Biography
Harry Harvey Sr. was an American actor of theatre, film, and television.
Harvey appeared in minstrel shows, in vaudeville, and on the Broadway stage but is best remembered as a character actor who appeared in more than three hundred films and episodes of television series.
He had roles in the films The Oregon Trail, Old Overland Trail, Wyoming Renegades, Ride Beyond Vengeance, and many other westerns.
In the 1950s, Harvey was cast in The Roy Rogers Show, Man Without a Gun and The Lone Ranger. In 1962, he appeared on It's a Man's World. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he guest-starred on Branded, Lassie, Hazel, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, Alias Smith and Jones, Bonanza, and Columbo. His last appearance was in an episode of Adam-12-
Filmography
all 260
Movies 193
TV Shows 67
self 3
Director 1
Drew (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
The Century Turns (1972)
Movie
Drew / Shopkeeper
Hec Ramsey (1972)
TV
Salvation Army Capt.
Sarge (1971)
TV
George Cheevers
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971)
TV
Irate Citizen / Man
Nichols (1971)
TV
Manager
Columbo (1971)
TV
5.78
Dr. Avery Smith (uncredited)
Airport (1970)
Movie
5.32
Villager
Cutter's Trail (1970)
Movie
Mr. Kirkaby
The Ballad of Andy Crocker (1969)
Movie
Mr. Simpson
Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
TV
4.8
Elderly Heart Patient (uncredited)
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1969)
TV
Reverend Harvey
Adam-12 (1968)
TV
7.5
Judge Nibley
Stay Away, Joe (1968)
Movie
Mr. Finch
Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Movie
6
Geologist / Proprietor / Garrison / Maintenance Man / Ken Bailey / Doctor
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Mike
The Danny Thomas Hour (1967)
TV
Sheriff / Sheriff Grady Blalock / Sheriff Peters
The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
TV
1st Grocer / Elderly Man / Day Clerk
Ironside (1967)
TV
6
Mr. Grisson
The Trouble with Angels (1966)
Movie
Vogan
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
Movie
General Powlett
I Dream of Jeannie (1965)
TV
6.11
Theater Manager
The Wild Wild West (1965)
TV
5.75
Grover
Lost in Space (1965)
TV
2
Mr. Guerney
Green Acres (1965)
TV
3.5
Executive Board Member (uncredited)
The Great Race (1965)
Movie
6.38
Stable Owner / Station Master Potter / Doc Shackley
Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Luther Michaels / Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Daniel Boone (1964)
TV
5.75
Uncle Willie
Bewitched (1964)
TV
6.33
Sheriff
For the Love of Willadean (1964)
Movie
Mr. Billings
Petticoat Junction (1963)
TV
6
Bank Guard
Burke's Law (1963)
TV
6
Sanford Brown / Dr. Vince
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
TV
5
Station Master / Judge / Lester / Station Agent (uncredited) / Bartender / Ira Corwin / Horatio
The Virginian (1962)
TV
Houghton Stott
It's a Man's World (1962)
TV
Muntz / J. M. Carter
Hazel (1961)
TV
Editor (Uncredited)
Pollyanna (1960)
Movie
5.33
Clearview Barber (uncredited) / Harold Coldman
The Untouchables (1959)
TV
5.29
Mrs. King's Neighbor (uncredited)
The FBI Story (1959)
Movie
Doc Martin - Coroner / Sangster / Bixle
Bonanza (1959)
TV
1
Mr. Carter
The Deputy (1959)
TV
The Printer
Rawhide (1959)
TV
4
The Squatter / Judge Hansen
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Dr. Wilson
Lawman (1958)
TV
Doc Maywood / Cass Porter / Clyde Hatbridge / Bartender
The Texan (1958)
TV
The Ed Wynn Show (1958)
TV
Bartender
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
TV
Grocer (uncredited)
The Sheepman (1958)
Movie
Dr. Creighton (as Harry Harvey, Sr.)
Man in the Shadow (1957)
Movie
Mayor George Dixon
Man Without a Gun (1957)
TV
Captain Drake
Leave It to Beaver (1957)
TV
Capt. Owens / Store Owner / Dad Brewster / Mueller the Jeweler (uncredited) / Western Union Telegrapher (uncredited) / Stagecoach Driver / Cousin Seeby
Maverick (1957)
TV
5.33
Deputy Marshall Clancy (uncredited) / Sheriff Matt / Mayor Ives / Mr. Parsons / Vern Orton
Wagon Train (1957)
TV
8
1st Station Agent / Post Master / Sheriff Dawson McGinty
Sugarfoot (1957)
TV
Elam King
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)
Movie
Mr. J. Pierpoint Perkins
Blondie (1957)
TV
Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)
Showdown at Abilene (1956)
Movie
Judge / Judge Willis / Len Everetts
Broken Arrow (1956)
TV
10
Judd Landis
Engagement Party (1956)
Movie
Meet Mrs. Swenson (1956)
Movie
2nd Senator (uncredited)
Screen Director's Playhouse (1955)
TV
Al Neavins / Telegraph Operator
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
TV
Doc Terwilliger
The Adventures of Champion (1955)
TV
Wilbur Crane / Opie Wade / Marshal (uncredited) / Mayor Squires (uncredited) / Tom Lovelace / Mayor Robert Ellison (uncredited)
Cheyenne (1955)
TV
Drummer / Old Man / Johnson / Eli / Storekeeper / Dispatcher
Gunsmoke (1955)
TV
6
John H. Brodus / Storekeeper A.P. Whittle / Telegrapher (uncredited) / Man Talking to Swamper (uncredited)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
TV
Sheriff
Phantom Trails (1955)
Movie
Gas Station Attendant
Murder Is My Beat (1955)
Movie
First Train Conductor (uncredited)
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)
Movie
5.6
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Movie
5.57
Sheriff / Townsman with Dog (uncredited)
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (1954)
TV
5.98
Judge Grayson / Mr. Ferguson
Studio 57 (1954)
TV
Hank Fuller (uncredited) / Mr. Simpson / Robert Hanson / Hugh Townsend
Lassie (1954)
TV
8
Mr. Russell / Man / Uncle Charlie
It's a Great Life (1954)
TV
Medford
Wyoming Renegades (1954)
Movie
Sid Page
Public Defender (1954)
TV
Ben
The Big Moment (1954)
Movie
Mr. Carson
Highway Dragnet (1954)
Movie
Storekeeper Cody / Sergeant O'Hara / Mayor Pearlson
Annie Oakley (1954)
TV
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
Movie
Prospector
Tumbleweed (1953)
Movie
Gus Crain
Letter to Loretta (1953)
TV
Judge Walters
Bandits of the West (1953)
Movie
Storekeeper
Old Overland Trail (1953)
Movie
Train Conductor
The Jazz Singer (1953)
Movie
Munitions Man (uncredited)
Last of the Comanches (1953)
Movie
Grocer / The Clerk
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)
TV
4.75
Sheriff Piney
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
TV
Doc Weldon
Wagon Team (1952)
Movie
Johnson
Four Star Playhouse (1952)
TV
Mr. Cromwell
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)
Movie
Dr. Ned (uncredited)
We're Not Married! (1952)
Movie
3
Dr. Corbin
Scarlet Angel (1952)
Movie
Coy (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
Movie
4.44
Train Conductor
The Narrow Margin (1952)
Movie
David Carson
Target (1952)
Movie
Rand
Chevron Theatre (1952)
TV
Sheriff / Sheriff Tom Blodgett / Sheriff Blodgett
The Roy Rogers Show (1951)
TV
Dragnet (1951)
TV
7
Doc Saunders (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
Movie
Postman
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
Movie
Pop Wilson / Storekeeper
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
TV
The Cab Driver
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Movie
6.1
Actor
Lord Epping Returns (1951)
Movie
Doctor Sawyer
Arizona Manhunt (1951)
Movie
Veterinarian
Rodeo King and the Senorita (1951)
Movie
Dr. Hilton
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Movie
1
Andy Butterworth
Home Town Story (1951)
Movie
Sheriff Barlow
Whirlwind (1951)
Movie
Sheriff Hollister
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
TV
Leon's Fishing Buddy
Footlight Varieties (1951)
Movie
Groggins
Silver City Bonanza (1951)
Movie
Mr. Louden (uncredited)
Storm Warning (1951)
Movie
Station Master
Rio Grande Patrol (1950)
Movie
Pop
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
TV
Sheriff
The Cisco Kid (1950)
TV
Tea for Two (1950)
Movie
Parole Board Member (uncredited)
Convicted (1950)
Movie
Mr. Lister (uncredited)
The Underworld Story (1950)
Movie
Sheriff Whiteside
Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
Movie
Sheriff / The Sheriff / Ed, the Sheriff / Deputy Sheriff Peters / Gil Barnes / Sheriff Henry Blake
The Gene Autry Show (1950)
TV
Town Doctor
It's a Small World (1950)
Movie
Ike (uncredited)
The Gunfighter (1950)
Movie
Comanche Territory (1950)
Movie
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Movie
Hagenheimer
They Live by Night (1949)
Movie
1
Councilman Reed (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
Movie
Doctor H. Harvey
The Life of Riley (1949)
TV
Mayor / Sam Blake / Ed Bates / Fred Niles / Clem / Doc Weston / Doc Andrews / Tim Dillon / Jim Lackey / Sheriff Jim Dixon / Doc Robbins
The Lone Ranger (1949)
TV
Attorney
Leave It to Henry (1949)
Movie
Dabney
Stagecoach Kid (1949)
Movie
Vinson McKnight
Death Valley Gunfighter (1949)
Movie
Second Judge
I Cheated the Law (1949)
Movie
Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
He Walked by Night (1949)
Movie
Dr. Odolard (uncredited)
The Accused (1949)
Movie
Dr. B.B. Quillen (uncredited)
Gun Smugglers (1948)
Movie
Stagecoach Agent Payton
The Arizona Ranger (1948)
Movie
Judge (uncredited)
All My Sons (1948)
Movie
Sedley (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Movie
Mr. Parker (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Movie
Humphrey (Bank Guard) (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Movie
4
Sheriff in Tonto
Under the Tonto Rim (1947)
Movie
Judge Charles Fletcher
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Movie
Dr. Smith (uncredited)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
Movie
6
Sheriff Bagley
Thunder Mountain (1947)
Movie
Donovan (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947)
Movie
4.57
Mr. Bill (uncredited)
Banjo (1947)
Movie
Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
Born to Kill (1947)
Movie
Actor
Wife Tames Wolf (1947)
Movie
Henry Stockton
Code of the West (1947)
Movie
Mayor
Trail Street (1947)
Movie
Detective Sgt. Duncan
The Falcon's Adventure (1946)
Movie
Police Doctor
Nocturne (1946)
Movie
Harry
Follow That Blonde (1946)
Movie
'Dad' Moran, Museum Custodian (Uncredited)
Crack-Up (1946)
Movie
Sen. Remmy
Step by Step (1946)
Movie
Daab - Banker
Sunset Pass (1946)
Movie
Bedlam (1946)
Movie
Stationmaster (uncredited)
Badman's Territory (1946)
Movie
Ezra Beeler
Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
Movie
Encyclopedia Salesman
The Big Beef (1945)
Movie
City Editor (uncredited)
Crime, Inc. (1945)
Movie
Harvey - a Salesman
Birthday Blues (1945)
Movie
Mr. Merritt
Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
Movie
6
Watchman (uncredited)
Youth Runs Wild (1944)
Movie
Triple Trouble (1944)
Movie
Motel Manager
Bride by Mistake (1944)
Movie
Dry Wash Thompson
Spook Town (1944)
Movie
Philip Dobbs
The Return of the Rangers (1943)
Movie
Minor Role
So's Your Uncle (1943)
Movie
Shorty (uncredited)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Movie
Gabe Ridley
Something to Shout About (1943)
Movie
Bill Summers
The Rangers Take Over (1942)
Movie
Taxi Driver
A Night to Remember (1942)
Movie
Ed Taylor
Dear! Deer! (1942)
Movie
Ship Steward
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942)
Movie
Joe McCarthy
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Movie
6
Pedestrian
Dr. Broadway (1942)
Movie
Passenger (uncredited)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
Movie
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Obliging Young Lady (1942)
Movie
Bullets for Bandits (1942)
Movie
Boarder (uncredited)
Road to Happiness (1941)
Movie
Who's a Dummy? (1941)
Movie
Bottler
Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business (1941)
Movie
Reporter
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Movie
Mack, the plumber
I'll Fix It (1941)
Movie
Telegrapher Joe
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
Movie
Vander
Six-Gun Gold (1941)
Movie
Protective Agency Manager
Double Cross (1941)
Movie
Bakery Truck Driver
An Apple in His Eye (1941)
Movie
Stephen
The Spider Returns (1941)
Movie
Bill Brady
Robbers of the Range (1941)
Movie
Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Red Skins and Red Heads (1941)
Movie
Lockwood
Rollin' Home to Texas (1940)
Movie
Martin
The Green Archer (1940)
Movie
Stage Passenger
Wagon Train (1940)
Movie
Reception Clerk
Men Against the Sky (1940)
Movie
Fuzzy Jones
Ridin' the Trail (1940)
Movie
Dave Miller
Deadwood Dick (1940)
Movie
Mechanic Greaseball
Sky Bandits (1940)
Movie
Gazette Reporter
Pop Always Pays (1940)
Movie
Photographer
I Take This Oath (1940)
Movie
Talman
Terry and the Pirates (1940)
Movie
Gopher
Phantom Rancher (1940)
Movie
Man in Club
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Movie
4
Sidekick Noisy
Texas Renegades (1940)
Movie
Radio Salesman
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Movie
Curly
Mercy Plane (1939)
Movie
Beer Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
Movie
Harold 'Mugsy' Winthrop
Daughter of the Tong (1939)
Movie
Newspaperman at Water Barrel
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Movie
Poker Player (uncredited)
Blondie Takes a Vacation (1939)
Movie
George Stuart
The Girl from Mexico (1939)
Movie
Neighbor
Clock Wise (1939)
Movie
Elmer Potts
Two Gun Troubador (1939)
Movie
Lem Watkins
Rollin' Westward (1939)
Movie
Third Cab Driver
Navy Secrets (1939)
Movie
Doc Flanders
In Old Montana (1939)
Movie
Convict (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island (1939)
Movie
Old Timer
Code of the Fearless (1939)
Movie
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Movie
Pete
King of the Sierras (1938)
Movie
Reporter
Gangster's Boy (1938)
Movie
McCarthy
Under the Big Top (1938)
Movie
Ranger Jones
Man's Country (1938)
Movie
Mole
Held For Ransom (1938)
Movie
Jones
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Movie
Todd
Six Shootin' Sheriff (1938)
Movie
Wilson's Depot Henchman (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild (1938)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The Spy Ring (1938)
Movie
Gus Payton
Here's Flash Casey (1938)
Movie
Reporter #1
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
Movie
Reporter
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Movie
Roget Clerk #1
Jungle Menace (1937)
Movie
City Editor
Headline Crasher (1937)
Movie
Taxicab Driver
The Great Gambini (1937)
Movie
Murphy (uncredited)
Border Cafe (1937)
Movie
Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited)
Kid Galahad (1937)
Movie
Bill (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
Movie
Nelson Connolly
High Hat (1937)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
Movie
6
Shorty
Country Gentlemen (1936)
Movie
Bailiff (uncredited)
Under Your Spell (1936)
Movie
Diner Cashier (uncredited)
The President's Mystery (1936)
Movie
Bennett (Uncredited)
Alibi for Murder (1936)
Movie
Jasper Anderson (uncredited)
Fury (1936)
Movie
3.67
Speedy
Special Agent K-7 (1936)
Movie
Finn Harrigan
Panic on the Air (1936)
Movie
Gabby
Hitch Hike To Heaven (1936)
Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
Movie
Joe Black
The Reckless Way (1936)
Movie
Tim
The Oregon Trail (1936)
Movie
Photographer
Dr. Socrates (1935)
Movie
Short Pool Player
Confidential (1935)
Movie
Reporter
Waterfront Lady (1935)
Movie
George Duncan
Skybound (1935)
Movie
Barker / Voice of Radio Announcer
Kentucky Blue Streak (1935)
Movie
Cab Driver
One More Spring (1935)
Movie
Baggage Handler (uncredited)
The Mystery Man (1935)
Movie
Wheat Broker (uncredited)
Golden Harvest (1933)
Movie
Assistant Director
Fra Diavolo (1912)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.57
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1901-01-10
Deathday1985-11-27 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceIndian Territory, Cherokee Nation
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsHenry W. Harvey Sr., Harry Harvey Sr., Harry Harvey Sr , Harry Sarvey Sr., Harry W. Harvey
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