Acting

Harry Strang

Born December 13, 1892 · Clifton, Virginia, USA

Died April 10, 1972 · aged 79

Harry Strang was an American screen and television actor, his career active from 1929 to 1965.

Known For

Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

★ 7.91939

MovieDramaWar

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

North by Northwest · 1959

North by Northwest

★ 8.01959

MovieThrillerAdventure

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

King Kong · 1933

King Kong

★ 7.61933

MovieAdventureFantasy

Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.

This Woman Is Dangerous · 1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

★ 5.91952

MovieDramaCrime

A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. The naive and earnest new senator soon finds himself battling political corruption.

The Grapes of Wrath · 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

★ 7.81940

MovieDrama

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

The Lady from Shanghai · 1947

The Lady from Shanghai

★ 7.31947

MovieMysteryCrime

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Filmography

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Gone with the Wind · 1939

Gone with the Wind

★ 7.91939

MovieDramaWar

The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.

Tom's Aide (uncredited)

North by Northwest · 1959

North by Northwest

★ 8.01959

MovieThrillerAdventure

Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.

Assistant Conductor (uncredited)

King Kong · 1933

King Kong

★ 7.61933

MovieAdventureFantasy

Policeman at Headquarters (uncredited)

This Woman Is Dangerous · 1952

This Woman Is Dangerous

★ 5.91952

MovieDramaCrime

Taxi Driver / Officer O'Brien (Uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

★ 7.81939

MovieComedyDrama

Bodyguard (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath · 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

★ 7.81940

MovieDrama

Fred - Trucker #2 at Diner (uncredited)

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

Detective (uncredited)

The Lady from Shanghai · 1947

The Lady from Shanghai

★ 7.31947

MovieMysteryCrime

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

Policeman (uncredited)

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Policeman (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island · 1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

★ 6.71939

MovieMysteryThriller

Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.

Taxicab Dispatcher

Mighty Joe Young · 1949

Mighty Joe Young

★ 6.41949

MovieAdventureFantasy

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

Policeman with Tramp (uncredited)

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.

Sergeant (uncredited)

Cheyenne Autumn · 1964

Cheyenne Autumn

★ 6.71964

MovieWestern

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Bartender (uncredited)

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Motorcycle Highway Patrolman (uncredited)

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

Prison Infirmary Guard (uncredited)

When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.

Bit Role (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On · 1941

They Died with Their Boots On

★ 6.71941

MovieWesternWar

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

Orderly (uncredited)

That Hamilton Woman · 1941

That Hamilton Woman

★ 7.11941

MovieDramaHistory

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

Ship's Medic (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island · 1936

The Prisoner of Shark Island

★ 6.91936

MovieDramaHistory

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

Ship's Mate (uncredited)

So Proudly We Hail · 1943

So Proudly We Hail

★ 5.91943

MovieWarDrama

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.

Major Arthur (Uncredited)

Colorado Territory · 1949

Colorado Territory

★ 7.01949

MovieWesternCrime

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

Stage Guard (uncredited)

Chief Commissary Steward (uncredited)

Dick Tracy's Dilemma · 1947

Dick Tracy's Dilemma

★ 5.61947

MovieDramaCrime

Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and several murders, all linked to a huge thug who wears a hook in place of his right hand.

Watchman (uncredited)

Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.

Truck Driver (uncredited)

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.

2nd Workman

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

Mr. Dodd (uncredited)

Highway Patrol · 1955

Highway Patrol

★ 6.21955

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Highway Patrol was a syndicated, fictional police action series produced from 1955 to 1959, concerning the activities of the highway patrol and their leader, Dan Matthews (who held no rank). Although filmed in and around the Los Angeles area, the state setting for the stories was never identified, and city and street names were fictionalized.

Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · 1951

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

★ 5.31951

SeriesWestern

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.

The Adventures of Kit Carson · 1951

The Adventures of Kit Carson

★ 6.01951

SeriesWesternCrime

The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.

26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin · 1954

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

★ 7.01954

SeriesWesternFamily

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon · 1955

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

★ 6.81955

SeriesAction & AdventureWestern

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon is an American action adventure northwestern television series based on the radio drama Challenge of the Yukon. It was initially broadcast in color on CBS across three seasons from September 29, 1955 to September 25, 1958. Richard Simmons stars as Sergeant William Preston, who patrols the Yukon Territory in search of renegades and outlaws, during the time of the Klondike Gold Rush of the 1890s.

Harbor Command · 1957

Harbor Command

★ 4.01957

SeriesDrama

Harbor Command is an American action series that aired in syndicated from October 11, 1957, to July 4, 1958. The series stars Wendell Corey as Captain Ralph Baxter, an officer of the United States Coast Guard. The series was produced by Ziv Television Programs.

General Electric Theater · 1953

General Electric Theater

★ 6.81953

SeriesComedyDrama

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.

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