{{Short description|American actor (1883–1944)}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Guy Usher | image = Guy Usher in The Devil Bat (1940).png | caption = Usher in ''The Devil Bat'' (1940) | birth_name = James Guy Usher | birth_date = {{Birth date|1883|05|09|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Mason City, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|06|16|1883|05|09|mf=yes}} | death_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1932–1943 }}

'''James Guy Usher''' (May 9, 1883 &ndash; June 16, 1944)<ref name=":0" /> was an American film actor.<ref name="NY Times">{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/72509/Guy-Usher/biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216205711/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/72509/Guy-Usher/biography |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 16, 2014 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |title=Guy Usher |access-date=December 6, 2014 }}</ref> He appeared in more than 190 films between 1932 and 1943.

Born in Mason City, Iowa, Usher acted on stage before venturing into films. Billed as James Guy Usher, he often worked with the Echkhardt Players.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr. James Guy Usher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27233303/james_guy_usher/ |access-date=15 January 2019 |work=Star-Phoenix |date=April 30, 1915 |location=Canada, Saskatchewan, Saskatoon |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> In films, Usher often portrayed characters in business or industry.<ref name="ca">{{cite book |last1=Raw |first1=Laurence |title=Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960 |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786490493 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqBllx5lyuwC&q=%22Guy+Usher%22+actor&pg=PA191 |access-date=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Usher died of a heart attack in San Diego, California, at age 61.<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625997 |page=766 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Guy+Usher%22+actor&pg=PA766 |access-date=15 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''The Penguin Pool Murder'' (1932) * ''Face in the Sky'' (1933) * ''Fast Workers'' (1933) * ''Hell Bent for Love'' (1934) * ''It's a Gift'' (1934) as Harry Payne Bosterly * ''Flirting with Danger'' (1934) * ''Little Big Shot'' (1935) * ''Grand Exit'' (1935) * ''Justice of the Range'' (1935) * ''Make a Million'' (1935) * ''The Mystery Man'' (1935) * ''Charlie Chan at the Opera'' (1936) as Inspector Regan * ''The President's Mystery'' (1936) * ''Postal Inspector'' (1936) * ''Counsel for Crime'' (1937) * ''Marked Woman'' (1937) as Detective Ferguson (uncredited) * ''Crashing Through Danger'' (1938) * ''Prison Break'' (1938) * ''Buck Rogers'' (1939, Serial) * ''Rough Riders' Round-up'' (1939) * ''Wolf Call'' (1939) * ''The Devil Bat'' (1940) * ''Doomed to Die'' (1940) * ''I Take This Oath'' (1940) * ''Laughing at Danger'' (1940) * ''Passport to Alcatraz'' (1940) * ''Hold That Woman!'' (1940) * ''Ridin' on a Rainbow'' (1941) * ''King of the Zombies'' (1941) * ''No Greater Sin'' (1941) * ''West of Cimarron'' (1941) * ''Borrowed Hero'' (1941) * ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1941) * ''Bells of Capistrano'' (1942) * ''Lady for a Night'' (1942) * ''Man from Cheyenne'' (1942) * ''I Was Framed'' (1942) * ''Sin Town'' (1942) * ''The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine'' (1942) * ''The Mummy's Tomb'' (1942) * ''Lost Canyon'' (1942) * ''The Avenging Rider'' (1943) {{Div col end}}

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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0882322|Guy Usher}}

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