Occupation Actor Name Harry Allen | Years active 1923–1949 Role Character actor | |
Full Name Harry Radford Allen Born July 10, 1883 ( 1883-07-10 ) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died December 4, 1951, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Gertrude Dorothea Hyde Allen Children Paula Allen, Harry Radford Allen Jr. Movies A Night at the Opera, Ministry of Fear, Ella Cinders, Hell Harbor, Rich Man's Folly Similar People Alfred E Green, William Wyler, Clarence Brown, Fritz Lang, Henry King | ||
Harry Allen was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. He would begin his acting career in the 1923 silent film, The Last Moment, in a supporting role.
In his 27-year career Allen would appear 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 would die on December 4, 1951, and be buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.
Filmography
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