Harry Allen
Born
July 9, 1883
Died
December 4, 1951 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
Julia Misbehaves
Bill Collector
1948
Moss Rose
Threadbare Little Man (uncredited)
1947
The Green Years
Purser Teeler
1946
Murder, He Says
Old Deaf Townsman (uncredited)
1945
Hangover Square
1945
Ministry of Fear
Tailor's Delivery Man (uncredited)
1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
English Cabbie (uncredited)
1944
The Lodger
1944
Jane Eyre
Guard
1943
Buckskin Frontier
McWhinny
1943
Forever and a Day
First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
1943
Mrs. Miniver
William (uncredited)
1942
Eagle Squadron
Cockney
1942
This Above All
Hubert
1942
They Met in Bombay
1941
A Man Betrayed
Beggar Outside Club Inferno (uncredited)
1941
Moon Over Burma
Sunshine
1940
Waterloo Bridge
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940
The Earl of Chicago
Mayor (uncredited)
1940
We Are Not Alone
Doorkeeper
1939
Rulers of the Sea
Murdock
1939
The Little Princess
Groom
1939
Stand Up and Fight
Baltimore & Ohio Engineer
1939
Blond Cheat
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
1938
The Ship That Died
Bos'n of Rescue Ship
1938
Outside of Paradise
Old Man
1938
California Straight Ahead
'Fish' McCorkle
1937
White Legion
McKenzie
1936
Libeled Lady
Jacques (uncredited)
1936
The White Angel
Soldier Bothered By Rats (uncredited)
1936
The Girl from Mandalay
Ship Captain
1936
The Great Impersonation
Perkins
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
Wherryman (uncredited)
1935
A Feather in Her Hat
Alf (uncredited)
1935
Anna Karenina
1935
Murder on a Honeymoon
Hotel Gardener (uncredited)
1935
Fugitive Road
Herbert Smythe - Ambulance Driver
1934
Of Human Bondage
Cabbie at End (uncredited)
1934
Bombay Mail
Collins
1934
The Kennel Murder Case
Sandy (uncredited)
1933
Captured!
British Soldier Giving German a Cigarette (Uncredited)
1933
Cavalcade
Busker (uncredited)
1933
Texas Pioneers
Sergeant McCarey
1932
Rich Man's Folly
McWylie
1931
Chances
Pvt. Jones
1931
The Sunrise Trail
Deputy
1931
Sunny
Side Show Barker
1930
Headin' North
Smith - of Smith & Smith
1930
Second Honeymoon
Sheriff
1930
Hell's Island
Bert (the Cockney)
1930
The Dawn Patrol
Allen (uncredited)
1930
Hell Harbor
Peg Leg
1930
Strange Cargo
Short
1929
The Adorable Cheat
'Dad' Mason
1928
Two Lovers
Jean
1928
The Silent Hero
Blinky
1927
Corporal Kate
Williams
1926
Ella Cinders
Photographer
1926
The Enchanted Cottage
Riggs
1924
The Last Moment
Pat Rooney
1923
After Midnight
Harris
1921