Kenneth Harlan

Person

Kenneth Harlan

Born 26 July 1895 Died 6 March 1967, aged 71 Boston, Massachusetts, USA TMDB ↗

Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
21age in their first credit on record (1917)
26years on screen and counting
14credits in 1938, their busiest year
167dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Nearly Eighteen poster Age: 48

Nearly Eighteen

1943
as Sammy Klein
The Masked Marvel poster Age: 48

The Masked Marvel

1943
as Gas Works Policeman
The Underdog poster Age: 48

The Underdog

1943
as Eddie Mohr
Melody Parade poster Age: 48

Melody Parade

1943
as Jedson
The Law Rides Again poster Age: 48

The Law Rides Again

1943
as John Hampton, Indian Agent
Daredevils of the West poster Age: 47

Daredevils of the West

1943
as Territorial Commissioner
Wild Horse Stampede poster Age: 47

Wild Horse Stampede

1943
as Borman
You Can't Beat the Law poster Age: 47

You Can't Beat the Law

1943
as First Warden
Hitler- Dead or Alive poster Age: 47

Hitler- Dead or Alive

1942
as Cutler
You Can't Escape Forever poster Age: 47

You Can't Escape Forever

1942
as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
No poster
Age: 47

Foreign Agent

1942
as George "Mack" McColl
Phantom Killer poster Age: 47

Phantom Killer

1942
as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Bandit Ranger poster Age: 47

Bandit Ranger

1942
as Mark Kenyon
Deep in the Heart of Texas poster Age: 47

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942
as Captain Sneed
The Corpse Vanishes poster Age: 46

The Corpse Vanishes

1942
as Editor Keenan
The Dawn Express poster Age: 46

The Dawn Express

1942
as Agent Brown
Klondike Fury poster Age: 46

Klondike Fury

1942
as Flight Dispatcher
Black Dragons poster Age: 46

Black Dragons

1942
as FBI Chief Colton
Don Winslow of the Navy poster Age: 46

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942
as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. poster Age: 46

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

1941
as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Fighting Bill Fargo poster Age: 46

Fighting Bill Fargo

1941
as Sheriff Hackett
Dangerous Lady poster Age: 46

Dangerous Lady

1941
as Detective Dunlap
King of Dodge City poster Age: 46

King of Dodge City

1941
as Banker Carruthers
Wide Open Town poster Age: 46

Wide Open Town

1941
as Tom Wilson
Bullets for O'Hara poster Age: 45

Bullets for O'Hara

1941
as Jim
Desperate Cargo poster Age: 45

Desperate Cargo

1941
as Capt. Hank MacFarland
Gangs Inc. poster Age: 45

Gangs Inc.

1941
as Jim Adams
Million Dollar Baby poster Age: 45

Million Dollar Baby

1941
No poster
Age: 45

Secret Evidence

1941
as Frank Billings
The Case of the Black Parrot poster Age: 45

The Case of the Black Parrot

1941
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Pride of the Bowery poster Age: 45

Pride of the Bowery

1940
as Captain
Mysterious Doctor Satan poster Age: 45

Mysterious Doctor Satan

1940
as Capt. Lathrop
Junior G-Men poster Age: 45

Junior G-Men

1940
as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
Prairie Schooners poster Age: 45

Prairie Schooners

1940
as Dalton Stull
Doomed to Die poster Age: 45

Doomed to Die

1940
as Ludlow
Millionaires in Prison poster Age: 44

Millionaires in Prison

1940
as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
Murder in the Air poster Age: 44

Murder in the Air

1940
as Commander Wayne
Santa Fe Marshal poster Age: 44

Santa Fe Marshal

1940
as Blake
The Green Hornet poster Age: 44

The Green Hornet

1940
as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
The Night of Nights poster Age: 44

The Night of Nights

1939
as Actor (uncredited)
Heroes in Blue poster Age: 44

Heroes in Blue

1939
as Miller
Range War poster Age: 44

Range War

1939
as Chas. Higgins
Dick Tracy's G-Men poster Age: 44

Dick Tracy's G-Men

1939
as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
No poster
Age: 44

Port of Hate

1939
as Bob Randall
The Oregon Trail poster Age: 43

The Oregon Trail

1939
as General Terry
Torchy Runs for Mayor poster Age: 43

Torchy Runs for Mayor

1939
as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
Buck Rogers poster Age: 43

Buck Rogers

1939
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
The Flying Irishman poster Age: 43

The Flying Irishman

1939
as Man at New York Airport
On Trial poster Age: 43

On Trial

1939
as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
Sunset Trail poster Age: 43

Sunset Trail

1939
as John Marsh
The Duke of West Point poster Age: 43

The Duke of West Point

1938
as Varsity Football Coach
The Headleys at Home poster Age: 43

The Headleys at Home

1938
as Smooth Adair
Law of the Texan poster Age: 43

Law of the Texan

1938
as Allen Spencer
Smashing the Rackets poster Age: 43

Smashing the Rackets

1938
as Angry Businessman
The Wages of Sin poster Age: 42

The Wages of Sin

1938
as Laundry Owner
Pride of the West poster Age: 42

Pride of the West

1938
as Caldwell
Held For Ransom poster Age: 42

Held For Ransom

1938
as McBride
Whirlwind Horseman poster Age: 42

Whirlwind Horseman

1938
as John Harper
Under Western Stars poster Age: 42

Under Western Stars

1938
as Mr. Richards
Accidents Will Happen poster Age: 42

Accidents Will Happen

1938
as Elmer Ross
Merrily We Live poster Age: 42

Merrily We Live

1938
as Mr. Remington
Blondes at Work poster Age: 42

Blondes at Work

1938
as Marvin Spencer
Swing It, Sailor! poster Age: 42

Swing It, Sailor!

1938
as First Officer
Saleslady poster Age: 42

Saleslady

1938
as Bigelow
Tim Tyler's Luck poster Age: 42

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937
as Spencer, Trader
Wallaby Jim of the Islands poster Age: 42

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

1937
as [scenes deleted]
The Mysterious Pilot poster Age: 42

The Mysterious Pilot

1937
as Carter Snowden
The Shadow Strikes poster Age: 42

The Shadow Strikes

1937
as Captain Breen
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted poster Age: 42

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

1937
as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Wine, Women and Horses poster Age: 42

Wine, Women and Horses

1937
as Mr. Bright
Topper poster Age: 41

Topper

1937
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Blazing Sixes poster Age: 41

Blazing Sixes

1937
as Major Taylor
Kid Galahad poster Age: 41

Kid Galahad

1937
as Reporter (uncredited)
Gunsmoke Ranch poster Age: 41

Gunsmoke Ranch

1937
as Phineas T. Flagg
Marked Woman poster Age: 41

Marked Woman

1937
as Eddie
Penrod and Sam poster Age: 41

Penrod and Sam

1937
as Real G-Man
A Million to One poster Age: 41

A Million to One

1936
as William Stevens
Trail Dust poster Age: 41

Trail Dust

1936
as Bowman
Flying Hostess poster Age: 41

Flying Hostess

1936
as 1st Detective
Hideaway Girl poster Age: 41

Hideaway Girl

1936
as Lead steward
The Accusing Finger poster Age: 41

The Accusing Finger

1936
as Police Surgeon
They Met in a Taxi poster Age: 41

They Met in a Taxi

1936
as Mr. Andrews
China Clipper poster Age: 41

China Clipper

1936
as Department of Commerce Inspector
Public Enemy's Wife poster Age: 40

Public Enemy's Wife

1936
as G-Man
The Case of the Velvet Claws poster Age: 40

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936
as Peter Milnor
San Francisco poster Age: 40

San Francisco

1936
as 'Chick'
The Walking Dead poster Age: 40

The Walking Dead

1936
as Stephen Martin
Song of the Saddle poster Age: 40

Song of the Saddle

1936
as Marshal Bill Graves
Movie Maniacs poster Age: 40

Movie Maniacs

1936
as Leading man
Man Hunt poster Age: 40

Man Hunt

1936
as Jim Davis
No poster
Age: 40

Cappy Ricks Returns

1935
as Matt Peasley
Wanderer of the Wasteland poster Age: 40

Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935
as Bob
No poster
Age: 36

The Widow in Scarlet

1932
as Peter Lawton-Bond
The Shadow of the Eagle poster Age: 36

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932
as Ward
Danger Island poster Age: 36

Danger Island

1931
as Captain Harry Drake
Under Montana Skies poster Age: 35

Under Montana Skies

1930
as Clay Conning
Paradise Island poster Age: 34

Paradise Island

1930
as Jim Thorne
Man, Woman and Wife poster Age: 33

Man, Woman and Wife

1929
as Bill / Jack Mason
No poster
Age: 33

Code of the Air

1928
as Blair Thompson
No poster
Age: 32

United States Smith

1928
as Cpl. Jim Sharkey
Midnight Rose poster Age: 32

Midnight Rose

1928
as Tim Regan
No poster
Age: 32

Wilful Youth

1927
as Jack Compton
Streets of Shanghai poster Age: 32

Streets of Shanghai

1927
as Sergeant Lee
Cheating Cheaters poster Age: 32

Cheating Cheaters

1927
as Tom Palmer
No poster
Age: 31

Easy Pickings

1927
as Peter Van Horne
Twinkletoes poster Age: 31

Twinkletoes

1926
as Chuck Lightfoot
No poster
Age: 31

The Ice Flood

1926
The Sap poster Age: 30

The Sap

1926
as Barry Weston
The King of the Turf poster Age: 30

The King of the Turf

1926
as John Doe Smith
The Fighting Edge poster Age: 30

The Fighting Edge

1926
The Golden Strain poster Age: 30

The Golden Strain

1925
as Milt Mulford Jr
Soiled poster Age: 30

Soiled

1925
as Jimmie York
Bobbed Hair poster Age: 30

Bobbed Hair

1925
as David Lacy
Ranger of the Big Pines poster Age: 30

Ranger of the Big Pines

1925
as Ross Cavanagh
The Marriage Whirl poster Age: 29

The Marriage Whirl

1925
as Arthur Carleton
Drusilla with a Million poster Age: 29

Drusilla with a Million

1925
as Colin Arnold
The Crowded Hour poster Age: 29

The Crowded Hour

1925
as Billy Laidlaw
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent poster Age: 29

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

1925
as Brian Kent
Two Shall Be Born poster Age: 29

Two Shall Be Born

1924
as Brian Kelly
White Man poster Age: 29

White Man

1924
as White Man
For Another Woman poster Age: 29

For Another Woman

1924
as Stephen Winthrop
On the Stroke of Three poster Age: 29

On the Stroke of Three

1924
as Judson Forrest
Butterfly poster Age: 29

Butterfly

1924
as Craig Spaulding
The Virgin poster Age: 29

The Virgin

1924
as David Kent
Poisoned Paradise poster Age: 28

Poisoned Paradise

1924
as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
The Man Without a Heart poster Age: 28

The Man Without a Heart

1924
as Rufus Asher
The Broken Wing poster Age: 28

The Broken Wing

1923
as Philip Marvin
April Showers poster Age: 28

April Showers

1923
as Danny O'Rourke
The Virginian poster Age: 28

The Virginian

1923
as The Virginian
Temporary Marriage poster Age: 27

Temporary Marriage

1923
as Robert Belmar
East Side - West Side poster Age: 27

East Side - West Side

1923
as Duncan Van Norman
The Girl Who Came Back poster Age: 27

The Girl Who Came Back

1923
as Martin Norries
Little Church Around the Corner poster Age: 27

Little Church Around the Corner

1923
as David Graham
The Toll of the Sea poster Age: 27

The Toll of the Sea

1923
as Allen Carver
Thorns and Orange Blossoms poster Age: 27

Thorns and Orange Blossoms

1922
as Alan Randolph
The Beautiful and Damned poster Age: 27

The Beautiful and Damned

1922
The World's a Stage poster Age: 27

The World's a Stage

1922
as Wallace Foster
The Married Flapper poster Age: 27

The Married Flapper

1922
as Bill Billings
I Am the Law poster Age: 26

I Am the Law

1922
as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
The Primitive Lover poster Age: 26

The Primitive Lover

1922
as Donald Wales
Polly of the Follies poster Age: 26

Polly of the Follies

1922
as Bob Jones
Woman's Place poster Age: 26

Woman's Place

1921
as Jim Bradley
Dawn of the East poster Age: 26

Dawn of the East

1921
as Roger Strong
Nobody poster Age: 25

Nobody

1921
as Tom Smith
Lessons in Love poster Age: 25

Lessons in Love

1921
as John Warren
Mama's Affair poster Age: 25

Mama's Affair

1921
as Dr. Harmon
No poster
Age: 25

Dangerous Business

1920
as Clarence Brooks
The Penalty poster Age: 25

The Penalty

1920
as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Going Some poster Age: 24

Going Some

1920
as Donald Keap
Dollars and Sense poster Age: 24

Dollars and Sense

1920
as David Rogers
The Hoodlum poster Age: 24

The Hoodlum

1919
as John Graham
The Microbe poster Age: 23

The Microbe

1919
as DeWitt Spense
No poster
Age: 23

The Law That Divides

1918
as Howard Murray
Bread poster Age: 23

Bread

1918
as Dick Frothingham
Her Body in Bond poster Age: 22

Her Body in Bond

1918
as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
Midnight Madness poster Age: 22

Midnight Madness

1918
as Prentice Tiller
A Model's Confession poster Age: 22

A Model's Confession

1918
as Billy Ravensworth
The Marriage Lie poster Age: 22

The Marriage Lie

1918
as Douglas Seward
The Wine Girl poster Age: 22

The Wine Girl

1918
as Frank Harris
The Wife He Bought poster Age: 22

The Wife He Bought

1918
as Steele Valiant
My Unmarried Wife poster Age: 22

My Unmarried Wife

1918
as Phillip Smith
The Lash of Power poster Age: 22

The Lash of Power

1917
as John Rand
The Price of a Good Time poster Age: 22

The Price of a Good Time

1917
as Preston Winfield
A Man's Man poster Age: 22

A Man's Man

1917
as Billy Geary
The Flame of the Yukon poster Age: 21

The Flame of the Yukon

1917
as George Fowler
Cheerful Givers poster Age: 21

Cheerful Givers

1917
as Horace Gray
Betsy's Burglar poster Age: 21

Betsy's Burglar

1917
as Harry Brent
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