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Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Actor · 1895–1967 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 157

1940s

  1. 1943

    Nearly Eighteen

    Sammy Klein

  2. The Masked Marvel

    Gas Works Policeman

  3. The Underdog

    Eddie Mohr

  4. Melody Parade

    Jedson

  5. The Law Rides Again

    John Hampton, Indian Agent

  6. Daredevils of the West

    Territorial Commissioner

  7. Wild Horse Stampede

    Borman

  8. You Can't Beat the Law

    First Warden

  9. 1942

    Hitler- Dead or Alive

    Cutler

  10. You Can't Escape Forever

    Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)

  11. Phantom Killer

    Police Lt. Jim Brady

  12. Deep in the Heart of Texas

    Captain Sneed

  13. Klondike Fury

    Flight Dispatcher

  14. Don Winslow of the Navy

    Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]

  15. 1941

    Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

    Police Lt. Cosgrove

  16. Fighting Bill Fargo

    Sheriff Hackett

  17. Dangerous Lady

    Detective Dunlap

  18. King of Dodge City

    Banker Carruthers

  19. Bullets for O'Hara

    Jim

  20. Desperate Cargo

    Capt. Hank MacFarland

  21. Gangs Inc.

    Jim Adams

  22. Million Dollar Baby

    Movie

  23. The Case of the Black Parrot

    Ship's Officer (uncredited)

  24. 1940

    Pride of the Bowery

    Captain

  25. Mysterious Doctor Satan

    Capt. Lathrop

  26. Junior G-Men

    Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)

  27. Prairie Schooners

    Dalton Stull

  28. Doomed to Die

    Ludlow

  29. Millionaires in Prison

    Jerry Connell (uncredited)

  30. Murder in the Air

    Commander Wayne

  31. Santa Fe Marshal

    Blake

1930s

  1. 1939

    The Night of Nights

    Actor (uncredited)

  2. Heroes in Blue

    Miller

  3. Range War

    Chas. Higgins

  4. Dick Tracy's G-Men

    FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]

  5. Port of Hate

    Bob Randall

  6. The Oregon Trail

    General Terry

  7. Torchy Runs for Mayor

    Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)

  8. Buck Rogers

    Reporter at Wade's Lab

  9. On Trial

    Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3

  10. 1938

    The Duke of West Point

    Varsity Football Coach

  11. The Headleys at Home

    Smooth Adair

  12. Law of the Texan

    Allen Spencer

  13. Smashing the Rackets

    Angry Businessman

  14. The Wages of Sin

    Laundry Owner

  15. Held For Ransom

    McBride

  16. Whirlwind Horseman

    John Harper

  17. Accidents Will Happen

    Elmer Ross

  18. Blondes at Work

    Marvin Spencer

  19. Swing It, Sailor!

    First Officer

  20. Saleslady

    Bigelow

  21. 1937

    Tim Tyler's Luck

    Spencer, Trader

  22. Wallaby Jim of the Islands

    [scenes deleted]

  23. The Mysterious Pilot

    Carter Snowden

  24. The Shadow Strikes

    Captain Breen

  25. Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

    Roger 'Angel' Carroll

  26. Wine, Women and Horses

    Mr. Bright

  27. Blazing Sixes

    Major Taylor

  28. Kid Galahad

    Reporter (uncredited)

  29. Gunsmoke Ranch

    Phineas T. Flagg

  30. Penrod and Sam

    Real G-Man

  31. 1936

    A Million to One

    William Stevens

  32. Trail Dust

    Bowman

  33. Flying Hostess

    1st Detective

  34. Hideaway Girl

    Lead steward

  35. The Accusing Finger

    Police Surgeon

  36. They Met in a Taxi

    Mr. Andrews

  37. China Clipper

    Department of Commerce Inspector

  38. Public Enemy's Wife

    G-Man

  39. The Case of the Velvet Claws

    Peter Milnor

  40. Song of the Saddle

    Marshal Bill Graves

  41. Movie Maniacs

    Leading man

  42. Man Hunt

    Jim Davis

  43. 1935

    Wanderer of the Wasteland

    Bob

  44. 1932
  45. 1931

    Danger Island

    Captain Harry Drake

  46. 1930
  47. Paradise Island

    Jim Thorne

1920s

  1. 1929

    Man, Woman and Wife

    Bill / Jack Mason

  2. 1928

    Midnight Rose

    Tim Regan

  3. 1927

    Streets of Shanghai

    Sergeant Lee

  4. Cheating Cheaters

    Tom Palmer

  5. 1926

    Twinkletoes

    Chuck Lightfoot

  6. The Sap

    Barry Weston

  7. The King of the Turf

    John Doe Smith

  8. The Fighting Edge

    Movie

  9. 1925

    The Golden Strain

    Milt Mulford Jr

  10. Soiled

    Jimmie York

  11. Bobbed Hair

    David Lacy

  12. Ranger of the Big Pines

    Ross Cavanagh

  13. The Marriage Whirl

    Arthur Carleton

  14. Drusilla with a Million

    Colin Arnold

  15. The Crowded Hour

    Billy Laidlaw

  16. The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

    Brian Kent

  17. Learning to Love

    (uncredited)

  18. 1924

    Two Shall Be Born

    Brian Kelly

  19. White Man

    White Man

  20. For Another Woman

    Stephen Winthrop

  21. On the Stroke of Three

    Judson Forrest

  22. Butterfly

    Craig Spaulding

  23. The Virgin

    David Kent

  24. Poisoned Paradise

    Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair

  25. The Man Without a Heart

    Rufus Asher

  26. 1923

    The Broken Wing

    Philip Marvin

  27. April Showers

    Danny O'Rourke

  28. The Virginian

    The Virginian

  29. Temporary Marriage

    Robert Belmar

  30. East Side - West Side

    Duncan Van Norman

  31. The Girl Who Came Back

    Martin Norries

  32. Little Church Around the Corner

    David Graham

  33. The Toll of the Sea

    Allen Carver

  34. 1922

    Thorns and Orange Blossoms

    Alan Randolph

  35. The Beautiful and Damned

    Movie

  36. The World's a Stage

    Wallace Foster

  37. The Married Flapper

    Bill Billings

  38. I Am the Law

    Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald

  39. The Primitive Lover

    Donald Wales

  40. Polly of the Follies

    Bob Jones

  41. 1921

    Woman's Place

    Jim Bradley

  42. Dawn of the East

    Roger Strong

  43. Nobody

    Tom Smith

  44. Lessons in Love

    John Warren

  45. Mama's Affair

    Dr. Harmon

  46. 1920
  47. Going Some

    Donald Keap

  48. Dollars and Sense

    David Rogers

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Hoodlum

    John Graham

  2. The Microbe

    DeWitt Spense

  3. 1918

    Bread

    Dick Frothingham

  4. Her Body in Bond

    Joe Blondin / Pierrot

  5. Midnight Madness

    Prentice Tiller

  6. A Model's Confession

    Billy Ravensworth

  7. The Marriage Lie

    Douglas Seward

  8. The Wine Girl

    Frank Harris

  9. The Wife He Bought

    Steele Valiant

  10. My Unmarried Wife

    Phillip Smith

  11. 1917

    The Lash of Power

    John Rand

  12. The Price of a Good Time

    Preston Winfield

  13. A Man's Man

    Billy Geary

  14. The Flame of the Yukon

    George Fowler

  15. Cheerful Givers

    Horace Gray

  16. Betsy's Burglar

    Harry Brent

Appearances1

1920s

  1. 1927

    Life in Hollywood No. 2

    Himself