Harry Holman
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Harry Holman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Holman began his acting career with roles in such films as the comedy "Sporting Blood" (1931) with Clark Gable, "The Conquerors" (1932) and the thrilling adaptation "Doctor X" (1932) with Lionel Atwill. He also appeared in the Adolphe Menjou mystery "The Circus Queen Murder" (1933), the Dickie Moore drama "Oliver Twist"...
Biography
Harry Holman was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Holman began his acting career with roles in such films as the comedy "Sporting Blood" (1931) with Clark Gable, "The Conquerors" (1932) and the thrilling adaptation "Doctor X" (1932) with Lionel Atwill. He also appeared in the Adolphe Menjou mystery "The Circus Queen Murder" (1933), the Dickie Moore drama "Oliver Twist" (1933) and "The Devil's Mate" (1933). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "The Woman Accused" (1933), the drama "Our Daily Bread" (1934) with Karen Morley and "The Meanest Gal in Town" (1934). He also appeared in "Night Alarm" (1934). Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in "In Caliente" (1935), "Josette" (1938) and "I Killed That Man" (1941). He also appeared in the Gary Cooper drama "Meet John Doe" (1941) and the James Cagney comedy "The Bride Came C.O.D." (1941). Holman more recently acted in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). Holman passed away in May 1947 at the age of 85.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Magic Town
(1947)
Mayor
It's a Wonderful Life
(1946)
Mr. Partridge, high school principal
Badman's Territory
(1946)
Hodge
My Dog Shep
(1946)
Judge
Without Reservations
(1946)
Gas station attendant
Where Do We Go from Here?
(1945)
Dutch councilman
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Drunken guest
What a Man!
(1944)
Harold D. Prewitt
Swing Hostess
(1944)
[Leslie] Fralick
Allergic to Love
(1944)
Club member
And Now Tomorrow
(1944)
Santa Claus
Young Ideas
(1943)
Court clerk, Harry
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Fat man
Captive Wild Woman
(1943)
Clerk
Higher and Higher
(1943)
Banker
Idaho
(1943)
Fat man
Too Many Women
(1942)
John Cartwright
Mexican Spitfire at Sea
(1942)
Joshua Baldwin
Shadows on the Sage
(1942)
Lippy
Tennessee Johnson
(1942)
Morley
Inside the Law
(1942)
Judge Mortimer Gibbs
Seven Days' Leave
(1942)
Justice of Peace Percy Gildersleeve
Call Out the Marines
(1942)
Janitor
Manpower
(1941)
Justice of the peace
Back Street
(1941)
Cab driver
Meet John Doe
(1941)
Mayor Hawkins
I Killed That Man
(1941)
Lanning
The Bride Came C.O.D.
(1941)
Judge Sobler
Public Enemies
(1941)
Fat reporter
Slightly Tempted
(1940)
Mayor Ammerson
When Tomorrow Comes
(1939)
Man in window
Jesse James
(1939)
Engineer
Hotel Imperial
(1939)
Burgomaster
Let Us Live
(1939)
Businessman juror
I Was a Convict
(1939)
Martin Harrison
The Texans
(1938)
Town lawyer
I Demand Payment
(1938)
Justice of Peace
Western Jamboree
(1938)
Doc Trimble
The Arkansas Traveler
(1938)
Telegrapher
Nation Aflame
(1937)
Roland Adams
She's No Lady
(1937)
Colonel
When You're in Love
(1937)
Babbitt brother
Murder at Glen Athol
(1936)
Campbell Snowden
Hitch Hike to Heaven
(1936)
Philmore Tubbs
Gentle Julia
(1936)
Grandpa Atwater
Sinner Take All
(1936)
Sergeant Berkovitch
Two's Company
(1936)
The Best Man Wins
(1935)
Uncle Editor
In Caliente
(1935)
Biggs
Carnival
(1935)
Announcer
Manhattan Butterfly
(1935)
Calling All Cars
(1935)
Judge Marlowe
Folies Bergère de Paris
(1935)
Waiter in cafe
Dante's Inferno
(1935)
Jolly fat man
Here Comes Cookie
(1935)
Stuffy
Traveling Saleslady
(1935)
O'Connor, Sr.
The Public Menace
(1935)
Self-made man
To Beat the Band
(1935)
Nightclub patron
Welcome Home
(1935)
Flink
The Lone Wolf Returns
(1935)
Friar
Gold Diggers of 1935
(1935)
Mr. Higpy
It Happened in New York
(1935)
Dockman
Bad Boy
(1935)
Me. Klink
Your Uncle Dudley
(1935)
Banker
Living on Velvet
(1935)
Bartender
Jimmy the Gent
(1934)
Joe Cuney
A Very Honorable Guy
(1934)
The Captain Hates the Sea
(1934)
Passenger
Men of the Night
(1934)
Fat man at pig stand
Night Alarm
(1934)
Mayor
Million Dollar Baby
(1934)
J. D. Pemberton
The Meanest Gal in Town
(1934)
Mayor
Fugitive Road
(1934)
Burgomaster
The Line Up
(1934)
Jacob
Fugitive Lady
(1934)
Mr. Young
I'll Fix It
(1934)
Mayor Short
It Happened One Night
(1934)
Third auto camp owner
The Lost Jungle
(1934)
Broadway Bill
(1934)
Rube
Jealousy
(1934)
Man with dog
The Personality Kid
(1934)
Counter man
The Woman Accused
(1933)
Judge Osgood
One Year Later
(1933)
Fat man
Turn Back the Clock
(1933)
1920's spokesman
Stage Mother
(1933)
Rumley
Devil's Mate
(1933)
McGee
East of Fifth Avenue
(1933)
Cronin
The Solitaire Man
(1933)
Elmer Hopkins
Phantom Thunderbolt
(1933)
Judge Tobias Wingate
The Circus Queen Murder
(1933)
Dugan
My Woman
(1933)
Agent [Lou]
Bachelor Mother
(1933)
Judge Yates
Lucky Dog
(1933)
The business man
Hard to Handle
(1933)
Colonel's associate
The Stranger's Return
(1933)
Doctor Spaulding
Oliver Twist
(1933)
Grimwig
Roman Scandals
(1933)
Mayor
Frisco Jenny
(1933)
Old man
The Conquerors
(1932)
Stubby
Week-end Marriage
(1932)
The judge
The Dark Horse
(1932)
Jones
Silver Dollar
(1932)
Adams
Central Park
(1932)
Police captain
Doctor X
(1932)
Policeman
The Wet Parade
(1932)
Pow's crony
American Madness
(1932)
Man seeking loan
So Big
(1932)
Country doctor
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(1932)
Sheriff of Monroe
Sporting Blood
(1931)
B. H. Hartwick
Her Majesty Love
(1931)
Reisenfeld
Peach-O-Reno
(1931)
Counselor Jackson
Cast (Short)
The Count Takes the Count
(1936)
Things You Never See on the Screen
(1935)
Himself
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