Acting
Harry Langdon
Born June 14, 1884 · Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
Died December 22, 1944 · aged 60
Henry "Harry" Philmore Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films (where he had his greatest fame), and talkies.
Known For
Double Trouble · 1941Double Trouble
★ 10.01941
MovieComedy
Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
Block-Heads · 1938Block-Heads
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyWar
It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.
The Flying Deuces · 1939The Flying Deuces
★ 6.41939
MovieComedyWar
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
A Chump at Oxford · 1940A Chump at Oxford
★ 6.91940
MovieComedy
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
Zenobia · 1939Zenobia
★ 5.01939
MovieComedy
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Defective Detectives · 1944Defective Detectives
★ 9.01944
Movie
El and Harry are two office cleaners turned detectives who are assigned to chase a gangster, but they end up catching the husband and wife they are supposed to protect from him.
Three's a Crowd · 1927Three's a Crowd
★ 5.61927
MovieComedy
Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is received by the wrong party. The Girl marries and, poverty-striken, leaves her husband during a snowstorm. Harry takes her in, and minutes later her child is born. He works like a slave for the mother and child, pretending they are his own. Meanwhile, the husband finds her and comes to the shack on Christmas Eve as Harry is preparing to play Santa Claus. Not realizing the unhappiness she is causing him, The Girl thanks him profusely and leaves with her husband. Overcome, Harry sits overnight on the doorstep and the next morning is found frozen stiff except for his eyes--with amusing results.
Carry Harry · 1942Carry Harry
★ 4.21942
MovieComedy
After getting into a compromising situation with a woman and her angry boyfriend, Harry uses a fire escape to hide in a friend's apartment, but finds that he climbed into the woman's one by mistake.
Filmography
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When Comedy Was King · 1960When Comedy Was King
★ 6.51960
MovieDramaComedy
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
(archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fighting Parson · 1930The Fighting Parson
★ 7.01930
MovieComedy
Harry is mistaken for "The Fighting Parson" in a tough western town.
The Banjo Player
Skirt Shy · 1929Skirt Shy
★ 4.51929
MovieComedy
Harry must pose as a woman to help the women he works for get a marriage proposal.
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