series, based on the popular comic strip by George McManus, hit a high point of sorts with 1950's Jiggs and Maggie Out West. Joe Yule Sr. (Mickey Rooney's father) and Rene Riano are perfectly cast as nouveau riche Jiggs and Maggie, who head thataway when Maggie inherits a goldmine. As usual, Maggie spends her time trying to climb the frontier social ladder, while down-to-earth Jiggs is more interested in finding a plate of corned beef and cabbage.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-23
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I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955-12-25
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Overview: Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her marriage to her childhood sweetheart, David Tredman, he dies and Lillian takes her first drink of many down the road of becoming an alcoholic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-25
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A Snitch in Time
1950-12-07
A Snitch in Time
Overview: The Stooges are painters who are re-staining some furniture at a boarding house, unaware that a gang of bank robbers has its hideout there.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-07
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Yukon Vengeance
1954-01-17
Yukon Vengeance
Overview: In this north-western set in the Yukon, a Mountie must investigate the violent deaths of three mail carriers.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-17
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Bombers B-52
1957-11-22
Bombers B-52
Overview: Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-22
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The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
1955-10-01
The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing
Overview: Broadway showgirl Evelyn Nesbit (Joan Collins) is the object of affection of two men: playboy architect Stanford White (Ray Milland) and wealthy but unstable Harry Thaw (Farley Granger). She marries Thaw, but White’s continued pursuit puts him in the path of Thaw’s volatile temper. Inspired by true events that occurred at the turn of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-01
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New Faces
1954-02-19
New Faces
Overview: New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer and performer (Ronny Graham) in financial trouble and is trying to stave off an angry creditor long enough to open his show. A wealthy Texan offers to help out, on the condition that his daughter be in the show.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-19
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Up Periscope
1959-03-04
Up Periscope
Overview: Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually been checking out his qualifications to be a U.S. Navy frogman. He must put his personal life behind him after being assigned to be smuggled into a Japanese-held island via submarine to photograph radio codes.
Genres: War Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-04
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The Glory Brigade
1953-05-20
The Glory Brigade
Overview: During the Korean War Lt. Sam Pryor volunteers his platoon to escort Greek troops to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines. Due to his Greek heritage Pryor is initially proud to accompany the Greek contingent but his feelings change to scorn and mistrust when what he believes is cowardice shown by the Greek soldiers and their leaders results in the near annihiliation of his own platoon. An uneasy alliance is maintained between the US and Greek troops as the enemy's true objective is learned.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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Love Me or Leave Me
1955-05-26
Love Me or Leave Me
Overview: A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-26
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South Sea Sinner
1950-08-30
South Sea Sinner
Overview: A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
Genres: Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-08-30
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The Red Danube
1949-10-14
The Red Danube
Overview: A Russian ballerina in Vienna tries to flee KGB agents and defect.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-14
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