Forrester Harvey
Acting
Born: 1884-06-26 in County Cork, Ireland
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known For
Rebecca
Chalcroft
The Invisible Man
Herbert Hall
The Wolf Man
Twiddle
Tarzan the Ape Man
Beamish
Captain Blood
Honesty Nutall
Mrs. Miniver
Mr. Huggins (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
Meredith
Tarzan and His Mate
Beamish
A Christmas Carol
Old Fezziwig
Shanghai Express
Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)
China Seas
Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)
The Lodger
The Ring
The Promoter
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Old Prouty
The Invisible Man Returns
Ben Jenkins
Broadway Bill
Bradshaw (uncredited)
The Eagle and the Hawk
Hogan
Let Us Live
Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Gilded Lily
Proprietor, English Inn
The Prince and the Pauper
Meaty Man
Lady for a Day
Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited)
Smilin' Through
Orderly
The Painted Veil
Waddington
Red Dust
Captain Limey
The Wet Parade
Mr. Fortesque
Lloyd's of London
Percival Potts
This Above All
Proprietor
The Green Years
Peter Dickie
Souls at Sea
Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Durdles
Raffles
Umpire
The Devil to Pay!
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Great Expectations
Uncle Pumblechook
Mysterious Mr. Moto
George Higgins
Devotion
Hoggs (uncredited)
Personal Property
Herbert Jenkins
The Witness Vanishes
Allistair McNab
Little Nellie Kelly
Moriarity
Blind Adventure
Coffee Wagon Proprietor