Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 10, 1877
Died
Dec 04, 1951
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Credits
67 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Julia Misbehaves
Bill Collector
Moss Rose
Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
The Green Years
Purser Teeler
Murder, He Says
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Hangover Square
Ministry of Fear
Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Scarlet Claw
The White Cliffs of Dover
English Cabbie (uncredited)
The Lodger
Jane Eyre
Guard
Buckskin Frontier
McWhinny
Forever and a Day
First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Mrs. Miniver
William (uncredited)
Eagle Squadron
Cockney
This Above All
Hubert
They Met in Bombay
A Man Betrayed
Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
Moon Over Burma
Sunshine
Waterloo Bridge
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
Mayor (uncredited)
We Are Not Alone
Doorkeeper
Rulers of the Sea
Murdock
The Little Princess
Groom
Stand Up and Fight
Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
Blond Cheat
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
The Ship That Died
Bos'n of Rescue Ship
Outside of Paradise
Old Man
California Straight Ahead
'Fish' McCorkle
Camille
Minor role (uncredited)
White Legion
McKenzie
Libeled Lady
Jacques (uncredited)
The White Angel
Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
The Girl from Mandalay
Ship Captain
The Great Impersonation
Perkins
Mutiny on the Bounty
Wherryman (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Alf (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
Cord
Murder on a Honeymoon
Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
Fugitive Road
Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
Of Human Bondage
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bombay Mail
Collins
The Kennel Murder Case
Sandy (uncredited)
Captured!
British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Cavalcade
Busker (uncredited)
The Fourth Horseman
Charlie
Texas Pioneers
Sergeant McCarey
Rich Man's Folly
McWylie
Chances
Pvt. Jones
The Sunrise Trail
Deputy
Sunny
Side Show Barker