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Harry Allen
Born
Harry Radford Allen

(1883-07-10)July 10, 1883
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
DiedDecember 4, 1951(1951-12-04) (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1923–1949
SpouseGertrude Dorothea (née Hyde) Allen
ChildrenPaula 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]

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.
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