Name
Harry Semels
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1887-11-20
Deathday
1946-03-02 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.
Known For
The Great Dictator
(3,839 Votes)
8.282
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avo...
Relase Date : 15 Oct, 1940
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Foreign Correspondent
(468 Votes)
6.962
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to c...
Relase Date : 16 Aug, 1940
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Hell's Angels
(111 Votes)
6.572
As the Great War breaks out in Europe, English brothers Roy and Monte enlist in the Royal ...
Relase Date : 15 Nov, 1930
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They Drive by Night
(140 Votes)
6.936
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small o...
Relase Date : 26 Jul, 1940
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Marie Antoinette
(37 Votes)
6.6
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king o...
Relase Date : 26 Aug, 1938
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It Happened One Night
(1,467 Votes)
7.822
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pai...
Relase Date : 22 Feb, 1934
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
(937 Votes)
7.811
A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to c...
Relase Date : 4 Nov, 1927
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Woman of the Year
(170 Votes)
6.953
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find thei...
Relase Date : 5 Feb, 1942
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1936 Disorder in the Court as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1934 Twentieth Century as Poster Artist (uncredited)
- 1925 The Crackerjack as Guard
- 1924 Into the Net as Ivan Invanovitch
- 1933 King of the Wild Horses as John Foster
- 1935 The Revenge Rider as Henchman Rankin
- 1922 Speed as Jim Sprague
- 1938 The Girl of the Golden West as Peon Servant
- 1919 Here Comes the Bride as Sevier
- 1936 Movie Maniacs as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
- 1933 Elmer, the Great as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1934 Rocky Rhodes as Dick Boggs
- 1944 Can't Help Singing as Peon (uncredited)
- 1931 Safe in Hell as Jury Member (uncredited)
- 1941 She's Oil Mine as Referee
- 1941 General Nuisance as Latin America Delagate
- 1934 Broadway Bill as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
- 1945 I Love a Mystery as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
- 1933 Damaged Lives as Waiter
- 1929 Hawk of the Hills as Sheckard
- 1950 Riding High as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1937 Kid Galahad as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
- 1929 Big News as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
- 1939 Three Little Sew and Sews as Count Alfred Gehrol
- 1936 I'll Name the Murderer as Luigi
- 1932 Young Blood as Tony Murullo
- 1939 King of the Turf as Coffee Pot Proprietor
- 1920 The Phantom Foe as The Phantom Foe
- 1943 Dizzy Pilots as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
- 1919 The Black Secret
- 1937 New News as Prince Albert
- 1937 Swing It Professor as Angelo
- 1936 More Than a Secretary as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
- 1932 South of the Rio Grande as Bandido Leader
- 1938 Flirting with Fate as Member of Sancho's Band
- 1929 Movie Night as Movie Patron
- 1933 Drum Taps as Henchman Pete
- 1935 I Don't Remember as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
- 1929 The Royal Rider as Parvene
- 1932 Sin's Pay Day as Louie Joe
- 1929 Weary River as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
- 1929 The Delightful Rogue as Hymie
- 1931 Command Performance as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
- 1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
- 1932 Ghost Valley as Pawnee
- 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
- 1937 Wells Fargo as Minor Role
- 1937 Midnight Taxi as Joe, Counterman
- 1938 I'll Give a Million as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- 1937 Hollywood Round-Up as Tony Papalini
- 1934 A Very Honorable Guy as Greek
- 1933 I Am Suzanne! as Balcony Spectator
- 1939 Crashing Thru as Man Who Reports Gunfight
- 1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- 1933 Storm at Daybreak as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- 1939 Overland Mail as Pancho
- 1930 Hell's Angels as Anarchist (uncredited)
- 1939 Star Reporter as Mike
- 1939 Midnight as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1939 Thunder Afloat as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
- 1932 Sally of the Subway as Leopold Von Trump
- 1932 Vanity Street as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
- 1939 Ninotchka as Gurganov (uncredited)
- 1939 Balalaika as (uncredited)
- 1934 It Happened One Night as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- 1931 Night Beat as Enricco Pommetti
- 1935 Stone of Silver Creek as R. J. Simmons
- 1945 Eve Knew Her Apples as Tony (uncredited)
- 1930 Captain Thunder as Barfly
- 1937 Missing Witnesses as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
- 1931 The Yellow Ticket as Jailer
- 1933 The Thrill Hunter as Henchman Lou Norton
- 1940 The Great Dictator as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1932 American Madness
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You as Man (uncredited)
- 1928 Riley the Cop as French Policeman
- 1930 The Bad Man as Jose
- 1940 Kit Carson as Aide
- 1932 This Is the Night as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
- 1940 North West Mounted Police as Half-breed Archer
- 1934 I Sell Anything as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
- 1923 Plunder as Jude Deering
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
- 1940 Strange Cargo as Convict (uncredited)
- 1940 Little Nellie Kelly as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
- 1940 Seven Sinners as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1940 New Moon as Bondsman
- 1940 They Drive by Night as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
- 1940 Phantom Raiders as Cafe Bartender
- 1940 And One Was Beautiful as Courtroom Spectator
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast as Communist
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast as Comrade
- 1934 Bombay Mail as Platform Conductor
- 1935 I Live My Life as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
- 1935 The Wedding Night as Wedding Guest
- 1936 Midnight Blunders as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
- 1934 Down to Their Last Yacht as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- 1936 Give Us This Night as Prisoner
- 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Saloon Bouncer
- 1943 A Lady Takes a Chance as Greek
- 1932 Texas Buddies as Ken Kincaid
- 1936 The Gay Desperado as Manuel
- 1937 The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar (Uncredited)
- 1931 Suicide Fleet as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
- 1936 Human Cargo as Barreto
- 1934 Bridal Bail as Hotel Manager
- 1942 Woman of the Year as Mug (uncredited)
- 1943 Slightly Dangerous as Italian at concert (uncredited)
- 1930 Those Who Dance as Hood
- 1928 Beware of Blondes as Portugee Joe
- 1926 The House Without a Key as Saladine
- 1928 The Last Command as A Soldier (uncredited)
- 1921 Hurricane Hutch as Jim Tiegerley
- 1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Greek Florist
- 1937 Hot Water as Barber (uncredited)
- 1933 Torch Singer as Waiter in Bistro
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor
- 1938 State Police as Albert Morton
- 1944 Make Your Own Bed as Pedestrian
- 1944 Strange Affair as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
- 1933 Baby Face as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
- 1942 Road to Morocco as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
- 1946 Road to Utopia as Lombardi (uncredited)
- 1946 Badman's Territory as Bettor (uncredited)
- 1920 Rogues and Romance as Pedro Pezet
- 1919 A Fallen Idol as Tushau
- 1945 A Thousand and One Nights as Leader of Caravan
- 1936 One Rainy Afternoon as Clerk (Uncredited)
- 1942 Moontide as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1943 The Hard Way as Passerby (Uncredited)
- 1934 Our Daily Bread as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
- 1932 Tiger Shark as Crewman (uncredited)
- 1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid as Townsman (Uncredited)
- 1938 Marie Antoinette as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
- 1943 The Chance of a Lifetime as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
- 1942 Reunion in France as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1928 Virgin Lips as Patron
- 1931 Dishonored
- 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
- 1934 One Too Many
- 1935 Les Misérables as Cochepaille
- 1919 The American Way as Half Breed
- 1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World as Bum
- 1931 Platinum Blonde as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1934 Mills of the Gods
- 1936 Anthony Adverse as Lottery Celebrant
- 1933 Hold Your Man as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
- 1931 Dance, Fools, Dance as Emilio (uncredited)
- 1921 The Sky Ranger as Dr. Santro
- 1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1932 Virtue as Tony (uncredited)
- 1937 The Last Train from Madrid as Guard (uncredited)
- 1928 The Desert Bride as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
- 1938 A Slight Case of Murder as Partygoer (uncredited)
- 1933 The Bowery as Artist (uncredited)
- 1928 The Yellow Cameo as Black Gavin
- 1946 The Harvey Girls as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
- 1919 Bound and Gagged as Don Esteban Carnero
- 1925 Play Ball as Count Segundo
- 1926 The Demon as Joseph Lomax
- 1931 The Lion and the Lamb as Second Lascar
- 1927 The Isle of Forgotten Women
- 1926 Moran of the Mounted as Dubuc
- 1928 Out with the Tide
- 1928 The Tiger's Shadow as Hawks
- 1944 The Conspirators as Customs Assistant (uncredited)
- 1944 Passage to Marseille as Cayenne Prison Colony Guard (uncredited)
