Name
Harry Allen
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1877-07-10
Deathday
1951-12-04 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Allen (July 10, 1883 – December 4, 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.
He began his acting career on stage with the J. C. Williamson organisation, performing around Australia. In 1910 he married fellow actor Marjorie Josephine née Condon in Brisbane. The union was not a success and in 1912 he left Australia for North America. In the United States, Allen was a member of a touring theater company, known for their popular rendition of The Better 'Ole. He appeared on Broadway in the early 1920s.
His first film role was in the 1923 silent film, The Last Moment, in a supporting role. In his career Allen appeared in over 100 films, mostly in supporting and smaller roles. Some of the more notable films he appeared in include: Of Human Bondage (1934), starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard; the Marx Brothers' classic, A Night at the Opera; the original Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; William Wyler's 1942 Academy Award-winning film, Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright; Jane Eyre (1944), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine; the Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor version of National Velvet (1945); and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), starring George Sanders. His final appearance on film was in the 1949 film, Challenge to Lassie, starring Edmund Gwenn.
Allen died on December 4, 1951, and was buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.
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- 1923 The Last Moment as Pat Rooney
- 1930 Hell's Island as Bert (the Cockney)
- 1930 Headin' North as Smith - of Smith & Smith
- 1941 A Man Betrayed as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
- 1927 The Silent Hero as Blinky
- 1943 Buckskin Frontier as McWhinny
- 1942 Mrs. Miniver as William (uncredited)
- 1930 Hell Harbor as Peg Leg
- 1931 Chances as Pvt. Jones
- 1936 White Legion as McKenzie
- 1928 The Adorable Cheat as 'Dad' Mason
- 1930 Second Honeymoon as Sheriff
- 1940 Moon Over Burma as Sunshine
- 1938 Outside of Paradise as Old Man
- 1947 Moss Rose as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
- 1926 Ella Cinders as Photographer
- 1931 The Sunrise Trail as Deputy
- 1938 Blond Cheat as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
- 1930 Sunny as Side Show Barker
- 1936 The White Angel as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
- 1939 Stand Up and Fight as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
- 1939 The Little Princess as Groom
- 1939 We Are Not Alone as Doorkeeper
- 1938 The Ship That Died as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
- 1933 Cavalcade as Busker (uncredited)
- 1936 The Girl from Mandalay as Ship Captain
- 1945 Hangover Square
- 1936 Libeled Lady as Jacques (uncredited)
- 1940 The Earl of Chicago as Mayor (uncredited)
- 1941 They Met in Bombay
- 1944 The Lodger
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty as Wherryman (uncredited)
- 1944 The Scarlet Claw
- 1944 Ministry of Fear as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
- 1940 Waterloo Bridge as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1943 Forever and a Day as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
- 1934 Bombay Mail as Collins
- 1934 Fugitive Road as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
- 1924 The Enchanted Cottage as Riggs
- 1926 Corporal Kate as Williams
- 1944 The White Cliffs of Dover as English Cabbie (uncredited)
- 1942 Eagle Squadron as Cockney
- 1931 Rich Man's Folly as McWylie
- 1929 Strange Cargo as Short
- 1943 Jane Eyre as Guard
- 1935 The Great Impersonation as Perkins
- 1945 Murder, He Says as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
- 1935 A Feather in Her Hat as Alf (uncredited)
- 1939 Rulers of the Sea as Murdock
- 1934 Of Human Bondage as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- 1933 The Kennel Murder Case as Sandy (uncredited)
- 1930 The Dawn Patrol as Allen (uncredited)
- 1935 Anna Karenina as Cord
- 1942 This Above All as Hubert
- 1928 Two Lovers as Jean
- 1933 Captured! as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
- 1937 California Straight Ahead as 'Fish' McCorkle
- 1932 Texas Pioneers as Sergeant McCarey
- 1921 After Midnight as Harris
- 1948 Julia Misbehaves as Bill Collector
- 1946 The Green Years as Purser Teeler
- 1935 Murder on a Honeymoon as Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
- 1932 The Fourth Horseman as Charlie
- 1928 The Singapore Mutiny as Mr. Watts
- 1927 Turkish Delight as Scotty
- 1929 In Old California as Sgt. Washburn
- 1936 Camille as Minor role (uncredited)
