Harry Allen

Born: 1883-07-09

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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Waterloo Bridge

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-05-17

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Wherryman (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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Cavalcade

as Busker (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-08

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of...

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Anna Karenina

as uncredited
Released: 1935-08-30

In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with...

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The Little Princess

as Groom
Released: 1939-03-17

A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the...

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Mrs. Miniver

as William (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-03

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...

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Jane Eyre

as Guard
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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Of Human Bondage

as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-20

A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as English Cabbie (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...

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Libeled Lady

as Jacques (uncredited)
Released: 1936-10-09

When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and...

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Ministry of Fear

as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-19

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so...

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The Kennel Murder Case

as Sandy (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-28

Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room...

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Hangover Square

as uncredited
Released: 1945-02-07

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife...

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Ella Cinders

as Photographer
Released: 1926-06-06

Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local...

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The Dawn Patrol

as Allen (uncredited)
Released: 1930-07-10

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is...

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Strange Cargo

as Short
Released: 1929-03-31

On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of...

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Buckskin Frontier

as McWhinny
Released: 1943-05-14

A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.

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The White Angel

as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-25

In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of...

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Moss Rose

as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
Released: 1947-05-30

When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body....

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Forever and a Day

as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Released: 1943-01-21

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...

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Two Lovers

as Jean
Released: 1928-03-23

Set during the 16th-century Spanish occupation of Flanders, the story concentrates on the...

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Murder, He Says

as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1945-06-23

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public...

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Hell Harbor

as Peg Leg
Released: 1930-03-14

Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana....

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This Above All

as Hubert
Released: 1942-05-12

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF...

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A Man Betrayed

as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-07

Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove...

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The Earl of Chicago

as Mayor (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-05

A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the...

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Captured!

as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-08-19

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his...

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Blond Cheat

as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-17

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan...

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Rulers of the Sea

as Murdock
Released: 1939-11-08

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...

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The Great Impersonation

as Perkins
Released: 1935-12-08

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set...

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Fugitive Road

as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
Released: 1934-08-22

An Austrian officer must face up to the good and evil aspects of his own personality as he...

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Eagle Squadron

as Cockney
Released: 1942-06-16

An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in...

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Rich Man's Folly

as McWylie
Released: 1931-11-14

The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to...

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Headin' North

as Smith - of Smith & Smith
Released: 1930-11-01

Having helped his father escape the law, Jim Curtis heads north with the Marshal chasing him. He...

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We Are Not Alone

as Doorkeeper
Released: 1939-11-25

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his...

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The Enchanted Cottage

as Riggs
Released: 1924-03-23

The Enchanted Cottage stars Richard Barthelmess as Oliver, a physically and emotionally wounded...

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Moon Over Burma

as Sunshine
Released: 1940-07-26

The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American...

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California Straight Ahead

as 'Fish' McCorkle
Released: 1937-04-16

A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of...

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Bombay Mail

as Collins
Released: 1934-01-06

In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta...

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Texas Pioneers

as Sergeant McCarey
Released: 1932-05-18

In order to find out who is smuggling guns to the Indians, an army officer pretends to have been...

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The Girl from Mandalay

as Ship Captain
Released: 1936-04-19

John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When...

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Stand Up and Fight

as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
Released: 1939-01-06

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

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Chances

as Pvt. Jones
Released: 1931-07-18

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go...

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Second Honeymoon

as Sheriff
Released: 1930-09-12

A wealthy man's wife becomes bored with him, so his friend decides to trick her into believing...

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A Feather in Her Hat

as Alf (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-25

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his...

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Hell's Island

as Bert (the Cockney)
Released: 1930-07-16

In this adventure, trouble ensues when two American French Legionnaires fall for the same girl...

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Sunny

as Side Show Barker
Released: 1930-11-09

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

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The Ship That Died

as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
Released: 1938-02-19

This MGM An Historical Mystery short traces the final voyage of the Mary Celeste, a ship...

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Outside of Paradise

as Old Man
Released: 1938-02-08

Daniel Francis O'Toole, singing maestro in a New York restaurant, finds himself the unexpected...

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The Sunrise Trail

as Deputy
Released: 1931-02-07

Working under cover, Tex goes south of the border and joins Rand's gang where he befriends gang...

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The Silent Hero

as Blinky
Released: 1927-08-01

Bud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog...

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The Last Moment

as Pat Rooney
Released: 1923-06-07

The Last Moment is a silent film now considered lost.

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The Adorable Cheat

as 'Dad' Mason
Released: 1928-08-14

The daughter of a wealthy industrialist wants to take over the company when her father retires,...

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Corporal Kate

as Williams
Released: 1926-12-06

Frequently cited as one of the first war films to feature the female angle, “Corporate Kate” is...

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