Victor Harrington
Born: 1909-08-27 in Casal Paola, Malta
Died: 1980-07-23
Known For: Acting
Biography
Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Victor James Harrington was born on August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta. Harrington first began appearing in movies in uncredited minor roles in the mid-1930's. One of the most busy and tireless of British bit players, Victor could be frequently spotted in countless films and TV shows as a patron in a pub, nightclub, casino, or restaurant, a party guest, a military officer, a spectator at a sporting event, or an audience member at a play or concert. His daughter Victoria Harrington was also an actress. Harrington died at age 70 on July 23, 1980 in Brighton, East Essex, England.
Filmography
1976
- The Omen as Monk (uncredited)
1975
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Floor Show Audience (uncredited)
- Brannigan as Diner at Gentlemans Club (uncredited)
1973
- The MacKintosh Man as Barrister (uncredited)
- Carry On Girls as Audience Member (uncredited)
- No Sex Please - We're British as Man at Church Film Show (uncredited)
1972
- Frenzy as Spectator on South Bank (uncredited)
- Endless Night as Man at Auction (uncredited)
- Young Winston as House of Commons Doorkeeper (uncredited)
- Up the Front as British Officer (uncredited)
- Innocent Bystanders as Club Member (uncredited)
1971
- The Fourth Victim as Member of Anderson's Defence Team (uncredited)
1970
- The Reckoning as Man entering Lift
- There's a Girl in My Soup as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- Carry On Up the Jungle as Man at Lecture (uncredited)
- The Breaking of Bumbo as Party Guest (uncredited)
1969
- Anne of the Thousand Days as Lord (uncredited)
- Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed as Journalist (uncredited)
- The Oblong Box as Sir Julian (uncredited)
1967
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname as Guest at Advertising Festival (uncredited)
- Mister Ten Per Cent as Theatre Audience (uncredited)
- Stranger in the House as Singing Party Guest (uncredited)
1966
- Eye of the Devil as Villager (uncredited)
- Press for Time as Hotel Receptionist (uncredited)
- That Riviera Touch as Casino Patron (uncredited)
1965
- Darling as Functionary at Charity Event (uncredited)
- The Alphabet Murders as Police Escort (uncredited)
- Life at the Top as Board Member (uncredited)
1964
- Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb as War Room Aide (uncredited)
- A Hard Day's Night as Man at Casino (uncredited)
- Carry On Cleo as Scribe (uncredited)
- The Yellow Rolls-Royce as Ascot Attendee (uncredited)
- Rattle of a Simple Man as Pub Customer (uncredited)
1963
- From Russia with Love as Chess Tournament Spectator (uncredited)
- Siege of the Saxons as Sir Guy
1962
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner as Army Officer at Sports Day (uncredited)
- On the Beat as Senior Policeman (uncredited)
- It's Trad, Dad! as Town Councillor
- Life for Ruth as Court Clerk
- Only Two Can Play as Man in Pub
1961
- The Avengers as Board Member (uncredited)
- The Curse of the Werewolf as Cantina Patron (uncredited)
- No Love for Johnnie as MP (uncredited)
- Carry On Regardless as Wine Taster (uncredited)
- Very Important Person as Prisoner of War (uncredited)
- A Matter of WHO as Airline Passenger (uncredited)
1960
- The Hands of Orlac as Nightclub Audience (uncredited)
- Beat Girl as Strip Club Patron (uncredited)
- Cone of Silence as Court of Inquiry Member
- Doctor in Love as Haystack Club Patron (uncredited)
- Dead Lucky as Journalist
- There Was a Crooked Man as Military Official
1959
- Libel as Barrister (uncredited)
- Upstairs and Downstairs as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
- I'm All Right Jack as Reporter (uncredited)
- The Doctor's Dilemma as Passer-by (Uncredited)
- Follow a Star as Diner in Club (uncredited)
- The Captain's Table as Passenger Entering Dining Room (uncredited)
- Expresso Bongo as Press Photographer
1958
- A Night to Remember as Passenger (uncredited)
- The Man Inside as Man in Madrid Hotel (uncredited)
- The Two-Headed Spy as German General at Party (uncredited)
- Fiend Without a Face as Villager (uncredited)
- Rx Murder as Guest at Hunt Ball (uncredited)
- Chain of Events as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
1957
- Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! as Hotel Guest(uncredited)
- Doctor at Large as House Surgeon (uncredited)
- Carry On Admiral as Naval Officer (uncredited)
- Just My Luck as Man in Cinema (uncredited)
1956
- The Man Who Knew Too Much as Embassy Guest (uncredited)
1955
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Above Us the Waves as RAF Officer (uncredited)
- The Dark Avenger as French Soldier in Tavern (uncredited)
- To Paris with Love as Man Entering Hotel
- Cast a Dark Shadow as Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)
- Simon and Laura as Customer at Mario's (uncredited)
- An Alligator Named Daisy as Man in Music Shop (uncredited)
1954
- An Inspector Calls
- The Green Buddha as Art Gallery Visitor (uncredited)
- The Weak and the Wicked as Shopper who bumps into Nellie
- Happy Ever After as Guest at Hunt Ball
1953
- Black Orchid as Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
- Time Bomb
- A Day to Remember as Gent on Hampton Court Trip (uncredited)
- Roadhouse Girl as Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
- Murder at 3am as Jewel Box Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- Trouble in Store as Man Asleep in Deckchair (uncredited)
- Colonel March Investigates as Customer in Bank (uncredited)
1952
- Venetian Bird as Bystander (Uncredited)
- Angels One Five as Airman in Officers Club (Uncredited)
1951
- Young Wives' Tale as Man in Pub (uncredited)
- Laughter in Paradise as Shopper in Swan & Edgar (uncredited)
- High Treason as Police clerk (uncredited)
1949
- Meet Simon Cherry as Party Guest (uncredited)
1948
- Bond Street as Man Entering Majestic Club (uncredited)
- Snowbound as Skier at Inn
1938
- The Ware Case as Barrister (uncredited)
- A Yank at Oxford as Student at Trackside Consoling Beaumont (uncredited)
1937
- Storm in a Teacup as Man Outside Sheriff's Court (uncredited)