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Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Acting1895Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.

Acting History

1943
The Law Rides Again
as John Hampton, Indian Agent
Melody Parade
as Jedson
The Underdog
as Eddie Mohr
Daredevils of the West
as Territorial Commissioner
The Masked Marvel
as Gas Works Policeman
Nearly Eighteen
as Sammy Klein
You Can't Beat the Law
as First Warden
1942
Phantom Killer
as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Bandit Ranger
as Mark Kenyon
Black Dragons
as FBI Chief Colton
You Can't Escape Forever
as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
The Dawn Express
as Agent Brown
Foreign Agent
as George "Mack" McColl
Klondike Fury
as Flight Dispatcher
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
1941
Wide Open Town
as Tom Wilson
Gangs Inc.
as Jim Adams
Dangerous Lady
as Detective Dunlap
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Desperate Cargo
as Capt. Hank MacFarland
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Secret Evidence
as Frank Billings
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Sheriff Hackett
King of Dodge City
as Banker Carruthers
1940
Mysterious Doctor Satan
as Capt. Lathrop
Doomed to Die
as Ludlow
Millionaires in Prison
as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
The Green Hornet
as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
Prairie Schooners
as Dalton Stull
1939
Range War
as Chas. Higgins
Sunset Trail
as John Marsh
The Night of Nights
as Actor (uncredited)
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
The Oregon Trail
as General Terry
The Flying Irishman
as Man at New York Airport
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
On Trial
as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
Buck Rogers
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
Port of Hate
as Bob Randall
1938
Blondes at Work
as Marvin Spencer
Under Western Stars
as Mr. Richards
Saleslady
as Bigelow
Merrily We Live
as Mr. Remington
Whirlwind Horseman
as John Harper
The Duke of West Point
as Varsity Football Coach
Smashing the Rackets
as Angry Businessman
Held For Ransom
as McBride
Swing It, Sailor!
as First Officer
The Wages of Sin
as Laundry Owner
Law of the Texan
as Allen Spencer
The Headleys at Home
as Smooth Adair
1937
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Phineas T. Flagg
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as [scenes deleted]
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Kid Galahad
as Reporter (uncredited)
Topper
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
The Shadow Strikes
as Captain Breen
Penrod and Sam
as Real G-Man
The Mysterious Pilot
as Carter Snowden
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spencer, Trader
Blazing Sixes
as Major Taylor
Marked Woman
as Eddie
1936
Trail Dust
as Bowman
China Clipper
as Department of Commerce Inspector
Song of the Saddle
as Marshal Bill Graves
The Accusing Finger
as Police Surgeon
The Walking Dead
as Stephen Martin
San Francisco
as 'Chick'
Movie Maniacs
as Leading man
A Million to One
as William Stevens
They Met in a Taxi
as Mr. Andrews
Man Hunt
as Jim Davis
Flying Hostess
as 1st Detective
Hideaway Girl
as Lead steward
1930
Paradise Island
as Jim Thorne
Under Montana Skies
as Clay Conning
1929
Man, Woman and Wife
as Bill / Jack Mason
1928
Code of the Air
as Blair Thompson
Midnight Rose
as Tim Regan
1927
Streets of Shanghai
as Sergeant Lee
Easy Pickings
as Peter Van Horne
Cheating Cheaters
as Tom Palmer
1926
The Sap
as Barry Weston
The King of the Turf
as John Doe Smith
Twinkletoes
as Chuck Lightfoot
1925
The Marriage Whirl
as Arthur Carleton
Bobbed Hair
as David Lacy
Learning to Love
as (uncredited)
The Crowded Hour
as Billy Laidlaw
The Golden Strain
as Milt Mulford Jr
Ranger of the Big Pines
as Ross Cavanagh
Soiled
as Jimmie York
1924
Poisoned Paradise
as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
White Man
as White Man
The Virgin
as David Kent
Butterfly
as Craig Spaulding
On the Stroke of Three
as Judson Forrest
For Another Woman
as Stephen Winthrop
Two Shall Be Born
as Brian Kelly
1923
The Broken Wing
as Philip Marvin
The Virginian
as The Virginian
The Toll of the Sea
as Allen Carver
East Side - West Side
as Duncan Van Norman
April Showers
as Danny O'Rourke
Temporary Marriage
as Robert Belmar
The Girl Who Came Back
as Martin Norries
1922
The Primitive Lover
as Donald Wales
The World's a Stage
as Wallace Foster
The Married Flapper
as Bill Billings
I Am the Law
as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
1921
Woman's Place
as Jim Bradley
Mama's Affair
as Dr. Harmon
Lessons in Love
as John Warren
Dawn of the East
as Roger Strong
Nobody
as Tom Smith
1920
The Penalty
as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Dangerous Business
as Clarence Brooks
Dollars and Sense
as David Rogers
Going Some
as Donald Keap
1919
The Hoodlum
as John Graham
The Microbe
as DeWitt Spense
1918
Bread
as Dick Frothingham
A Model's Confession
as Billy Ravensworth
My Unmarried Wife
as Phillip Smith
The Wine Girl
as Frank Harris
The Marriage Lie
as Douglas Seward
The Wife He Bought
as Steele Valiant
Midnight Madness
as Prentice Tiller
Her Body in Bond
as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
The Law That Divides
as Howard Murray
1917
Betsy's Burglar
as Harry Brent
Cheerful Givers
as Horace Gray
The Flame of the Yukon
as George Fowler
The Price of a Good Time
as Preston Winfield
The Lash of Power
as John Rand
A Man's Man
as Billy Geary

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/26/1895
Day of Death
3/6/1967
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA