Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey was an Irish film actor.
Career
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, later in Hitchcock's Hollywood debut Rebecca. He also played alongside Laurel and Hardy in their feature film A Chump at Oxford ''. A number of reference works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father in Frankenstein''.
Death
Harvey died on 14 December 1945, at Laguna Beach, California, after suffering a stroke. His remains are interred in County Cork, Ireland.
Selected filmography
The Lilac Sunbonnet as Jock GordonSomebody's Darling as Oliver JordanNell Gwyn as Charles HartIf Youth But Knew as AmosThe Ring as The PromoterThe Flag Lieutenant as Dusty MillerThe White Sheik as PatMoulin Rouge as Tourist Toni as WattsGlorious Youth as SimmonsSpangles as WattyRinging the Changes as Steve BlowerThe Devil to Pay! as Taxi Driver A Tailor Made Man as PomeroyThe Man in Possession as A BailiffChances as Joe - News Vendor Guilty Hands as Spencer WilsonDevotion as Gas Inspector Lovers Courageous as Fisherman Shanghai Express as Peiping Ticket Agent Sky Devils as InnkeeperThe Wet Parade as Mr. FortesqueTarzan the [Ape Man (1932 film)|Tarzan the Ape Man] as BeamishBut the Flesh Is Weak as GoochMystery Ranch as Artie BrowerThose We Love as JakeSmilin' Through as OrderlyKongo as CookieRed Dust as Captain LimeyDestination Unknown as RingThe Eagle and the Hawk as HoganCocktail Hour as Barfly Midnight Club as Thomas RobertsBlind Adventure as Coffee Shop OwnerLady for a Day as Oscar, Hotel Employee with letter The Invisible Man as Herbert HallMan of Two Worlds as TimYou Can't Buy Everything as Tramp in Park The Mystery of Mr. X as Joseph Horatio PalmerTarzan and His Mate as BeamishGreat Expectations as Uncle PumblechookMenace as WilcoxThe Painted Veil as WaddingtonBroadway Bill as Bradshaw Limehouse Blues as McDonald Forsaking All Others The [Best Man Wins (1935 film)|The Best Man Wins] as HarryThe Gilded Lily as Hugo / InnkeeperThe [Right to Live (1935 film)|The Right to Live] as English Bobby The [Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935 film)|The Mystery of Edwin Drood] as DurdlesThe [Woman in Red (1935 film)|The Woman in Red] as MooneyVagabond Lady as Corky NyeChina Seas as Chief Steward Ted Gary Jalna as Rags, the Butler-ChauffeurWithout Regret as Police Surgeon The Perfect Gentleman as Wally BaxtonA [Tale of Two Cities (1935 film)|A Tale of Two Cities] as Joe Captain Blood as Honesty NuttallThree Live Ghosts as The Paymaster Love Before Breakfast as Chief StewardPetticoat Fever as ScottyTrouble for Two as Hotel Waiter The Return of Sophie Lang as Deck Steward Suzy as Counter Man Lloyd's of London as Percival PottsWhite Hunter as PembrookePersonal Property as Herbert Jenkins, BailiffThe [Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)|The Prince and the Pauper] as Meaty ManSouls at Sea as Pub Proprietor The Man Who Cried Wolff as JockoBulldog Drummond Comes Back as Barman/Landlord Fight for Your Lady as RefereeThoroughbreds Don't Cry as WilkinsBulldog Drummond's Peril as Bus Garage Man Kidnapped as InnkeeperBulldog Drummond in Africa as Constable Jenkins Mysterious Mr. Moto as George HigginsArrest Bulldog Drummond as Constable Severn--Outside Gannett House A Christmas Carol as Old Fezziwig Sweethearts as Tailor's Assistant I'm from Missouri as Customs Inspector Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police as Professor DownieLet Us Live as Death Row Inmate Asking for His Music The Lady's from Kentucky as Nonny WatkinsThe Witness Vanishes as Allistair McNabThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex as Bit Part Raffles as Umpire The Invisible Man Returns as Ben JenkinsA Chump at Oxford as MeredithRebecca as ChalcroftOn Their Own as Mr. PimTom Brown's School Days as Sam. the Coachman Earl of Puddlestone as TittingtonLittle Nellie Kelly as MoriarityFree and Easy as Briggs Meet John Doe as Bum Scotland Yard as Air Raid Warden Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Old ProutyThe Feminine Touch Mercy Island as Captain LoweThe Wolf Man as TwiddleThis Above All as Proprietor Mrs. Miniver as Mr. Huggins Random Harvest as Cabby The Mysterious Doctor as Hugh PenhrynThe Lodger as Cobbler Secrets of Scotland Yard as Alfred MorganNone but the Lonely Heart as Shooting Galley Proprietor The Man in Half Moon Street as Harris, Cabby Scotland Yard Investigator as Sam TodworthyConfidential Agent as Bates The Green Years as Peter Dickie Devotion as Hoggs