Harry Myers
Harry C. Myers | |
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Myers c.1921 in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | |
Born |
New Haven, Connecticut, USA | September 5, 1882
Died |
December 25, 1938 56) Hollywood, California, USA | (aged
Occupation |
Actor Film director |
Years active | 1908-1938 |
Spouse(s) |
Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers.
Biography
He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on September 5, 1882. He was married to the actress Rosemary Theby.
Myers had been a theatre actor for 10 years before he went into films as an actor for Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Studios in 1909.[1] By 1914, he was directing his own comedy shorts featuring him and his wife, Rosemary Theby, for Universal, the Vim Comedy Company, and Pathé studios. After 1920 he had many starring roles in feature-length films, the most notable of which was as the eccentric millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).[2] His career declined after the introduction of sound films.[1] Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1938, and directed 54 films between 1913 and 1917.
He died on December 25, 1938 in Hollywood, California from pneumonia.
Partial filmography
- The Guerrilla (1908)
- The Almighty Dollar (1910, Short) - Effeminate Gentleman
- When the Earth Trembled (1913) - Paul Girard Jr.
- Baby (1915, Short) - Harry - the Husband
- The Earl of Pawtucket (1915) - Arthur Weatherbee
- The Man of Shame (1915) - Lt. Du Fresne
- The Masked Rider (1919) - Harry Burrel
- The Prospector's Vengeance (1920)
- The March Hare (1921)
- Oh Mary Be Careful (1921)
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)
- Handle with Care (1922)
- The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922)
- Top o' the Morning (1922)
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922)
- The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
- Main Street (1923)
- The Brass Bottle (1923)
- Little Johnny Jones (1923)
- The Printer's Devil (1923)
- Stephen Steps Out (1923)
- Tarnish (1924)
- Behold This Woman (1924)
- Listen Lester (1924)
- Zander the Great (1925)
- Get 'Em Young (1926)
- Up in Mabel's Room (1926)
- Exit Smiling (1926)
- The Girl in the Pullman (1927)
- The Bachelor's Baby (1927)
- The Dove (1927)
- The Street of Illusion (1928)
- Wonder of Women (1929)
- City Lights (1931) - Eccentric Millionaire
- The Savage Girl (1932)
- Damaged Lives (1933)
- Police Call (1933)
- Managed Money (1934)
- Allez Oop (1934)
- Mississippi (1935)
- Mixed Magic (1936)
References
- 1 2 Steve Massa and Ben Model, Cruel and Unusual Comedy, film notes written by Steve Massa and Ben Model for the film series "Cruel and Unusual Comedy: Social Commentary in the American Slapstick Film" presented at MoMA May 20 to June 1, 2009. Archived May 26, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Joseph P. Eckhardt, The king of the movies: film pioneer Siegmund Lubin, page 97
Further reading
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harry Myers. |
- Harry Myers on IMDb
- Harry Myers at the Internet Broadway Database
(as Henry Myers)