
Harry Semels
Born: 1887-11-20
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.
Known For

Hold Your Man
1933★ 6.1

Seven Sinners
1940★ 5.8

Hell's Angels
1930★ 6.4

Tiger Shark
1932★ 6.3

The Bowery
1933★ 5.0

Ghost Valley
1932★ 4.0

Kit Carson
1940★ 5.8

Riding High
1950★ 5.8

The Great Dictator
1940★ 8.3

Slightly Dangerous
1943★ 6.1

Les Misérables
1935★ 7.2

Phantom Raiders
1940★ 6.1

Dishonored
1931★ 6.8

Dizzy Pilots
1943★ 6.9

Damaged Lives
1933★ 4.3

Midnight
1939★ 7.4

Storm at Daybreak
1933★ 5.8

Hot Water
1937★ 5.0

Thunder Afloat
1939★ 5.9

Ninotchka
1939★ 7.5

Drum Taps
1933★ 4.5

Overland Mail
1939★ 2.0

Baby Face
1933★ 7.2

Young Blood
1932★ 0.0

Road to Utopia
1946★ 6.7

Flirting with Fate
1938★ 6.5

Bombay Mail
1934★ 6.0

It Happened One Night
1934★ 7.8

The Yellow Ticket
1931★ 4.7

Plunder
1923★ 0.0

General Nuisance
1941★ 6.0

Vanity Street
1932★ 6.8

Bridal Bail
1934★ 3.0

Human Cargo
1936★ 6.0

Star Reporter
1939★ 3.4

You Can't Take It with You
1938★ 7.5

Movie Night
1929★ 6.0

Moontide
1942★ 6.3

Night Beat
1931★ 5.5

Virtue
1932★ 6.4

Movie Maniacs
1936★ 5.6

Rocky Rhodes
1934★ 0.0

Midnight Blunders
1936★ 4.3

Torch Singer
1933★ 5.2

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946★ 6.2

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927★ 7.8

Sally of the Subway
1932★ 6.0

Weary River
1929★ 5.7

New Moon
1940★ 6.5

They Drive by Night
1940★ 6.9

Crashing Thru
1939★ 6.0

Reunion in France
1942★ 6.4

Platinum Blonde
1931★ 6.6

A Thousand and One Nights
1945★ 5.8

The Wedding Night
1935★ 5.8

I Love a Mystery
1945★ 6.2

Foreign Correspondent
1940★ 7.0

And One Was Beautiful
1940★ 6.2

Mills of the Gods
1934★ 0.0

I Am Suzanne!
1933★ 6.2

Beware of Blondes
1928★ 4.0

Our Daily Bread
1934★ 6.7

The Desert Bride
1928★ 4.7

The Harvey Girls
1946★ 6.5

Hollywood Round-Up
1937★ 4.4

Hurricane Hutch
1921★ 6.0

The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939★ 5.8

Riley the Cop
1928★ 5.6

Speed
1922★ 0.0

The Revenge Rider
1935★ 0.0

Marie Antoinette
1938★ 6.5

Kid Galahad
1937★ 7.0

Virgin Lips
1928★ 1.0

The Soldier and the Lady
1937★ 6.5

Texas Buddies
1932★ 6.0

Those Who Dance
1930★ 6.0

American Madness
1932★ 6.8

Give Us This Night
1936★ 7.0

This Is the Night
1932★ 5.3

The Last Command
1928★ 7.3

A Very Honorable Guy
1934★ 2.0

The Hard Way
1943★ 6.3

Little Nellie Kelly
1940★ 6.7

Road to Morocco
1942★ 6.9

My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937★ 6.1

The American Way
1919★ 0.0

A Lady Takes a Chance
1943★ 5.6

The Sky Ranger
1921★ 0.0

Wells Fargo
1937★ 5.2

Anthony Adverse
1936★ 5.7

Strange Cargo
1940★ 7.0

Twentieth Century
1934★ 6.8

Woman of the Year
1942★ 6.9

She's Oil Mine
1941★ 6.5

Badman's Territory
1946★ 5.7

North West Mounted Police
1940★ 6.4

Down to Their Last Yacht
1934★ 6.0

Here Comes the Bride
1919★ 0.0

Safe in Hell
1931★ 6.6

Hawk of the Hills
1929★ 4.0

Into the Net
1924★ 0.0

Suicide Fleet
1931★ 4.3

A Slight Case of Murder
1938★ 6.3

The Gay Desperado
1936★ 2.8

Play Ball
1925★ 0.0

South of the Rio Grande
1932★ 8.0

The Thrill Hunter
1933★ 5.7

The Phantom Foe
1920★ 0.0

Balalaika
1939★ 4.4

Broadway Bill
1934★ 6.0

Elmer, the Great
1933★ 4.9

I Live My Life
1935★ 6.4

Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942★ 4.7

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939★ 2.0

One Rainy Afternoon
1936★ 4.8

The Last Train from Madrid
1937★ 4.3

The Bad Man
1930★ 0.0

Rogues and Romance
1920★ 0.0

The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936★ 7.5

Can't Help Singing
1944★ 5.4

Dance, Fools, Dance
1931★ 6.4

I'll Give a Million
1938★ 5.7

After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943★ 5.6

Three Little Sew and Sews
1939★ 6.9

Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942★ 2.5

I Sell Anything
1934★ 4.5

State Police
1938★ 6.0

Disorder in the Court
1936★ 6.7

The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936★ 6.8

Strange Affair
1944★ 6.2

A Fallen Idol
1919★ 0.0

Missing Witnesses
1937★ 5.5

Make Your Own Bed
1944★ 5.8

Big News
1929★ 4.2

The House Without a Key
1926★ 0.0

Midnight Taxi
1937★ 5.0

I'll Name the Murderer
1936★ 4.2

King of the Wild Horses
1933★ 0.0

More Than a Secretary
1936★ 6.4

The Yellow Cameo
1928★ 0.0

He Stayed for Breakfast
1940★ 0.0

He Stayed for Breakfast
1940★ 0.0

The Crackerjack
1925★ 6.0

Stone of Silver Creek
1935★ 0.0

The Chance of a Lifetime
1943★ 6.2

Sin's Pay Day
1932★ 5.2

The Black Secret
1919★ 0.0

King of the Turf
1939★ 7.0

The Girl of the Golden West
1938★ 4.6

Captain Thunder
1930★ 3.8

Bound and Gagged
1919★ 0.0

Command Performance
1931★ 4.1

The Lion and the Lamb
1931★ 0.0

The Royal Rider
1929★ 0.0

The Demon
1926★ 0.0

The Delightful Rogue
1929★ 0.0

The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927★ 0.0