Paul Harvey (actor)

Paul Harvey
Harvey in Yellowstone (1936)
Born	Roy Paul Harvey (1882-09-10)September 10, 1882 Sandwich, Illinois, U.S.
Died	December 5, 1955(1955-12-05) (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
Years active	1915–1955
Spouse	Merle Stanton

Roy Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 5, 1955) was a prolific American character actor who appeared in at least 177 films.^[1]

Biography

Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of The Awful Truth, then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or pompous authority figures.

He was a vacationing businessman whose car is commandeered by fugitive killer Humphrey Bogart in the 1936 crime drama The Petrified Forest and the minister who marries Spencer Tracy's daughter Elizabeth Taylor in the 1950 comedy Father of the Bride and baptizes her baby in its sequel. In the thriller Side Street, Harvey played a married man forced to pay $30,000 in blackmail money after having an affair.

Besides his numerous films, Harvey appeared in 1950s television series such as I Love Lucy, December Bride, My Little Margie, Father Knows Best and The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show before his death from a coronary thrombosis in 1955.

Selected filmography

The Pearl of the Antilles (1915) as Col. Henry Richmond
Men Who Have Made Love to Me (1918) as The Literary Man
The Awful Truth (1929) as Dan Leeson
The Wiser Sex (1932) (with Claudette Colbert and Melvyn Douglas) as Blaney
Advice to the Lovelorn (1933) as Gaskell
The House of Rothschild (1934) (with Boris Karloff and Loretta Young) as Solomon Rothschild
Looking for Trouble (1934) (with Spencer Tracy) as James Regan
The Last Gentleman (1934) as One of Judd's Creditors (uncredited)
Born to Be Bad (1934) (with Loretta Young and Cary Grant) as Attorney Brian
Charlie Chan's Courage (1934) as J.P. Madden / Jerry Delaney
Hat, Coat, and Glove (1934) as The Prosecuting Attorney
Handy Andy (1934) (with Will Rogers) as Charlie Norcross
She Was a Lady (1934) as Jeff Dyer
The Affairs of Cellini (1934) as Emissary
Kid Millions (1934) (with Eddie Cantor and Ann Sothern) as Shiek Mulhulla
The President Vanishes (1934) as Skinner
Broadway Bill (1934) as James Whitehall
A Wicked Woman (1934) as Ed Trice
The Whole Town's Talking (1935) (with Edward G. Robinson) as 'J.G.' Carpenter
I'll Love You Always (1935) as Sandstone
Four Hours to Kill! (1935) as Capt. Seaver
Goin' to Town (1935) (with Mae West) as Donovan
Alibi Ike (1935) (with Joe E. Brown and Olivia de Havilland) as Lefty Crawford
Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) (with Jack Benny) as Scully, Managing Editor
Thanks a Million (1935) (with Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak) as Maxwell
Rose of the Rancho (1936) as Boss Martin
The Petrified Forest (1936) (with Humphrey Bogart and Bette Davis) as Mr. Chisholm
August Weekend (1936) as George Washburne
The Walking Dead (1936) (with Boris Karloff) as Blackstone
The Witness Chair (1936) as Prosecuting Attorney Martin
Private Number (1936) (with Loretta Young, Robert Taylor and Basil Rathbone) as Perry Winfield
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936) as Insp. Parr
Postal Inspector (1936) as Police Lt. Ordway (uncredited)
Yellowstone (1936) as Chief Ranger Radell
The General Died at Dawn (1936) as American Husband (uncredited)
Mad Holiday (1936) as Chief Gibbs (uncredited)
The Plainsman (1936) as Yellow Hand
Three Men on a Horse (1936) as Clarence Dobbins
Mind Your Own Business (1936) as Brannigan
Black Legion (1937) (with Humphrey Bogart) as Billings
23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937) as Gen. Markley
The Soldier and the Lady (1937) as Tsar
The Devil Is Driving (1937) as Sam Mitchell
On Again-Off Again (1937) as Mr. Applegate
Big City (1937) as District Attorney Gilbert
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) as Mr. Sinclair
High Flyers (1937) (with Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, and Lupe Vélez) as Horace Arlington
Algiers (1938) as Janvier
A Slight Case of Murder (1938) as Mr. Whitewood
Love on a Budget (1938) as Emory Fisher
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) as Cyrus Bartlett
The Higgins Family (1938) as Ollie Thornwald
I'll Give a Million (1938) as Corcoran
If I Were King (1938) as Burgundian Herald
The Sisters (1938) as Caleb Ammon
There's That Woman Again (1938) as Stone
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) as Inspector Rawlins
Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939) as Gov. John Bentley
Never Say Die (1939) as Jasper Hawkins
The Gorilla (1939) as A.P. Conway
The Forgotten Woman (1939) as Charles Courtenay
News Is Made at Night (1939) as Inspector Melrose
They Shall Have Music (1939) as Heifetz' Manager
Stanley and Livingstone (1939) (with Spencer Tracy and Nancy Kelly) as Colonel Grimes
Meet Dr. Christian (1939) as John Hewitt
Two Thoroughbreds (1939) as Horse Owner
Brother Rat and a Baby (1940) as Sterling Randolph
High School (1940) as James Wallace
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
The Marines Fly High (1940) as Col. Hill
Typhoon (1940) as Dea's father
Sailor's Lady (1940) as Captain
Maryland (1940) as Buckman
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) as Dr. Bentley
Arizona (1940) (with William Holden and Jean Arthur) as Solomon Warner
Behind the News (1940) (with Lloyd Nolan) as Dist. Atty. Hardin S. Kelly
High Sierra (1941) (with Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino) as Mr. Baughman
Ride on Vaquero (1941) as Colonel Warren
Out of the Fog (1941) as Judge Moriarty
Puddin' Head (1941) as Mr. Harvey
Law of the Tropics (1941) as Alfred King, Sr.
Great Guns (1941) as Gen. Taylor
You Belong to Me (1941) as Barrows
Three Girls About Town (1941) as Fred Chambers
Rise and Shine (1941) as Orville Turner
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) as Dist. Atty. Winton
You're in the Army Now (1941) as General Philpot
Remember the Day (1941) as Sen. Phillips
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Landeck
Blondie's Blessed Event (1942) as William Lawrence (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Die (1942) as Dudley Wolff
Moonlight Masquerade (1942) as John Bennett Sr.
You Can't Escape Forever (1942) as Maj. Turner
Heart of the Golden West (1942) as James Barrabee
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943) as Dr. Kirby (uncredited)
The Man from Music Mountain (1943) as Arthur Davis
Mystery Broadcast (1943) as Arthur J. Stanley
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) as General (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) as Senator Tom Caldicott
Jamboree (1944) as P.J. Jarvis
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) as Maj. Gen. B.R. Garnett (uncredited)
Thoroughbreds (1944) as John Crandall
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) as Hotel Manager Thompson
Pillow to Post (1945) as J.R. Howard, Coast Oil Well Supply (uncredited)
The Chicago Kid (1945) as Carter
Midnight Manhunt (1945) as Mr. McAndrews, Night Editor (uncredited)
The Southerner (1945) as Ruston
Mama Loves Papa (1945) as Mr. McIntosh
State Fair (1945) as Simpson (uncredited)
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945) as Thomas Marsden
Don't Fence Me In (1945) as Gov. Thomas
Spellbound (1945) (with Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck) as Dr. Hanish
Up Goes Maisie (1946) (with Ann Sothern) as Mr. J.G. Nuboult
Gay Blades (1946) as J.M. Snively
Blondie's Lucky Day (1946) as Jonathan Butler, Sr.
They Made Me a Killer (1946) as District Attorney Booth
A Night in Casablanca (1946) (with the Marx Brothers) as Mr. Smythe
Do You Love Me (1946) as Artemis Hilliard (scenes deleted)
In Fast Company (1946) as Patrick McCormick
Easy to Wed (1946) as Curtis Farwood
The Bamboo Blonde (1946) as Patrick Ransom, Sr.
Shadow of a Woman (1946) as Howard K. Brooks, Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Heldorado (1946) as C.W. Driscoll
That Brennan Girl (1946) as Judge (uncredited)
The Beginning or the End (1947) as Lieut. General W. D. Styer
The Late George Apley (1947) as Julian H. Dole (uncredited)
Danger Street (1947) as Turlock
Out of the Blue (1947) as Mr. Holliston
High Barbaree (1947) as John Case
Living in a Big Way (1947) as Judge (uncredited)
Wyoming (1947) as Judge Sheridan
When a Girl's Beautiful (1947) as Stafford Shayne
The Judge Steps Out (1948) as John Struthers II (uncredited)
Call Northside 777 (1948) (with James Stewart) as Martin Burns
Lightnin' in the Forest (1948) as Judge Waterman
Speed to Spare (1948) as Al Simmons
Blondie's Reward (1948) as John D. Dickson
Give My Regards to Broadway (1948) as Mr. Boyd (uncredited)
Waterfront at Midnight (1948) as Commissioner Ryan
The Babe Ruth Story (1948) as Bagley (scenes deleted)
A Southern Yankee (1948) as Plaza Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Smugglers' Cove (1948) as Terrence Mahoney Esq.
Family Honeymoon (1948) as Chancellor Fenster
John Loves Mary (1949) as Gen. Biddle
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949) (with Richard Widmark and Lionel Barrymore) as Capt. John Briggs
Duke of Chicago (1949) as Chester Cunningham
Make Believe Ballroom (1949) as George Wilcox (uncredited)
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949) (with Clifton Webb) as Dr. Keating
Take One False Step (1949) as Mr. Arnspiger
The Fountainhead (1949) (with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal) as Opera Businessman (uncredited)
The Girl from Jones Beach (1949) as Jim Townsend
Special Agent (1949) as Mr. Travis - Rancher (uncredited)
Unmasked (1950) as Harry Jackson
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) as Brig. Gen. Lamson (uncredited)
Side Street (1950) as Emil Lorrison
The Yellow Cab Man (1950) as Pearson Hendricks
Riding High (1950) as Whitehall
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950) as Mr. Bishop (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950) (with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor) as Reverend Galsworthy
The Lawless (1950) as Chief of Police Blake
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950) as Brendon Boyd
Three Little Words (1950) as Al Masters
Stella (1950) as Ralph Denny (uncredited)
The Milkman (1950) (with Donald O'Connor and Jimmy Durante) as D.A. Abbott
The Flying Missile (1950) as Gen. Benton, USA
Up Front (1951) as Col. Akeley
Father's Little Dividend (1951) (with Spencer Tracy and Elizabeth Taylor) as Rev. Galsworthy
Thunder in God's Country (1951) as Carson Masterson
The Great Caruso (1951) as Opera Benefit Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Excuse My Dust (1951) as Cyrus Random, Sr.
Let's Go Navy! (1951) as Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen
The Tall Target (1951) as Minor Role (uncredited)
Here Come the Nelsons (1952) (with Ozzie and Harriet and Rock Hudson) as Samuel T. Jones
The First Time (1952) as Leeming
Skirts Ahoy! (1952) as Old Naval Officer in Theatre (uncredited)
Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1952) as Judge Wilkins
Dreamboat (1952) (with Clifton Webb and Ginger Rogers) as Lawyer D.W. Harrington
April in Paris (1952) (with Doris Day and Ray Bolger) as Secretary Robert Sherman
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953) as Senator Drummond (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen (1953) as Mr. Bennett
Here Come the Girls (1953) as Mr. Newbold (uncredited)
Calamity Jane (1953) (with Doris Day) as Henry Miller
Sabrina (1954) as Dr. Calaway (uncredited)
Three for the Show (1955) as Col. Harold J. Wharton (uncredited)
High Society (1955) (with Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) as Henry Baldwin
The Ten Commandments (1956) as Royal Physician (uncredited)