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Name
  
James Harcourt


Role
  
Musical Artist


Albums
  
Unpleasant Surprise, Music For The Weak And The Wounded, Twisted EP

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James Harcourt (born 20 April 1873 in Headingley, Leeds) was an English character actor.

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He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage actor first in 1903 and worked with the Liverpool Repertory Company from 1919 to 1931, and was with the Old Vic in the mid 1940s.

In 1947, Harcourt appeared in the original West End production of the popular musical Bless the Bride, directed by Wendy Toye.

He was married to the actress Isadora Keith, and was the father of camera operator and cinematographer David Harcourt.

He died in Eton, Buckinghamshire on 18 February 1951 aged 77.

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Selected filmography

  • Hobson's Choice (1931) as Hobson
  • Song of the Plough (1933)
  • Paris Plane (1933)
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) as the Single Gentleman
  • Look Up and Laugh (1935)
  • Laburnum Grove (1936)
  • The Avenging Hand (1936)
  • Seven Sinners (1936)
  • Wings Over Africa (1936) as Wilkins
  • Return of a Stranger (1937)
  • Kate Plus Ten (1938)
  • Penny Paradise (1938) as Amos Cook
  • Follow Your Star (1938)
  • You're the Doctor (1938)
  • I Met a Murderer (1939)
  • The Stars Look Down (1939) as Will
  • The House of the Arrow (1940)
  • Night Train to Munich (1940) as Azel Bomasch
  • The Farmer's Wife (1941)
  • Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
  • You Will Remember (1941)
  • Hard Steel (1942)
  • He Snoops to Conquer (1944) as Counciler Hopkins
  • Johnny Frenchman (1945) as Joe Pender
  • The Captive Heart (1946)
  • I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Butler
  • Meet Me at Dawn (1947) as Henri, the butler
  • Obsession (1949) as Aikins (butler)

    • References

    James Harcourt Wikipedia
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