Harry Allen (actor)

Harry Allen
Born	Harry Radford Allen July 10, 1883 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	December 4, 1951 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1923–1949
Spouse(s)	Gertrude Dorothea (née Hyde) Allen
Children	Paula Allen Harry Radford Allen Jr.

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.^[1]

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;^[2] the Marx Brothers' classic, A Night at the Opera;^[3] the original Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable;^[4] William Wyler's 1942 Academy Award-winning film, Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright;^[5] Jane Eyre (1944), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine;^[6] the Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor version of National Velvet (1945);^[7] and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), starring George Sanders.^[8] 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.^[9]

Filmography

(Per AFI database)^[10]

• The Last Moment (1923)
• The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
• Ella Cinders (1926)
• Corporal Kate (1926)
• Turkish Delight (1927)
• The Scorcher (1927)
• The Silent Hero (1927)
• The Adorable Cheat (1928)
• The Wreck of the Singapore (1928)
• Sweet Sixteen (1928)
• Two Lovers (1928)
• In Old California (1929)
• Strange Cargo (1929)
• The Dawn Patrol (1930)
• Headin' North (1930)
• Hell Harbor (1930)
• Hell's Island (1930)
• Second Honeymoon (1930)
• Sunny (1930)
• Chances (1931)
• Rich Man's Folly (1931)
• Texas Pioneers (1932)
• The Fourth Horseman (1932)
• Fugitive Road (1934)
• The House of Rothschild (1934)
• Of Human Bondage (1934)
• The Silver Streak (1934)
• What Every Woman Knows (1934)
• Riptide (1934)
• Bombay Mail (1934)
• A Night at the Opera (1935) as Doorman (uncredited)
• A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
• The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
• Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Wherryman (uncredited)
• The Great Impersonation (1935)
• Anna Karenina (1935) as Cord
• Libeled Lady (1936)
• The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
• Angels in White (1936)
• The White Angel (1936)
• Love on the Run (1936) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
• The Girl from Mandalay (1936)
• Lloyd's of London (1937)
• London by Night (1937)
• California Straight Ahead (1937)
• A Girl with Ideas (1937)
• Outside of Paradise (1938)
• Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)
• Holiday (1938)
• Reckless Living (1938)
• Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
• Stand Up and Fight (1939)
• The Little Princess (1939)
• I'm from Missouri (1939)
• Rulers of the Sea (1939)
• We Are Not Alone (1939)
• Zaza (1939)
• The Earl of Chicago (1940)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Moon over Burma (1940)
• Gun Cargo (1941)
• Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
• One Night in Lisbon (1941)
• Rage in Heaven (1941)
• They Met in Bombay (1941) as Soldier in Saloon (uncredited)
• A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
• Eagle Squadron (1942)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942) as William (uncredited)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• This Above All (1942)
• Forever and a Day (1943)
• The Man from Down Under (1943)
• Two Tickets to London (1943)
• Buckskin Frontier (1943)
• Jane Eyre (1944)
• The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
• The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
• The Canterville Ghost (1944)
• The Lodger (1944)
• Ministry of Fear (1944)
• Passport to Destiny (1944)
• The Scarlet Claw (1944)
• You Can't Ration Love (1944)
• National Velvet (1944) as Van Driver (uncredited)
• Confidential Agent (1945)
• Hangover Square (1945)
• Love Letters (1945)
• Murder, He Says (1945)
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
• Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
• The Green Years (1946)
• Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
• The Imperfect Lady (1947)
• Bob, Son of Battle (1947)
• The Swordsman (1948)
• The Emperor Waltz (1948)
• Julia Misbehaves (1948) as Bill Collector (uncredited)
• Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
• Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
• Challenge to Lassie (1949)
• The Secret Garden (1949)
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

References

1. "The Last Moment". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
2. "Of Human Bondage". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
3. "A Night at the Opera". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
4. "Mutiny on the Bounty". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
5. "Mrs. Miniver". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
6. "Jane Eyre". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
7. "National Velvet". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
8. "The Picture of Dorian Gray". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
9. "Harry Radford Allen". Find a Grave. August 1, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
10. "Harry Allen". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.