Ken
Harlan
1895
- 1967 |
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The actor Ken Harlan began his acting careet at the theater where he
already appeared as a child* in the play "More Than a Queen" around 1899
before he went to Hollywood to conquer the silver screen.
There he soon asserted himself and he impersonated many roles in different
genres like comedies, western and dramas in the next years.
He made his film debut with "Betsy's Burglar" (17) and "The Flame of
the Yukon" (17).
Till 1920 followed performances in "The Lash of Power" (17), "The Wife
He Bought" (18), "The Microbe" (19) and "The Hoodlum" (19).
He reached the height of his career during the 20s at the side of many
other stars of that time.
To his well-known movies of those years belong "The Turning Point"
(20), "Dawn of the East" (21), "Polly of the Follies" (22), "The Toll of
the Sea" (22), "The Beautiful and Damned" (22), "Temporary Marriage" (23),
"The Virginian" (23), "The Broken Wing" (23), "For Another Woman" (24),
"The Crowded Hour" (25), "Soiled" (25), "The Virgin Wife" (26), "Cheating
Cheaters" (27) and "Man, Woman and Wife" (29).
The transition to the sound film was no problem for Ken Harlan although
his roles became smaller because of his proceding age.
Still he took part in numerous productions in the next years, among
them "Finger Prints" (31), "The Shadow of the Eagle" (32), "Man Hunt" (36),
"The Walking Dead" (36), "San Francisco" (36), "Public Enemy's Wife" (36),
"Penrod and Sam" (37), "Kid Galahad" (37), "The Mysterious Pilot" (37),
"Held for Ransom" (38), "Sunset Trail" (39), "Buck Rogers" (39) and "The
Night of Nights" (39).
His last movies came in the 40s into being with "The Green Hornet" (40),
"Murder in the Air" (40), "The Case of the Black Parrot" (41), "Meet John
Doe" (41), "Million Dollar Baby" (41), "Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc." (41),
"Wings for the Eagle" (42), "Phantom Killer" (42), "Silent Witness" (43),
"A Stranger in Town" (43) and "The Underdog" (43).
Ken Harlan was married nine times all in all (whereof one marriage became
annulled), among others with the actress Marie Prevost.
His uncle Otis Harlan was also a movie actor.
*There are different sources to his year of birth. It is assumed that
he was born clearly before 1895.
Other movies with Ken Harlan:
Cheerful Givers (17) The Price of a Good Time (17) A
Man's Man (18) My Unmarried Wife (18) The Wine Girl (18) The Marriage Lie
(18) A Model's Confession (18) Midnight Madness (18) Her Body in Bond (18)
Bread (18) The Law That Divides (18) The Trembling Hour (19) Dollars and
Sense (20) Going Some (20) The Penalty (20) Love, Honor and Obey (20) Dangerous
Business (20) Mama's Affair (21) Lessons in Love (21) Nobody (21) The Barricade
(21) Woman's Place (21) Received Payment (22) The Primitive Lover (22)
I Am the Law (22) The Married Flapper (22) The World's a Stage (22) Thorns
and Orange Blossoms (22) Little Church Around the Corner (23) The Girl
Who Came Back (23) East Side – West Side (23) A Man's Man (23) April Showers
(23) Poisoned Paradise (24) The Virgin (24) The Man Without a Heart (24)
Butterfly (24) White Man (24) On the Stroke of Three (24) Two Shall Be
Born (24) Learning to Love (25) The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (25) Drusilla
with a Million (25) The Marriage Whirl (25) Ranger of the Big Pines (25)
Sobbed Hair (25) The Golden Strain (25) The Fighting Edge (26) The King
of the Turf (26) The Sap (26) The Ice Flood (26) Twinkletoes (26) Easy
Pickings (27) Stage Kisses (27) Streets of Shanghai (27) Wilful Youth (27)
Midnight Rose (28) United States Smith (28) Code of the Air (28) Paradise
Island (30) Under Montana Skies (30) Women Men Marry (31) Air Police (31)
Danger Island (31) The Widow in Scarlet (32) Wanderer of the Wasteland
(35) Cappy Ricks Returns (35) Movie Maniacs (36) Song of the Saddle (36)
China Clipper (36) The Case of the Velvet Claws (36) They Met in a Taxi
(36) Easy to Take (36) The Accusing Finger (36) Hideaway Girl (36) Flying
Hostess (36) Trail Dust (36) A Million to One (37) Marked Woman (37) Gunsmoke
Ranch (37) Blazing Sixes (37) Topper (37) Paradise Isle (37) Wine, Women
and Horses (37) Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (37) Something to Sing About
(37) The Shadow Strikes (37) Submarine D-1 (37) Wallaby Jim of the Islands
(37) Tim Tyler's Luck (37) Saleslady (38) Swing It, Sailor! (38) Blondes
at Work (38) Merrily We Live (38) Acidents Will Happen (38) Under Western
Stars (38) Whirlwind Horseman (38) Pride of the West (38) The Wages of
Sin (38) Law of the Texan (38) The Headleys at Home (38) The Little Adventuress
(38) The Duke of West Point (38) On Trial (39) The Man Who Dared (39) The
Flying Irishman (39) Torchy Runs for Mayor (39) The Oregon Trail (39) Port
of Hate (39) Range War (39) Heores in Blue (39) Santa Fe Marshal (40) Millionaires
in Prison (40) Doomed to Die (40) Prairie Schooners (40) A Little Bit of
Heaven (40) Junior G-Men (40) Mysterious Doctor Satan (40) Pride of the
Bowery (40) Secret Evidence (41) Sky Raiders (41) Paper Bullets (41) Desperate
Cargo (41) Bullets for O'Hara (41) Wide Open Town (41) King of Dodge City
(41) Dangerous Lady (41) Fighting Bill Fargo (41) Don Winslow of the Navy
(42) Sleepytime Gal (42) Black Dragons (42) Klondike Fury (42) The Dawn
Express (42) The Corpse Vanishes (42) Perils of the Royal Mounted (42)
Juke Girl (42) Deep in the Heart of Texas (42) Bandit Ranger (42) Foreign
Agent (42) You Can't Escape Forever (42) Hitler-Dead or Alive (42) The
Sundown Kid (42) G-men vs. the Black Dragon (43) You Can't Beat the Law
(43) Wild Horse Stampede (43) Daredevils of the West (43) Girls in Chains
(43) The Law Rides Again (43) Melody Parade (43) Adventures of the Flying
Cadets (43) The Masked Marvel (43) Nearly Eighteen (43) |
