Harry Allen
Biography
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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Movies (50)
Julia Misbehaves
as Bill Collector
1948
Moss Rose
as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
1947
The Green Years
as Purser Teeler
1946
Murder, He Says
as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
1945
Hangover Square
1945
Ministry of Fear
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
as English Cabbie (uncredited)
1944
The Lodger
1944
Jane Eyre
as Guard
1943
Buckskin Frontier
as McWhinny
1943
Forever and a Day
as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
1943
Mrs. Miniver
as William (uncredited)
1942
Eagle Squadron
as Cockney
1942
This Above All
as Hubert
1942
They Met in Bombay
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
1941
Moon Over Burma
as Sunshine
1940
Waterloo Bridge
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
The Earl of Chicago
as Mayor (uncredited)
1940
We Are Not Alone
as Doorkeeper
1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Murdock
1939
The Little Princess
as Groom
1939
Stand Up and Fight
as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
1939
Blond Cheat
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
1938
The Ship That Died
as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
1938
Outside of Paradise
as Old Man
1938
California Straight Ahead
as 'Fish' McCorkle
1937
White Legion
as McKenzie
1936
Libeled Lady
as Jacques (uncredited)
1936
The White Angel
as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
as Ship Captain
1936
The Great Impersonation
as Perkins
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Wherryman (uncredited)
1935
A Feather in Her Hat
as Alf (uncredited)
1935
Anna Karenina
as Cord
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
1935
Fugitive Road
as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
1934
Of Human Bondage
as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
1934
Bombay Mail
as Collins
1934
The Kennel Murder Case
as Sandy (uncredited)
1933
Captured!
as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
1933
Cavalcade
as Busker (uncredited)
1933
The Fourth Horseman
as Charlie
1932
Texas Pioneers
as Sergeant McCarey
1932
Rich Man's Folly
as McWylie
1931
Chances
as Pvt. Jones
1931
The Sunrise Trail
as Deputy
1931
Sunny
as Side Show Barker
1930
Headin' North
as Smith - of Smith & Smith
1930