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Harry Harvey

1901–1985 · Actor

Biography

Harry Harvey Sr. was an American actor of theatre, film, and television.

Harvey appeared in minstrel shows, in vaudeville, and on the Broadway stage but is best remembered as a character actor who appeared in more than three hundred films and episodes of television series.

He had roles in the films The Oregon Trail, Old Overland Trail, Wyoming Renegades, Ride Beyond Vengeance, and many other westerns.

In the 1950s, Harvey was cast in The Roy Rogers Show, Man Without a Gun and The Lone Ranger. In 1962, he appeared on It's a Man's World. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he guest-starred on Branded, Lassie, Hazel, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, Alias Smith and Jones, Bonanza, and Columbo. His last appearance was in an episode of Adam-12-

Notable Noir Roles

Step by Step

1946Dir. Phil Rosen · Sen. Remmy

Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn's new job as secretary to a U.S. senator in California soon brings unexpected in…

The Narrow Margin

1952Dir. Richard Fleischer · Train Conductor

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Highway Dragnet

1954Dir. Nathan Juran · Mr. Carson

An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her principal model. Tensions rise when the women realize the m…

Full Noir Filmography

3 films · 1946–1954