Harry Holman

American actor (1862–1947)

Harry Holman
Holman in 1909
Born	Harry James Holman (1862-03-15)March 15, 1862 Conway, Missouri, U.S.
Died	May 3, 1947(1947-05-03) (aged 85) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Resting place	Memorial Park Cemetery, Enid, Oklahoma, U.S.
Other names	Harold Holman
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1903–1947

Harry James Holman (March 15, 1862^{[citation needed]} – May 3, 1947) was an American actor. He appeared in approximately 130 films from 1923 to 1947.

Biography

Born in Conway, Missouri, Holman dropped out of school in the ninth grade and began seeking work as an actor.^{[citation needed]} In films from at least 1930, he played "a vast array of mayors, justices of the peace, attorneys, millionaires and sugar daddies".^[1] He is best known to modern audiences as the desperate Professor Richmond who tries to transform the uncouth Three Stooges into gentlemen in the film Hoi Polloi (1935). He also played frequently in the films of director Frank Capra, for example as the mayor in Meet John Doe (1941) and as the befuddled high school teacher Mr. Partridge in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

On Broadway, Holman portrayed Wilson Prewitt in The County Chairman (1903) and Caesar Augustus Miggs in Ruled Off the Turf (1906).^[2]

Holman performed in vaudeville, heading the Harry Holman Comedy Company, which presented skits including "The Merchant Price".^[3] In 1929^[1] or 1932, Holman left vaudeville, where he "was nationally known" for his "Hard-Boiled Hampton"^[4] comedy sketch.^[5]

On May 3, 1947,^[4] Holman died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California.^[6]

Selected filmography

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) as Fat Man (uncredited)
Sporting Blood (1931) as B.H. 'Jerry' Hartwick (uncredited)
Her Majesty, Love (1931) as Reisenfeld
Peach O'Reno (1931) as Counselor Jackson #2 (uncredited)
Forbidden (1932) as Advice-to-the-Lovelorn Columnist (uncredited)
The Final Edition (1932) as Harry, Newspaperman (uncredited)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) as Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont, the Landlord (uncredited)
The Wet Parade (1932) as Wilson Supporter (uncredited)
Beauty and the Boss (1932) as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Symphony of Six Million (1932) as Mr. Holman, Hospital Patient (uncredited)
So Big (1932) as Country Doctor (uncredited)
The Dark Horse (1932) as Mr. Jones
The Final Edition (1932) as Harry
Doctor X (1932) as Mike, Waterfront Policeman
American Madness (1932) as Loan-Seeker (uncredited)
The Conquerors (1932) as Stubby
Uptown New York (1932) as Pappy, Bartender (uncredited)
Silver Dollar (1932) as Adams
Central Park (1932) as Police Captain (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother (1932) as Judge Yates
Frisco Jenny (1932) as Old Man Whose Pocket is Picked (uncredited)
State Fair (1933) as Professor Tyler Cramp, Hog Judge (uncredited)
Hard to Handle (1933) as Colonel's Associate (uncredited)
The Woman Accused (1933) as Judge Osgood
Oliver Twist (1933) as Grimwig
Phantom Thunderbolt (1933) as Tobias Wingate (uncredited)
The Circus Queen Murder (1933) as Jim Dugan
Lucky Dog (1933) as The Business Man
Song of the Eagle (1933) as 'Here's How!' Drinking Man (uncredited)
Man Hunt (1933) as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
She Had to Say Yes (1933) as Mr. Hoopnagle (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return (1933) as Dr. Spaulding (uncredited)
Devil's Mate (1933) as McGee
Turn Back the Clock (1933) as 1929 Spokesman (uncredited)
One Year Later (1933) as Fat Man
Stage Mother (1933) as Mr. Rumley (uncredited)
The Solitaire Man (1933) as Mr. Elmer Hopkins (uncredited)
My Woman (1933) as Lou
Roman Scandals (1933) as Mayor of West Rome (uncredited)
East of Fifth Avenue (1933) as Sam Cronin
Lady Killer (1933) as J.B. Roland (uncredited)
The Meanest Gal in Town (1934) as Brookville's Mayor (uncredited)
It Happened One Night (1934) as the Auto Camp Manager at the end of the film (uncredited)
Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Joe Cuney (uncredited)
The Lost Jungle (1934, Serial) as Maitland, Circus Owner [Ch.1]
The Line-Up (1934) as Jacob (uncredited)
A Very Honorable Guy (1934) as Fat Man (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad (1934) as Man at Bar with Letty (uncredited)
The Personality Kid (1934) as Diner Counterman (uncredited)
Fugitive Road (1934) as Burgomaster
Dames (1934) as Third Druggist (uncredited)
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934) as Passenger (uncredited)
I'll Fix It (1941) as Mayor Short (uncredited)
Men of the Night (1934) as Fat Man at Pig-Stand (uncredited)
Jealousy (1934) as Man with Dog (uncredited)
Broadway Bill (1934) as Racetrack Rube (uncredited)
Fugitive Lady (1934) as Mr. Young (uncredited)
Night Alarm (1934) as Mayor Wilson
Million Dollar Baby (1934) as J.D. Pemberton
The Best Man Wins (1935) as Uncle Ed (uncredited)
Calling All Cars (1935) as Judge Marlowe
Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) as Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
Living on Velvet (1935) as Bartender (uncredited)
It Happened in New York (1935) as Dockman (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady (1935) as Pat O'Connor's Uncle
In Caliente (1935) as Biggs
Dante's Inferno (1935) as Jolly Fat Man (uncredited)
Every Night at Eight (1935) as Col. Ratchfield (uncredited)
Cheers of the Crowd (1935) as Honest John Brady
Welcome Home (1935) as Flink
Jalna (1935) as Mr. Cory, the Publisher (uncredited)
Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
Hoi Polloi (1935, Short) as Prof. Richmond (uncredited)
Here Comes Cookie (1935) as Stuffy
The Public Menace (1935) as Self-Made Man (scenes deleted)
Barbary Coast (1935) as Mayor (uncredited)
Bad Boy (1935) as Mr. Klink (uncredited)
To Beat the Band (1935) as Chubby Diner (uncredited)
Your Uncle Dudley (1935) as Banker (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) as Masquerade Party Nero (uncredited)
Murder at Glen Athol (1936) as Campbell Snowden
Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936) as Philmore Tubbs
Gentle Julia (1936) as Grandpa Atwater
Sinner Take All (1936) as Sgt. Berkovitch (uncredited)
When You're in Love (1937) as a Babbitt Brother (uncredited)
She's No Lady (1937) as Colonel (uncredited)
Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) as Boardinghouse Resident (uncredited)
Nation Aflame (1937) as Roland Adams
Professor Beware (1938) as Man Shaving on Boat (uncredited)
The Arkansas Traveler (1938) as Telegrapher
I Demand Payment (1938) as Justice of the Peace
Western Jamboree (1938) as Doc Trimble
Jesse James (1939) as Engineer (uncredited)
I Was a Convict (1939) as Martin Harrison
Let Us Live (1939) as J.B., Businessman Juror (uncredited)
Hotel Imperial (1939) as Burgomeister (uncredited)
When Tomorrow Comes (1939) as Mr. Brown (uncredited)
Slightly Tempted (1940) as Mayor Ammerson
Meet John Doe (1941) as Mayor Hawkins
Lady from Louisiana (1941) as Mayor of New Orleans (uncredited)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) as Judge Sobler
Manpower (1941) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Public Enemies (1941) as Fat Reporter
I Killed That Man (1941) as Lannings
Call Out the Marines (1942) as Man in wheelchair (uncredited)
Too Many Women (1942) as John Cartwright
Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942) as Mr. Joshua Baldwin
The Bashful Bachelor (1942) as Knute (uncredited)
Inside the Law (1942) as Judge Mortimer Gibbs
The Silver Bullet (1942) as Doc Winslow (uncredited)
Shadows on the Sage (1942) as Lippy
Seven Days' Leave (1942) as Percy Gildersleeve, Justice of the Peace
Tennessee Johnson (1942) as Morley (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) as Fat Man (uncredited)
Idaho (1943) as Man leaving church (uncredited)
Captive Wild Woman (1943) as Dock Ticket Office Clerk (uncredited)
Hers to Hold (1943) as Doctor (uncredited)
Young Ideas (1943) as Harry, Court Clerk (uncredited)
What a Man! (1944) as Harold D. Prewitt
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) as Drunken Guest (uncredited)
Allergic to Love (1944) as Club Member (uncredited)
Swing Hostess (1944) as Fralick
And Now Tomorrow (1944) as Santa Claus (uncredited)
Where Do We Go from Here? (1945) as Dutch Councilman (uncredited)
Badman's Territory (1946) as Hodge
Without Reservations (1946) as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
My Dog Shep (1946) as The Judge
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) as high school principal Mr. Partridge (uncredited)
Magic Town (1947) as Mayor

References

^ ^a ^b Erickson, Hal. "Harry Holman". AllMovie. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
^ "Harry Holman". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
^ "Harry Holman will play new role". The Pittsburgh Press. November 23, 1913. p. 38. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Harry Holman". The New York Times. May 3, 1947. p. 60. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
^ "Spanish dancer, Trini, at Keith's". The Boston Globe. November 9, 1926. p. 32. Retrieved September 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ California Death Index. FamilySearch. Retrieved 13 October 2015.