Harry Semels
Born: 1887-11-20 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1946-03-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
1950
- Riding High as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946
- The Harvey Girls as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
- Badman's Territory as Bettor (uncredited)
- Road to Utopia as Lombardi (uncredited)
- The Diary of a Chambermaid as Townsman (Uncredited)
1945
- A Thousand and One Nights as Leader of Caravan
- I Love a Mystery as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
- Eve Knew Her Apples as Tony (uncredited)
1944
- Passage to Marseille as Cayenne Prison Colony Guard (uncredited)
- The Conspirators as Customs Assistant (uncredited)
- Strange Affair as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
- Can't Help Singing as Peon (uncredited)
- Make Your Own Bed as Pedestrian
1943
- The Hard Way as Passerby (Uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous as Italian at concert (uncredited)
- The Chance of a Lifetime as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
- A Lady Takes a Chance as Greek
- Dizzy Pilots as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Greek Florist
1942
- Road to Morocco as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
- Woman of the Year as Mug (uncredited)
- Reunion in France as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
- Moontide as Waiter (uncredited)
- Two Yanks in Trinidad as Waiter (uncredited)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Saloon Bouncer
1941
- General Nuisance as Latin America Delagate
- She's Oil Mine as Referee
1940
- The Great Dictator as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- Foreign Correspondent as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police as Half-breed Archer
- Strange Cargo as Convict (uncredited)
- Seven Sinners as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
- They Drive by Night as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
- Kit Carson as Aide
- New Moon as Bondsman
- Phantom Raiders as Cafe Bartender
- Little Nellie Kelly as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Communist
- And One Was Beautiful as Courtroom Spectator
1939
- Ninotchka as Gurganov (uncredited)
- Midnight as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Star Reporter as Mike
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- Overland Mail as Pancho
- Thunder Afloat as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
- King of the Turf as Coffee Pot Proprietor
- Three Little Sew and Sews as Count Alfred Gehrol
- Crashing Thru as Man Who Reports Gunfight
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Man (uncredited)
- Marie Antoinette as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
- A Slight Case of Murder as Partygoer (uncredited)
- The Girl of the Golden West as Peon Servant
- I'll Give a Million as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- State Police as Albert Morton
- Flirting with Fate as Member of Sancho's Band
1937
- Kid Galahad as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo as Minor Role
- The Last Train from Madrid as Guard (uncredited)
- Hollywood Round-Up as Tony Papalini
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar (Uncredited)
- Midnight Taxi as Joe, Counterman
- Hot Water as Barber (uncredited)
- My Dear Miss Aldrich as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
- Missing Witnesses as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
- New News as Prince Albert
- Swing It Professor as Angelo
1936
- 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)
- One Rainy Afternoon as Clerk (Uncredited)
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
- Human Cargo as Barreto
- Disorder in the Court as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Luckiest Girl in the World as Bum
- Give Us This Night as Prisoner
- I'll Name the Murderer as Luigi
- Midnight Blunders as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
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
- It Happened One Night as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- Twentieth Century as Poster Artist (uncredited)
- Broadway Bill as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
- Our Daily Bread as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
- Bombay Mail as Platform Conductor
- Mills of the Gods
- I Sell Anything as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
- Bridal Bail as Hotel Manager
- Rocky Rhodes as Dick Boggs
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- A Very Honorable Guy as Greek
- One Too Many
1933
- Baby Face as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
- Hold Your Man as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Artist (uncredited)
- Torch Singer as Waiter in Bistro
- Elmer, the Great as Waiter (uncredited)
- Storm at Daybreak as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- The Thrill Hunter as Henchman Lou Norton
- Damaged Lives as Waiter
- Drum Taps as Henchman Pete
- King of the Wild Horses as John Foster
- I Am Suzanne! as Balcony Spectator
1932
- American Madness
- Virtue as Tony (uncredited)
- Young Blood as Tony Murullo
- This Is the Night as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
- Tiger Shark as Crewman (uncredited)
- Vanity Street as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
- Texas Buddies as Ken Kincaid
- Sally of the Subway as Leopold Von Trump
- South of the Rio Grande as Bandido Leader
- Ghost Valley as Pawnee
- Sin's Pay Day as Louie Joe
1931
- Dishonored
- Safe in Hell as Jury Member (uncredited)
- Platinum Blonde as Waiter (uncredited)
- Dance, Fools, Dance as Emilio (uncredited)
- The Lion and the Lamb as Second Lascar
- Night Beat as Enricco Pommetti
- Suicide Fleet as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
- The Yellow Ticket as Jailer
- Command Performance as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
1930
- Hell's Angels as Anarchist (uncredited)
- Captain Thunder as Barfly
- Those Who Dance as Hood
- The Bad Man as Jose
1929
- Movie Night as Movie Patron
- Hawk of the Hills as Sheckard
- Weary River as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
- The Delightful Rogue as Hymie
- Big News as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
- The Royal Rider as Parvene
1928
- The Last Command as A Soldier (uncredited)
- The Tiger's Shadow as Hawks
- Virgin Lips as Patron
- Beware of Blondes as Portugee Joe
- Out with the Tide
- The Yellow Cameo as Black Gavin
- Riley the Cop as French Policeman
- The Desert Bride as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
- The Isle of Forgotten Women
1926
- The Demon as Joseph Lomax
- The House Without a Key as Saladine
- Moran of the Mounted as Dubuc
1925
- Play Ball as Count Segundo
- The Crackerjack as Guard
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
- Here Comes the Bride as Sevier
- A Fallen Idol as Tushau
- Bound and Gagged as Don Esteban Carnero
- The American Way as Half Breed
- The Black Secret