Harry Allen
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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.
Acted in
Moss Rose
1947
as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
1945
as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
1945
Ministry of Fear
1944
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as English Cabbie (uncredited)
The Lodger
1944
Jane Eyre
1943
as Guard
Buckskin Frontier
1943
as McWhinny
Forever and a Day
1943
as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as William (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Cockney
This Above All
1942
as Hubert
They Met in Bombay
1941
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
Moon Over Burma
1940
as Sunshine
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Mayor (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
1939
as Doorkeeper
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Murdock
The Little Princess
1939
as Groom
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
Blond Cheat
1938
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
The Ship That Died
1938
as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
Outside of Paradise
1938
as Old Man
California Straight Ahead
1937
as 'Fish' McCorkle
White Legion
1936
as McKenzie
Libeled Lady
1936
as Jacques (uncredited)
The White Angel
1936
as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
as Ship Captain
The Great Impersonation
1935
as Perkins
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Wherryman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Alf (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
1935
Fugitive Road
1934
as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
Of Human Bondage
1934
as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
Bombay Mail
1934
as Collins
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Sandy (uncredited)
Captured!
1933
as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Cavalcade
1933
as Busker (uncredited)
Texas Pioneers
1932
as Sergeant McCarey
Rich Man's Folly
1931
as McWylie
Chances
1931
as Pvt. Jones
The Sunrise Trail
1931
as Deputy
Sunny
1930
as Side Show Barker
Headin' North
1930
as Smith - of Smith & Smith
Second Honeymoon
1930
as Sheriff
Hell's Island
1930
as Bert (the Cockney)
The Dawn Patrol
1930
as Allen (uncredited)
Hell Harbor
1930
as Peg Leg
Strange Cargo
1929
as Short
The Adorable Cheat
1928
as 'Dad' Mason
Two Lovers
1928
as Jean
The Silent Hero
1927
as Blinky
Corporal Kate
1926
as Williams
Ella Cinders
1926
as Photographer
The Enchanted Cottage
1924
as Riggs
The Last Moment
1923
as Pat Rooney
After Midnight
1921
as Harris