Jack Harvey (born John Joseph Harvey; September 16, 1881 – November 9, 1954) was an American film actor, director and screenwriter, noted for his short films of the silent period.
Among his directed films are ''
A Dog's Love'' (1914) (the first of many collaborations with
Shep, a well-trained Collie of the
Thanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company (later the Thanhouser Film Corporation) was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser, his wife Gertrude Thanhouser, Gertrude and his brother-in-law Lloyd Lonergan. It operated in New Yo ...
), ''
When Fate Rebelled'' (1915), ''
Fairy Fern Seed'' (1915), ''
Kaiser's Finish'' (1918) and his last film ''
No Babies Wanted'' (1928), accredited as John J. Harvey. He continued to act, but most of his roles after the 1920s were very minor and uncredited in films such as ''
Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...
'' (1935) and ''
Anchors Aweigh'' (1945). He also continued to write for films until his death in 1954, the last of which was ''
City Beneath the Sea'' (1953).
Filmography
As actor
* 1911 : ''
The Willow Tree'' : ''Tom''
* 1911 : ''
The Lighthouse Keeper'' : ''Tom Atkins''
* 1913 : ''
Buttercups
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''
* 1913 : ''
Their Mutual Friend''
* 1913 : ''
Love's Sunset''
* 1913 : ''
The Ancient Order of Good Fellows''
* 1913 : ''
The Golf Game and the Bonnet''
* 1914 : ''
Bunny's Mistake''
* 1914 : ''
Love's Old Dream''
* 1914 : ''
Bunny's Birthday''
* 1914 : ''
Children of the Feud''
* 1914 : ''
A Change in Baggage Checks''
* 1914 : ''
The Chicken Inspector''
* 1914 : ''
Her Great Scoop''
* 1914 : ''
Bunco Bill's Visit''
* 1914 : ''
The Old Fire Horse and the New Fire Chief''
* 1914 : ''
Mr. Bunny in Disguise''
* 1914 : ''
Miser Murray's Wedding Present''
* 1914 : ''
Bunny Buys a Harem''
* 1914 : ''
Mr. Bunnyhug Buys a Hat for His Bride''
* 1914 : ''
Fogg's Millions''
* 1914 : ''
Mr. Bingle's Melodrama''
* 1914 : ''
Bread Upon the Waters''
* 1914 : ''
The Reward of Thrift''
* 1927 : ''
The Devil Dancer
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''
* 1930 : ''
Lord Byron of Broadway'' : ''Undetermined Role''
* 1931 : ''
Pueblo Terror'' : ''John Weston''
* 1931 : ''
Headin' for Trouble
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'' : ''Henchman Windy''
* 1932 : ''
Riders of the Golden Gulch''
* 1935 : ''
Cardinal Richelieu
Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...
'' : ''Brugnon''
* 1937 : ''
Life Begins with Love'' : ''Director''
* 1938 : ''
The Spider's Web'' : ''Marvin''
As director
* 1914 : ''
A Dog's Love''
* 1914 : ''
Shep's Race with Death''
* 1914 : ''
The Center of the Web''
* 1914 : ''
The Barrier of Flames''
* 1914: ''
The White Rose''
* 1915 : ''
When Fate Rebelled''
* 1915 : ''
Shep the Sentinel''
* 1915 : ''
Check No. 130''
* 1915: ''
$1,000 Reward''
* 1915 : ''
A Newspaper Nemesis''
* 1915: ''
The Stolen Jewels''
* 1915: ''
The Skinflint''
* 1915: ''
The Undertow''
* 1915 : ''
Their One Love''
* 1915 : ''
Fairy Fern Seed''
* 1915 : ''
The Patriot and the Spy''
* 1915 : ''
His Guardian Auto''
* 1915 : ''
The Flying Twins''
* 1915: ''
Mercy on a Crutch''
* 1915: ''
A Message Through Flames''
* 1915 : ''
The Wolf of Debt''
* 1915 : ''
The Unnecessary Sex''
* 1915 : ''
Getting His Goat''
* 1916 : ''
The Lords of High Decision''
* 1916 : ''
The Doll Doctor''
* 1916 : ''
Held for Damages''
* 1917 : ''
When Thieves Fall Out''
* 1918 : ''
Kaiser's Finish''
* 1920 : ''
The Night of the Dub''
* 1922 : ''
The Woman Who Believed''
* 1925 : ''
Getting 'Em Right''
* 1925 : ''
The Right Man''
* 1928 : ''
No Babies Wanted''
As screenwriter
* 1915 : ''
When Fate Rebelled''
* 1918 : ''
Kaiser's Finish''
* 1934 : ''
Strictly Dynamite''
* 1948 : ''
Unknown Island
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Plo ...
''
* 1948 : ''
Last of the Wild Horses''
* 1949 : ''
Grand Canyon
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''
* 1953 : ''
City Beneath the Sea''
References
External links
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American male silent film actors
American silent film directors
Film directors from Ohio
1881 births
1954 deaths
Male actors from Cleveland
20th-century American male actors
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