Harry Sweet (October 2, 1901 â€" June 18, 1933) was an American actor,
director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and
1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one
Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan
Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the
Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series.On June 18, 1933, Sweet was
location scouting by private plane in the vicinity of Big Bear Valley.
That night, at 7:15 pm, a plane crashed and sank to the bottom of Big
Bear Lake, with the authorities initially uncertain as to the identity
of the pilot as well as the number and identity of the plane's
passengers; on June 19, Bert Gilroy, a film associate of Sweet's, left
Los Angeles for Big Bear after efforts to contact the director in that
city failed. Hours after the accident, when the plane was pulled from
28 feet of water, the bodies of Sweet, actress Claudette Ford, and
scenario writer Howard (Hal) Davitt, were found in the cockpit; the
coroner's investigation determined Sweet had drowned and that his
companions had both died from fractured skulls suffered in the crash.
director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and
1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one
Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan
Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the
Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series.On June 18, 1933, Sweet was
location scouting by private plane in the vicinity of Big Bear Valley.
That night, at 7:15 pm, a plane crashed and sank to the bottom of Big
Bear Lake, with the authorities initially uncertain as to the identity
of the pilot as well as the number and identity of the plane's
passengers; on June 19, Bert Gilroy, a film associate of Sweet's, left
Los Angeles for Big Bear after efforts to contact the director in that
city failed. Hours after the accident, when the plane was pulled from
28 feet of water, the bodies of Sweet, actress Claudette Ford, and
scenario writer Howard (Hal) Davitt, were found in the cockpit; the
coroner's investigation determined Sweet had drowned and that his
companions had both died from fractured skulls suffered in the crash.
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