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
Pat Rooney
The Last Moment
Bert (the Cockney)
Hell's Island
Smith - of Smith & Smith
Headin' North
Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
Blinky
The Silent Hero
McWhinny
Buckskin Frontier
William (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
Peg Leg
Hell Harbor
Pvt. Jones
Chances
McKenzie
White Legion
'Dad' Mason
The Adorable Cheat
Sheriff
Second Honeymoon
Sunshine
Moon Over Burma
Old Man
Outside of Paradise
Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
Moss Rose
Photographer
Ella Cinders
Deputy
The Sunrise Trail
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Side Show Barker
Sunny
Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
The White Angel
Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
Stand Up and Fight
Groom
The Little Princess
Doorkeeper
We Are Not Alone
Bos'n of Rescue Ship
The Ship That Died
Busker (uncredited)
Cavalcade
Ship Captain
The Girl from Mandalay
Hangover Square
Jacques (uncredited)
Libeled Lady
Mayor (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago
They Met in Bombay
The Lodger
Wherryman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
The Scarlet Claw
Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
Ministry of Fear
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
Forever and a Day
Collins
Bombay Mail
Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
Fugitive Road
Riggs
The Enchanted Cottage
Williams
Corporal Kate
English Cabbie (uncredited)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Cockney
Eagle Squadron
McWylie
Rich Man's Folly
Short
Strange Cargo
Guard
Jane Eyre
Perkins
The Great Impersonation
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
Murder, He Says
Alf (uncredited)
A Feather in Her Hat
Murdock
Rulers of the Sea
Cabbie at End (uncredited)
Of Human Bondage
Sandy (uncredited)
The Kennel Murder Case
Allen (uncredited)
The Dawn Patrol
Anna Karenina
Hubert
This Above All
Jean
Two Lovers
British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
Captured!
'Fish' McCorkle
California Straight Ahead
Sergeant McCarey
Texas Pioneers
Harris
After Midnight
Bill Collector
Julia Misbehaves
Purser Teeler
The Green Years
Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
Murder on a Honeymoon
Charlie
The Fourth Horseman
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
63
Gender
Male
Birthday
1883-07-09
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Also Known As
Harry R. Allen