Forrester Harvey

from County Cork, Ireland

Artwork for Mrs. MiniverImage of Forrester Harvey

Biography

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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.

Timeline

1966Aged 82

  • Poster for The Wolfman

    Mr. Twiddle

1946Aged 62

  • Poster for Devotion

    Hoggs (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Green Years

    Peter Dickie

1945Aged 61

  • Poster for The Man in Half Moon Street

    Harris

  • Poster for Scotland Yard Investigator

    Sam Todworthy

1944Aged 60

  • Poster for The Lodger

    (Unknown)

1943Aged 59

  • Poster for The Mysterious Doctor

    Hugh Penhryn

1942Aged 58

  • Poster for This Above All

    Proprietor

  • Poster for Mrs. Miniver

    Mr. Huggins (uncredited)

1941Aged 57

  • Poster for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Old Prouty

  • Poster for Mercy Island

    Captain Lowe

  • Poster for The Wolf Man

    Twiddle

1940Aged 56

  • Poster for The Invisible Man Returns

    Ben Jenkins

  • Poster for A Chump at Oxford

    Meredith

  • Poster for Rebecca

    Chalcroft

  • Poster for On Their Own

    Mr. Pim

  • Poster for Tom Brown's School Days

    Sam the Coachman

  • Poster for Earl of Puddlestone

    Tittington

  • Poster for Little Nellie Kelly

    Moriarity

1939Aged 55

  • Poster for Let Us Live

    Death Row Inmate (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

    Professor Downie

  • Poster for The Lady's from Kentucky

    Nonny Watkins

  • Poster for The Witness Vanishes

    Allistair McNab

  • Poster for Raffles

    Umpire

  • Poster for The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

    Bit Part (uncredited)

1938Aged 54

  • Poster for Bulldog Drummond's Peril

    Bus Garage Man

  • Poster for Kidnapped

    Innkeeper

  • Poster for Bulldog Drummond in Africa

    Constable Jenkins

  • Poster for Mysterious Mr. Moto

    George Higgins

  • Poster for Arrest Bulldog Drummond

    Constable at Gannett House

  • Poster for A Christmas Carol

    Old Fezziwig

1937Aged 53

  • Poster for Personal Property

    Herbert Jenkins

  • Poster for The Prince and the Pauper

    Meaty Man

  • Poster for The Man Who Cried Wolf

    Jacko

  • Poster for Souls at Sea

    Pub Proprietor (uncredited)

  • Poster for Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

    Barman / Landlord

  • Poster for Fight for Your Lady

    Referee

  • Poster for Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

    Wilkins

1936Aged 52

  • Poster for Love Before Breakfast

    Chief Steward

  • Poster for Petticoat Fever

    Scotty

  • Poster for Trouble for Two

    Hotel Waiter (Uncredited)

  • Poster for White Hunter

    Pembrooke

  • Poster for Lloyd's of London

    Percival Potts

1935Aged 51

  • Poster for The Best Man Wins

    Harry

  • Poster for The Gilded Lily

    Proprietor, English Inn

  • Poster for The Right to Live

    English Bobby

  • Poster for The Mystery of Edwin Drood

    Durdles

  • Poster for The Woman in Red

    Mooney

  • Poster for Vagabond Lady

    Corky Nye

  • Poster for Jalna

    Rags

  • Poster for China Seas

    Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Perfect Gentleman

    Wally Baxton

  • Poster for Captain Blood

    Honesty Nutall

1934Aged 50

  • Poster for Man of Two Worlds

    Tim

  • Poster for The Mystery of Mr. X

    Joe Palmer

  • Poster for Tarzan and His Mate

    Beamish

  • Poster for Great Expectations

    Uncle Pumblechook

  • Poster for Menace

    Wilcox

  • Poster for The Painted Veil

    Waddington

  • Poster for Broadway Bill

    Bradshaw (uncredited)

1933Aged 49

  • Poster for The Eagle and the Hawk

    Hogan

  • Poster for Cocktail Hour

    Barfly (uncredited)

  • Poster for Midnight Club

    Thomas Roberts

  • Poster for Blind Adventure

    Coffee Wagon Proprietor

  • Poster for Lady for a Day

    Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited)

  • Poster for The Invisible Man

    Herbert Hall

1932Aged 48

  • Poster for Shanghai Express

    Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)

  • Poster for Sky Devils

    Innkeeper

  • Poster for Tarzan the Ape Man

    Beamish

  • Poster for The Wet Parade

    Mr. Fortesque

  • Poster for But the Flesh Is Weak

    Gooch

  • Poster for Mystery Ranch

    Artie Brower

  • Hawkins & Watkins Inc.

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Those We Love

    Jake

  • Poster for Young Onions

    Alfred

  • Poster for Smilin' Through

    Orderly

  • Poster for Kongo

    'Cookie'

  • Poster for Red Dust

    Captain Limey

1931Aged 47

  • Poster for A Tailor-Made Man

    Pomeroy

  • Poster for The Man in Possession

    Bailiff

  • Poster for Chances

    Joe (uncredited)

  • Poster for Guilty Hands

    Spencer Wilson

  • Poster for Devotion

    Gas Inspector

1930Aged 46

  • Poster for The Devil to Pay!

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1928Aged 44

1927Aged 43

  • Poster for The Ring

    The Promoter

  • Poster for The Flag Lieutenant

    Dusty Miller

1926Aged 42

  • Poster for Nell Gwyn

    Charles Hart

1925Aged 41

  • Poster for Somebody's Darling

    Oliver Jordan