Harry Green (actor)


Harry Green was an actor in vaudeville, films and television in the United States and Britain. He worked for Paramount Pictures and then Fox Film. He portrayed Jewish characters. He also performed as a magician and authored Harry Green Says You Are a Magician.

Biography

Harry Green was born in New York as Henry Blitzer on April 1, 1892. He trained as a lawyer before working as an actor in vaudeville in the U.S., then films, and them in England. In the 1910s he performed as part of Ross & Green. Their repertoire included "The Hebrew Jockey and the Sport". He went solo performing the one-act satirical play The Cherry Tree as a character named George Washington Cohen.
His wife's name was Alva and they had two children, David and Roland. He was Jewish.
He corresponded with Paul Swan.
He died in Edgware on May 31, 1958 after collapsing backstage at the televised play Poet's Corner.

Filmography

British

Theater

  • Potash and Perlmutter as Perlmutter