John Harron
John Harron (March 31, 1904 – November 24, 1939) was an American actor. He appeared in more than 160 films between 1918 and 1940. Born in New York City, he was the brother of actor Robert Harron and of actress Mary Harron. Harron graduated from Santa Clara University. His film debut came in Through the Back Door (1921). After acting for Universal, he was under contract to Warner Bros. Harron "achieved great success on the silent screen but was reduced to minor roles or minor films with the coming of sound." Harron died in Seattle, Washington from spinal meningitis. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles
White Zombie
as Neil ParkerIn Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for...
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Dark Victory
as George, the Man Taking Judith's Coat (uncredited)Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her...
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Jezebel
as Jenkins (uncredited)In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
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The Roaring Twenties
as Soldier (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
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Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the...
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Marked Woman
as Cabbie #1 (uncredited)In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...
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The Invisible Menace
as Pvt. MurphyArmy Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding...
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Confessions of a Nazi Spy
as Man in Montage with Propaganda (uncredited)FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
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Each Dawn I Die
as Jerry - a Reporter (uncredited)A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Alarm Company Operator (uncredited)A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by...
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Virginia City
as Union Lieutenant (uncredited)Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as First Fight Radio Announcer (uncredited)A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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The Return of Doctor X
as Reporter (uncredited)When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova...
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Going Places
as Man at PartyA sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he...
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Gold Diggers in Paris
as Ship's OfficerWhen the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to...
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King of the Underworld
as G-Man (uncredited)Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove...
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A Fugitive from Justice
as Cab Driver (uncredited)Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on...
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Espionage Agent
as American TouristWhen Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...
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The Adventurous Blonde
as Reynolds (uncredited)The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
as TechnicianA singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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The Patient in Room 18
as Thatcher Hospital Orderly (uncredited)Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of...
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Quiet, Please
as Sears' Assistant (uncredited)A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
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Secret Service of the Air
as Agent Cliff DurellBrass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go...
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Over the Wall
as Gus - Policeman at MorgueWhen a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...
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Boy Meets Girl
as Extra Talking to RodneyTwo lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to...
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Calling Philo Vance
as Third Reporter (uncredited)Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...
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The Crowd Roars
as Eddie's Pitman RedFamous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race,...
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The Oklahoma Kid
as President Cleveland's Secretary (uncredited)McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...
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Hearts of the World
as A Boy with a BarrelA group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace...
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Man in Sound Booth (uncredited)A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
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The Fighting 69th
as Carrol (uncredited)Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy,...
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Tear Gas Squad
as Taxi DriverA brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
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Angels Wash Their Faces
as Reporter (uncredited)A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister,...
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That Man's Here Again
as JohnAn elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who...
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Blazing Sixes
as Man Greeting Sheriff at Dance (uncredited)Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent...
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The Murder in the Museum
as Jerry RossWhen a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a...
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Code of the Secret Service
as Gambler Paid in Silver (uncredited)Secret Service agents try to solve the theft of treasury banknote plates.
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Street Girl
as Mike FallA homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her...
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Blondes at Work
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...
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Brother Rat and a Baby
as Hotel Desk ClerkThree comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...
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Torchy Blane in Panama
as AviatorTorchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...
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Fly Away Baby
as Reporter (uncredited)Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
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Blackwell's Island
as Deputy District Attorney (uncredited)A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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Women in the Wind
as Process Server (uncredited)A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
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Laugh and Get Rich
as Bill HepburnAn inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that...
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Racket Busters
as Allison's Stenographer (uncredited)A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Prairie Thunder
as Lt. AdamsTo increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the...
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The Go-Getter
as Country club man #1 (uncredited)A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
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Men in Exile
as Police Radio OperatorAn ex-con takes flight after he's framed for a jewelry store robbery and murder.
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On Dress Parade
as Academy Officer Investigating Fracas (uncredited)The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a...
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The Boy Friend
as Joe PondA young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
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Public Wedding
as ReporterThe operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a...
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Hell-Bent for Heaven
as uncreditedSid Hunt and Jude Lowery are Carolina sweethearts but hired-hand Rufe Pryer also has his eyes on...
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He Couldn't Say No
as Man With Street Radio ReporterA lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for...
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Naughty But Nice
as Freddie, Court Clerk (uncredited)Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...
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Varsity Show
as ClerkWinfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be...
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Boots and Saddles
as Orderly Given Charge of Gene's Horses (uncredited)Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real...
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Through The Back Door
as Billy BoyA young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I...
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The Gilded Highway
as Jack WelbyAfter inheriting a fortune from an uncle they barely and carelessly cared for during his last...
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Penrod
as Robert WilliamsYoung rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the...
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The Bill of Rights
as CarterThis short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the...
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Torchy Blane in Chinatown
as Chauffeur (uncredited)Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of...
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The Easiest Way
as Chris Swoboda - Laura's Suitor (uncredited)Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura Murdock decides not to marry the boy next door...
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Indianapolis Speedway
as RedA champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...
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Hard to Get
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...
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Torchy Gets Her Man
as John Wilkins (uncredited)A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to...
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
as DibbleTorchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform...
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Beauty Parlor
as Jeffrey ColtFilm follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd...
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The Beloved Brat
as Second Cab DriverRoberta Morgan is being raised in a wealthy home where her mother is occupied with her...
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The Gold Diggers
as Wally SaundersStephen Lee doesn't want his nephew Wally Sanders to marry chorus girl Violet Dayne, because he...
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Satan in Sables
as Paul YervedoffA young lady plans her devious revenge on a Russian aristocrat of fantastic wealth, who will not...
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The Man Without a Country
as Minor Role (uncredited)This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At...
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Her Husband's Secretary
as Carol's Dance Partner at PartyA businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
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The Little Irish Girl
as JohnnyBeautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure...
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My Bill
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
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The Declaration of Independence
as Rodney's Messenger (uncredited)This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast...
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Heart of the North
as First Mate (uncredited)A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound...
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Kid Nightingale
as Clipper (uncredited)A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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The Fox
as Dick Farwell (as Johnny Harron)Santa Fe, a tramp, is saved from a jeering mob in the desert town of Caliente by Annette, the...
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Talent Scout
as Charlie - Bus DriverA Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Greenhouse ClerkWhen a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided...
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Bride of the Storm
as Dick WayneAn American ship is wrecked off the coast of the Dutch East Indies, and little Faith Fitzhugh...
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Lincoln in the White House
as John HayThis short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the...
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Missing Witnesses
as Harris (as Jack Harron)A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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City Park
as Charlie HooperThe old men meet a young girl, broke, hungry and discouraged, in the park. Colonel Henry...
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Penrod's Double Trouble
as Spieler at Carnival (uncredited)When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an...
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Smashing the Money Ring
as Reporter at Trial (uncredited)T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...
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Big Boy
as JoeGus, the trusty family retainer, has hopes of riding his boss' horse, Big Boy, to victory at the...
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The Cowboy Quarterback
as Mr. GrayFootball scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field...
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Motorcycle PolicemanTorchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
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Finders Keepers
as Carter BrooksSilent military comedy whose only print exists in the Library of Congress.
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The West~Bound Limited
as Johnny BuckleyThe plot, old-hat though it is, does provide an opportunity for that wonderfully seedy villain,...
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The Night Cry
as John MartinA giant condor decimates a herd of sheep, and Rin-Tin-Tin is accused of having turned killer.
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The Daredevil Drivers
as Mr. Chet MaxfieldTo spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for...
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Out Where the Stars Begin
as Studio GatemanWhen the ballerina star of a musical feature walks off in a huff, aided by the fit-throwing...
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The Law of the Tong
as DougA young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal...
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
as Belga Line StewardEllen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...
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The Woman Hater
as uncreditedA famous international actress wants to marry the love of her life, a millionaire but is blocked...
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Midnight Warning
as Erich (as Johnny Harron)Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin...
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Slapsie Maxie's
as Fight Announcer (uncredited)In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in...
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The Czar of Broadway
as Jay GrantMort Bradley, New York political boss and underworld czar, controls not only the city's most...
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My Wife and I
as Stuart BordenIn a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...
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Below the Line
as Donald CassSlasher falls off the train that is carrying him. He is found, broken in spirit, by Donald Cass....
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Learning to Love
as Billy Carmichael (as Johnn Harron)A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
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Sister to Judas
as Ronnie RossA young writer saves a desperate young woman from committing suicide. They eventually fall in...
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Behind the Curtain
as Hugh BelmontWhen a brutal murder occurs, all the evidence points to a phony spiritualist, who is eventually...
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