Harry Allen
Acting • Born 1877-07-10 – Died 1951-12-04
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.
Filmography
65 credits
The Last Moment
Movie • 1923
Pat Rooney
Hell's Island
Movie • 1930
Bert (the Cockney)
Headin' North
Movie • 1930
Smith - of Smith & Smith
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
The Silent Hero
Movie • 1927
Blinky
Buckskin Frontier
Movie • 1943
McWhinny
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
William (uncredited)
Hell Harbor
Movie • 1930
Peg Leg
Chances
Movie • 1931
Pvt. Jones
White Legion
Movie • 1936
McKenzie
The Adorable Cheat
Movie • 1928
'Dad' Mason
Second Honeymoon
Movie • 1930
Sheriff
Moon Over Burma
Movie • 1940
Sunshine
Outside of Paradise
Movie • 1938
Old Man
Moss Rose
Movie • 1947
Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
Ella Cinders
Movie • 1926
Photographer
The Sunrise Trail
Movie • 1931
Deputy
Blond Cheat
Movie • 1938
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Sunny
Movie • 1930
Side Show Barker
The White Angel
Movie • 1936
Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
Movie • 1939
Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
The Little Princess
Movie • 1939
Groom
We Are Not Alone
Movie • 1939
Doorkeeper
The Ship That Died
Movie • 1938
Bos'n of Rescue Ship
Cavalcade
Movie • 1933
Busker (uncredited)
The Girl from Mandalay
Movie • 1936
Ship Captain
Hangover Square
Movie • 1945
Libeled Lady
Movie • 1936
Jacques (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Movie • 1940
Mayor (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay
Movie • 1941
The Lodger
Movie • 1944
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Wherryman (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
Movie • 1944
Ministry of Fear
Movie • 1944
Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
Movie • 1940
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Bombay Mail
Movie • 1934
Collins
Fugitive Road
Movie • 1934
Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie • 1924
Riggs
Corporal Kate
Movie • 1926
Williams
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
English Cabbie (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
Movie • 1942
Cockney
Rich Man's Folly
Movie • 1931
McWylie
Strange Cargo
Movie • 1929
Short
Jane Eyre
Movie • 1943
Guard
The Great Impersonation
Movie • 1935
Perkins
Murder, He Says
Movie • 1945
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Movie • 1935
Alf (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Murdock
Of Human Bondage
Movie • 1934
Cabbie at End (uncredited)
The Kennel Murder Case
Movie • 1933
Sandy (uncredited)
The Dawn Patrol
Movie • 1930
Allen (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
Movie • 1935
Cord
This Above All
Movie • 1942
Hubert
Two Lovers
Movie • 1928
Jean
Captured!
Movie • 1933
British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
California Straight Ahead
Movie • 1937
'Fish' McCorkle
Texas Pioneers
Movie • 1932
Sergeant McCarey
After Midnight
Movie • 1921
Harris
Julia Misbehaves
Movie • 1948
Bill Collector
The Green Years
Movie • 1946
Purser Teeler
Murder on a Honeymoon
Movie • 1935
Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman
Movie • 1932
Charlie
The Singapore Mutiny
Movie • 1928
Mr. Watts
Turkish Delight
Movie • 1927
Scotty