Biography
Harry Bowen (October 4, 1888 β December 5, 1941) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born on October 4, 1888, in Brooklyn, New York, he broke into the film industry doing film shorts during the silent era. His work on shorts continued into talking pictures, and it was in 1929 that he made his first appearance in a full-length feature, with a small role in Red Hot Rhythm, directed by Leo McCarey. During his 20-year career, Bowen appeared in over 150 films, most of them film shorts, supporting comedians like Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy and Laurel and Hardy. Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 classic King Kong; Flying Down to Rio (1933), which was the first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; John Ford's 1935 comedy, The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson; and Next Time We Love (1936), starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Ray Milland. His final screen performance, according to AFI, was the 1939 film, The Day the Bookies Wept, starring Joe Penner and Betty Grable.Bowen died on December 5, 1941, at the age of 53 in Los Angeles, California.
Filmography
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Movies 115
Director 2
Pot o' Gold (1941)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
The Dummy Owner (1938)
She's Got Everything (1937)
Living on Love (1937)
Should Wives Work? (1937)
Shall We Dance (1937)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
Grandma's Buoys (1936)
Vocalizing (1936)
The Big Game (1936)
Missing Girls (1936)
Who's Looney Now (1936)
The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)
Dummy Ache (1936)
Fury (1936)
Hill-Tillies (1936)
On the Wrong Trek (1936)
The Harvester (1936)
At Sea Ashore (1936)
Vamp Till Ready (1936)
Neighborhood House (1936)
Will Power (1936)
Sutter's Gold (1936)
Pan Handlers (1936)
The Count Takes the Count (1936)
All Business (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Two in the Dark (1936)
Heir to Trouble (1935)
Public Ghost # 1 (1935)
Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
The Timid Young Man (1935)
The Rainmakers (1935)
Nurse to You! (1935)
Slightly Static (1935)
In Love at 40 (1935)
Hot Tip (1935)
The Headline Woman (1935)
Hit and Rum (1935)
The Misses Stooge (1935)
Thicker Than Water (1935)
Poker at Eight (1935)
Sing Sister Sing (1935)
In a Pig's Eye (1934)
The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
The Dancing Millionaire (1934)
Three Little Pigskins (1934)
You Said a Hatful! (1934)
Gridiron Flash (1934)
Something Simple (1934)
Blind Date (1934)
It Happened One Day (1934)
Another Wild Idea (1934)
Music in Your Hair (1934)
I'll Take Vanilla (1934)
Bedlam of Beards (1934)
The Cracked Ice Man (1934)
Murder on the Campus (1933)
Going Hollywood (1933)
Doubling in the Quickies (1933)
In the Money (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Golden Harvest (1933)
Snug in the Jug (1933)
Sailor Beware! (1933)
The Barber Shop (1933)
Rainbow Ranch (1933)
Husbands' Reunion (1933)
Crashing Broadway (1933)
Dream Stuff (1933)
Easy on the Eyes (1933)
Too Many Highballs (1933)
Hey, Nanny Nanny (1933)
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
The Wrestler's Bride (1933)
The Dentist (1932)
False Impressions (1932)
Courting Trouble (1932)
The Girl from Calgary (1932)
Red Haired Alibi (1932)
Ma's Pride and Joy (1932)
The Giddy Age (1932)
Beyond the Rockies (1932)
Ghost Valley (1932)
Just a Pain in the Parlor (1932)
The Saddle Buster (1932)
The Nickel Nurser (1932)
The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932)
Hasty Marriage (1931)
What a Bozo! (1931)
The Tip-Off (1931)
Blue of the Night (1931)
Sweepstakes (1931)
One of the Smiths (1931)
Lime Juice Nights (1931)
Disappearing Enemies (1931)
Dumbbells in Derbies (1931)
Knights Before Christmas (1930)
Second Honeymoon (1930)
Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
The golf player (1930)
All Teed Up (1930)
Red Hot Rhythm (1929)
Crazy Feet (1929)
Snappy Sneezer (1929)
The Glorious Fourth (1927)
Anything Once! (1927)
Be Your Age (1926)
Shivering Spooks (1926)
Thundering Fleas (1926)
Mighty Like a Moose (1926)
Monkey Business (1926)
Charley My Boy! (1926)
Your Own Back Yard (1925)
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GenderMale
Birthday1888-10-04
Deathday1941-12-05 (53 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHarry Jerome Bowen
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