Harry Allen
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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.
Acting
Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Wherryman (uncredited)
1935
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Mrs. Miniver
as William (uncredited)
1942
Movie
Ministry of Fear
as Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
1944
Movie
Waterloo Bridge
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Jane Eyre
as Guard
1943
Movie
Camille
as Minor role (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Of Human Bondage
as Cabbie at End (uncredited)
1934
Movie
Libeled Lady
as Jacques (uncredited)
1936
Movie
Cavalcade
as Busker (uncredited)
1933
Movie
The Little Princess
as Groom
1939
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The Scarlet Claw
1944
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Anna Karenina
as Cord
1935
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The Lodger
1944
Movie
Hangover Square
1945
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The Kennel Murder Case
as Sandy (uncredited)
1933
Movie
Murder, He Says
as Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
1945
Movie
The Dawn Patrol
as Allen (uncredited)
1930
Movie
The White Cliffs of Dover
as English Cabbie (uncredited)
1944
Movie
Ella Cinders
as Photographer
1926
Movie
This Above All
as Hubert
1942
Movie
Moss Rose
as Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
1947
Movie
They Met in Bombay
1941
Movie
The Green Years
as Purser Teeler
1946
Movie
A Man Betrayed
as Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
1941