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{{short description|American actor}}
{{short description|Australian-American actor}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Allen
| name = Harry Allen
| image = HarryAllen(actor)Pic.jpg
| image = HarryAllen(actor)Pic.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Allen in ''[[Dressed to Kill (1946 film)|Dressed to Kill]]'' (1946)
| birth_date = {{birth date|1883|7|10}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1877|7|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| birth_place = Australia<ref name=TVNN>{{cite news|title=Obituaries: Harry Radford Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23643004/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=The Van Nuys News |date=December 10, 1951 |page=10 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|12|4|1883|7|10}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1951|12|4|1877|7|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Van Nuys]], [[California]], United States<ref name=TVNN />
| death_place = [[Van Nuys]], [[California]], U.S.
| birthname = Harry Radford Allen
| birthname = Henry Radford Allen
| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Marjorie Josephine Condon|1910|1915|end=divorced}}<br>Gertrude Dorothea Hyde <br>({{abbr|m.|married}} 1915; ? 19??)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Marjorie Josephine Condon|1910|1915|end=divorced}}
* Gertrude Dorothea Hyde
}}
| yearsactive = 1923–1949
| yearsactive = 1923–1949
| children = 2
| children = 2
}}
}}


'''Harry Allen''' (born '''Henry Radford Allen'''; 10 July 1877 – 4 December 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]] eras. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history |title= Henry Allen birth certificate 914/1878 |publisher= Government of Victoria |date=2022-05-30 |website=Births, Deaths & Marriages, Victoria |access-date=2022-06-06}}</ref> Allen's World War One registration card gives his date of birth as 10 July, 1876 and confirms his place of birth as Melbourne, although at least one obituary gives the later birth year of 1883.<ref name=TVNN>{{cite news|title=Obituaries: Harry Radford Allen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/23643004/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=The Van Nuys News |date=December 10, 1951 |page=10 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>
'''Harry Allen''' (July 10, 1883 – December 4, 1951)<ref>Allen's World War One registration card gives his date of birth as July 10, 1876</ref>, born in Sydney, New South Wales, was an Australian-born American character actor of the [[silent film|silent]] and [[sound film]] eras.


==Career==
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.<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80723179 The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Sat 20 Feb 1915, Page 5, "Objected to Friends"] Accessed May 15, 2017</ref> In the United States, Allen was a member of a touring theater company, known for their popular rendition of ''[[The Better 'Ole]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Better 'Ole, Sparkling Comedy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/64657097/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=Vancouver Daily World |date=April 3, 1919 |page=3 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Booker Excels at Columbia in Old Bill Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27440686/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 11, 1919 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title="Better 'Ole" Radiates Mirth at Orpheum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156015630/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |author=Edwin Schallert |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 3, 1919 |page=28 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> He appeared on Broadway in the early 1920s.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harry-allen-29662 Broadway Internet Database - Harry Allen] Accessed May 15, 2017</ref>
Allen began his acting career on stage with the [[J. C. Williamson]] organisation, performing around Australia. In 1912 he left Australia for North America.<ref name=Objected>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/80723179 The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Sat 20 Feb 1915, Page 5, "Objected to Friends"] Accessed May 15, 2017</ref> In the United States, Allen was a member of a touring theater company, known for their popular rendition of ''[[The Better 'Ole]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Better 'Ole, Sparkling Comedy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/64657097/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=Vancouver Daily World |date=April 3, 1919 |page=3 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Booker Excels at Columbia in Old Bill Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/27440686/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=May 11, 1919 |page=4 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title="Better 'Ole" Radiates Mirth at Orpheum |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/156015630/?terms=%22Harry%2BRadford%2BAllen%22 |author=Edwin Schallert |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |date=June 3, 1919 |page=28 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = May 14, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref> He appeared on Broadway in the early 1920s.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harry-allen-29662 Broadway Internet Database - Harry Allen] Accessed May 15, 2017</ref>


His first film role was in the 1923 silent film, ''The Last Moment'', in a supporting role.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10170 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Last Moment | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> 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 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1934), starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5335 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Of Human Bondage | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the [[Marx Brothers]]' classic, ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'';<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=965 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Night at the Opera | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the original ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935), starring [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Clark Gable]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7072 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Mutiny on the Bounty | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> [[William Wyler]]'s 1942 Academy Award-winning film, ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'', starring [[Greer Garson]], [[Walter Pidgeon]], and [[Teresa Wright]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27360 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Mrs. Miniver | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1944), starring [[Orson Welles]] and [[Joan Fontaine]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=712 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Jane Eyre | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]] version of ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1945);<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24097| publisher=American Film Institute | title=National Velvet | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945), starring [[George Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24531 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Picture of Dorian Gray | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> His final appearance on film was in the 1949 film, ''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'', starring [[Edmund Gwenn]].
Allen's first film role was in the 1923 silent film, ''[[The Last Moment (1923 film)|The Last Moment]]'', in a supporting role.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10170 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Last Moment | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> 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 film)|Of Human Bondage]]'' (1934), starring [[Bette Davis]] and [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5335 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Of Human Bondage | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the [[Marx Brothers]]' classic, ''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'';<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=965 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=A Night at the Opera | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the original ''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935), starring [[Charles Laughton]] and [[Clark Gable]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=7072 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Mutiny on the Bounty | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> [[William Wyler]]'s 1942 Academy Award-winning film, ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'', starring [[Greer Garson]], [[Walter Pidgeon]], and [[Teresa Wright]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=27360 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Mrs. Miniver | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> ''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1944), starring [[Orson Welles]] and [[Joan Fontaine]];<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=712 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=Jane Eyre | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> the [[Mickey Rooney]] and [[Elizabeth Taylor]] version of ''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1945);<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24097| publisher=American Film Institute | title=National Velvet | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> and ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945), starring [[George Sanders]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=24531 | publisher=American Film Institute | title=The Picture of Dorian Gray | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> His final appearance on film was in the 1949 film, ''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'', starring [[Edmund Gwenn]].


==Personal life==
Allen died on December 4, 1951, and was buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allen&GSfn=Harry&GSby=1883&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1951&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=114776563&df=all& | publisher=Find a Grave | title=Harry Radford Allen | date=August 1, 2013 | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref>
In 1910, Allen married fellow actor Marjorie Josephine née Condon in [[Brisbane]]. The union was not a success and he went to North America without her, in 1912, with an Australian court granting her a divorce for abandonment in 1915.<ref name=Objected/> Allen died on 4 December 1951, and was buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Allen&GSfn=Harry&GSby=1883&GSbyrel=in&GSdy=1951&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=114776563&df=all& | publisher=Find a Grave | title=Harry Radford Allen | date=August 1, 2013 | accessdate=December 26, 2014}}</ref> He was survived by his second wife, Gertrude Dorothea (née Hyde), and their two children, Harry Jr. and Paula<ref name=TVNN/>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
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*''The Last Moment'' (1923)
*''[[The Last Moment (1923 film)|The Last Moment]]'' (1923) as Pat Rooney
*''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1924 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1924)
*''[[The Enchanted Cottage (1924 film)|The Enchanted Cottage]]'' (1924) as Riggs
*''[[Ella Cinders (film)|Ella Cinders]]'' (1926)
*''[[Ella Cinders (film)|Ella Cinders]]'' (1926)
*''[[Corporal Kate]]'' (1926)
*''[[Corporal Kate]]'' (1926)
*''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927)
*''[[Turkish Delight (1927 film)|Turkish Delight]]'' (1927)
*''The Scorcher'' (1927)
*''[[The Scorcher]]'' (1927)
*''The Silent Hero'' (1927)
*''[[The Silent Hero]]'' (1927)
*''[[The Adorable Cheat]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Adorable Cheat]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Wreck of the Singapore]]'' (1928)
*''[[The Wreck of the Singapore]]'' (1928)
*''[[Sweet Sixteen (1928 film)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' (1928)
*''[[Sweet Sixteen (1928 film)|Sweet Sixteen]]'' (1928)
*''[[Two Lovers (1928 film)|Two Lovers]]'' (1928)
*''[[Two Lovers (1928 film)|Two Lovers]]'' (1928)
*''[[In Old California (1929 film)|In Old California]]'' (1929)
*''[[In Old California (1929 film)|In Old California]]'' (1929) as Sgt. Washburn
*''[[Strange Cargo (1929 film)|Strange Cargo]]'' (1929)
*''[[Strange Cargo (1929 film)|Strange Cargo]]'' (1929) as Short
*''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' (1930)
*''[[The Dawn Patrol (1930 film)|The Dawn Patrol]]'' (1930) as Allen - Mechanic (uncredited)
*''Headin' North'' (1930)
*''[[Headin' North (1930 film)|Headin' North]]'' (1930)
*''[[Hell Harbor]]'' (1930)
*''[[Hell Harbor]]'' (1930) as Peg Leg
*''[[Hell's Island (1930 film)|Hell's Island]]'' (1930)
*''[[Hell's Island (1930 film)|Hell's Island]]'' (1930) as Bert
*''[[Second Honeymoon (1930 film)|Second Honeymoon]]'' (1930)
*''[[Second Honeymoon (1930 film)|Second Honeymoon]]'' (1930) as Sheriff
*''[[Sunny (1930 film)|Sunny]]'' (1930)
*''[[Sunny (1930 film)|Sunny]]'' (1930) as Side Show Barker (uncredited)
*''[[Chances (film)|Chances]]'' (1931)
*''[[Chances (film)|Chances]]'' (1931)
*''[[Rich Man's Folly]]'' (1931)
*''[[Rich Man's Folly]]'' (1931)
*''Texas Pioneers'' (1932)
*''[[Texas Pioneers]]'' (1932)
*''The Fourth Horseman'' (1932)
*''[[The Fourth Horseman (film)|The Fourth Horseman]]'' (1932)
*''[[Fugitive Road]]'' (1934)
*''[[Fugitive Road]]'' (1934)
*''[[The House of Rothschild]]'' (1934)
*''[[The House of Rothschild]]'' (1934)
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*''[[The Silver Streak]]'' (1934)
*''[[The Silver Streak]]'' (1934)
*''[[What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)|What Every Woman Knows]]'' (1934)
*''[[What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)|What Every Woman Knows]]'' (1934)
*''[[Riptide (film)|Riptide]]'' (1934)
*''[[Riptide (1934 film)|Riptide]]'' (1934)
*''Bombay Mail'' (1934)
*''[[Bombay Mail (1934 film)|Bombay Mail]]'' (1934)
*''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935) as Doorman (uncredited)
*''[[A Night at the Opera (film)|A Night at the Opera]]'' (1935) as Doorman (uncredited)
*''[[A Feather in Her Hat]]'' (1935)
*''[[A Feather in Her Hat]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Perfect Gentleman (film)|The Perfect Gentleman]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Perfect Gentleman (film)|The Perfect Gentleman]]'' (1935)
*''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935) as Wherryman (uncredited)
*''[[Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)|Mutiny on the Bounty]]'' (1935) as Wherryman (uncredited)
*''[[The Great Impersonation (1935 film)|The Great Impersonation]]'' (1935)
*''[[The Great Impersonation (1935 film)|The Great Impersonation]]'' (1935) as Perkins
*''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1935) as Cord
*''[[Anna Karenina (1935 film)|Anna Karenina]]'' (1935) as Cord
*''[[Libeled Lady]]'' (1936)
*''[[Libeled Lady]]'' (1936)
*''The Return of Sophie Lang'' (1936)
*''[[The Return of Sophie Lang]]'' (1936) as Graveyard Caretaker (uncredited)
*''Angels in White'' (1936)
*''Angels in White'' (1936)
*''[[The White Angel (1936 film)|The White Angel]]'' (1936)
*''[[The White Angel (1936 film)|The White Angel]]'' (1936)
*''[[Love on the Run (1936 film)|Love on the Run]]'' (1936) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
*''[[Love on the Run (1936 film)|Love on the Run]]'' (1936) as Chauffeur (uncredited)
*''[[The Girl from Mandalay]]'' (1936)
*''[[The Girl from Mandalay]]'' (1936)
*''[[Lloyd's of London (film)|Lloyd's of London]]'' (1937)
*''[[Lloyd's of London (film)|Lloyd's of London]]'' (1936) as Waiter (uncredited)
*''[[London by Night (film)|London by Night]]'' (1937)
*''[[London by Night (film)|London by Night]]'' (1937)
*''[[California Straight Ahead]]'' (1937)
*''[[California Straight Ahead]]'' (1937)
*''[[A Girl with Ideas]]'' (1937)
*''[[A Girl with Ideas]]'' (1937)
*''Outside of Paradise'' (1938)
*''[[Outside of Paradise]]'' (1938)
*''[[Bulldog Drummond in Africa]]'' (1938)
*''[[Bulldog Drummond in Africa]]'' (1938)
*''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]'' (1938)
*''[[Holiday (1938 film)|Holiday]]'' (1938)
*''Reckless Living'' (1938)
*''[[Reckless Living (1938 film)|Reckless Living]]'' (1938)
*''[[Mysterious Mr. Moto]]'' (1938)
*''[[Mysterious Mr. Moto]]'' (1938) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
*''[[Stand Up and Fight (film)|Stand Up and Fight]]'' (1939)
*''[[Stand Up and Fight (film)|Stand Up and Fight]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939)
*''[[The Little Princess (1939 film)|The Little Princess]]'' (1939)
*''I'm from Missouri'' (1939)
*''[[I'm from Missouri]]'' (1939)
*''[[Rulers of the Sea]]'' (1939)
*''[[Rulers of the Sea]]'' (1939)
*''[[We Are Not Alone (1939 film)|We Are Not Alone]]'' (1939)
*''[[We Are Not Alone (1939 film)|We Are Not Alone]]'' (1939)
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*''[[Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]'' (1940)
*''[[Waterloo Bridge (1940 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]'' (1940)
*''[[Moon over Burma]]'' (1940)
*''[[Moon over Burma]]'' (1940)
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*''Gun Cargo'' (1941)
*''[[Blossoms in the Dust]]'' (1941)
*''[[Blossoms in the Dust]]'' (1941)
*''[[One Night in Lisbon]]'' (1941)
*''[[One Night in Lisbon]]'' (1941)
*''[[Rage in Heaven]]'' (1941)
*''[[Rage in Heaven]]'' (1941)
*''[[They Met in Bombay]]'' (1941) as Soldier in Saloon (uncredited)
*''[[They Met in Bombay]]'' (1941) as Soldier in Saloon (uncredited)
*''[[A Yank in the R.A.F.]]'' (1941)
*''[[A Yank in the R.A.F.]]'' (1941) as Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
*''[[Eagle Squadron (film)|Eagle Squadron]]'' (1942)
*''[[Eagle Squadron (film)|Eagle Squadron]]'' (1942)
*''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) as William (uncredited)
*''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) as William (uncredited)
*''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]'' (1942)
*''[[Random Harvest (film)|Random Harvest]]'' (1942)
*''[[This Above All (film)|This Above All]]'' (1942)
*''[[This Above All (film)|This Above All]]'' (1942)
*''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943)
*''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943) as First Cockney Air Raid Watcher
*''[[The Man from Down Under]]'' (1943)
*''[[The Man from Down Under]]'' (1943)
*''[[Two Tickets to London]]'' (1943)
*''[[Two Tickets to London]]'' (1943)
*''[[Buckskin Frontier]]'' (1943)
*''[[Buckskin Frontier]]'' (1943) as McWhinny
*''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1944)
*''[[Jane Eyre (1943 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1943) as Guard (uncredited)
*''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]'' (1944)
*''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Hour Before the Dawn]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Hour Before the Dawn]]'' (1944)
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*''[[Passport to Destiny]]'' (1944)
*''[[Passport to Destiny]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Scarlet Claw]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Scarlet Claw]]'' (1944)
*''You Can't Ration Love'' (1944)
*''[[You Can't Ration Love]]'' (1944) as Pop (uncredited)
*''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1944) as Van Driver (uncredited)
*''[[National Velvet (film)|National Velvet]]'' (1944) as Van Driver (uncredited)
*''[[Confidential Agent]]'' (1945)
*''[[Confidential Agent]]'' (1945)
*''[[Hangover Square (film)|Hangover Square]]'' (1945)
*''[[Hangover Square (film)|Hangover Square]]'' (1945)
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*''[[Murder, He Says]]'' (1945)
*''[[Murder, He Says]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945 film)|The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' (1945)
*''[[Scotland Yard Investigator]]'' (1945)
*''[[Scotland Yard Investigator]]'' (1945) as Watchman (uncredited)
*''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]'' (1946)
*''[[The Green Years (film)|The Green Years]]'' (1946)
*''[[Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film)|Bulldog Drummond at Bay]]'' (1947)
*''[[Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947 film)|Bulldog Drummond at Bay]]'' (1947) as Postman (uncredited)
*''[[The Imperfect Lady (1947 film)|The Imperfect Lady]]'' (1947)
*''[[The Imperfect Lady (1947 film)|The Imperfect Lady]]'' (1947)
*''[[Thunder in the Valley (film)|Bob, Son of Battle]]'' (1947)
*''[[Thunder in the Valley (film)|Bob, Son of Battle]]'' (1947)
*''[[The Swordsman (1948 film)|The Swordsman]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Swordsman (1948 film)|The Swordsman]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Emperor Waltz]]'' (1948)
*''[[The Emperor Waltz]]'' (1948) as Gamekeeper (uncredited)
*''[[Julia Misbehaves]]'' (1948) as Bill Collector (uncredited)
*''[[Julia Misbehaves]]'' (1948) as Bill Collector (uncredited)
*''[[Kiss the Blood Off My Hands]]'' (1948)
*''[[Kiss the Blood Off My Hands]]'' (1948)
*''[[Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]'' (1948)
*''[[Night Has a Thousand Eyes]]'' (1948) as MacDougall (uncredited)
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' (1949)
*''[[Challenge to Lassie]]'' (1949) as Shepherd (uncredited)
*''[[The Secret Garden (1949 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' (1949)
*''[[The Secret Garden (1949 film)|The Secret Garden]]'' (1949)
*''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'' (1949)
*''[[Take Me Out to the Ball Game (film)|Take Me Out to the Ball Game]]'' (1949)
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*''Gun Cargo'' (1949) as Peg Leg

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==External links==
==External links==
{{Commons category}}

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Latest revision as of 05:20, 23 February 2024

Harry Allen
Allen in Dressed to Kill (1946)
Born
Henry Radford Allen

(1877-07-10)10 July 1877
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died4 December 1951(1951-12-04) (aged 74)
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1923–1949
Spouses
Marjorie Josephine Condon
​
​
(m. 1910; div. 1915)​
  • Gertrude Dorothea Hyde
Children2

Harry Allen (born Henry Radford Allen; 10 July 1877 – 4 December 1951) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. He was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] Allen's World War One registration card gives his date of birth as 10 July, 1876 and confirms his place of birth as Melbourne, although at least one obituary gives the later birth year of 1883.[2]

Career

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Allen began his acting career on stage with the J. C. Williamson organisation, performing around Australia. In 1912 he left Australia for North America.[3] In the United States, Allen was a member of a touring theater company, known for their popular rendition of The Better 'Ole.[4][5][6] He appeared on Broadway in the early 1920s.[7]

Allen's first film role was in the 1923 silent film, The Last Moment, in a supporting role.[8] 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;[9] the Marx Brothers' classic, A Night at the Opera;[10] the original Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable;[11] William Wyler's 1942 Academy Award-winning film, Mrs. Miniver, starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright;[12] Jane Eyre (1944), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine;[13] the Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor version of National Velvet (1945);[14] and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), starring George Sanders.[15] His final appearance on film was in the 1949 film, Challenge to Lassie, starring Edmund Gwenn.

Personal life

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In 1910, Allen married fellow actor Marjorie Josephine née Condon in Brisbane. The union was not a success and he went to North America without her, in 1912, with an Australian court granting her a divorce for abandonment in 1915.[3] Allen died on 4 December 1951, and was buried in Glen Abbey Memorial Park.[16] He was survived by his second wife, Gertrude Dorothea (née Hyde), and their two children, Harry Jr. and Paula[2]

Filmography

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(Per AFI database)[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Henry Allen birth certificate 914/1878". Births, Deaths & Marriages, Victoria. Government of Victoria. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 2022-06-06.
  2. ^ a b "Obituaries: Harry Radford Allen". The Van Nuys News. December 10, 1951. p. 10. Retrieved May 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Sat 20 Feb 1915, Page 5, "Objected to Friends" Accessed May 15, 2017
  4. ^ "The Better 'Ole, Sparkling Comedy". Vancouver Daily World. April 3, 1919. p. 3. Retrieved May 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "Booker Excels at Columbia in Old Bill Role". The San Francisco Chronicle. May 11, 1919. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ Edwin Schallert (June 3, 1919). ""Better 'Ole" Radiates Mirth at Orpheum". The Los Angeles Times. p. 28. Retrieved May 14, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ^ Broadway Internet Database - Harry Allen Accessed May 15, 2017
  8. ^ "The Last Moment". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  9. ^ "Of Human Bondage". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  10. ^ "A Night at the Opera". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  11. ^ "Mutiny on the Bounty". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  12. ^ "Mrs. Miniver". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  13. ^ "Jane Eyre". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  14. ^ "National Velvet". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  15. ^ "The Picture of Dorian Gray". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  16. ^ "Harry Radford Allen". Find a Grave. August 1, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  17. ^ "Harry Allen". American Film Institute. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
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