About
Harry Semels
Overview
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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.
Known for
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| 1950 | Riding High | Actor | Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1946 | Badman's Territory | Actor | Bettor (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | Road to Utopia | Actor | Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid | Actor | Townsman (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights | Actor | Leader of Caravan | 58 Average |
| 1945 | Eve Knew Her Apples | Actor | Tony (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery | Actor | Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Actor | Peon (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1944 | Strange Affair | Actor | Man in Police Lineup (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Actor | Pedestrian | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Chance of a Lifetime | Actor | Jerome Wagner (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | Dizzy Pilots | Actor | Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | A Lady Takes a Chance | Actor | Greek | 58 Average |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Actor | Italian at concert (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1943 | After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Actor | Greek Florist | 59 Average |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Actor | Passerby (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Reunion in France | Actor | R.R. Mechanic (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Road to Morocco | Actor | Jolla's Warrior (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1942 | Moontide | Actor | Waiter | 59 Average |
| 1942 | Woman of the Year | Actor | Mug (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Actor | Saloon Bouncer | 58 Average |
| 1941 | She's Oil Mine | Actor | Referee | 59 Average |
| 1941 | General Nuisance | Actor | Latin America Delagate | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Actor | Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | Actor | Antro's Henchman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1940 | North West Mounted Police | Actor | Half-breed Archer | 59 Average |
| 1940 | The Great Dictator | Actor | Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited) | 79 Good |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Actor | Communist | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | He Stayed for Breakfast | Actor | Comrade | N/A N/A |
| 1940 | Kit Carson | Actor | Aide | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Foreign Correspondent | Actor | Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Actor | Leo, Cashier (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1940 | New Moon | Actor | Bondsman | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Phantom Raiders | Actor | Cafe Bartender | 59 Average |
| 1940 | And One Was Beautiful | Actor | Courtroom Spectator | 59 Average |
| 1940 | Strange Cargo | Actor | Convict (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Balalaika | Actor | (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Crashing Thru | Actor | Man Who Reports Gunfight | N/A N/A |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Actor | Neighbor | 58 Average |
| 1939 | Ninotchka | Actor | Gurganov (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Actor | Race Track Spectator (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Overland Mail | Actor | Pancho | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Actor | Cook on Tugboat (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Midnight | Actor | Police Officer (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1939 | Star Reporter | Actor | Mike | 58 Average |
| 1939 | King of the Turf | Actor | Coffee Pot Proprietor | 59 Average |
| 1939 | Three Little Sew and Sews | Actor | Count Alfred Gehrol | 59 Average |
| 1938 | Flirting with Fate | Actor | Member of Sancho's Band | 59 Average |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Actor | Man (uncredited) | 65 Fair |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette | Actor | Townsman at Execution (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1938 | I'll Give a Million | Actor | Man in Cafe (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1938 | The Girl of the Golden West | Actor | Peon Servant | 58 Average |
| 1938 | State Police | Actor | Albert Morton | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Wells Fargo | Actor | Minor Role | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Actor | Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | Hollywood Round-Up | Actor | Tony Papalini | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Actor | Barber (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Actor | Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Actor | (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady | Actor | Tartar (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Actor | Joe, Counterman | 58 Average |
| 1937 | New News | Actor | Prince Albert | N/A N/A |
| 1937 | Swing It Professor | Actor | Angelo | N/A N/A |
| 1936 | Midnight Blunders | Actor | Dr. Wong (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary | Actor | Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | The Gay Desperado | Actor | Manuel | 58 Average |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Actor | A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Disorder in the Court | Actor | District Attorney (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Human Cargo | Actor | Barreto | 59 Average |
| 1936 | One Rainy Afternoon | Actor | Clerk (Uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1936 | Give Us This Night | Actor | Prisoner | 59 Average |
| 1936 | Movie Maniacs | Actor | Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director | 58 Average |
| 1936 | I'll Name the Murderer | Actor | Luigi | 59 Average |
| 1935 | I Don't Remember | Actor | 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall | 58 Average |
| 1935 | I Live My Life | Actor | Greek Following Kay (Uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1935 | Les Misérables | Actor | Cochepaille | 60 Fair |
| 1935 | Stone of Silver Creek | Actor | R. J. Simmons | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | The Revenge Rider | Actor | Henchman Rankin | N/A N/A |
| 1935 | The Wedding Night | Actor | Wedding Guest | 59 Average |
| 1934 | One Too Many | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1934 | Broadway Bill | Actor | Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1934 | I Sell Anything | Actor | Statue Smasher (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1934 | Our Daily Bread | Actor | Italian Shoemaker (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Rocky Rhodes | Actor | Dick Boggs | N/A N/A |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht | Actor | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Actor | Poster Artist (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | Actor | Greek | 58 Average |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night | Actor | Bus Passenger (uncredited) | 72 Good |
| 1934 | Bridal Bail | Actor | Hotel Manager | 59 Average |
| 1934 | Bombay Mail | Actor | Platform Conductor | 59 Average |
| 1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Actor | Balcony Spectator | 59 Average |
| 1933 | King of the Wild Horses | Actor | John Foster | N/A N/A |
| 1933 | Damaged Lives | Actor | Waiter | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Torch Singer | Actor | Waiter in Bistro | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Baby Face | Actor | Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited) | 61 Fair |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Actor | Serbian Villager (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1933 | The Thrill Hunter | Actor | Henchman Lou Norton | 59 Average |
| 1933 | Elmer, the Great | Actor | Waiter (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1933 | Drum Taps | Actor | Henchman Pete | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Young Blood | Actor | Tony Murullo | N/A N/A |
| 1932 | Texas Buddies | Actor | Ken Kincaid | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Vanity Street | Actor | Italian Street Workman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Tiger Shark | Actor | Crewman (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1932 | American Madness | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1932 | Ghost Valley | Actor | Pawnee | 58 Average |
| 1932 | This Is the Night | Actor | Man in the Manhole (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1932 | South of the Rio Grande | Actor | Bandido Leader | 59 Average |
| 1932 | Sin's Pay Day | Actor | Louie Joe | 58 Average |
| 1932 | Sally of the Subway | Actor | Leopold Von Trump | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Night Beat | Actor | Enricco Pommetti | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Safe in Hell | Actor | Jury Member (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1931 | Suicide Fleet | Actor | Havana Merchant (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket | Actor | Jailer | 58 Average |
| 1931 | Dishonored | Actor | 60 Fair |
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| 1931 | Command Performance | Actor | Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Captain Thunder | Actor | Barfly | 58 Average |
| 1930 | Hell's Angels | Actor | Anarchist (uncredited) | 59 Average |
| 1930 | The Bad Man | Actor | Jose | N/A N/A |
| 1930 | Those Who Dance | Actor | Hood | 59 Average |
| 1929 | The Delightful Rogue | Actor | Hymie | N/A N/A |
| 1929 | Big News | Actor | Reno Henchman (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1929 | Movie Night | Actor | Movie Patron | 59 Average |
| 1929 | Hawk of the Hills | Actor | Sheckard | 59 Average |
| 1929 | The Royal Rider | Actor | Parvene | N/A N/A |
| 1929 | Weary River | Actor | Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 1928 | Riley the Cop | Actor | French Policeman | 58 Average |
| 1928 | Virgin Lips | Actor | Patron | 58 Average |
| 1928 | Beware of Blondes | Actor | Portugee Joe | 58 Average |
| 1928 | The Last Command | Actor | A Soldier (uncredited) | 60 Fair |
| 1927 | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans | Actor | Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited) | 70 Good |
| 1926 | The House Without a Key | Actor | Saladine | N/A N/A |
| 1925 | The Crackerjack | Actor | Guard | 58 Average |
| 1924 | Into the Net | Actor | Ivan Invanovitch | N/A N/A |
| 1923 | Plunder | Actor | Jude Deering | N/A N/A |
| 1922 | Speed | Actor | Jim Sprague | N/A N/A |
| 1921 | Hurricane Hutch | Actor | Jim Tiegerley | 58 Average |
| 1920 | Rogues and Romance | Actor | Pedro Pezet | N/A N/A |
| 1920 | The Phantom Foe | Actor | The Phantom Foe | N/A N/A |
| 1919 | The American Way | Actor | Half Breed | N/A N/A |
| 1919 | A Fallen Idol | Actor | Tushau | N/A N/A |
| 1919 | Here Comes the Bride | Actor | Sevier | N/A N/A |
| 1919 | The Black Secret | Actor | N/A N/A |
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