Harry Hayden
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| Born | 8 November 1882 Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | 24 July 1955 (aged 72) West Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1936–1955 |
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| Children | 2 |
Harry Hayden (8 November 1882 – 24 July 1955) was a Canadian-American actor. He was a highly prolific actor, with more than 280 screen credits.
Career
Born in Canada in 1882, Hayden was slight, greying at the temples and wore glasses, and the characters he played were often small-town store proprietors, hotel managers, city attorneys, bankers and minor bureaucrats, frequently officious or snooping.[1]
Hayden worked both onstage and in films, and with his wife, actress
Hayden began appearing in films in 1936, when he was seen in Foolproof, a crime drama short,
Television also provided some opportunities for this ubiquitous actor. Hayden did a handful of episodic television shows from 1951 to 1955, in 1952 he played Stephen Wilson, the father of Margie's boyfriend in the episode "Vern's Chums", in "My Little Margie", he also had a recurring role as "Harry Johnson" on The Stu Erwin Show, also known as The Trouble With Father, although he was not credited for this when the show went to syndication.[1]
Hayden appeared in his final film,
Partial filmography
- I Married a Doctor (1936)
- Killer at Large (1936)
- Two Against the World (1936) as Dr. Martin Leavenworth
- Artists and Models (1937)
- Black Legion (1937) as Jones
- I'll Give a Million (1938)
- Saleslady (1938)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)
- Rose of Washington Square (1939)[7]
- The Rains Came (1939)
- Should a Girl Marry? (1939)
- Barricade (1939)
- Swanee River (1939)
- He Married His Wife (1940)
- Saps at Sea (1940) (uncredited)
- Lillian Russell (1940)
- Christmas in July (1940) (uncredited)
- A Man Betrayed (1941)
- Remember the Day (1941)
- Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
- The Lone Star Ranger(1942)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) as Dr. Lewellyn (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Dope (1942)
- Joan of Ozark (1942)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) as Burkham
- She Has What It Takes (1943) as Mr. Jason
- The Unknown Guest (1943) as George Nadroy
- The Big Noise (1944)
- Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
- The Killers (1946) (uncredited)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
- Millie's Daughter (1947) (uncredited)
- Variety Girl (1947)
- Merton of the Movies (1947)
- The Dude Goes West (1948)
- The Velvet Touch (1948)
- Good Sam (1948)
- Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
- Intruder in the Dust (1949)
- Gun Crazy (1950)
- The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
- Union Station (1950)
- Double Dynamite (1951)
- Carrie (1952)
- Army Bound (1952)
- O. Henry's Full House (1952)
References
- ^ a b c d Erickson, Hal Biography (Allmovie) Archived 26 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- IMDb
- ^ "Thirsty Soil". IBDB.com. Internet Broadway Database.
- Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Hayden appeared in The Great McGinty, Christmas in July, The Palm Beach Story, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Great Moment and The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend, Sturges' last American film.
- Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Great Movie Musicals on DVD - A Classic Movie Fan's Guide by John Howard Reid - Google search with book preview
External links
- Harry Hayden at IMDb
- Harry Hayden at AllMovie
- Harry Hayden at the TCM Movie Database
- Harry Hayden at the Internet Broadway Database
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