Harry Semels

Acting

Born: 1887-11-20 in New York City, New York, USA

Died: 1946-03-02

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.

Acting

Disorder in the Court

District Attorney (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

Poster Artist (uncredited)

The Crackerjack

Guard

Into the Net

Ivan Invanovitch

King of the Wild Horses

John Foster

The Revenge Rider

Henchman Rankin

Speed

Jim Sprague

The Girl of the Golden West

Peon Servant

Here Comes the Bride

Sevier

Movie Maniacs

Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director

Elmer, the Great

Waiter (uncredited)

Rocky Rhodes

Dick Boggs

Can't Help Singing

Peon (uncredited)

Safe in Hell

Jury Member (uncredited)

General Nuisance

Latin America Delagate

She's Oil Mine

Referee

Broadway Bill

Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)

I Love a Mystery

Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)

Damaged Lives

Waiter

Hawk of the Hills

Sheckard

Riding High

Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kid Galahad

Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)

Big News

Reno Henchman (uncredited)

Three Little Sew and Sews

Count Alfred Gehrol

I'll Name the Murderer

Luigi

Young Blood

Tony Murullo

King of the Turf

Coffee Pot Proprietor

The Phantom Foe

Dizzy Pilots

Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)

The Black Secret

New News

Prince Albert

Swing It Professor

Angelo

More Than a Secretary

Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)

South of the Rio Grande

Bandido Leader

Flirting with Fate

Member of Sancho's Band

Movie Night

Movie Patron

Drum Taps

Henchman Pete

I Don't Remember

'Doctor' in Gambling Hall

The Royal Rider

Parvene

Sin's Pay Day

Louie Joe

Weary River

Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)

The Delightful Rogue

Hymie

Command Performance

Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)

Ghost Valley

Pawnee

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

Minor Role

Midnight Taxi

Joe, Counterman

Hollywood Round-Up

Tony Papalini

I'll Give a Million

Man in Cafe (uncredited)

A Very Honorable Guy

Greek

I Am Suzanne!

Balcony Spectator

Crashing Thru

Man Who Reports Gunfight

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Race Track Spectator (uncredited)

Storm at Daybreak

Serbian Villager (uncredited)

Overland Mail

Pancho

Hell's Angels

Anarchist (uncredited)

Star Reporter

Mike

Midnight

Police Officer (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat

Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)

Vanity Street

Italian Street Workman (uncredited)

Sally of the Subway

Leopold Von Trump

Ninotchka

Gurganov (uncredited)

Balalaika

(uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Night Beat

Enricco Pommetti

Stone of Silver Creek

R. J. Simmons

Eve Knew Her Apples

Tony (uncredited)

Captain Thunder

Barfly

Missing Witnesses

Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)

The Yellow Ticket

Jailer

The Thrill Hunter

Henchman Lou Norton

The Great Dictator

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

American Madness

You Can't Take It with You

Man (uncredited)

Riley the Cop

French Policeman

The Bad Man

Jose

Kit Carson

Aide

This Is the Night

Man in the Manhole (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police

Half-breed Archer

I Sell Anything

Statue Smasher (uncredited)

Plunder

Jude Deering

Foreign Correspondent

Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)

Strange Cargo

Convict (uncredited)

Seven Sinners

Antro's Henchman (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)

New Moon

Bondsman

They Drive by Night

Leo, Cashier (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders

Cafe Bartender

And One Was Beautiful

Courtroom Spectator

He Stayed for Breakfast

Comrade

He Stayed for Breakfast

Communist

Bombay Mail

Platform Conductor

I Live My Life

Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)

The Wedding Night

Wedding Guest

Midnight Blunders

Dr. Wong (uncredited)

Down to Their Last Yacht

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Give Us This Night

Prisoner

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Saloon Bouncer

A Lady Takes a Chance

Greek

Texas Buddies

Ken Kincaid

The Gay Desperado

Manuel

The Soldier and the Lady

Tartar (Uncredited)

Suicide Fleet

Havana Merchant (uncredited)

Human Cargo

Barreto

Bridal Bail

Hotel Manager

Woman of the Year

Mug (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Italian at concert (uncredited)

Those Who Dance

Hood

Beware of Blondes

Portugee Joe

The House Without a Key

Saladine

The Last Command

A Soldier (uncredited)

Hurricane Hutch

Jim Tiegerley

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Greek Florist

Hot Water

Barber (uncredited)

Torch Singer

Waiter in Bistro

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Neighbor

State Police

Albert Morton

Make Your Own Bed

Pedestrian

Strange Affair

Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)

Baby Face

Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

Bettor (uncredited)

Rogues and Romance

Pedro Pezet

A Fallen Idol

Tushau

A Thousand and One Nights

Leader of Caravan

One Rainy Afternoon

Clerk (Uncredited)

Moontide

Waiter (uncredited)

The Hard Way

Passerby (Uncredited)

Our Daily Bread

Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)

Tiger Shark

Crewman (uncredited)

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Townsman (Uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

The Chance of a Lifetime

Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)

Reunion in France

R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)

Virgin Lips

Patron

Dishonored

The Case of the Velvet Claws

A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos

One Too Many

Les Misérables

Cochepaille

The American Way

Half Breed

The Luckiest Girl in the World

Bum

Platinum Blonde

Waiter (uncredited)

Mills of the Gods

Anthony Adverse

Lottery Celebrant

Hold Your Man

Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)

Dance, Fools, Dance

Emilio (uncredited)

The Sky Ranger

Dr. Santro

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Waiter (uncredited)

Virtue

Tony (uncredited)

The Last Train from Madrid

Guard (uncredited)

The Desert Bride

Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)

A Slight Case of Murder

Partygoer (uncredited)

The Bowery

Artist (uncredited)

The Yellow Cameo

Black Gavin

The Harvey Girls

Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)

Bound and Gagged

Don Esteban Carnero

Play Ball

Count Segundo

The Demon

Joseph Lomax

The Lion and the Lamb

Second Lascar

The Isle of Forgotten Women

Moran of the Mounted

Dubuc

Disorder in the Court

District Attorney (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

Poster Artist (uncredited)

The Crackerjack

Guard

Into the Net

Ivan Invanovitch

King of the Wild Horses

John Foster

The Revenge Rider

Henchman Rankin

Speed

Jim Sprague

The Girl of the Golden West

Peon Servant

Here Comes the Bride

Sevier

Movie Maniacs

Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director

Elmer, the Great

Waiter (uncredited)

Rocky Rhodes

Dick Boggs

Can't Help Singing

Peon (uncredited)

Safe in Hell

Jury Member (uncredited)

General Nuisance

Latin America Delagate

She's Oil Mine

Referee

Broadway Bill

Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)

I Love a Mystery

Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)

Damaged Lives

Waiter

Hawk of the Hills

Sheckard

Riding High

Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

Kid Galahad

Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)

Big News

Reno Henchman (uncredited)

Three Little Sew and Sews

Count Alfred Gehrol

I'll Name the Murderer

Luigi

Young Blood

Tony Murullo

King of the Turf

Coffee Pot Proprietor

The Phantom Foe

Dizzy Pilots

Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)

The Black Secret

New News

Prince Albert

Swing It Professor

Angelo

More Than a Secretary

Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)

South of the Rio Grande

Bandido Leader

Flirting with Fate

Member of Sancho's Band

Movie Night

Movie Patron

Drum Taps

Henchman Pete

I Don't Remember

'Doctor' in Gambling Hall

The Royal Rider

Parvene

Sin's Pay Day

Louie Joe

Weary River

Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)

The Delightful Rogue

Hymie

Command Performance

Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)

Ghost Valley

Pawnee

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)

Wells Fargo

Minor Role

Midnight Taxi

Joe, Counterman

Hollywood Round-Up

Tony Papalini

I'll Give a Million

Man in Cafe (uncredited)

A Very Honorable Guy

Greek

I Am Suzanne!

Balcony Spectator

Crashing Thru

Man Who Reports Gunfight

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Race Track Spectator (uncredited)

Storm at Daybreak

Serbian Villager (uncredited)

Overland Mail

Pancho

Hell's Angels

Anarchist (uncredited)

Star Reporter

Mike

Midnight

Police Officer (uncredited)

Thunder Afloat

Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)

Vanity Street

Italian Street Workman (uncredited)

Sally of the Subway

Leopold Von Trump

Ninotchka

Gurganov (uncredited)

Balalaika

(uncredited)

It Happened One Night

Bus Passenger (uncredited)

Night Beat

Enricco Pommetti

Stone of Silver Creek

R. J. Simmons

Eve Knew Her Apples

Tony (uncredited)

Captain Thunder

Barfly

Missing Witnesses

Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)

The Yellow Ticket

Jailer

The Thrill Hunter

Henchman Lou Norton

The Great Dictator

Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

American Madness

You Can't Take It with You

Man (uncredited)

Riley the Cop

French Policeman

The Bad Man

Jose

Kit Carson

Aide

This Is the Night

Man in the Manhole (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police

Half-breed Archer

I Sell Anything

Statue Smasher (uncredited)

Plunder

Jude Deering

Foreign Correspondent

Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)

Strange Cargo

Convict (uncredited)

Seven Sinners

Antro's Henchman (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)

New Moon

Bondsman

They Drive by Night

Leo, Cashier (uncredited)

Phantom Raiders

Cafe Bartender

And One Was Beautiful

Courtroom Spectator

He Stayed for Breakfast

Comrade

He Stayed for Breakfast

Communist

Bombay Mail

Platform Conductor

I Live My Life

Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)

The Wedding Night

Wedding Guest

Midnight Blunders

Dr. Wong (uncredited)

Down to Their Last Yacht

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Give Us This Night

Prisoner

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Saloon Bouncer

A Lady Takes a Chance

Greek

Texas Buddies

Ken Kincaid

The Gay Desperado

Manuel

The Soldier and the Lady

Tartar (Uncredited)

Suicide Fleet

Havana Merchant (uncredited)

Human Cargo

Barreto

Bridal Bail

Hotel Manager

Woman of the Year

Mug (uncredited)

Slightly Dangerous

Italian at concert (uncredited)

Those Who Dance

Hood

Beware of Blondes

Portugee Joe

The House Without a Key

Saladine

The Last Command

A Soldier (uncredited)

Hurricane Hutch

Jim Tiegerley

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Greek Florist

Hot Water

Barber (uncredited)

Torch Singer

Waiter in Bistro

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Neighbor

State Police

Albert Morton

Make Your Own Bed

Pedestrian

Strange Affair

Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)

Baby Face

Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)

Road to Utopia

Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)

Badman's Territory

Bettor (uncredited)

Rogues and Romance

Pedro Pezet

A Fallen Idol

Tushau

A Thousand and One Nights

Leader of Caravan

One Rainy Afternoon

Clerk (Uncredited)

Moontide

Waiter (uncredited)

The Hard Way

Passerby (Uncredited)

Our Daily Bread

Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)

Tiger Shark

Crewman (uncredited)

The Diary of a Chambermaid

Townsman (Uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

Townsman at Execution (uncredited)

The Chance of a Lifetime

Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)

Reunion in France

R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)

Virgin Lips

Patron

Dishonored

The Case of the Velvet Claws

A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos

One Too Many

Les Misérables

Cochepaille

The American Way

Half Breed

The Luckiest Girl in the World

Bum

Platinum Blonde

Waiter (uncredited)

Mills of the Gods

Anthony Adverse

Lottery Celebrant

Hold Your Man

Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)

Dance, Fools, Dance

Emilio (uncredited)

The Sky Ranger

Dr. Santro

Two Yanks in Trinidad

Waiter (uncredited)

Virtue

Tony (uncredited)

The Last Train from Madrid

Guard (uncredited)

The Desert Bride

Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)

A Slight Case of Murder

Partygoer (uncredited)

The Bowery

Artist (uncredited)

The Yellow Cameo

Black Gavin

The Harvey Girls

Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)

Bound and Gagged

Don Esteban Carnero

Play Ball

Count Segundo

The Demon

Joseph Lomax

The Lion and the Lamb

Second Lascar

The Isle of Forgotten Women

Moran of the Mounted

Dubuc