Harry C. Myers
Harry C. Myers was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1939, and directed more than 50 films between 1913 and 1917.
Biography
Myers was born on September 5, 1882, in New Haven, Connecticut. When he was young, he moved to Philadelphia, where he received most of his education. He studied drawing and design at the Philadelphia Art School for three years. Turning from art to drama, he acted for two years with the Girard Avenue Stock Company and with other troupes in subsequent years.
Myers had been a theatre actor for 10 years before he went into films as an actor for Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Studios in 1909. By 1914, he was directing his own comedy shorts featuring him and his wife, Rosemary Theby, for Universal, the Vim Comedy Company, and Pathé studios.
After 1920 he had many starring roles in feature-length films, the most notable of which was as the eccentric alcoholic millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. His career declined after the introduction of sound films.
Myers died on December 25, 1938, in Hollywood, California, at age 56, from pneumonia.
Partial filmography
The Almighty Dollar – Effeminate GentlemanWhen the Earth Trembled – Paul Girard Jr.Baby – Harry – the HusbandThe Earl of Pawtucket – Arthur WeatherbeeThe Man of Shame – Lt. Du FresneThe Face in the Dark – Jim WeaverConquered Hearts – StonneOut of the Night – Ralph EvannsThe Masked Rider – Harry BurrelThe Wildcatter A Modern Lochinvar Sky-Eye – Harry ManginThe Notorious Mrs. Sands – Grey Sands45 Minutes from Broadway – Daniel CroninPeaceful Valley – Ward AndrewsThe Prospector's Vengeance A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court – The Yankee / Martin CavendishOn the High Card – Harry HoltThe March Hare – Tod RollinsOh Mary Be Careful – Bobby BurnsNobody's Fool – Artemis AlgerR.S.V.P. – Benny FieldingWhy Trust Your Husband? – Elmer DayHandle with Care – Ned PicardTurn to the Right – GillyWhen the Lad Came Home Boy Crazy – J. SmytheThe Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – Robinson CrusoeKisses – Bill BaileyTop o' the Morning – John GarlandIn the Days of Buffalo Bill – Andrew JohnsonThe Beautiful and Damned – DickBrass – Wilbur LansingMain Street – Dave DyerThe Brass Bottle – Horace VentimoreLittle Johnny Jones – The ChauffeurThe Printer's Devil – Sidney FletcherThe Common Law – CardemonThe Bad Man – Red GiddingsStephen Steps Out – Harry StetsonThe Marriage Circle – DetectiveDaddies – Robert AudreyListen Lester – Listen LesterBehold This Woman – Eugene de SeyreTarnish – The BarberReckless Romance – Christopher SkinnerShe Wolves – Henri de LatourZander the Great – TexasGrounds for Divorce – Count ZappataTrails End – Harry KenyonThe Nutcracker – Oscar BriggsThe Beautiful Cheat – Jimmy AustinMonte Carlo – GrevesUp in Mabel's Room – Jimmie LarchmontGet 'Em Young – Orvid JoyExit Smiling – Jesse WatsonThe First Night – Hotel DetectiveGetting Gertie's Garter – Jimmy FeltonThe Bachelor's Baby – Bill TaylorThe Girl in the Pullman – Jimmy MasonThe Dove – MikeThe Chinatown Mystery The Street of Illusion – Lew FieldingDream of Love – The BaronThe Clean Up – JimmyMontmartre Rose Wonder of Women – Bruno HeimCity Lights – Eccentric MillionaireMeet the Wife – Harvey LennoxConvicted – SturgeonA Strange Adventure – Police Officer RyanThe Savage Girl – Amos P. StitchDamaged Lives – Nat FranklinThe Important Witness – DrunkMary Stevens, M.D. – Nervous Patient Police Call – StewardRainbow Over Broadway – BerwiskeyManaged Money – Mr. George RogersAllez Oop – Circus SpectatorWe Live Again – Bailiff Mississippi – Stage Manager Barbary Coast – Saloon Patron The Calling of Dan Matthews – Club Owner The Milky Way – Photographer at Apartment F-Man – Man in Group One Rainy Afternoon – Man in Theatre San Francisco – Reveler Kelly the Second – Fight Spectator with Cigars Hollywood Boulevard – Harry Myers – Actor at Trocadero BarLady Be Careful – Passerby Mr. Cinderella – Man at Party Helping Splashed Woman Mixed Magic – Rich Relations Parnell – Man in Courtroom A Day at the Races – Party Guest Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 – Husband Double or Nothing – Nightclub Patron Dangerously Yours – Costume Ball Participant Stand-In – Bank Board Member The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Irate Churchgoer A Slight Case of Murder – Partygoer Dangerous to Know – Guest at Party Racket Busters – Court Stenographer Block-Heads – Drunk The Spider's Web – Detective Kentucky – Dancer The Oklahoma Kid – Banker I'm from Missouri – Mule Man Zenobia – Party Guest Who Didn't Mind