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Harry Allen (July 10, 1883 â 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 nÊe 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 AâĻ
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Allen (July 10, 1883 â 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 nÊe 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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Harry Allen's Filmography
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Julia Misbehaves
as Bill Collector
Moss Rose
as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
The Green Years
as Purser Teeler
Murder, He Says
as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
Ministry of Fear
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
The White Cliffs of Dover
as English Cabbie (uncredited)
The Lodger
Jane Eyre
as Guard
Buckskin Frontier
as McWhinny
Forever and a Day
as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Mrs. Miniver
as William (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
as Cockney
This Above All
as Hubert
They Met in Bombay
A Man Betrayed
as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
Moon Over Burma
as Sunshine
Waterloo Bridge
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
as Mayor (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
as Doorkeeper
Rulers of the Sea
as Murdock
The Little Princess
as Groom
Stand Up and Fight
as Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
Blond Cheat
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
The Ship That Died
as Bos'n of Rescue Ship
Outside of Paradise
as Old Man
California Straight Ahead
as 'Fish' McCorkle
Camille
as Minor role (uncredited)
No Poster
White Legion
as McKenzie
Libeled Lady
as Jacques (uncredited)
The White Angel
as Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
The Girl from Mandalay
as Ship Captain
The Great Impersonation
as Perkins
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Wherryman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
as Alf (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
as Cord
Murder on a Honeymoon
as Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
Fugitive Road
as Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
Of Human Bondage
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bombay Mail
as Collins
The Kennel Murder Case
as Sandy (uncredited)
Captured!
as British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Cavalcade
as Busker (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman
as Charlie
Texas Pioneers
as Sergeant McCarey
Rich Man's Folly
as McWylie
Chances
as Pvt. Jones
The Sunrise Trail
as Deputy
Sunny
as Side Show Barker
Headin' North
as Smith - of Smith & Smith
Second Honeymoon
as Sheriff
Hell's Island
as Bert (the Cockney)
The Dawn Patrol
as Allen (uncredited)
Hell Harbor
as Peg Leg
In Old California
as Sgt. Washburn
Strange Cargo
as Short
The Singapore Mutiny
as Mr. Watts
The Adorable Cheat
as 'Dad' Mason
Two Lovers
as Jean
Turkish Delight
as Scotty
The Silent Hero
as Blinky
Corporal Kate
as Williams
Ella Cinders
as Photographer
The Enchanted Cottage
as Riggs
The Last Moment
as Pat Rooney
After Midnight
as Harris