Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 â€" 14 December 1945) was an Irish film
actor.From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115
films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances,
but some of his roles were uncredited. The burly actor with a mustache
mostly played comic supporting roles, often as an innkeeper. His
best-known role was Beamish in the first two Tarzan films starring
Johnny Weissmuller. Together with Claude Rains, he played in The
Invisible Man, as a tavern owner and husband of a hysterical Una
O'Connor, and in The Wolf Man. He appeared in two films for Alfred
Hitchcock, first in his British silent film The Ring (1927), later in
Hitchcock's Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940). A number of reference
works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father
in Frankenstein. Harvey's interment was in California.
actor.From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115
films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances,
but some of his roles were uncredited. The burly actor with a mustache
mostly played comic supporting roles, often as an innkeeper. His
best-known role was Beamish in the first two Tarzan films starring
Johnny Weissmuller. Together with Claude Rains, he played in The
Invisible Man, as a tavern owner and husband of a hysterical Una
O'Connor, and in The Wolf Man. He appeared in two films for Alfred
Hitchcock, first in his British silent film The Ring (1927), later in
Hitchcock's Hollywood debut Rebecca (1940). A number of reference
works incorrectly identify him as having played Little Maria's father
in Frankenstein. Harvey's interment was in California.
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