Harry Bowen
American actor (1888-1941) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 53
Harry Bowen was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras. Born on October 4, 1888, in Brooklyn, New York, he broke into the film industry doing film shorts during the silent era.
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Pot o' GoldFilm, 1941Streetsweeper (uncredited)1937
Living on LoveFilm, Man with Gorilla (uncredited)
We Who Are About to DieFilm, 1937Agitated Citizen in Mob (uncredited)1936
Dummy AcheFilm, Cabbie1935
Hot TipFilm, Racetrack Spectator1934
Another Wild IdeaFilm, Vegetable Man1933
Chance at HeavenFilm, Reporter #1 (uncredited)1932
Beyond the RockiesFilm, Man at Slot Machine (uncredited)1931
Hasty MarriageFilm, Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)1930
Fifty Million HusbandsFilm, Magazine Salesman (uncredited)1927
The Glorious FourthFilm, Pedestrian1926
Charley My Boy!Film, Applicant
Mighty Like a MooseFilm, 1926Harp Player1925
Your Own Back YardFilm, Donor1888Born4 October 1888Known for
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Fury 1936
Shall We Dance 1937
The Bohemian Girl 1936
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Charley Chase Directed Poker at Eight (1935)
Harry Bernard Also in Another Wild Idea and Hot Tip
Bobby Dunn Also in The Dentist and Sweepstakes
Pat Harmon Also in Sweepstakes and The Rainmakers
Merian C. Cooper Produced Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Hal Roach Produced Poker at Eight (1935)
Mack Sennett Produced The Dentist (1932)
William Courtright Also in Charley My Boy! and The Glorious Fourth
Jay R. Smith Also in Thundering Fleas and The Glorious Fourth
Jerry Mandy Also in Thundering Fleas and Poker at Eight
Warner Richmond Also in The Headline Woman and Missing Girls
Leslie Goodwins Directed Dummy Ache (1936)
Jane Keckley Also in Going Hollywood and Goldie Gets Along
Kitty McHugh Also in Hot Tip and The Timid Young Man
Roger Pryor Also in The Headline Woman and Missing Girls
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About this person
His work on shorts continued into talking pictures, and it was in 1929 that he made his first appearance in a full-length feature, with a small role in Red Hot Rhythm, directed by Leo McCarey. During his 20-year career, Bowen appeared in over 150 films, most of them film shorts, supporting comedians like Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy and Laurel and Hardy. Other notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 classic King Kong; Flying Down to Rio (1933), which was the first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; John Ford's 1935 comedy, The Whole Town's Talking, starring Edward G. Robinson; and Next Time We Love (1936), starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, and Ray Milland. His final screen performance, according to AFI, was the 1939 film, The Day the Bookies Wept, starring Joe Penner and Betty Grable.
