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)
- Badman's Territory as Bettor (uncredited)
- Road to Utopia as Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)
1945
- A Thousand and One Nights as Leader of Caravan
- Eve Knew Her Apples as Tony (uncredited)
- I Love a Mystery as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
1944
- Can't Help Singing as Peon (uncredited)
- Strange Affair as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
- Make Your Own Bed as Pedestrian
1943
- The Hard Way as Passerby (Uncredited)
- A Lady Takes a Chance as Greek
- Slightly Dangerous as Italian at concert (uncredited)
- The Chance of a Lifetime as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
- After Midnight with Boston Blackie as Greek Florist
- Dizzy Pilots as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
1942
- Woman of the Year as Mug (uncredited)
- Road to Morocco as Jolla's Warrior (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)
- Kit Carson as Aide
- North West Mounted Police as Half-breed Archer
- They Drive by Night as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
- Strange Cargo as Convict (uncredited)
- Seven Sinners as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
- Little Nellie Kelly as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
- Phantom Raiders as Cafe Bartender
- He Stayed for Breakfast as Comrade
- New Moon as Bondsman
- And One Was Beautiful as Courtroom Spectator
1939
- Ninotchka as Gurganov (uncredited)
- Midnight as Police Officer (uncredited)
- Balalaika as (uncredited)
- King of the Turf as Coffee Pot Proprietor
- The Amazing Mr. Williams as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
- Overland Mail as Pancho
- Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Neighbor
- Three Little Sew and Sews as Count Alfred Gehrol
- Thunder Afloat as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
- Star Reporter as Mike
- 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)
- I'll Give a Million as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
- State Police as Albert Morton
- The Girl of the Golden West as Peon Servant
- Flirting with Fate as Member of Sancho's Band
1937
- Kid Galahad as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
- The Soldier and the Lady as Tartar (Uncredited)
- The Last Train from Madrid as Guard (uncredited)
- Wells Fargo as Minor Role
- My Dear Miss Aldrich as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
- Midnight Taxi as Joe, Counterman
- Hot Water as Barber (uncredited)
- New News as Prince Albert
- Missing Witnesses as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
- Hollywood Round-Up as Tony Papalini
- Swing It Professor as Angelo
1936
- One Rainy Afternoon as Clerk (Uncredited)
- Anthony Adverse as Lottery Celebrant
- Disorder in the Court as District Attorney (uncredited)
- The Case of the Velvet Claws as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
- The Gay Desperado as Manuel
- Human Cargo as Barreto
- Give Us This Night as Prisoner
- More Than a Secretary as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
- Movie Maniacs as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
- Midnight Blunders as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
- The Luckiest Girl in the World as Bum
- I'll Name the Murderer as Luigi
1935
- Les Misérables as Cochepaille
- I Live My Life as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
- The Wedding Night as Wedding Guest
- The Revenge Rider as Henchman Rankin
- I Don't Remember as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
- Stone of Silver Creek as R. J. Simmons
1934
- It Happened One Night as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
- Twentieth Century as Poster Artist (uncredited)
- Our Daily Bread as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
- Broadway Bill as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
- Mills of the Gods
- Down to Their Last Yacht as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
- A Very Honorable Guy as Greek
- I Sell Anything as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
- Bombay Mail as Platform Conductor
- Rocky Rhodes as Dick Boggs
- Bridal Bail as Hotel Manager
- One Too Many
1933
- Baby Face as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
- The Bowery as Artist (uncredited)
- Torch Singer as Waiter in Bistro
- Storm at Daybreak as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
- Damaged Lives as Waiter
- Elmer, the Great as Waiter (uncredited)
- Hold Your Man as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
- Drum Taps as Henchman Pete
- I Am Suzanne! as Balcony Spectator
- The Thrill Hunter as Henchman Lou Norton
- King of the Wild Horses as John Foster
1932
- American Madness
- Virtue as Tony (uncredited)
- This Is the Night as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
- Tiger Shark as Crewman (uncredited)
- Sin's Pay Day as Louie Joe
- Young Blood as Tony Murullo
- Ghost Valley as Pawnee
- South of the Rio Grande as Bandido Leader
- Texas Buddies as Ken Kincaid
- Vanity Street as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
- Sally of the Subway as Leopold Von Trump
1931
- Platinum Blonde as Waiter (uncredited)
- Dishonored
- Suicide Fleet as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
- Safe in Hell as Jury Member (uncredited)
- Dance, Fools, Dance as Emilio (uncredited)
- The Yellow Ticket as Jailer
- Command Performance as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
- Night Beat as Enricco Pommetti
- The Lion and the Lamb as Second Lascar
1930
- Hell's Angels as Anarchist (uncredited)
- Captain Thunder as Barfly
- The Bad Man as Jose
- Those Who Dance as Hood
1929
- Weary River as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
- Big News as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
- Movie Night as Movie Patron
- Hawk of the Hills as Sheckard
- The Delightful Rogue as Hymie
- The Royal Rider as Parvene
1928
- The Last Command as A Soldier (uncredited)
- Riley the Cop as French Policeman
- The Desert Bride as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
- The Tiger's Shadow as Hawks
- Beware of Blondes as Portugee Joe
- Virgin Lips as Patron
- The Yellow Cameo as Black Gavin
- Out with the Tide
1927
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
- The Isle of Forgotten Women
1926
- The House Without a Key as Saladine
- Moran of the Mounted as Dubuc
- The Demon as Joseph Lomax
1925
- The Crackerjack as Guard
- Play Ball as Count Segundo
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
- A Fallen Idol as Tushau
- Bound and Gagged as Don Esteban Carnero
- The American Way as Half Breed
- Here Comes the Bride as Sevier
- The Black Secret