Paul Harvey (actor)

Paul Harvey
Born	Roy Paul Harvey (1882-09-10)September 10, 1882 Sandwich, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 5, 1955(1955-12-05) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active	1915–1955
Spouse	Merle Stanton

Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films. He is not to be confused with Paul Harvey the broadcaster.

Biography

Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of The Awful Truth, then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or authority figures.

He was a vacationing businessman whose car is commandeered by fugitive killer Humphrey Bogart in the 1935 crime drama The Petrified Forest and the minister who marries Spencer Tracy's daughter Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950 comedy Father of the Bride and its sequel. In the thriller Side Street, Harvey played a married man forced to pay $30,000 in blackmail money after having an affair.

Besides his numerous films, Harvey appeared in 1950s television series such as December Bride, My Little Margie, Father Knows Best and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show before his death from a coronary thrombosis in 1955.

Partial filmography

• Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918)
• The Awful Truth (1929)
• The Wiser Sex (1932) with Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas
• Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)
• The Affairs of Cellini (1934)
• The House of Rothschild (1934) with Boris Karloff and Loretta Young
• Handy Andy (1934) with Will Rogers
• A Wicked Woman (1934)
• Kid Millions (1934) with Eddie Cantor and Ann Sothern
• Born to Be Bad (1934) with Loretta Young and Cary Grant
• Looking for Trouble (1934) with Spencer Tracy
• Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
• She Was a Lady (1934)
• Broadway Bill (1934)
• Hat, Coat and Glove (1934)
• The Last Gentleman (1934)
• Goin' to Town (1935) with Mae West
• Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) with Jack Benny
• The Whole Town's Talking (1935) with Edward G. Robinson
• Thanks a Million (1935) with Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak
• Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
• The President Vanishes (1935)
• I'll Love You Always (1935)
• Alibi Ike (1935) with Joe E. Brown and Olivia De Havilland
• The Walking Dead (1936) with Boris Karloff
• The Petrified Forest (1936) with Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis
• Private Number (1936) with Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Basil Rathbone
• Libeled Lady (1936) with Jean Harlow, William Powell and Myrna Loy
• The Plainsman (1936)
• The Witness Chair (1936)
• Black Legion (1937) with Humphrey Bogart
• My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
• The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
• The Devil Is Driving (1937)
• High Flyers (1937) with Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, and Lupe Vélez
• Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
• A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
• If I Were King (1938)
• The Sisters (1938)
• Stanley and Livingstone (1939) with Spencer Tracy and Nancy Kelly* They Shall Have Music (1939)
• Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
• They Shall Have Music (1939)
• News Is Made at Night (1939)
• Never Say Die (1939)
• The Gorilla (1939)
• Arizona (1940) with William Holden and Jean Arthur
• Behind the News (1940) with Lloyd Nolan
• Typhoon (1940)
• High School (1940)
• The Marines Fly High (1940)
• Brother Rat and a Baby (1940)
• Law of the Tropics (1941)
• High Sierra (1941) with Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino
• Puddin' Head (1941)
• Three Girls About Town (1941)
• Out of the Fog (1941)
• Great Guns (1941)
• Moonlight Masquerade (1942)
• You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
• A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
• Mystery Broadcast (1943)
• Spellbound (1945) with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck
• Don't Fence Me In (1945)
• Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
• Pillow to Post (1945)
• The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
• Up Goes Maisie (1946) with Ann Sothern
• A Night in Casablanca (1946) with the Marx Brothers
• They Made Me a Killer (1946)
• The Bamboo Blonde (1946)
• Wyoming (1947)
• Call Northside 777 (1948) with James Stewart
• Waterfront at Midnight (1948)
• Family Honeymoon (1948)
• Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) with Clifton Webb
• Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) with Richard Widmark and Lionel Barrymore
• Take One False Step (1949)
• The Fountainhead (1949) with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal
• John Loves Mary (1949)
• The Girl from Jones Beach (1949)
• The Lawless (1950)
• The Milkman (1950) with Donald O'Connor and Jimmy Durante
• Side Street (1950)
• Father of the Bride (1950) with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
• Father's Little Dividend (1951) with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor
• Excuse My Dust (1951)
• Here Come the Nelsons (1952) with Ozzie and Harriet and Rock Hudson
• Dreamboat (1952) with Clifton Webb and Ginger Rogers
• April in Paris (1952) with Doris Day and Ray Bolger
• Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952)
• Calamity Jane (1953) with Doris Day
• High Society (1955) with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall
• Three Men on a Horse (1956)

External links

• Paul Harvey at IMDb
• Paul Harvey at the Internet Broadway Database