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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 9, 1883
Died
December 4, 1951
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
- Harry R. Allen
Harry Allen
0.3 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.5
Bill Collector
Julia Misbehaves
1948
6.4
Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
Moss Rose
1947
6.5
Purser Teeler
The Green Years
1946
6.6
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
1945
6.9
Hangover Square
1945
6.9
Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
1944
6.9
The Scarlet Claw
1944
6.7
English Cabbie (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
6.3
The Lodger
1944
6.9
Guard
Jane Eyre
1943
Credits
Julia Misbehaves
as Bill Collector
1948
6.5
Moss Rose
as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
1947
6.4
The Green Years
as Purser Teeler
1946
6.5
Murder, He Says
as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
1945
6.6
Hangover Square
1945
6.9
Ministry of Fear
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
1944
6.9
The Scarlet Claw
1944
6.9
The White Cliffs of Dover
as English Cabbie (uncredited)
1944
6.7
The Lodger
1944
6.3
Jane Eyre
as Guard
1943
6.9
Buckskin Frontier
as McWhinny
1943
6.0
Forever and a Day
as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
1943
7.4
Mrs. Miniver
as William (uncredited)
1942
7.1
Eagle Squadron
as Cockney
1942
0.0
This Above All
as Hubert
1942
6.7
They Met in Bombay
1941
7.3
A Man Betrayed
as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
1941
5.4
Moon Over Burma
as Sunshine
1940
5.0
Waterloo Bridge
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
7.5
The Earl of Chicago
as Mayor (uncredited)
1940
5.6
We Are Not Alone
as Doorkeeper
1939
6.1
Rulers of the Sea
as Murdock
1939
6.5
The Little Princess
as Groom
1939
6.6
Stand Up and Fight
as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
1939
5.8
Blond Cheat
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
1938
6.0
The Ship That Died
as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
1938
5.8
Outside of Paradise
as Old Man
1938
0.0
California Straight Ahead
as 'Fish' McCorkle
1937
4.3
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White Legion
as McKenzie
1936
4.5
Libeled Lady
as Jacques (uncredited)
1936
7.3
The White Angel
as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
1936
8.0
The Girl from Mandalay
as Ship Captain
1936
3.0
The Great Impersonation
as Perkins
1935
0.0
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Wherryman (uncredited)
1935
7.3
A Feather in Her Hat
as Alf (uncredited)
1935
6.8
Anna Karenina
1935
6.6
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Fugitive Road
as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
1934
0.0
Of Human Bondage
as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
1934
6.5
Bombay Mail
as Collins
1934
6.0
The Kennel Murder Case
as Sandy (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Captured!
as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
1933
5.6
Cavalcade
as Busker (uncredited)
1933
5.5
Texas Pioneers
as Sergeant McCarey
1932
0.0
Rich Man's Folly
as McWylie
1931
4.5
Chances
as Pvt. Jones
1931
7.0
The Sunrise Trail
as Deputy
1931
3.0
Sunny
as Side Show Barker
1930
6.5
Headin' North
as Smith - of Smith & Smith
1930
2.0
Second Honeymoon
as Sheriff
1930
5.0
Hell's Island
as Bert (the Cockney)
1930
0.0
The Dawn Patrol
as Allen (uncredited)
1930
6.7
Hell Harbor
as Peg Leg
1930
6.0
Strange Cargo
as Short
1929
6.0
The Adorable Cheat
as 'Dad' Mason
1928
0.0
Two Lovers
as Jean
1928
0.0
The Silent Hero
as Blinky
1927
2.5
Corporal Kate
as Williams
1926
0.0
Ella Cinders
as Photographer
1926
7.0
The Enchanted Cottage
as Riggs
1924
6.5
The Last Moment
as Pat Rooney
1923
0.0
After Midnight
as Harris
1921
0.0