Michael Martin Harvey
Michael Martin Harvey | |
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Film actor | |
| Years active | 1925–1954 |
Michael Martin Harvey (birth registered as Jack Seaforth Harvey, baptised as Jack Seaforth Elton Harvey, 18 April 1897 – 30 June 1975)[1][2][3] was an English actor.[4] He was the son of the stage actor/manager Sir John Martin-Harvey and brother of actress Muriel Martin-Harvey.[5]
As well as his theatre work, he had a number of small roles in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s such as
He married children's book illustrator Hester Margetson in 1927 under the name Jack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey.[6] Together, they formed a small ballet touring company, the Martin-Harvey Miniature Ballet. In the 1950s, he teamed with the composer Margaret More to form the Hans Andersen Players, performing selected works from the work of Hans Christian Andersen. Besides dance, his other artistic interests included poetry, painting and pottery.
Selected filmography
- The Robber Symphony (1936)
- The Mutiny of the Elsinore (1937)
- The Drum (1938)
- Let the People Sing (1942)
- Bedelia (1946)
- The Monkey's Paw (1948)
- The Case of Charles Peace (1949)
- Torment (1950)
- The Third Visitor (1951)
- Judgment Deferred (1952)
- The Long Memory (1952)
References
- ^ "Ancestry - Sign up". FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 | findmypast.co.uk". www.findmypast.co.uk.
- ^ "Michael Martin-Harvey". Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ ISBN 9781526111975– via Google Books.
- ^ "Search Results for England-and-wales-marriages-1837-2008 | findmypast.co.uk". www.findmypast.co.uk.
External links
- Michael Martin Harvey at IMDb
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