Harry Langdon
Acting
Biography
Henry "Harry" Philmore Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films (where he had his greatest fame), and talkies.
Born: June 14, 1884
Place of Birth: Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Fragments: Surviving Pieces of Lost Films
Among the pieces featured in Fragments are the final reel of John Ford's The Village Blacksmith (1922) and a glimpse at Emil Jannings in The Way of All Flesh (1927), the only Oscar®-winning performance in a lost film. Fragments also features clips from such lost films as Cleopatra (1917), starring Theda Bara; The Miracle Man (1919), with Lon Chaney; He Comes Up Smiling (1918), starring Douglas Fairbanks; an early lost sound film, Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929), filmed in early Technicolor, and the only color footage of silent star Clara Bow, Red Hair (1928). The program is rounded out with interviews of film preservationists involved in identifying and restoring these films. Also featured is a new interview with Diana Serra Cary, best known as "Baby Peggy", one of the major American child stars of the silent era, who discusses one of the featured fragments, Darling of New York (1923).
All Night Long
Harry runs into his old Marine sergeant and is reminded of the rivalry they had for a girl while they were stationed in France.
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
There Goes My Heart
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Lucky Stars
Harry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.
Plain Clothes
Detective Harry is on the trail of a stolen diamond necklace worth $100,000.
Remember When?
Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.
Feet of Mud
As Harry has "cleaned up" on the football field and won the big game, Natalie's dad figured that he should do the same in the world of work before marrying his daughter. Harry's chance to prove himself comes with an "engineering" job with the city. But it's sanitary engineering, and while our street sweeping hero tries his best, he just can't avoid making enemies. When he stumbles into the midst of a lively Chinatown tong war, it's Harry's bravery that saves Natalie and wins the day.
The Sea Squawk
A Scottish immigrant on board ship becomes a pawn in a jewel heist aboard the S.S. Cognac, a three-star liner. Blackie Dawson, the uncrowned king of jewel thieves, and his accomplice Pearl Blackstone, have stolen a huge ruby. A detective is searching every cabin, so Blackie forces our young Scot to swallow the gem and, under threat of being shot, to stay mum. The detective is assisted by Flora Danube, a blue-eyed Bulgarian daisy who keeps those eyes open. To escape death, the young Scot disguises himself as a woman, but that draws a lot of attention; when his disguise is discovered, he must climb for his life. Is a European union in the offing?
Filmography
as Himself (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as The Hitchhiker
as Self (archive footage)
as edited from 'The First 100 Years'
as archive footage
as (archive footage)
as Chester Willouby
as Higgins
as Mr. Whiffle
as Harry
as Harry Fenner
as Oscar Hammond
as Egbert Slipp
as Egbert Slipp
as (archive footage)
as Harry
as Stooge
as Bert
as Harry
as Self (archive footage)
as Albert "Bert" Prattle
as Hap Holden
as Henry Butler
as Professor McCrackle
as Harry Langdon
as Minister (uncredited)
as Otto Schultz
as Snapper McGillicuddy
as Harry
as Harry
as Darrow Langdon
as Self
as Dan Cupid
as Harry
as The Hitchhiker
as Egghead
as Harry
as Wally
as Tim
as The King
as Harry
as Harry
as The Banjo Player
as Harry, Temporary Station Master
as Dobbs, the butler
as Stowaway
as Harry
as Harry Van Housen
as The Husband
as Harry Hogan
as Harry - the Odd Fellow
as Harry Howells
as Harry Shelby
as Paul Bergot
as Himself (uncredited)
as The Soldier / King Strudel the 13th of Bomania
as Harry Logan
as Harry Higgins
as Harry
as Harry Lamb
as Harry Hudson
as The Boy
as The Groom - Harold Hope
as Il ragazzo - Chester Winfield
as An Immigrant
as Harry Holdem - The Boy
as The Boy
as Harry Doolittle
as The Boy
as A Newly-Wed
as A Farmer Boy
as Eddie Elgin
as Gus Guitar
as A Shanghaied Sailor
as Otto Focus - the Hero
as A Shoe Clerk