Harry Crocker

Acting

Harry Crocker

Born July 1, 1893 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died May 23, 1958 · aged 64

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Harry Crocker (July 2, 1893 - May 23, 1958) was an American film star of the 1920s and who starred in Charlie Chaplin's The Circus in 1928. He was a Los Angeles Examiner newsman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Crocker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Known For

City LightsCity Lights · 1931
City Lights
★ 8.21931
MovieComedyDrama
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
LimelightLimelight · 1952
Limelight
★ 7.91952
MovieRomanceDrama
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
The CircusThe Circus · 1928
The Circus
★ 7.91928
MovieComedyDrama
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Monsieur VerdouxMonsieur Verdoux · 1947
Monsieur Verdoux
★ 7.71947
MovieComedyCrime
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Gentleman JimGentleman Jim · 1942
Gentleman Jim
★ 7.21942
MovieDramaComedy
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
Dancing in the DarkDancing in the Dark · 1949
Dancing in the Dark
★ 6.31949
MovieComedyRomance
Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
The Big ParadeThe Big Parade · 1925
The Big Parade
★ 7.61925
MovieRomanceWar
The story of an idle rich boy who joins the US Army's Rainbow Division and is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes friends with two working class men, experiences the horrors of trench warfare, and finds love with a French girl.
BeckyBecky · 1927
Becky
★ 8.01927
MovieComedyRomance
Rebecca (Sally O'Neil) is a salesgirl who gets a chance at a Broadway show; there, she attracts and is ultimately rejected by a society playboy.

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