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Harry Bowen 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. 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.
Birth Name
Harry Jerome Bowen
Born
Thursday, 04 October 1888
Died
Friday, 05 December 1941
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
Down Memory Lane | Referee | 1949 |
Pot o' Gold | Streetsweeper | 1941 |
Meet Boston Blackie | Hot Dog Vendor | 1941 |
The Day the Bookies Wept | Taxi Driver | 1939 |
It Could Happen to You | News Peddler | 1939 |
The Dummy Owner | 1938 | |
She's Got Everything | 1937 | |
Living on Love | Taxi Driver with Gorilla | 1937 |
Partners in Crime | Stretcher Bearer | 1937 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
Down Memory Lane | Referee | 1949 |
Pot o' Gold | Streetsweeper | 1941 |
Meet Boston Blackie | Hot Dog Vendor | 1941 |
The Day the Bookies Wept | Taxi Driver | 1939 |
It Could Happen to You | News Peddler | 1939 |
The Dummy Owner | 1938 | |
She's Got Everything | 1937 | |
Living on Love | Taxi Driver with Gorilla | 1937 |
Partners in Crime | Stretcher Bearer | 1937 |
Should Wives Work? | 1937 | |
Stella Dallas | Man Watching Wedding Behind Stella | 1937 |
Shall We Dance | Johnson - the Locksmith | 1937 |
Breezing Home | Tout | 1937 |
We Who Are About to Die | Agitated Citizen in Mob | 1937 |
Pan Handlers | Man in Bathtub | 1936 |
Conflict | Gregg | 1936 |
The Big Game | Gambler Betting $500 | 1936 |
The Luckiest Girl in the World | Taxicab Triver | 1936 |
Missing Girls | Willie | 1936 |
Swing Time | First Stagehand | 1936 |
Who's Looney Now | Brother | 1936 |
The Gentleman from Louisiana | 1936 | |
Grand Jury | Hoodlum | 1936 |
Dummy Ache | The Cabbie / Cabbie | 1936 |
Kelly the Second | Drenched Ringsider | 1936 |
The Crime of Dr. Forbes | Messenger Boy | 1936 |
Fury | Baggage Clerk | 1936 |
Neighborhood House | Irate Movie Patron | 1936 |
On the Wrong Trek | Bit Part | 1936 |
The Harvester | Carl | 1936 |
Murder on a Bridle Path | Second (Checker) Taxi Driver | 1936 |
The Moon's Our Home | Reporter | 1936 |
At Sea Ashore | Cab Driver | 1936 |
Vamp Till Ready | Party Guest / Man | 1936 |
Will Power | Second Man Having Phone Conversation | 1936 |
Sutter's Gold | San Francisco Mob Leader | 1936 |
The Count Takes the Count | Service Station Attendant | 1936 |
The Return of Jimmy Valentine | Price | 1936 |
The Bohemian Girl | Drunk | 1936 |
The Milky Way | Bartender | 1936 |
Strike Me Pink | Taxi Driver | 1936 |
Two in the Dark | Taxi Driver | 1936 |
Heir to Trouble | Hank Carter / Cowhand Hank | 1935 |
Annie Oakley | Man at Shooting Gallery | 1935 |
The Rainmakers | Switchman | 1935 |
The Timid Young Man | Milton's Valet | 1935 |
Nurse to You! | Harry | 1935 |
Thunder Mountain | Miner Cheated by Leavitt | 1935 |
Red Salute | Prisoner | 1935 |
Slightly Static | Orchestra Leader | 1935 |
Alice Adams | Laborer Putting Up Sign | 1935 |
Hot Tip | Racetrack Spectator | 1935 |
Make a Million | Panhandler with Clothes | 1935 |
Rainbow's End | Waiter | 1935 |
The Headline Woman | News Photographer Ernie / Ernie | 1935 |
Hit and Rum | Waiter | 1935 |
Roaring Roads | Barn Dance Host | 1935 |
Thicker Than Water | Auctioneer | 1935 |
Behind the Green Lights | Cop - 'Crooner' | 1935 |
Poker at Eight | First Taxi Driver | 1935 |
Ruggles of Red Gap | Photographer | 1935 |
Sing Sister Sing | Hotel Clerk | 1935 |
Death Flies East | Taxicab Driver | 1935 |
The Whole Town's Talking | Mike O'Connor - Taxi Driver | 1935 |
The Mighty Barnum | Spieler | 1934 |
The Chases of Pimple Street | Waiter | 1934 |
Night Alarm | Wisecracking Reporter | 1934 |
Three Little Pigskins | Man with honest work | 1934 |
Girl O' My Dreams | Newsreel Photographer | 1934 |
Gridiron Flash | Convict With Smith | 1934 |
Against the Law | Window Washer | 1934 |
The Richest Girl in the World | Pinky | 1934 |
Something Simple | Hotel Desk Clerk / Desk Clerk | 1934 |
Name the Woman | Reporter | 1934 |
Blind Date | Milkman | 1934 |
We're Rich Again | Taxi Driver | 1934 |
Derby Decade | 1934 | |
Let's Try Again | Taxi Driver | 1934 |
A Man's Game | Reporter | 1934 |
Another Wild Idea | Vegetable Man | 1934 |
Most Precious Thing in Life | Expressman | 1934 |
Whirlpool | Chauffeur | 1934 |
The Cracked Ice Man | The Ice Man / Ice Man | 1934 |
Murder on the Campus | Spud, Reporter | 1933 |
Going Hollywood | Bartender | 1933 |
Flying Down to Rio | Minor Role | 1933 |
In the Money | Minor Role | 1933 |
Chance at Heaven | First Reporter | 1933 |
Golden Harvest | Wheat Farmer | 1933 |
Snug in the Jug | Mullins' Henchman | 1933 |
The Barber Shop | Cop | 1933 |
Rainbow Ranch | Train Passenger | 1933 |
Husbands' Reunion | Butler | 1933 |
Melody Cruise | Ship Steward | 1933 |
Crashin' Broadway | Freddie Storm | 1933 |
Dream Stuff | Jim - Chauffeur | 1933 |
King Kong | Reporter | 1933 |
Too Many Highballs | 2nd Traffic Cop | 1933 |
Goldie Gets Along | Fred - Casting Director / Fred | 1933 |
Hypnotized | Skeptical Sign Painter / Man Looking for Lifeboat | 1932 |
A Lad an' a Lamp | Audience Member | 1932 |
The Dentist | Joe | 1932 |
False Impressions | Butler | 1932 |
The Girl from Calgary | Promoter in Darrell's Office | 1932 |
Red-Haired Alibi | Travers' Henchman | 1932 |
The Giddy Age | Moses - the Butler / Mose - the Butler | 1932 |
Beyond the Rockies | Man at Slot Machine | 1932 |
The Loud Mouth | World Series Radio Announcer | 1932 |
Strangers of the Evening | Pete, Ambulance Driver | 1932 |
Ghost Valley | Marty | 1932 |
Just a Pain in the Parlor | Servant | 1932 |
The Saddle Buster | Calgary | 1932 |
The Nickel Nurser | Messenger | 1932 |
The Greeks Had a Word for Them | Schatze's Cabby | 1932 |
Hasty Marriage | Streetcar Conductor | 1931 |
The Tip-Off | Dude - Vatelli Henchman / Vatelli Henchman | 1931 |
Blue of the Night | Train Passenger | 1931 |
Sweepstakes | Cantina Waiter | 1931 |
Second Honeymoon | Waiter | 1930 |
Night Work | Cabdriver | 1930 |
Fifty Million Husbands | Magazine Salesman | 1930 |
All Teed Up | Counterman | 1930 |
Red Hot Rhythm | Whiffle | 1929 |
Snappy Sneezer | Man on Streetcar | 1929 |
Finnegan's Ball | Cop | 1927 |
The Glorious Fourth | Pedestrian | 1927 |
Be Your Age | The Postman | 1926 |
Shivering Spooks | Assistant to Professor Fleece | 1926 |
Thundering Fleas | Watcher of flea circus | 1926 |
Mighty Like a Moose | Harp Player | 1926 |
Monkey Business | Man repairing auto | 1926 |
Charley My Boy! | Applicant | 1926 |
Your Own Back Yard | Donor | 1925 |