
Harry Allen
Born: 1883-07-09
Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For

Jane Eyre

Waterloo Bridge

The Earl of Chicago

The Little Princess

The Lodger

Cavalcade

Moss Rose

Rich Man's Folly

The Silent Hero

Fugitive Road

Julia Misbehaves

After Midnight

Mutiny on the Bounty

Captured!

Anna Karenina

Bombay Mail

Libeled Lady

The Great Impersonation

Murder, He Says

Mrs. Miniver

Chances

Hangover Square

Rulers of the Sea

Sunny

The White Angel

Eagle Squadron

Texas Pioneers

Hell Harbor

Of Human Bondage

The White Cliffs of Dover

Blond Cheat

This Above All

The Scarlet Claw

The Green Years

Ministry of Fear

The Dawn Patrol

Forever and a Day

Headin' North

A Man Betrayed

The Kennel Murder Case

The Fourth Horseman

They Met in Bombay

Second Honeymoon

Two Lovers

California Straight Ahead

The Enchanted Cottage

Ella Cinders

We Are Not Alone

Corporal Kate

Murder on a Honeymoon

Stand Up and Fight

Hell's Island

The Sunrise Trail

A Feather in Her Hat

Strange Cargo

Buckskin Frontier

Moon Over Burma

The Adorable Cheat

Outside of Paradise

The Girl from Mandalay

The Ship That Died
