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Olaf Hytten was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hytten's earliest roles were in film, including the Loretta Young comedy "Platinum Blonde" (1931), the Gary Cooper dramatic adaptation "Design For Living" (1933) and the romantic fantasy "Berkeley Square" (1933) with Leslie Howard. He also appeared in "Jane Eyre" (1934), the David Manners drama "The Moonstone" (1934) an...

Filmography

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The Scarlet Coat (1955)

Perils of the Jungle (1953)

Against All Flags (1952)

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Les Miserables (1952)

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That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Such Godlike Simplicity

Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Are You A Giant?

Biography

Olaf Hytten was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Hytten's earliest roles were in film, including the Loretta Young comedy "Platinum Blonde" (1931), the Gary Cooper dramatic adaptation "Design For Living" (1933) and the romantic fantasy "Berkeley Square" (1933) with Leslie Howard. He also appeared in "Jane Eyre" (1934), the David Manners drama "The Moonstone" (1934) and "Mystery Liner" (1934). He continued to act in productions like "First Lady" (1937), the historical drama "The Good Earth" (1937) with Paul Muni and "Dangerous Holiday" (1937). He also appeared in "I Cover the War" (1937). Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in the biopic "Mission to Moscow" (1943) with Walter Huston, "The Lodger" (1944) with Merle Oberon and "Detective Kitty O'Day" (1944). He also appeared in "The Brighton Strangler" (1945) and the Boris Karloff horror film "House of Frankenstein" (1945). Hytten last acted in the Cornel Wilde historical feature "The Scarlet Coat" (1955). Hytten passed away in March 1955 at the age of 67.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Scarlet Coat (1955)

Perils of the Jungle (1953)

Against All Flags (1952)

Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Les Miserables (1952)

The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)

Anne of the Indies (1951)

Commander Harris

Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)

Charcoal Burner

Fancy Pants (1950)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

The Secret of St. Ives (1949)

Officer for the defense

Challenge to Lassie (1949)

That Forsyte Woman (1949)

If Winter Comes (1948)

Kidnapped (1948)

Shanghai Chest (1948)

Unconquered (1947)

Star of London purser

That Way with Women (1947)

Bells of San Angelo (1947)

The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)

Keeper of the Seals

The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)

The Imperfect Lady (1947)

Holiday in Mexico (1946)

She-Wolf of London (1946)

The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)

Prince of Rapur

Alias Mr. Twilight (1946)

Black Beauty (1946)

The Verdict (1946)

Three Strangers (1946)

Magnificent Doll (1946)

National Velvet (1945)

A Guy, a Gal, and a Pal (1945)

Hold That Blonde (1945)

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Reverend Jonathan Lewis

The Brighton Strangler (1945)

Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)

Confidential Agent (1945)

The Woman in Green (1945)

House of Frankenstein (1945)

The Suspect (1945)

Christmas in Connecticut (1945)

Ministry of Fear (1944)

Clerk in tailor shop

The Lodger (1944)

Oh, What a Night (1944)

Leave It to the Irish (1944)

Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)

Butler [Charles]

The Scarlet Claw (1944)

Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)

Passport to Destiny (1944)

Babes on Swing Street (1944)

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (1943)

Holy Matrimony (1943)

Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Mission to Moscow (1943)

Parliamentary member

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)

Captain MacIntosh

Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)

London Blackout Murders (1943)

Silent Witness (1943)

The Gorilla Man (1943)

The Return of the Vampire (1943)

Van, the butler

Happy Go Lucky (1943)

Casablanca (1942)

Eagle Squadron (1942)

Spy Ship (1942)

The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)

[Admiral Sir John] Fabian Prentiss

Destination Unknown (1942)

The Great Impersonation (1942)

To Be or Not to Be (1942)

Polonius in Warsaw

The Black Swan (1942)

Lucky Jordan (1942)

Charles, servant

Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)

You're Telling Me (1942)

Journey for Margaret (1942)

Son of Fury (1942)

This Above All (1942)

Passage from HongKong (1941)

British official

Man Hunt (1941)

Blondie in Society (1941)

Washington Melodrama (1941)

When Ladies Meet (1941)

Matthews, the butler

Bedtime Story (1941)

The Great Commandment (1941)

That Hamilton Woman (1941)

For Beauty's Sake (1941)

Father McKinley

Rage in Heaven (1941)

The Wolf Man (1941)

The Blonde from Singapore (1941)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

Footsteps in the Dark (1941)

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Escape to Glory (1940)

Parole Fixer (1940)

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

The Earl of Chicago (1940)

Broadway Serenade (1939)

The Little Princess (1939)

We Are Not Alone (1939)

Pride of the Blue Grass (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Little Accident (1939)

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)

Mr. Higginbotham

The Lady and the Mob (1939)

Television Spy (1939)

Our Neighbors--the Carters (1939)

Our Leading Citizen (1939)

Charles, Second butler

Rulers of the Sea (1939)

Third secretary

The Sun Never Sets (1939)

British cabinet member

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

6,000 Enemies (1939)

The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)

Blond Cheat (1938)

The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)

Youth Takes a Fling (1938)

Dunham's butler

Up the River (1938)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Bohmer, the Jeweler

Lord Jeff (1938)

Souls at Sea (1937)

California Straight Ahead (1937)

I Cover the War (1937)

Dangerous Holiday (1937)

The Good Earth (1937)

Liu, grain merchant

First Lady (1937)

We Have Our Moments (1937)

The Great Garrick (1937)

Ebb Tide (1937)

English tourist

Lancer Spy (1937)

The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)

Conquest (1937)

Easy Living (1937)

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

Libeled Lady (1936)

And So They Were Married (1936)

Doughnuts and Society (1936)

Lloyd's of London (1936)

The White Angel (1936)

Shakedown (1936)

With Love and Kisses (1936)

Don't Get Personal (1936)

Sylvia Scarlett (1936)

Customs inspector

Love Letters of a Star (1936)

The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

White Hunter (1936)

The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)

His Night Out (1935)

Metropolitan (1935)

Thanks a Million (1935)

The Gay Deception (1935)

Clive of India (1935)

Parson at Hustine

Les Misérables (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

Two Sinners (1935)

Becky Sharp (1935)

The Prince Regent

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

Bancroft butler

Bonnie Scotland (1935)

Scottish sergeant

Kind Lady (1935)

Traveling Saleslady (1935)

The Last Outpost (1935)

Living on Velvet (1935)

Mister Dynamite (1935)

Going Highbrow (1935)

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)

Atlantic Adventure (1935)

It's in the Air (1935)

The Florentine Dagger (1935)

Anna Karénina (1935)

Ship Cafe (1935)

The Dark Angel (1935)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)

The Painted Veil (1934)

Money Means Nothing (1934)

Girl O' My Dreams (1934)

The Moonstone (1934)

Dr. Ezra Jennings

Red Morning (1934)

Mystery Liner (1934)

Grimson's assistant

What Every Woman Knows (1934)

The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)

Strange Wives (1934)

The Secret of the Chateau (1934)

One Night of Love (1934)

Sisters Under the Skin (1934)

The Little Minister (1934)

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)

British Agent (1934)

Under Secretary

Let's Talk It Over (1934)

Jane Eyre (1934)

Mandalay (1934)

Murder in the Private Car (1934)

Journal of a Crime (1934)

Have a Heart (1934)

Whom the Gods Destroy (1934)

Berkeley Square (1933)

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Daughter of the Dragon (1931)

Playboy of Paris (1930)

Old Age Handicap (1928)

Salvation Hunters (1925)

It Is the Law (1924)

Cast (Short)

The Bill of Rights (1939)

The Grand Bounce (1937)

His Unlucky Night (1928)

Life Events

Videos

That Hamilton Woman (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Such Godlike Simplicity The flashback begins, introducing Sir William Hamilton (Alan Mowbray), the British ambassador to Naples, and a dazzling double entrance, first by portrait, of young Emma (Vivien Leigh), accompanied by her mother (Sara Allgood), in Alexander Korda's That Hamilton Woman, 1941, also starring Laurence Olivier.

Ghost Of Frankenstein (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Are You A Giant? Crafty Ygor (Bela Lugosi) and the revived monster (Lon Chaney Jr.) have gotten separated in the town where they’ve come to see the son of Baron Frankenstein, leading to an encounter with young Cloestine (Janet Ann Gallow) and her father (Olaf Hytten), in Universal’s third sequel, The Ghost Of Frankenstein, 1942.

Christmas In Connecticut (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Your Christmas Menu Publisher Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet) insists that housewife-columnist Elizabeth (Barbara Stanwyck), who isn't married and can't cook, entertain a war hero at her fictional farmhouse for the holiday in Christmas in Connecticut, 1945.

Happiness Ahead (1934) -- (Movie Clip) Title Tune, Opening Director Mervyn LeRoy leaps in with leading man Dick Powell and the title tune by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal, then the always handy First National/Warner Bros. style character credits, and a clever segue to Olaf Hytten as the butler, Ruth Donnelly a maid and Allen Jenkins the chauffeur, in Happiness Ahead, 1934.

Confidential Agent (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Pretty Girl Like You Opening of the spy drama based on Graham Greene's novel, introducing Denard (Charles Boyer), Rose (Lauren Bacall, in her third film but the second released), a hapless suitor (Olaf Hytten) and Licata (Victor Francen), in Confidential Agent, 1945, directed by Broadway producer Herman Shumlin.

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