American actor (1895–1967)
Kenneth Harlan
Harlan in 1918
Born Kenneth Daniel Harlan
(1895-07-26 ) July 26, 1895Died March 6, 1967(1967-03-06) (aged 71) Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery Alma mater Fordham University Occupation Actor Years active 1916–1963 Spouses
Salome Sanborn
(
m. 1915;
div. 1920)
Florence Hart
(
m. 1920;
div. 1922)
Doris Hilda Booth
(
m. 1930;
div. 1931)
Phyllis McClure
(
m. 1932;
div. 1934)
Helen Spetner
(
m. 1934;
div. 1946)
Rhea Walker
(
m. 1957;
div. 1959)
Rosemarie Gonsalves Mirjanian
(
m. 1963)
Children 1 Parent(s) George W. Harlan Relatives Otis Harlan (uncle)
Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967)[ 1] silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer roles. His career extended into the sound film era, but during that span he rarely commanded leading-man roles, and became mostly a supporting or character actor.
Early life
Harlan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Harlan and actress Rita W. Harlan (born Sarah Wolff).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Brooklyn , New York City, and Fordham University in the Bronx .[ 5]
Career
At age seven, Harlan began acting on stage and working in vaudeville . He spent much of 1916 touring with a company of dancers that headlined future Ziegfeld performer Evan-Burrows Fontaine .[ 6] D.W. Griffith . Harlan later played with Constance Talmadge , Lois Weber , Mary Pickford , Katherine MacDonald , Anna May Wong , and others. Harlan was skilled at drama and comedy, and made several westerns. Harlan had the leading role in two film serials, Finger Prints Danger Island [ 1]
He made a smooth transition to talkies, even singing in a few films, but his film roles remained minor throughout his later career. Harlan worked until the 1940s and retired in 1963.
Personal life and death
Harlan was married nine times, including a marriage to silent screen star Marie Prevost .[ 7] Helene Stanton , whom he married in 1949 and divorced four years later.[ 8]
Harlan, who was a nephew of actor and comedian Otis Harlan , died of an acute aneurysm in 1967 in Sacramento, California.[ 9]
Complete filmography
Harlan and Jewel Carmen in Nobody , 1921 Harlan and Marie Prevost in The Beautiful and Dammed 1922
Betsy's Burglar Cheerful Givers The Flame of the Yukon The Price of a Good Time The Lash of Power My Unmarried Wife A Man's Man The Wife He Bought The Wine Girl The Marriage Lie The Model's Confession Midnight Madness Her Body in Bond Bread The Law That Divides The Microbe The Hoodlum The Trembling Hour The Turning Point Dollars and Sense The Penalty Going Some Love, Honor and Obey Dangerous Business Mama's Affair Lessons in Love Nobody The Barricade Woman's Place Dawn of the East Received Payment Polly of the Follies The Primitive Lover I Am the Law The Married Flapper The World's a Stage The Toll of the Sea Thorns and Orange Blossoms The Beautiful and Damned Little Church Around the Corner The Girl Who Came Back Temporary Marriage East Side - West Side The Virginian April Showers The Broken Wing Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo The Virgin The Man Without a Heart Butterfly White Man For Another Woman On the Stroke of Three Two Shall Be Born Learning to Love The Re-Creation of Brian Kent The Crowded Hour Drusilla with a Million The Marriage Whirl Ranger of the Big Pines Bobbed Hair Soiled The Golden Strain The Fighting Edge The King of the Turf The Sap The Virgin Wife The Ice Flood Twinkletoes Easy Pickings Stage Kisses Cheating Cheaters Streets of Shanghai Wilful Youth Midnight Rose United States Smith Code of the Air Man, Woman and Wife Paradise Island Under Montana Skies Women Men Marry Finger Prints Air Police Danger Island The Shadow of the Eagle The Widow in Scarlet Wanderer of the Wasteland Cappy Ricks Returns Man Hunt Song of the Saddle The Walking Dead San Francisco Public Enemy's Wife China Clipper The Case of the Velvet Claws They Met in a Taxi Easy to Take The Accusing Finger Hideaway Girl Flying Hostess Trail Dust Penrod and Sam A Million to One Marked Woman Gunsmoke Ranch The Go Getter San Quentin Kid Galahad Blazing Sixes Topper Paradise Isle Wine, Women and Horses Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Something to Sing About The Shadow Strikes Submarine D-1 The Mysterious Pilot Wallaby Jim of the Islands Tim Tyler's Luck Saleslady Swing It, Sailor! Blondes at Work Merrily We Live Accidents Will Happen Under Western Stars Whirlwind Horseman Held for Ransom Pride of the West The Wages of Sin Smashing the Rackets Sunset Trail Law of the Texan The Headleys at Home The Little Adventuress The Duke of West Point On Trial The Man Who Dared The Flying Irishman Buck Rogers Torchy Runs for Mayor The Oregon Trail Port of Hate Range War Dick Tracy's G-Men Heroes in Blue The Night of Nights The Green Hornet Santa Fe Marshal Murder in the Air Millionaires in Prison Doomed to Die Prairie Schooners Junior G-Men A Little Bit of Heaven Mysterious Doctor Satan Pride of the Bowery The Case of the Black Parrot Secret Evidence Meet John Doe Sky Raiders Million Dollar Baby Paper Bullets Desperate Cargo Bullets for O'Hara Wide Open Town King of Dodge City Dangerous Lady Fighting Bill Fargo Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. Don Winslow of the Navy Sleepytime Gal Black Dragons Klondike Fury The Dawn Express The Corpse Vanishes Perils of the Royal Mounted Juke Girl Wings for the Eagle Bandit Ranger Deep in the Heart of Texas Phantom Killer Foreign Agent You Can't Escape Forever Hitler – Dead or Alive The Sundown Kid Silent Witness G-Men vs. the Black Dragon You Can't Beat the Law Wild Horse Stampede A Stranger in Town Daredevils of the West Girls in Chains The Masked Marvel The Law Rides Again Melody Parade Adventures of the Flying Cadets The Underdog Nearly Eighteen
Short films
Foiled Again (1932, Short) - The HeroMovie Maniacs (1936, Short) - Leading Man
References
^ a b Mayer, Geoff (2017). Encyclopedia of American Film Serials ISBN 9781476627199 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ "FamilySearch.org" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 .^ "FamilySearch.org" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 .^ "FamilySearch.org" . Retrieved November 28, 2023 .^ Katchmer, George A. (2002). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses ISBN 9780786446933 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 . ^ The Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star – Nov. 25, 1916
^ "Warsaw Union - Google News Archive Search" .^ " . Newport Daily News . Rhode Island, Newport. Associated Press. December 29, 1953. p. 7. Retrieved March 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com .^ Ellenberger, Allan R. (2001). Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory ISBN 9780786450190 . Retrieved April 24, 2017 .
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