Forrester Harvey

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 Ring (1927), later in Hitchcock's Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940). A number of reference works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father in Frankenstein. Harvey's interment was in California.

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A Chump at Oxford (1939)

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred J. Goulding
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Forrester Harvey  •  Wilfred Lucas

The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred J. Goulding
CAST:  Stan Laurel  •  Oliver Hardy  •  Forrester Harvey  •  Wilfred Lucas

Broadway Bill (1934)

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Walter Connolly  •  Helen Vinson

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his job as manager of J.L.'s paper box factory and devotes his life to his racing horse Broadway Bill, but his bank- ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Myrna Loy  •  Walter Connolly  •  Helen Vinson

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Lana Turner  •  Donald Crisp

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Spencer Tracy  •  Ingrid Bergman  •  Lana Turner  •  Donald Crisp

Kidnapped (1938)

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Arleen Whelan  •  C. Aubrey Smith

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century Scotland.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred L. Werker
CAST:  Warner Baxter  •  Freddie Bartholomew  •  Arleen Whelan  •  C. Aubrey Smith

Mrs. Miniver (1942)

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Greer Garson  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Teresa Wright  •  May Whitty

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Wyler
CAST:  Greer Garson  •  Walter Pidgeon  •  Teresa Wright  •  May Whitty

Rebecca (1940)

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Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Joan Fontaine  •  George Sanders  •  Judith Anderson

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Laurence Olivier  •  Joan Fontaine  •  George Sanders  •  Judith Anderson

Red Dust (1932)

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Jean Harlow  •  Gene Raymond  •  Mary Astor

Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives along with his refined wife Dennis is quickly infatuated by her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Victor Fleming
CAST:  Clark Gable  •  Jean Harlow  •  Gene Raymond  •  Mary Astor

Tarzan and His Mate (1934)

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cedric Gibbons
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Paul Cavanagh

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cedric Gibbons
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Neil Hamilton  •  Paul Cavanagh

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Neil Hamilton  •  C. Aubrey Smith

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa in search of the elephant burial grounds that will provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's beautiful daughter Jane arrives unexpectedly to join them. Jane is terrified when Tarzan and his ape ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  W.S. Van Dyke
CAST:  Johnny Weissmüller  •  Maureen O'Sullivan  •  Neil Hamilton  •  C. Aubrey Smith

The Invisible Man (1933)

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Gloria Stuart  •  William Harrigan  •  Henry Travers

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Whale
CAST:  Claude Rains  •  Gloria Stuart  •  William Harrigan  •  Henry Travers

The Invisible Man Returns (1940)

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe May
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Vincent Price  •  Nan Grey  •  John Sutton

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe May
CAST:  Cedric Hardwicke  •  Vincent Price  •  Nan Grey  •  John Sutton

The Ring (1927)

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Carl Brisson  •  Ian Hunter  •  Lillian Hall-Davis  •  Forrester Harvey

Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alfred Hitchcock
CAST:  Carl Brisson  •  Ian Hunter  •  Lillian Hall-Davis  •  Forrester Harvey

The Wolf Man (1941)

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Claude Rains  •  Warren William  •  Bela Lugosi

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Waggner
CAST:  Lon Chaney Jr.  •  Claude Rains  •  Warren William  •  Bela Lugosi

Shanghai Express (1932)

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Clive Brook  •  Anna May Wong  •  Warner Oland

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Josef von Sternberg
CAST:  Marlene Dietrich  •  Clive Brook  •  Anna May Wong  •  Warner Oland

Lady for a Day (1933)

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warren William  •  May Robson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Glenda Farrell

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Capra
CAST:  Warren William  •  May Robson  •  Guy Kibbee  •  Glenda Farrell

Captain Blood (1935)

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Ross Alexander

Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Basil Rathbone  •  Ross Alexander

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)

Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  John Howard  •  Heather Angel  •  H.B. Warner  •  Reginald Denny

Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating the situation involving a series of deaths and an elusive murderer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James P. Hogan
CAST:  John Howard  •  Heather Angel  •  H.B. Warner  •  Reginald Denny

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Bette Davis  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Donald Crisp

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Curtiz
CAST:  Errol Flynn  •  Bette Davis  •  Olivia de Havilland  •  Donald Crisp

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser's miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Reginald Owen  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Kathleen Lockhart  •  Terry Kilburn

Classic Charles Dickens holiday tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the miser's miser who has a huge change of heart after spirits whisk him into the past, present, and future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edwin L. Marin
CAST:  Reginald Owen  •  Gene Lockhart  •  Kathleen Lockhart  •  Terry Kilburn

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  George Murphy  •  Charles Winninger  •  Douglas McPhail

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Norman Taurog
CAST:  Judy Garland  •  George Murphy  •  Charles Winninger  •  Douglas McPhail
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