Harry Carter

Acting

Harry Carter

Born February 27, 1906 · Pony, Montana, USA

Died April 1, 1996 · aged 90

Harry Carter (February 27, 1906 - April 1, 1996) was an American actor. He mostly worked as a contractual film player at 20th Century-Fox Studios from 1942 to 1961. Carter appeared in many films starring Richard Widmark.

Known For

How to Marry a MillionaireHow to Marry a Millionaire · 1953
How to Marry a Millionaire
6.91953
MovieComedyRomance
Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
LauraLaura · 1944
Laura
7.61944
MovieDramaMystery
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
The FlyThe Fly · 1958
The Fly
7.01958
MovieScience FictionHorror
Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.
Broken ArrowBroken Arrow · 1950
Broken Arrow
6.71950
MovieWesternDrama
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation for white atrocities.
The Boston StranglerThe Boston Strangler · 1968
The Boston Strangler
6.61968
MovieDramaCrime
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.
WarlockWarlock · 1959
Warlock
6.81959
MovieWestern
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.
StagecoachStagecoach · 1966
Stagecoach
6.11966
MovieWestern
A group of unlikely travelling companions find themselves on the same stagecoach to Cheyenne. They include a drunken doctor, a bar girl who's been thrown out of town, a professional gambler, a travelling liquor salesman, a banker who has decided to embezzle money, a gun-slinger out for revenge and a young woman going to join her army captain husband. All have secrets but when they are set upon by an Indian war party and then a family of outlaws, they find they must all work together if they are to stay alive.
Kiss of DeathKiss of Death · 1947
Kiss of Death
7.11947
MovieCrimeThriller
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

Filmography

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Move Over, DarlingMove Over, Darling · 1963
Move Over, Darling
6.71963
MovieComedyRomance
Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that goes down in the South Pacific. Although most passengers manage to survive the incident, Ellen presumably perishes when swept off her lifeboat, her body never recovered. Fast forward five years. Nicholas, wanting to move on with his life, has Ellen declared legally dead. Part of that moving on includes getting remarried, this time to a young woman named Bianca Steele, who, for their honeymoon, he plans to take to the same Monterrey resort where he and Ellen spent their honeymoon. On that very same day, Ellen is dropped off in Los Angeles by the Navy, who rescued her from the South Pacific island where she was stranded for the past five years. She asks the Navy not to publicize her rescue nor notify Nicholas as she wants to do so herself.

Lawyer in Courtroom (uncredited)

The Many Loves of Dobie GillisThe Many Loves of Dobie Gillis · 1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
6.31959
SeriesComedy
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces of his life - high school, the military, college, and his parents - as he aspires to attain both wealth and dates with girls. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis was produced by Martin Manulis Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television. Creator Shulman also wrote the theme song in collaboration with Lionel Newman.

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)