Kenneth Harlan

Born: 1895-07-26

Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.


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San Francisco

as 'Chick'
Released: 1936-06-26

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days...

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The Penalty

as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Released: 1920-08-15

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated...

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Marked Woman

as Eddie
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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The Green Hornet

as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-08

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious...

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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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Topper

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1937-07-16

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...

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Black Dragons

as FBI Chief Colton
Released: 1942-03-06

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is...

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China Clipper

as Department of Commerce Inspector
Released: 1936-08-11

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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They Met in a Taxi

as Mr. Andrews
Released: 1936-09-08

A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in...

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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Released: 1941-12-27

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.

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Dick Tracy's G-Men

as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
Released: 1939-09-02

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in...

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Gangs Inc.

as Jim Adams
Released: 1941-06-13

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it...

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The Walking Dead

as Stephen Martin
Released: 1936-03-01

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced...

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Movie Maniacs

as Leading man
Released: 1936-02-20

The stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business. They sneak into a movie...

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The Masked Marvel

as Gas Works Policeman
Released: 1943-11-06

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked...

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Buck Rogers

as Reporter at Wade's Lab
Released: 1939-04-10

Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are...

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The Shadow Strikes

as Captain Breen
Released: 1937-10-29

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at...

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Merrily We Live

as Mr. Remington
Released: 1938-03-04

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest...

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Doomed to Die

as Ludlow
Released: 1940-08-12

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle'...

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Fighting Bill Fargo

as Sheriff Hackett
Released: 1941-12-09

Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his...

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The Primitive Lover

as Donald Wales
Released: 1922-04-30

A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome...

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The Corpse Vanishes

as Editor Keenan
Released: 1942-05-08

A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid...

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Pride of the Bowery

as Captain
Released: 1940-12-15

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in...

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Paradise Island

as Jim Thorne
Released: 1930-07-15

The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives...

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The Underdog

as Eddie Mohr
Released: 1943-10-17

During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally...

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Klondike Fury

as Flight Dispatcher
Released: 1942-03-20

In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation....

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The Toll of the Sea

as Allen Carver
Released: 1923-01-22

A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love,...

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Thorns and Orange Blossoms

as uncredited
Released: 1922-12-10

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Deep in the Heart of Texas

as Captain Sneed
Released: 1942-09-25

Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the...

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Don Winslow of the Navy

as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
Released: 1942-01-06

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island,...

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Junior G-Men

as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-01

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals,...

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Bandit Ranger

as Mark Kenyon
Released: 1942-09-28

Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road...

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Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Bob
Released: 1935-09-09

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did...

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Hitler- Dead or Alive

as Cutler
Released: 1942-11-12

A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a...

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Millionaires in Prison

as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-12

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...

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Smashing the Rackets

as Angry Businessman
Released: 1938-08-08

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a...

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Bullets for O'Hara

as Jim
Released: 1941-07-19

A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.

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Under Western Stars

as Mr. Richards
Released: 1938-04-20

In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in...

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You Can't Escape Forever

as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1942-10-10

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime...

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

as Peter Milnor
Released: 1936-07-03

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a...

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The Oregon Trail

as General Terry
Released: 1939-07-04

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to...

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Pride of the West

as Caldwell
Released: 1938-07-07

Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching...

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Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
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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Man Hunt

as Jim Davis
Released: 1936-01-29

A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.

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Mysterious Doctor Satan

as Capt. Lathrop
Released: 1940-12-13

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build...

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Butterfly

as Craig Spaulding
Released: 1924-10-11

Silent Feature Film by Clarence Brown

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On Trial

as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
Released: 1939-04-01

An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect...

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The Night of Nights

as Actor (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-01

A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having...

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Public Enemy's Wife

as G-Man
Released: 1936-07-24

Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene,...

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The Accusing Finger

as Police Surgeon
Released: 1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...

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Dollars and Sense

as David Rogers
Released: 1920-06-27

Destitute, Hazel Farron is offered employment and comfort from bakery owner David Rogers. When...

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Desperate Cargo

as Capt. Hank MacFarland
Released: 1941-07-04

When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser...

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Blazing Sixes

as Major Taylor
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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The King of the Turf

as John Doe Smith
Released: 1926-02-28

Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by...

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Poisoned Paradise

as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
Released: 1924-02-29

Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh...

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King of Dodge City

as Banker Carruthers
Released: 1941-08-14

The story takes place in Kansas, just after the Civil War. Wild Bill Hickok is summoned from...

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The Shadow of the Eagle

as Ward
Released: 1932-02-01

The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a...

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Her Body in Bond

as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
Released: 1918-07-20

The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe...

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You Can't Beat the Law

as First Warden
Released: 1943-01-29

A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in...

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Wide Open Town

as Tom Wilson
Released: 1941-08-08

Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the...

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White Man

as White Man
Released: 1924-11-01

Lady Andrea Pellor (Joyce) is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her...

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Range War

as Chas. Higgins
Released: 1939-09-08

Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from...

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The Golden Strain

as Milt Mulford Jr
Released: 1925-12-27

Lt. Milt Mulford graduates from West Point and is assigned to a cavalry outpost in the West,...

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Santa Fe Marshal

as Blake
Released: 1940-01-26

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a...

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Gunsmoke Ranch

as Phineas T. Flagg
Released: 1937-05-05

A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries...

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Twinkletoes

as Chuck Lightfoot
Released: 1926-11-28

"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck...

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Phantom Killer

as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Released: 1942-10-02

Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of...

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The Dawn Express

as Agent Brown
Released: 1942-03-27

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for...

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Penrod and Sam

as Real G-Man
Released: 1937-02-28

A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

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The Virgin

as David Kent
Released: 1924-08-01

The Virgin (1924)

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The Flying Irishman

as Man at New York Airport
Released: 1939-04-07

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan...

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The Flame of the Yukon

as George Fowler
Released: 1917-07-01

George Fowler arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon...

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Blondes at Work

as Marvin Spencer
Released: 1938-02-05

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

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Held For Ransom

as McBride
Released: 1938-06-17

A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.

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Accidents Will Happen

as Elmer Ross
Released: 1938-04-09

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they...

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The Crowded Hour

as Billy Laidlaw
Released: 1925-04-20

Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen...

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Streets of Shanghai

as Sergeant Lee
Released: 1927-12-15

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The Hoodlum

as John Graham
Released: 1919-08-31

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys,...

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Sunset Trail

as John Marsh
Released: 1939-02-24

Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude...

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Heroes in Blue

as Miller
Released: 1939-11-07

Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his...

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Betsy's Burglar

as Harry Brent
Released: 1917-03-04

Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a...

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Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Released: 1937-09-29

Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of...

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Law of the Texan

as Allen Spencer
Released: 1938-10-24

Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment....

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Trail Dust

as Bowman
Released: 1936-12-11

Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from...

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Bobbed Hair

as David Lacy
Released: 1925-10-25

Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.

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Whirlwind Horseman

as John Harper
Released: 1938-04-29

Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have...

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The Duke of West Point

as Varsity Football Coach
Released: 1938-12-29

A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because...

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Life in Hollywood No. 2

as Himself
Released: 1927-08-25

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

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Wallaby Jim of the Islands

as [scenes deleted]
Released: 1937-12-17

Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But...

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Under Montana Skies

as Clay Conning
Released: 1930-09-09

Clay gets a musical troop out af jail and helps raise money so they can put on their show....

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Mama's Affair

as Dr. Harmon
Released: 1921-01-23

Eve Orrin is at the mercy of her possessive mother, who has a case of "nerves" every time her...

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Wild Horse Stampede

as Borman
Released: 1943-04-16

Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians.

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Dawn of the East

as Roger Strong
Released: 1921-10-01

Countess Natalya is a glamorous refugee from the Bolshevik revolution. Supporting herself and...

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Wine, Women and Horses

as Mr. Bright
Released: 1937-09-11

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.

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Tim Tyler's Luck

as Spencer, Trader
Released: 1937-12-27

A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla...

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The Man Without a Heart

as uncredited
Released: 1924-01-01

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Swing It, Sailor!

as First Officer
Released: 1938-02-04

Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.

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The Case of the Black Parrot

as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-09

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased...

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The Wages of Sin

as Laundry Owner
Released: 1938-07-14

A hard-working woman trying to support her family and working at a menial, low-paying job falls...

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Hideaway Girl

as Lead steward
Released: 1936-11-20

An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical.

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Woman's Place

as Jim Bradley
Released: 1921-10-17

The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is...

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The Beautiful and Damned

as uncredited
Released: 1922-12-10

Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She...

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Daredevils of the West

as Territorial Commissioner
Released: 1943-05-01

A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through...

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A Million to One

as William Stevens
Released: 1936-12-31

The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest...

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Ranger of the Big Pines

as Ross Cavanagh
Released: 1925-07-26

A college graduate returns West after ten years in the East to her home in Sulfur Springs....

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April Showers

as Danny O'Rourke
Released: 1923-10-21

This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.

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Saleslady

as Bigelow
Released: 1938-01-27

A young heiress moves away from home, takes a job in a Chicago department store and weds a...

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The Broken Wing

as Philip Marvin
Released: 1923-12-19

An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the...

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Little Church Around the Corner

as David Graham
Released: 1923-03-09

A wealthy minister in a mining town is something of an advocate for the miners' safety, but he...

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Polly of the Follies

as Bob Jones
Released: 1922-01-30

A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly...

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The Lash of Power

as John Rand
Released: 1917-11-05

John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power...

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East Side - West Side

as Duncan Van Norman
Released: 1923-06-29

Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich...

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Dangerous Lady

as Detective Dunlap
Released: 1941-09-12

Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to...

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The Law Rides Again

as John Hampton, Indian Agent
Released: 1943-08-06

When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken...

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I Am the Law

as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
Released: 1922-06-01

Brothers Tom and Bob Fitzgerald are both members of the Northwest Mounted Police. Bob falls in...

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Midnight Madness

as Prentice Tiller
Released: 1918-06-08

In the act of robbing a set of rare jewels from a museum, a robber is wounded in the hand....

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Lessons in Love

as uncredited
Released: 1921-05-01

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Song of the Saddle

as Marshal Bill Graves
Released: 1936-02-28

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to...

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Man, Woman and Wife

as Bill / Jack Mason
Released: 1929-01-13

Helen Brandon, an unhappily married woman, marries former suitor Jack Mason when her husband,...

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Flying Hostess

as 1st Detective
Released: 1936-12-01

The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.

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The Wife He Bought

as Steele Valiant
Released: 1918-02-04

James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock....

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The Headleys at Home

as Smooth Adair
Released: 1938-11-01

In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists...

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The World's a Stage

as Wallace Foster
Released: 1922-11-01

While playing Juliet in a barnstorming Shakespearean troupe, Jo Bishop is discovered by a motion...

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Cheerful Givers

as Horace Gray
Released: 1917-04-21

A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell.

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The Mysterious Pilot

as Carter Snowden
Released: 1937-12-09

Jim Dorn endeavors to protect Jean McNain from a man she knows has committed a murder, Carter...

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Prairie Schooners

as Dalton Stull
Released: 1940-09-29

Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along...

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The Virginian

as The Virginian
Released: 1923-09-29

Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a...

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Bread

as Dick Frothingham
Released: 1918-08-31

Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself...

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The Fighting Edge

as uncredited
Released: 1926-01-08

Juan de Dios O'Rourke, an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle...

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Midnight Rose

as Tim Regan
Released: 1928-02-26

Silent crime movie

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My Unmarried Wife

as Phillip Smith
Released: 1918-01-07

A nurse falls for a impoverished and recently blinded novelist.

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Temporary Marriage

as Robert Belmar
Released: 1923-06-30

Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring...

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The Price of a Good Time

as Preston Winfield
Released: 1917-11-04

A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but...

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Drusilla with a Million

as Colin Arnold
Released: 1925-06-18

Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars....

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Learning to Love

as (uncredited)
Released: 1925-01-25

A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.

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The Wine Girl

as Frank Harris
Released: 1918-03-25

Andrea Minghetti runs a California vineyard with the help of his pretty niece Bona, who cooks...

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Cheating Cheaters

as Tom Palmer
Released: 1927-12-05

Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the...

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A Model's Confession

as Billy Ravensworth
Released: 1918-06-02

An important customer at Armande's, where Iva Seldon works as a model, is Billy Ravensworth, who...

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The Marriage Lie

as Douglas Seward
Released: 1918-04-27

Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward,...

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