Harry Semels
Acting1887New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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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.
Known For
The Great Dictator
Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Man (uncredited)
Foreign Correspondent
Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Ninotchka
Gurganov (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
Mug (uncredited)
Baby Face
Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
Acting History
1950
Riding High
as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946
Badman's Territory
as Bettor (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
as Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
1945
Eve Knew Her Apples
as Tony (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
as Leader of Caravan
1944
Can't Help Singing
as Peon (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
as Pedestrian
Strange Affair
as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
1943
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Greek Florist
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
Dizzy Pilots
as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
The Hard Way
as Passerby (Uncredited)
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Greek
Slightly Dangerous
as Italian at concert (uncredited)
1942
Reunion in France
as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
as Mug (uncredited)
Moontide
as Waiter (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Waiter (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
1941
General Nuisance
as Latin America Delagate
She's Oil Mine
as Referee
1940
Strange Cargo
as Convict (uncredited)
Seven Sinners
as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
New Moon
as Bondsman
And One Was Beautiful
as Courtroom Spectator
Foreign Correspondent
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
Phantom Raiders
as Cafe Bartender
They Drive by Night
as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed Archer
Little Nellie Kelly
as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Communist
Kit Carson
as Aide
The Great Dictator
as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1939
Overland Mail
as Pancho
Midnight
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
Crashing Thru
as Man Who Reports Gunfight
Ninotchka
as Gurganov (uncredited)
Star Reporter
as Mike
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Count Alfred Gehrol
Balalaika
as (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Neighbor
King of the Turf
as Coffee Pot Proprietor
1938
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
as Man (uncredited)
Flirting with Fate
as Member of Sancho's Band
Marie Antoinette
as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
I'll Give a Million
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
State Police
as Albert Morton
The Girl of the Golden West
as Peon Servant
1937
The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)
The Last Train from Madrid
as Guard (uncredited)
Hot Water
as Barber (uncredited)
Kid Galahad
as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
Wells Fargo
as Minor Role
Missing Witnesses
as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
Swing It Professor
as Angelo
Hollywood Round-Up
as Tony Papalini
New News
as Prince Albert
Midnight Taxi
as Joe, Counterman
1936
Midnight Blunders
as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
One Rainy Afternoon
as Clerk (Uncredited)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
Human Cargo
as Barreto
Give Us This Night
as Prisoner
Disorder in the Court
as District Attorney (uncredited)
Anthony Adverse
as Lottery Celebrant
Movie Maniacs
as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
The Gay Desperado
as Manuel
More Than a Secretary
as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
I'll Name the Murderer
as Luigi
1935
Les Misérables
as Cochepaille
The Wedding Night
as Wedding Guest
I Live My Life
as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
I Don't Remember
as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
Stone of Silver Creek
as R. J. Simmons
The Revenge Rider
as Henchman Rankin
1934
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
as Poster Artist (uncredited)
It Happened One Night
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Rocky Rhodes
as Dick Boggs
Bombay Mail
as Platform Conductor
Broadway Bill
as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy
as Greek
I Sell Anything
as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
Bridal Bail
as Hotel Manager
1933
Torch Singer
as Waiter in Bistro
Damaged Lives
as Waiter
Baby Face
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
Elmer, the Great
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hold Your Man
as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
The Bowery
as Artist (uncredited)
The Thrill Hunter
as Henchman Lou Norton
I Am Suzanne!
as Balcony Spectator
Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
Drum Taps
as Henchman Pete
King of the Wild Horses
as John Foster
1932
Sin's Pay Day
as Louie Joe
Sally of the Subway
as Leopold Von Trump
Virtue
as Tony (uncredited)
Vanity Street
as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
Ghost Valley
as Pawnee
This Is the Night
as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
Texas Buddies
as Ken Kincaid
Young Blood
as Tony Murullo
South of the Rio Grande
as Bandido Leader
Tiger Shark
as Crewman (uncredited)
1931
The Yellow Ticket
as Jailer
Night Beat
as Enricco Pommetti
Command Performance
as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
Safe in Hell
as Jury Member (uncredited)
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Emilio (uncredited)
Suicide Fleet
as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
Platinum Blonde
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Lion and the Lamb
as Second Lascar
1930
Hell's Angels
as Anarchist (uncredited)
Captain Thunder
as Barfly
The Bad Man
as Jose
Those Who Dance
as Hood
1929
The Delightful Rogue
as Hymie
Weary River
as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
Movie Night
as Movie Patron
Big News
as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
Hawk of the Hills
as Sheckard
The Royal Rider
as Parvene
1928
The Last Command
as A Soldier (uncredited)
Riley the Cop
as French Policeman
Beware of Blondes
as Portugee Joe
The Desert Bride
as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
Virgin Lips
as Patron
The Yellow Cameo
as Black Gavin
1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
1926
The House Without a Key
as Saladine
The Demon
as Joseph Lomax
1925
The Crackerjack
as Guard
Play Ball
as Count Segundo
1924
Into the Net
as Ivan Invanovitch
1923
Plunder
as Jude Deering
1922
Speed
as Jim Sprague
1921
Hurricane Hutch
as Jim Tiegerley
The Sky Ranger
as Dr. Santro
1920
The Phantom Foe
as The Phantom Foe
Rogues and Romance
as Pedro Pezet
1919
A Fallen Idol
as Tushau
Here Comes the Bride
as Sevier
The American Way
as Half Breed
Bound and Gagged
as Don Esteban Carnero