Acting

Lew Harvey

Born October 5, 1887 · Wausau, Wisconsin, USA

Died December 19, 1953 · aged 66

No biography available.

Known For

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

The Roaring Twenties

★ 7.51939

MovieCrimeDrama

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.

Invisible Stripes · 1939

Invisible Stripes

★ 6.21939

MovieCrimeDrama

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

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.

A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

The File on Thelma Jordon · 1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

★ 6.61949

MovieThrillerDrama

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Filmography

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Newspaperman (uncredited)

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.

Gambler (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties · 1939

The Roaring Twenties

★ 7.51939

MovieCrimeDrama

3rd Ex-Con (uncredited)

Invisible Stripes · 1939

Invisible Stripes

★ 6.21939

MovieCrimeDrama

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

Betting Room Door Guard (uncredited)

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Court Clerk #2 (uncredited)

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.

Reporter (uncredited)

Card Player (uncredited)

The File on Thelma Jordon · 1949

The File on Thelma Jordon

★ 6.61949

MovieThrillerDrama

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

Reporter (uncredited)

The Oklahoma Kid · 1939

The Oklahoma Kid

★ 6.01939

MovieWesternHistory

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.

Curley

Manhattan Melodrama · 1934

Manhattan Melodrama

★ 7.01934

MovieCrimeDrama

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Craps Dealer (uncredited)

Bat Masterson's old friend Billy Burns convinces him to become marshal of Liberal, Kansas and help the residents fight drought and a destructive range war.

Henchman (uncredited)

Billy "The Kid" Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who postpones his life of crime when he is befriended and hired by peaceful cattle rancher Eric Keating. When Keating is killed by a rival, Billy seeks revenge, even if it means opposing his old friend, Marshal Jim Sherwood.

The Duke (uncredited)

Johnny Belinda · 1948

Johnny Belinda

★ 6.91948

MovieDrama

A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.

Man Reciting Lord's Prayer (uncredited)

Return of the Bad Men · 1948

Return of the Bad Men

★ 6.31948

MovieDramaWestern

US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.

Arkansas Kid

Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.

Blackie

Dance, Girl, Dance · 1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

★ 6.41940

MovieDramaComedy

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.

Reporter at Taxi (uncredited)

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Doorman (uncredited)

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Lew (uncredited)

Allegheny Uprising · 1939

Allegheny Uprising

★ 5.91939

MovieWesternAction

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.

Settler at McDowell's Mill

Frisco Kid · 1935

Frisco Kid

★ 7.01935

MovieAdventureRomance

After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.

Card Dealer (uncredited)

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Local Gangster (uncredited)

King of the Underworld · 1939

King of the Underworld

★ 6.41939

MovieRomanceCrime

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.

Chic - a Gangster (uncredited)

The Notorious Lone Wolf · 1946

The Notorious Lone Wolf

★ 6.01946

MovieActionThriller

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

Brooklynese Bystander at Airport (uncredited)

Dust Be My Destiny · 1939

Dust Be My Destiny

★ 6.51939

MovieCrimeDrama

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

Truckman (uncredited)