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Forrester Harvey

Known for

Acting

Born

June 26, 1884

Birthplace

County Cork, Ireland

Died

December 14, 1945 (aged 61)

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 – 14 December 1945) was an Irish film actor.

From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115 films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances, but some of his roles were uncredited. The burly actor with a mustache mostly played comic supporting roles, often as an innkeeper. His best-known role was Beamish in the first two Tarzan films starring Johnny Weissmuller. Together with Claude Rains, he played in The Invisible Man, as a tavern owner and husband of a hysterical Una O'Connor, and in The Wolf Man. He appeared in two films for Alfred Hitchcock, first in his British silent film The Rin...

Best known work

Rebecca
Rebecca
1940
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man
1933
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1941
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver
1942
Captain Blood
Captain Blood
1935
Shanghai Express
Shanghai Express
1932
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man
1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1941
Tarzan and His Mate
Tarzan and His Mate
1934
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
1938

Filmography

  1. 1946

    The Green Years

    as Peter Dickie

  2. 1946

    Devotion

    as Hoggs (uncredited)

  3. 1945

  4. 1945

  5. 1944

  6. 1943

    The Mysterious Doctor

    as Hugh Penhryn

  7. 1942

    Mrs. Miniver

    as Mr. Huggins (uncredited)

  8. 1942

    This Above All

    as Proprietor

  9. 1941

    The Wolf Man

    as Twiddle

  10. 1941

    Mercy Island

    as Captain Lowe

  11. 1941

  12. 1940

  13. 1940

    Earl of Puddlestone

    as Tittington

  14. 1940

    Tom Brown's School Days

    as Sam the Coachman

  15. 1940

    On Their Own

    as Mr. Pim

  16. 1940

    Rebecca

    as Chalcroft

  17. 1940

  18. 1940

  19. 1939

  20. 1939

    Raffles

    as Umpire

  21. 1939

    The Witness Vanishes

    as Allistair McNab

  22. 1939

    The Lady's from Kentucky

    as Nonny Watkins

  23. 1939

    Let Us Live

    as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

  24. 1939

  25. 1938

    A Christmas Carol

    as Old Fezziwig

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