Harry Allen
Acting
Born 1877-07-10
Died 1951-12-04
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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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.
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Acting
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Jane Eyre
Waterloo Bridge
Mrs. Miniver
Mutiny on the Bounty
Libeled Lady
Anna Karenina
The Little Princess
Of Human Bondage
Camille
Ministry of Fear
Turkish Delight
This Above All
Forever and a Day
Cavalcade
Bombay Mail
Moss Rose
The White Cliffs of Dover
Hell Harbor
Headin' North
Texas Pioneers
Blond Cheat
After Midnight
The White Angel
Second Honeymoon
A Man Betrayed
The Green Years
Murder on a Honeymoon
Hell's Island
The Singapore Mutiny
The Dawn Patrol
The Kennel Murder Case
Julia Misbehaves
Stand Up and Fight
Rulers of the Sea
Ella Cinders
California Straight Ahead
The Earl of Chicago
Murder, He Says
The Great Impersonation
Eagle Squadron
Buckskin Frontier
We Are Not Alone
The Sunrise Trail
White Legion
Corporal Kate
Chances
Captured!
Moon Over Burma
Rich Man's Folly
Fugitive Road
The Girl from Mandalay
A Feather in Her Hat
The Enchanted Cottage
The Adorable Cheat
Two Lovers
The Ship That Died
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