Forrester Harvey
Actor
Biography
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Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 – 14 December 1945) was an Irish film actor.
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 (1927), later in Hitchcock's Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940). A number of reference works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father in Frankenstein. Harvey's interment was in California.
Filmography
The Invisible Man
as Herbert Hall 1933
The Wolf Man
as Twiddle 1941
Mrs. Miniver
as Mr. Huggins (uncredited) 1942
Captain Blood
as Honesty Nutall 1935
Tarzan the Ape Man
as Beamish 1932
Shanghai Express
as Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited) 1932
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Old Prouty 1941
A Christmas Carol
as Old Fezziwig 1938
Tarzan and His Mate
as Beamish 1934
The Invisible Man Returns
as Ben Jenkins 1940
A Chump at Oxford
as Meredith 1940
The Ring
as The Promoter 1927
The Lodger
1944
Lady for a Day
as Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited) 1933
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as Bit Part (uncredited) 1939
Red Dust
as Captain Limey 1932