John Harron

Born: 1903-03-31


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The Roaring Twenties

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-28

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...

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Jezebel

as Jenkins (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-26

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...

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Dark Victory

as George, the Man Taking Judith's Coat (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-20

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her...

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The Return of Doctor X

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-23

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova...

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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Man in Sound Booth (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-11

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

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Each Dawn I Die

as Jerry - a Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-19

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...

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Naughty But Nice

as Freddie, Court Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-23

Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...

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White Zombie

as Neil Parker
Released: 1932-07-28

In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for...

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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Alarm Company Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-20

A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by...

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Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Man in Montage with Propaganda (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-06

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

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Virginia City

as Union Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-23

Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million...

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Brother Rat and a Baby

as Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: 1940-01-13

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...

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Marked Woman

as Cabbie #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-10

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...

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Kid Galahad

as (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-29

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the...

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The Fighting 69th

as Carrol (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-27

Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...

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The Go-Getter

as Country club man #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-22

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

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They Made Me a Criminal

as First Fight Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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The Man Without a Country

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-27

This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At...

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Tear Gas Squad

as Taxi Driver
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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Gold Diggers in Paris

as Ship's Officer
Released: 1938-06-11

When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...

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The Oklahoma Kid

as President Cleveland's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-11

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...

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Hard to Get

as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-05

When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...

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Boy Meets Girl

as Extra Talking to Rodney
Released: 1938-08-27

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to...

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The Cowboy Quarterback

as Mr. Gray
Released: 1939-07-29

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field...

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The Crowd Roars

as Eddie's Pitman Red
Released: 1932-04-16

Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race,...

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Going Places

as Man at Party
Released: 1938-12-31

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he...

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The Declaration of Independence

as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-26

This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast...

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Angels Wash Their Faces

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-26

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...

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Through The Back Door

as Billy Boy
Released: 1921-05-05

A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I...

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King of the Underworld

as G-Man (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-14

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove...

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The Czar of Broadway

as Jay Grant
Released: 1930-05-25

Mort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most...

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Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Dibble
Released: 1939-05-13

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform...

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Over the Wall

as Gus - Policeman at Morgue
Released: 1938-04-02

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...

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My Bill

as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-08

An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.

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Code of the Secret Service

as Gambler Paid in Silver (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-27

Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.

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Calling Philo Vance

as Third Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-03

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...

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The Murder in the Museum

as Jerry Ross
Released: 1934-05-26

When a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a...

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Torchy Blane in Panama

as Aviator
Released: 1938-05-07

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...

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Espionage Agent

as American Tourist
Released: 1939-09-30

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...

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The Patient in Room 18

as Thatcher Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-08

Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of...

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Below the Line

as Donald Cass
Released: 1925-09-20

Slasher falls off the train that is carrying him. He is found, broken in spirit, by Donald Cass....

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Her Husband's Secretary

as Carol's Dance Partner at Party
Released: 1937-02-26

A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.

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Racket Busters

as Allison's Stenographer (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-16

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

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The Law of the Tong

as Doug
Released: 1931-12-15

A young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal...

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Kid Nightingale

as Clipper (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-04

A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.

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Boots and Saddles

as Orderly Given Charge of Gene's Horses (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-04

Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real...

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Laugh and Get Rich

as Bill Hepburn
Released: 1931-03-27

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that...

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The Gold Diggers

as Wally Saunders
Released: 1923-09-22

Stephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he...

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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

as Greenhouse Clerk
Released: 1939-06-17

When a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided...

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Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Belga Line Steward
Released: 1939-02-25

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...

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Secret Service of the Air

as Agent Cliff Durell
Released: 1939-03-04

Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go...

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Indianapolis Speedway

as Red
Released: 1939-08-05

A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...

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Torchy Gets Her Man

as John Wilkins (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-12

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to...

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Hearts of the World

as A Boy with a Barrel
Released: 1918-03-11

A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...

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The Beloved Brat

as Second Cab Driver
Released: 1938-04-30

Roberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her...

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City Park

as Charlie Hooper
Released: 1934-05-01

The old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry...

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He Couldn't Say No

as Man With Street Radio Reporter
Released: 1938-03-19

A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for...

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Women in the Wind

as Process Server (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-15

A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.

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The Boy Friend

as Joe Pond
Released: 1926-01-01

A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.

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Public Wedding

as Reporter
Released: 1937-07-09

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...

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The Adventurous Blonde

as Reynolds (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-13

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...

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Slapsie Maxie's

as Fight Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-16

In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in...

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Blackwell's Island

as Deputy District Attorney (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-24

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

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The Invisible Menace

as Pvt. Murphy
Released: 1938-01-11

Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding...

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Prairie Thunder

as Lt. Adams
Released: 1937-09-10

To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the...

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Technician
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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That Man's Here Again

as John
Released: 1937-04-16

An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...

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Lincoln in the White House

as John Hay
Released: 1939-02-11

This short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the...

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The Easiest Way

as Laura's Suitor Chris Swoboda (uncredited)
Released: 1931-02-07

Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and...

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On Dress Parade

as Academy Officer Investigating Fracas (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-18

The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a...

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Finders Keepers

as Carter Brooks
Released: 1928-02-18

Silent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.

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The Night Cry

as John Martin
Released: 1926-02-27

A giant condor decimates a herd of sheep, and Rin-Tin-Tin is accused of having turned killer.

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Talent Scout

as Charlie - Bus Driver
Released: 1937-07-24

A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.

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The Fire Patrol

as Colin Ferguson
Released: 1924-08-14

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown

as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-02

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of...

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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite

as Motorcycle Policeman
Released: 1939-08-12

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

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The Daredevil Drivers

as Mr. Chet Maxfield
Released: 1938-02-12

To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for...

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Men in Exile

as Police Radio Operator
Released: 1937-04-04

An ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.

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Beauty Parlor

as Jeffrey Colt
Released: 1932-06-15

Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd...

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Satan in Sables

as Paul Yervedoff
Released: 1925-10-14

A young lady plans her devious revenge on a Russian aristocrat of fantastic wealth, who will not...

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Smashing the Money Ring

as Reporter at Trial (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-21

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...

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Big Boy

as Joe
Released: 1930-04-27

Gus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the...

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Blazing Sixes

as Man Greeting Sheriff at Dance (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-12

Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent...

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Street Girl

as Mike Fall
Released: 1929-08-21

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her...

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A Fugitive from Justice

as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1940-06-15

Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on...

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My Wife and I

as Stuart Borden
Released: 1925-05-16

In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...

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Quiet, Please

as Sears' Assistant (uncredited)
Released: 1939-07-01

A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.

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Missing Witnesses

as Harris (as Jack Harron)
Released: 1937-12-11

A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.

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Heart of the North

as First Mate (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-10

A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound...

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The Bill of Rights

as Carter
Released: 1939-08-19

This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the...

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Blondes at Work

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-05

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...

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Sister to Judas

as Ronnie Ross
Released: 1932-12-25

A young writer saves a desperate young woman from committing suicide. They eventually fall in...

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The Fox

as Dick Farwell (as Johnny Harron)
Released: 1921-07-24

Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the...

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Varsity Show

as Clerk
Released: 1937-09-04

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be...

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Out Where the Stars Begin

as Studio Gateman
Released: 1938-05-28

When the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing...

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The Woman Hater

as uncredited
Released: 1925-07-12

A famous international actress wants to marry the love of her life, a millionaire but is blocked...

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Penrod

as Robert Williams
Released: 1922-02-20

Young rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the...

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Midnight Warning

as Erich (as Johnny Harron)
Released: 1932-11-15

Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin...

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Hell-Bent for Heaven

as uncredited
Released: 1926-05-01

Sid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on...

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Fly Away Baby

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-19

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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The Little Irish Girl

as Johnny
Released: 1926-03-06

Beautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure...

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Penrod's Double Trouble

as Spieler at Carnival (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-23

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an...

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The Gilded Highway

as Jack Welby
Released: 1926-03-13

After inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last...

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Learning to Love

as Billy Carmichael (as Johnn Harron)
Released: 1925-01-25

A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

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The West~Bound Limited

as Johnny Buckley
Released: 1923-04-14

The plot, old-hat though it is, does provide an opportunity for that wonderfully seedy villain,...

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Bride of the Storm

as Dick Wayne
Released: 1926-02-20

An American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh...

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