Harry Semels

Known for: Acting

Born: 1887-11-20 – 1946-03-02 (aged 58)

From: New York City, New York, USA

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 (164)

MOVIE★ 6.1
Riding High
1950
as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Badman's Territory
1946
as Bettor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Road to Utopia
1946
as Lombardi (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Townsman (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Harvey Girls
1946
as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Leader of Caravan
MOVIE★ 5.6
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
as Tony (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
I Love a Mystery
1945
as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Peon (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Strange Affair
1944
as Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Pedestrian
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Dizzy Pilots
1943
as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
A Lady Takes a Chance
1943
as Greek
MOVIE★ 6.0
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Italian at concert (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943
as Greek Florist
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Hard Way
1943
as Passerby (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Reunion in France
1942
as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Road to Morocco
1942
as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
Moontide
1942
as Waiter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942
as Waiter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Woman of the Year
1942
as Mug (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Saloon Bouncer
MOVIE★ 6.8
She's Oil Mine
1941
as Referee
MOVIE★ 6.6
General Nuisance
1941
as Latin America Delagate
MOVIE★ 6.8
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Seven Sinners
1940
as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Half-breed Archer
MOVIE★ 8.3
The Great Dictator
1940
as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940
as Comrade
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kit Carson
1940
as Aide
MOVIE★ 7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
New Moon
1940
as Bondsman
MOVIE★ 6.1
Phantom Raiders
1940
as Cafe Bartender
MOVIE★ 6.7
And One Was Beautiful
1940
as Courtroom Spectator
MOVIE★ 7.0
Strange Cargo
1940
as Convict (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Balalaika
1939
as (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Crashing Thru
1939
as Man Who Reports Gunfight
MOVIE★ 5.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Neighbor
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.5
Overland Mail
1939
as Pancho
MOVIE★ 7.5
Ninotchka
1939
as Gurganov (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Midnight
1939
as Police Officer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.9
Star Reporter
1939
as Mike
MOVIE★ 7.0
King of the Turf
1939
as Coffee Pot Proprietor
MOVIE★ 7.0
Three Little Sew and Sews
1939
as Count Alfred Gehrol
MOVIE★ 7.7
Flirting with Fate
1938
as Member of Sancho's Band
MOVIE★ 7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Man (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Peon Servant
MOVIE★ 8.0
State Police
1938
as Albert Morton
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Partygoer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Wells Fargo
1937
as Minor Role
MOVIE★ 7.0
Missing Witnesses
1937
as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Hollywood Round-Up
1937
as Tony Papalini
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hot Water
1937
as Barber (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.8
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
as Guard (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Kid Galahad
1937
as Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Tartar (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Joe, Counterman
MOVIE★ 10.0
New News
1937
as Prince Albert
MOVIE★ 8.0
Swing It Professor
1937
as Angelo
MOVIE★ 5.0
Midnight Blunders
1936
as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
More Than a Secretary
1936
as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Gay Desperado
1936
as Manuel
MOVIE★ 7.3
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936
as Bum
MOVIE★ 5.7
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Lottery Celebrant
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
MOVIE★ 6.7
Disorder in the Court
1936
as District Attorney (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Human Cargo
1936
as Barreto
MOVIE★ 5.0
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
as Clerk (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Give Us This Night
1936
as Prisoner
MOVIE★ 6.0
Movie Maniacs
1936
as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
MOVIE★ 5.0
I'll Name the Murderer
1936
as Luigi
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Don't Remember
1935
as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
MOVIE★ 6.7
I Live My Life
1935
as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Les Misérables
1935
as Cochepaille
MOVIE★ 8.0
Stone of Silver Creek
1935
as R. J. Simmons
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Revenge Rider
1935
as Henchman Rankin
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Wedding Night
1935
as Wedding Guest
MOVIE★ 9.0
One Too Many
1934
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mills of the Gods
1934
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
I Sell Anything
1934
as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Our Daily Bread
1934
as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rocky Rhodes
1934
as Dick Boggs
MOVIE★ 6.5
Down to Their Last Yacht
1934
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Twentieth Century
1934
as Poster Artist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Very Honorable Guy
1934
as Greek
MOVIE★ 7.8
It Happened One Night
1934
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 3.0
Bridal Bail
1934
as Hotel Manager
MOVIE★ 7.5
Bombay Mail
1934
as Platform Conductor
MOVIE★ 6.6
I Am Suzanne!
1933
as Balcony Spectator
MOVIE★ 8.0
King of the Wild Horses
1933
as John Foster
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Bowery
1933
as Artist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.7
Damaged Lives
1933
as Waiter
MOVIE★ 5.4
Torch Singer
1933
as Waiter in Bistro
MOVIE★ 7.2
Baby Face
1933
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hold Your Man
1933
as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Thrill Hunter
1933
as Henchman Lou Norton
MOVIE★ 5.1
Elmer, the Great
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Drum Taps
1933
as Henchman Pete
MOVIE★ 10.0
Young Blood
1932
as Tony Murullo
MOVIE★ 6.6
Virtue
1932
as Tony (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
Texas Buddies
1932
as Ken Kincaid
MOVIE★ 7.1
Vanity Street
1932
as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Tiger Shark
1932
as Crewman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
American Madness
1932
MOVIE★ 5.5
Ghost Valley
1932
as Pawnee
MOVIE★ 5.4
This Is the Night
1932
as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
South of the Rio Grande
1932
as Bandido Leader
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sin's Pay Day
1932
as Louie Joe
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sally of the Subway
1932
as Leopold Von Trump
MOVIE★ 6.2
Night Beat
1931
as Enricco Pommetti
MOVIE★ 6.7
Safe in Hell
1931
as Jury Member (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Suicide Fleet
1931
as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Platinum Blonde
1931
as Waiter (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Jailer
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dishonored
1931
MOVIE★ 6.4
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Emilio (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Command Performance
1931
as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Lion and the Lamb
1931
as Second Lascar
MOVIE★ 4.4
Captain Thunder
1930
as Barfly
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hell's Angels
1930
as Anarchist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Bad Man
1930
as Jose
MOVIE★ 6.2
Those Who Dance
1930
as Hood
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Delightful Rogue
1929
as Hymie
MOVIE★ 4.5
Big News
1929
as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Movie Night
1929
as Movie Patron
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hawk of the Hills
1929
as Sheckard
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Royal Rider
1929
as Parvene
MOVIE★ 5.8
Weary River
1929
as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Tiger's Shadow
1928
as Hawks
MOVIE★ 5.7
Riley the Cop
1928
as French Policeman
MOVIE★ 3.3
Virgin Lips
1928
as Patron
MOVIE★ 5.5
Beware of Blondes
1928
as Portugee Joe
MOVIE★ 8.0
Out with the Tide
1928
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Yellow Cameo
1928
as Black Gavin
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Desert Bride
1928
as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Last Command
1928
as A Soldier (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927
MOVIE★ 8.0
The House Without a Key
1926
as Saladine
MOVIE★ 7.0
Moran of the Mounted
1926
as Dubuc
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Demon
1926
as Joseph Lomax
MOVIE★ 7.0
Play Ball
1925
as Count Segundo
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Crackerjack
1925
as Guard
MOVIE★ 10.0
Into the Net
1924
as Ivan Invanovitch
MOVIE★ 8.0
Plunder
1923
as Jude Deering
MOVIE★ 8.0
Speed
1922
as Jim Sprague
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hurricane Hutch
1921
as Jim Tiegerley
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Sky Ranger
1921
as Dr. Santro
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rogues and Romance
1920
as Pedro Pezet
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Phantom Foe
1920
as The Phantom Foe
MOVIE
Bound and Gagged
1919
as Don Esteban Carnero
MOVIE
The American Way
1919
as Half Breed
MOVIE★ 8.0
A Fallen Idol
1919
as Tushau
MOVIE★ 8.0
Here Comes the Bride
1919
as Sevier
MOVIE
The Black Secret
1919