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)
- The Diary of a Chambermaid as Townsman (Uncredited)
- Road to Utopia as Lombardi (uncredited)
- Badman's Territory as Bettor (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
- Can't Help Singing as Peon (uncredited)
- Make Your Own Bed as Pedestrian
- Strange Affair as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
1943
- The Hard Way as Passerby (Uncredited)
- A Lady Takes a Chance as Greek
- The Chance of a Lifetime as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
- Slightly Dangerous as Italian at concert (uncredited)
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Greek Florist
- Dizzy Pilots as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
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)
- Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Saloon Bouncer
- Two Yanks in Trinidad as Waiter (uncredited)
1941
- She's Oil Mine as Referee
- General Nuisance as Latin America Delagate
1940
- The Great Dictator as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
- Foreign Correspondent as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
- Strange Cargo as Convict (uncredited)
- They Drive by Night as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
- Seven Sinners as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
- North West Mounted Police as Half-breed Archer
- Kit Carson as Aide
- Little Nellie Kelly as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
- New Moon as Bondsman
- Phantom Raiders as Cafe Bartender
- And One Was Beautiful as Courtroom Spectator
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Communist
1939
- Ninotchka as Gurganov (uncredited)
- Midnight as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Star Reporter as Mike
- Thunder Afloat as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- Three Little Sew and Sews as Count Alfred Gehrol
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor
- Overland Mail as Pancho
- Crashing Thru as Man Who Reports Gunfight
- King of the Turf as Coffee Pot Proprietor
1938
- You Can't Take It with You as Man (uncredited)
- Marie Antoinette as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
- State Police as Albert Morton
- 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)
- Flirting with Fate as Member of Sancho's Band
1937
- Kid Galahad as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo as Minor Role
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar (Uncredited)
- The Last Train from Madrid as Guard (uncredited)
- Midnight Taxi as Joe, Counterman
- Missing Witnesses as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
- My Dear Miss Aldrich as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
- Hot Water as Barber (uncredited)
- Hollywood Round-Up as Tony Papalini
- Swing It Professor as Angelo
- New News as Prince Albert
1936
- Anthony Adverse as Lottery Celebrant
- Movie Maniacs as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
- Disorder in the Court as District Attorney (uncredited)
- I'll Name the Murderer as Luigi
- The Gay Desperado as Manuel
- One Rainy Afternoon as Clerk (Uncredited)
- More Than a Secretary as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
- The Luckiest Girl in the World as Bum
- Human Cargo as Barreto
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
- Give Us This Night as Prisoner
- 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)
- Stone of Silver Creek as R. J. Simmons
- I Don't Remember as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
- The Revenge Rider as Henchman Rankin
1934
- It Happened One Night as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- Broadway Bill as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
- Bombay Mail as Platform Conductor
- Twentieth Century as Poster Artist (uncredited)
- Our Daily Bread as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
- Mills of the Gods
- Bridal Bail as Hotel Manager
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- I Sell Anything as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
- A Very Honorable Guy as Greek
- Rocky Rhodes as Dick Boggs
- One Too Many
1933
- Baby Face as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Artist (uncredited)
- Elmer, the Great as Waiter (uncredited)
- Drum Taps as Henchman Pete
- Hold Your Man as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
- Storm at Daybreak as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- I Am Suzanne! as Balcony Spectator
- Damaged Lives as Waiter
- Torch Singer as Waiter in Bistro
- The Thrill Hunter as Henchman Lou Norton
- King of the Wild Horses as John Foster
1932
- American Madness
- This Is the Night as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
- Virtue as Tony (uncredited)
- Vanity Street as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
- Young Blood as Tony Murullo
- South of the Rio Grande as Bandido Leader
- Tiger Shark as Crewman (uncredited)
- Sally of the Subway as Leopold Von Trump
- Ghost Valley as Pawnee
- Texas Buddies as Ken Kincaid
- 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)
- Suicide Fleet as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
- The Yellow Ticket as Jailer
- Night Beat as Enricco Pommetti
- The Lion and the Lamb as Second Lascar
- 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
- Weary River as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
- Movie Night as Movie Patron
- Big News as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
- The Delightful Rogue as Hymie
- Hawk of the Hills as Sheckard
- The Royal Rider as Parvene
1928
- The Last Command as A Soldier (uncredited)
- Virgin Lips as Patron
- The Desert Bride as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
- The Tiger's Shadow as Hawks
- Beware of Blondes as Portugee Joe
- Riley the Cop as French Policeman
- Out with the Tide
- The Yellow Cameo as Black Gavin
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
- Moran of the Mounted as Dubuc
- The House Without a Key as Saladine
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
- Rogues and Romance as Pedro Pezet
- The Phantom Foe as The Phantom Foe
1919
- Here Comes the Bride as Sevier
- A Fallen Idol as Tushau
- The American Way as Half Breed
- Bound and Gagged as Don Esteban Carnero
- The Black Secret