Harry Semels
166 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Nov 20, 1887
- Died
- Mar 2, 1946 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Harry Semil · Harry Semmels
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 8.3 The Great Dictator
1940 · Film
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★ 7.8 It Happened One Night
1934 · Film
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★ 7.8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Film
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★ 7.0 Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Film
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★ 7.5 You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Film
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★ 7.5 Ninotchka
1939 · Film
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★ 7.0 Woman of the Year
1942 · Film
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★ 7.2 Baby Face
1933 · Film
Harry Semels: movies and TV shows
Acting (166)
- 1950 Riding High
as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1946 Badman's Territory
as Bettor (uncredited)
- 1946 Road to Utopia
as Lombardi (uncredited)
- 1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)
- 1946 The Harvey Girls
as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
- 1945 A Thousand and One Nights
as Leader of Caravan
- 1945 Eve Knew Her Apples
as Tony (uncredited)
- 1945 I Love a Mystery
as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
- 1944 Can't Help Singing
as Peon (uncredited)
- 1944 The Conspirators
as Customs Assistant (uncredited)
- 1944 Strange Affair
as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
- 1944 Make Your Own Bed
as Pedestrian
- 1944 Passage to Marseille
as Cayenne Prison Colony Guard (uncredited)
- 1943 The Chance of a Lifetime
as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
- 1943 Dizzy Pilots
as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
- 1943 A Lady Takes a Chance
as Greek
- 1943 Slightly Dangerous
as Italian at concert (uncredited)
- 1943 After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Greek Florist
- 1943 The Hard Way
as Passerby (Uncredited)
- 1942 Reunion in France
as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
- 1942 Road to Morocco
as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
- 1942 Moontide
as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1942 Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1942 Woman of the Year
as Mug (uncredited)
- 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
- 1941 She's Oil Mine
as Referee
- 1941 General Nuisance
as Latin America Delagate
- 1940 Little Nellie Kelly
as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
- 1940 Seven Sinners
as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
- 1940 North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed Archer
- 1940 The Great Dictator
as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade / Communist
- 1940 Kit Carson
as Aide
- 1940 Foreign Correspondent
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
- 1940 They Drive by Night
as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
- 1940 New Moon
as Bondsman
- 1940 Phantom Raiders
as Cafe Bartender
- 1940 And One Was Beautiful
as Courtroom Spectator
- 1940 Strange Cargo
as Convict (uncredited)
- 1939 Balalaika
as (uncredited)
- 1939 Crashing Thru
as Man Who Reports Gunfight
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Neighbor
- 1939 The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- 1939 Overland Mail
as Pancho
- 1939 Ninotchka
as Gurganov (uncredited)
- 1939 Thunder Afloat
as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
- 1939 Midnight
as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1939 Star Reporter
as Mike
- 1939 King of the Turf
as Coffee Pot Proprietor
- 1939 Three Little Sew and Sews
as Count Alfred Gehrol
- 1938 Flirting with Fate
as Member of Sancho's Band
- 1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Man (uncredited)
- 1938 Marie Antoinette
as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
- 1938 I'll Give a Million
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- 1938 The Girl of the Golden West
as Peon Servant
- 1938 State Police
as Albert Morton
- 1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer (uncredited)
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as Minor Role
- 1937 Missing Witnesses
as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
- 1937 Hollywood Round-Up
as Tony Papalini
- 1937 Hot Water
as Barber (uncredited)
- 1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
- 1937 The Last Train from Madrid
as Guard (uncredited)
- 1937 Kid Galahad
as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
- 1937 The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)
- 1937 Midnight Taxi
as Joe, Counterman
- 1937 New News
as Prince Albert
- 1937 Swing It Professor
as Angelo
- 1936 Midnight Blunders
as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
- 1936 More Than a Secretary
as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
- 1936 The Gay Desperado
as Manuel
- 1936
- 1936 Anthony Adverse
as Lottery Celebrant
- 1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws
as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
- 1936 Disorder in the Court
as District Attorney (uncredited)
- 1936 Human Cargo
as Barreto
- 1936 One Rainy Afternoon
as Clerk (Uncredited)
- 1936 Give Us This Night
as Prisoner
- 1936 Movie Maniacs
as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
- 1936 I'll Name the Murderer
as Luigi
- 1935 I Don't Remember
as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
- 1935 I Live My Life
as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
- 1935 Les Misérables
as Cochepaille
- 1935 Stone of Silver Creek
as R. J. Simmons
- 1935 The Revenge Rider
as Henchman Rankin
- 1935 The Wedding Night
as Wedding Guest
- 1934
- 1934
- 1934 Broadway Bill
as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
- 1934 I Sell Anything
as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
- 1934 Our Daily Bread
as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
- 1934 Rocky Rhodes
as Dick Boggs
- 1934 Down to Their Last Yacht
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- 1934 Twentieth Century
as Poster Artist (uncredited)
- 1934 A Very Honorable Guy
as Greek
- 1934 It Happened One Night
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- 1934 Bridal Bail
as Hotel Manager
- 1934 Bombay Mail
as Platform Conductor
- 1933 I Am Suzanne!
as Balcony Spectator
- 1933 King of the Wild Horses
as John Foster
- 1933 The Bowery
as Artist (uncredited)
- 1933 Damaged Lives
as Waiter
- 1933 Torch Singer
as Waiter in Bistro
- 1933 Baby Face
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
- 1933 Hold Your Man
as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
- 1933 Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- 1933 The Thrill Hunter
as Henchman Lou Norton
- 1933 Elmer, the Great
as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1933 Drum Taps
as Henchman Pete
- 1932 Young Blood
as Tony Murullo
- 1932 Virtue
as Tony (uncredited)
- 1932 Texas Buddies
as Ken Kincaid
- 1932 Vanity Street
as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
- 1932 Tiger Shark
as Crewman (uncredited)
- 1932
- 1932 Ghost Valley
as Pawnee
- 1932 This Is the Night
as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
- 1932 South of the Rio Grande
as Bandido Leader
- 1932 Sin's Pay Day
as Louie Joe
- 1932 Sally of the Subway
as Leopold Von Trump
- 1931 Night Beat
as Enricco Pommetti
- 1931 Safe in Hell
as Jury Member (uncredited)
- 1931 Suicide Fleet
as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
- 1931 Platinum Blonde
as Waiter (uncredited)
- 1931 The Yellow Ticket
as Jailer
- 1931
- 1931 Dance, Fools, Dance
as Emilio (uncredited)
- 1931 Command Performance
as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
- 1931 The Lion and the Lamb
as Second Lascar
- 1930 Captain Thunder
as Barfly
- 1930 Hell's Angels
as Anarchist (uncredited)
- 1930 The Bad Man
as Jose
- 1930 Those Who Dance
as Hood
- 1929 The Delightful Rogue
as Hymie
- 1929 Big News
as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
- 1929 Movie Night
as Movie Patron
- 1929 Hawk of the Hills
as Sheckard
- 1929 The Royal Rider
as Parvene
- 1929 Weary River
as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
- 1928 The Tiger's Shadow
as Hawks
- 1928 Riley the Cop
as French Policeman
- 1928 Virgin Lips
as Patron
- 1928 Beware of Blondes
as Portugee Joe
- 1928
- 1928 The Yellow Cameo
as Black Gavin
- 1928 The Desert Bride
as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
- 1928 The Last Command
as A Soldier (uncredited)
- 1927 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
- 1927
- 1926 The House Without a Key
as Saladine
- 1926 Moran of the Mounted
as Dubuc
- 1926 The Demon
as Joseph Lomax
- 1925 Play Ball
as Count Segundo
- 1925 The Crackerjack
as Guard
- 1924 Into the Net
as Ivan Invanovitch
- 1923 Plunder
as Jude Deering
- 1922 Speed
as Jim Sprague
- 1921 Hurricane Hutch
as Jim Tiegerley
- 1921 The Sky Ranger
as Dr. Santro
- 1920 Rogues and Romance
as Pedro Pezet
- 1920 The Phantom Foe
as The Phantom Foe
- 1919 Bound and Gagged
as Don Esteban Carnero
- 1919 The American Way
as Half Breed
- 1919 A Fallen Idol
as Tushau
- 1919 Here Comes the Bride
as Sevier
- 1919