Harry Babbitt

Acting

Harry Babbitt

Born November 2, 1913 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died April 9, 2004 · aged 90

Married to Betty Babbitt (1934 - April, 9, 2004). Died in Newport Beach, Orange County, California. Three sons: Christopher, Michael and Stephen.

Known For

Stage Door CanteenStage Door Canteen · 1943
Stage Door Canteen
6.31943
MovieComedyRomance
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of theatre and film appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance.
Swing FeverSwing Fever · 1943
Swing Fever
6.01943
MovieComedyRomance
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
My Favorite SpyMy Favorite Spy · 1942
My Favorite Spy
5.71942
MovieComedy
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
Around the WorldAround the World · 1943
Around the World
6.31943
MovieComedyMusic
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
That's Right – You're WrongThat's Right – You're Wrong · 1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
6.31939
MovieMusicComedy
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.

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That's Right – You're WrongThat's Right – You're Wrong · 1939
That's Right – You're Wrong
6.31939
MovieMusicComedy
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.

Harry Babbitt