Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1877-07-10
Day of Death
1951-12-04
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Harry Allen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Allen (July 10, 1883 â 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 nÊe 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.
Filmography (67)
Julia Misbehaves
1948
Moss Rose
1947
The Green Years
1946
Murder, He Says
1945
Hangover Square
1945
Ministry of Fear
1944
The Scarlet Claw
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
The Lodger
1944
Jane Eyre
1943
Buckskin Frontier
1943
Forever and a Day
1943
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Eagle Squadron
1942
