Kenneth Harlan

Actor

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Also Known As

Ken Harlan

Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born

July 26, 1895

Died

March 06, 1967

Cause of Death

Acute Aneurysm

Biography

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Kenneth Harlan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Harlan kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Dangerous Business" (1920), the Lon Chaney thriller "The Penalty" (1920) and "I Am the Law" (1922). He also appeared in "The Toll of the Sea" (1922), "Soiled" (1925) and "Bobbed Hair" (1925). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like...

Filmography

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Nearly Eighteen (1943)

Hitler--Dead or Alive (1943)

You Can't Beat the Law (1943)

The Underdog (1943)

Melody Parade (1943)

Silent Witness (1943)

Biography

Kenneth Harlan was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Harlan kickstarted his acting career in various films such as "Dangerous Business" (1920), the Lon Chaney thriller "The Penalty" (1920) and "I Am the Law" (1922). He also appeared in "The Toll of the Sea" (1922), "Soiled" (1925) and "Bobbed Hair" (1925). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the Chester Morris comedy "They Met in a Taxi" (1936), the western "Trail Dust" (1936) with James Ellison and "The Shadow Strikes" (1937). He also appeared in the drama "Marked Woman" (1937) with Bette Davis. In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the drama "The Duke of West Point" (1939) with Louis Hayward, "Santa Fe Marshal" (1940) and the Ronald Reagan drama "Murder in the Air" (1940). He also appeared in the Russell Hayden western "Wide Open Town" (1941) and "Dick Tracy Vs. Crime, Inc." (1941). Harlan more recently acted in the Barton MacLane drama "The Underdog" (1943). Harlan's husband was Marie Prevost. Harlan passed away in March 1967 at the age of 72.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Nearly Eighteen (1943)

Hitler--Dead or Alive (1943)

You Can't Beat the Law (1943)

The Underdog (1943)

Melody Parade (1943)

Silent Witness (1943)

Death Valley Rangers (1943)

Girls in Chains (1943)

A Stranger in Town (1943)

Wild Horse Stampede (1943)

The Law Rides Again (1943)

Daredevils of the West (1943)

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Sleepytime Gal (1942)

Juke Girl (1942)

Klondike Fury (1942)

Radio dispatcher

Foreign Agent (1942)

Black Dragons (1942)

The Dawn Express (1942)

Detective Brown

The Corpse Vanishes (1942)

Phantom Killer (1942)

Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)

Fighting Bill Fargo (1942)

Bandit Ranger (1942)

The Sundown Kid (1942)

The Falcon's Brother (1942)

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

Paper Bullets (1941)

Dangerous Lady (1941)

Wide Open Town (1941)

Desperate Cargo (1941)

Capt. MacFarland

Secret Evidence (1941)

[Frank] Billings

King of Dodge City (1941)

Jeff Carruthers

Bullets for O'Hara (1941)

The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Dick Tracy Vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)

Pride of the Bowery (1940)

Doomed to Die (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)

Commander Wayne

Santa Fe Marshal (1940)

Prairie Schooners (1940)

The House Across the Bay (1940)

Second man in nightclub

A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)

Millionaires in Prison (1940)

On Trial (1939)

Heroes in Blue (1939)

Range War (1939)

Charles Higgins

Port of Hate (1939)

Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)

Advertising manager

City in Terror (1939)

The Night of Nights (1939)

Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)

Accidents Will Happen (1938)

Swing It, Sailor! (1938)

Saleslady (1938)

The Headleys at Home (1938)

The Little Adventuress (1938)

Sunset Trail (1938)

Under Western Stars (1938)

Pride of the West (1938)

Held for Ransom (1938)

The Duke of West Point (1938)

Varsity football coach

Law of the Texan (1938)

[Allen] Spencer [also known as El Coyote]

Whirlwind Horseman (1938)

Blondes at Work (1938)

The Wages of Sin (1938)

Marjorie's father

There Goes My Heart (1938)

The Mysterious Pilot (1938)

Kid Galahad (1937)

Submarine D-1 (1937)

Salvage officer

Penrod and Sam (1937)

The Shadow Strikes (1937)

Wine, Women and Horses (1937)

Paradise Isle (1937)

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)

"Angel" Carroll

Blazing Sixes (1937)

Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)

A Million to One (1937)

William Stevens

Marked Woman (1937)

Something to Sing About (1937)

Transportation manager

The Accusing Finger (1936)

Public Enemy's Wife (1936)

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)

Song of the Saddle (1936)

They Met in a Taxi (1936)

Flying Hostess (1936)

The Walking Dead (1936)

San Francisco (1936)

Hideaway Girl (1936)

Man Hunt (1936)

China Clipper (1936)

Department of Commerce Inspector

Trail Dust (1936)

Easy to Take (1936)

The Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)

Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)

The Widow in Scarlet (1932)

Peter Lawton-Bond

The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)

Air Police (1931)

Women Men Marry (1931)

Danger Island (1931)

Under Montana Skies (1930)

Paradise Island (1930)

Man, Woman, and Wife (1929)

Man, Woman, and Wife (1929)

Midnight Rose (1928)

Code of the Air (1928)

United States Smith (1928)

Cpl. Jim Sharkey

Cheating Cheaters (1927)

Streets of Shanghai (1927)

Easy Pickings (1927)

Peter Van Horne

Wilful Youth (1927)

Stage Kisses (1927)

Twinkletoes (1926)

Chuck Lightfoot

The Ice Flood (1926)

The Fighting Edge (1926)

Juan de Dios O'Rourke

The King of the Turf (1926)

The Crowded Hour (1925)

The Golden Strain (1925)

Milt Mulford, Jr.

Bobbed Hair (1925)

Ranger of the Big Pines (1925)

The Re-creation of Brian Kent (1925)

The Marriage Whirl (1925)

Arthur Carleton

Drusilla With a Million (1925)

The Virgin (1924)

Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)

Hugh Kildair/Gilbert Kildair

Two Shall Be Born (1924)

White Man (1924)

For Another Woman (1924)

On the Stroke of Three (1924)

The Man Without a Heart (1924)

Butterfly (1924)

Craig Spaulding

Poisoned Paradise (1924)

Little Church Around the Corner (1923)

The Toll of the Sea (1923)

The Virginian (1923)

Temporary Marriage (1923)

April Showers (1923)

The Beautiful and Damned (1923)

The Broken Wing (1923)

East Side--West Side (1923)

Duncan Van Norman

A Man's Man (1923)

The Girl Who Came Back (1923)

Polly of the Follies (1922)

Received Payment (1922)

Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)

The Married Flapper (1922)

I Am the Law (1922)

Robert Fitzgerald

The World's a Stage (1922)

The Primitive Lover (1922)

Lessons in Love (1921)

Dawn of the East (1921)

Mama's Affair (1921)

Woman's Place (1921)

The Barricade (1921)

The Turning Point (1920)

Going Some (1920)

The Penalty (1920)

Dollars and Sense (1920)

Dangerous Business (1920)

Clarence Brooks

Love, Honor and Obey (1920)

The Microbe (1919)

The Trembling Hour (1919)

Major Ralph Dunstan

The Hoodlum (1919)

Midnight Madness (1918)

Prentice Tiller

Her Body in Bond (1918)

The Law That Divides (1918)

The Wife He Bought (1918)

My Unmarried Wife (1918)

The Marriage Lie (1918)

The Model's Confession (1918)

Billy Ravensworth

A Man's Man (1918)

The Wine Girl (1918)

Dick Frothingham

Cheerful Givers (1917)

Betsy's Burglar (1917)

The Lash of Power (1917)

The Flame of the Yukon (1917)

The Price of a Good Time (1917)

Preston Winfield

Life Events

1902

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