Harlan Briggs
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1879-08-16
- Died
- 1952-01-26
- Place of birth
- Blissfield, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- Harlan Paul Briggs
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career.
Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law.
His acting career began in vaudeville at around the beginning of the 20th century. He would make his Broadway debut in 1926, in the drama Up the Line. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1935. On August 6, 1929 he began a successful run in the featured role of G. A. Appleby in It's a Wise Child at the Belasco Theatre. In 1934 he had another featured role in the successful play Dodsworth, as Tubby Pearson. The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 24, 1934 and ran for 147 performances, starring Walter Huston as Samuel Dodsworth. After a six-week hiatus, the show reopened at the Shubert on August 20 and ran for an additional 168 performances. When Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights to the play, Briggs was one of two of the original Broadway cast to reprise their roles in the film, the other being Huston in the title role.
Briggs would focus on his film career for the remainder of the 1930s, before returning to Broadway in the 1940s, combining both stage and screen performances during that decade. The most successful of his Broadway appearances in the 1940s was as Constable Small in Ramshackle Inn, which featured ZaSu Pitts in her Broadway debut. The Story of Mary Surratt, in which Briggs appeared in 1947, was Briggs' 400th play.
Known For
Movies (73)
Little Women
1949
as Old Crony at Grace's Store (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
Dodsworth
1936
as Tubby Pearson
Canyon Passage
1946
as Dr. Balance (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
1939
as Mr. Pike
Conflict
1945
as Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited)
Marked Woman
1937
as Sad Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
Cynthia
1947
as J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware
Carrie
1952
as Joe Brant
A Double Life
1947
as Oscar Bernard
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Mr. Rucker (uncredited)
You and Me
1938
as Thomas McTavish (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940
as Thomas A. Bailey - Acme Paving (uncredited)
I Love You Again
1940
as Mayor Carver (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937
as Magazine Office Manager
Tell No Tales
1939
as Davie Bryant
Stella Dallas
1937
as Mr. Beamer (uncredited)
Cafe Society
1939
as Justice of the Peace
Humoresque
1947
as Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939
as Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)
Paris Calling
1941
as French Inn Proprietor
Made for Each Other
1939
as Judge (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
1946
as Quinn (uncredited)
Quick Money
1937
as Thorndyke Barnsdale
Edison, the Man
1940
as Bisbee
Among the Living
1941
as Judge
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
My Pal Trigger
1946
as Dr. Bentley
Live, Love and Learn
1937
as Justice of The Peace
Sing, You Sinners
1938
as Customer at Gas Station (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940
as San Francisco Coroner
Maisie
1939
as Deputy Sheriff Cal Hoskins
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940
as Denton Offut
The Sea Hornet
1951
as Watchman
The Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Mr. Rogard
Lucky Partners
1940
as Mayor (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Foreman in Jury
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as Mr. Brown
A Yank at Oxford
1938
as Printer (uncredited)
Exclusive
1937
as Springer
Frontier Marshal
1939
as Editor
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939
as Stanton (uncredited)
One Wild Night
1938
as Mayor
Trouble at Midnight
1937
as Sheriff
The Bank Dick
1940
as Doctor Stall
A Family Affair
1937
as Oscar Stubbins
Spoilers of the North
1947
as Salty
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Mac MacFarland (uncredited)
Seasoned Greetings
1933
as Ben Jones (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
1938
as Homer Ramsey
Having Wonderful Time
1938
as Mr. Shaw
Mad Holiday
1936
as Mr. Kinney
Danger Street
1947
as Darnstein
Flight at Midnight
1939
as 'Pop' Hussey
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Mr. Virgil Miller
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
as Luke Simpson
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
as Mr. Holden
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939
as James Galt
Reckless Living
1938
as 'Colonel' Harris
Jennie
1940
as Mr. Veitch
Behind the Mike
1937
as Sheriff
Riding on Air
1937
as Mr. Harrison
Opening Day
1938
as Mr. Garnish
Happy Go Lucky
1936
as U.S. Consul E.R. Brown
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Charlie Graham
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
as Sheriff Clem Watkins
Bad Little Angel
1939
as Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Personality Kid
1946
as Mr. Howard
Young as You Feel
1940
as Dr. Kinsley
Meet the Girls
1938
as Ship's Captain
The Missing Guest
1938
as Frank Kendall - Editor
Kissing Time
1933
as David Sullivan (uncredited)
That’s My Story
1937
as Sheriff Allen
About Harlan Briggs
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career. Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law. His acting career began in vaudeville… With 73 credits spanning from 1933 to 1952, Harlan Briggs has appeared in 73 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Little Women (1949) — as Old Crony at Grace's Store (uncredited)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) — as Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
- Dodsworth (1936) — as Tubby Pearson
- Canyon Passage (1946) — as Dr. Balance (uncredited)
- Boy Trouble (1939) — as Mr. Pike
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