Personal Info
Birth date
1903-12-16 (121 Years)
Day of death
1975-12-07
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Charleroi, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as
Hardie Hunter Albrecht
Hardie Albrecht
Hardie Hunter Albright
Hardie Albright
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hardie Hunter Albright (born Hardie Hunter Albrecht; December 16, 1903 – December 7, 1975) was an American actor. He was the child of traveling vaudeville performers and made his stage debut in one of his parents' acts at the age of seven. His Broadway debut came in 1926. Albright was playing the juvenile lead on the stage in The Greeks when a scout from the Fox Company saw him. He was given a contract and headed for Hollywood. He made his film debut in 1931 in Young Sinners and appeared in numerous films. He provided (uncredited) the voice of the adolescent Bambi in the Disney film of the same title. Albright retired from film acting after World War II and became a drama instructor at UCLA, writing several books on acting and directing during his time there. During the 1960s, he made many guest appearances on television series.
Filmography
Perry Mason
7.719
Overview:
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.Bewitched
7.864
Overview:
Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.Leave It to Beaver
6.922
Overview:
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.Rawhide
7.13
Overview:
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.Surfside 6
5
Overview:
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.Gunsmoke
6.558
Overview:
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place in and around Dodge City, Kansas, during the settlement of the American West. The central character is lawman Marshal Matt Dillon, played by William Conrad on radio and James Arness on television.The Twilight Zone
8.452
Overview:
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.Dennis the Menace
6.5
Overview:
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George Wilson, a retired salesman, or, later, with George's brother John, a writer. Dennis is basically a good, well-intentioned boy who always tries to help people, but who winds up making situations worse – often at Mr. Wilson's expense.Hazel
6.8
Overview:
Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.Bambi
7.01
Overview:
Bambi's tale unfolds from season to season as the young prince of the forest learns about life, love, and friends.The Monroes
5.7
Overview:
The Monroes is a 26-segment Western television series which originally aired on ABC during the 1966-1967 season. The series centers around the story of five orphans trying to survive as a family on the frontier in the area around, what is now, Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyoming.Coronado 9
6
Overview:
Dan Adams, former Naval Intelligence officer, works in San Diego as a private detective.Everglades
8.5
Overview:
The Everglades is an American crime-adventure television series that aired in first-run syndication for one season from 1961–62 and in reruns. Ron Hayes starred as Constable Lincoln Vail, a law enforcement officer of the fictional Everglades County Patrol who traveled the Florida Everglades in an airboat, a vehicle which was often the focus of the program. Hayes, a northern California actor and stuntman, was an avid outdoorsman and conservationist. Gordon Casell appeared in five of the 38 half-hour episodes as Chief Anderson, Vail's superior. Steve Brodie made three appearances as Captain Andy Benson; Dan Chandler was twice cast as Vail's sidekick, airboat guide Pete Hammond. Future film star Burt Reynolds appeared twice in the role of Lew Johnson and once as Trask. Guest stars included R.G. Armstrong, Victor Buono, Roger C. Carmel, Paul Carr, Jack Cassidy, Lonny Chapman, John Doucette, Penny Edwards, Frank Ferguson, Luke Halpin, Douglas Kennedy, Robert Knapp, Paul Lambert, Tyler McVey, Mala Powers, Chris Robinson, Johnny Seven, Ray Teal, Bill Travers, and Dawn Wells. The show was produced by Ivan Tors and distributed by Ziv-United Artists.Saboteur
6.886
Overview:
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.The 9th Guest
6
Overview:
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's voice via the radio, who explains that before the night is over each one will be die unless they manage to outwit the ninth guest, Death.Ladies Love Danger
NYR
Overview:
A mystery-comedy with multiple backgrounds set in a back-stage and penthouse backgrounds finds actress Rita Witherspoon mistakenly entering the apartment of Ricardo Souchet, a rich bachelor. He immediately suspects her of a murder that has just been committed in the apartment next to his. His prisoner for the night, she slips out at dawn, after two more murders have happened.Captain Tugboat Annie
NYR
Overview:
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a child violinist. When a waterfront fire breaks out, the two warring captains join forces to put it out.Red Salute
5.625
Overview:
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her "Red" boyfriend--by a young, handsome soldier named Jeff who, while somewhat of a goof-up, the general believes is still better for her.Angel on My Shoulder
6.4
Overview:
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.The Match King
6.6
Overview:
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.Heartbreak
NYR
Overview:
John Merrick and Vilma Walden, who fall in love at an embassy fundraiser in Vienna before World War I. Vilma's brother, Carl, who is a war veteran, poses as a rival for Vilma's affections. When war erupts, John requests a transfer to the Italian front, where he confronts Carl, who had borrowed his aircraft for a mission. John is devastated to learn the pilot he downed was actually Carl, leading him to announce he will no longer kill.A Successful Calamity
5.2
Overview:
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.Crimson Romance
5
Overview:
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria before the first world war, he and his friend Bob Wilson leave America and join the German air force. There, both men fall in love with ambulance driver Alida Hoffman. When America enters the war, Bob is caught between loyalty to his home country and the threat of execution for desertion and treason to Germany. It remains for his friend Fred to extricate him from the dilemma - but at what cost?Flight from Destiny
5.2
Overview:
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her.Three Cornered Moon
5.714
Overview:
Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie, mishandled the family fortune, and, alas, the stock market crash has depleted their worth. Elizabeth's goofy brothers cannot easily adjust to the life of the average worker. Meanwhile, the family doctor has his eye on Elizabeth, but he will have to compete with her suitor, an ill-informed writer.Mom and Dad
5.2
Overview:
A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl discovers she is pregnant with his child.The Pride of the Yankees
7.4
Overview:
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.Men of the Timberland
NYR
Overview:
Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast quantity of timber from land owned by Kay Handley, rich débutante. When Dick O'Hara, forestry inspector, demands a postponement, MacGrgeor refuses and sends his henchman, Jean Collet, to obtain the services of the famous "bull-of-the-woods" Andy Jensen and his partner "Lucky." Kay arrives and gives her permission to cut the timber, defying Dick. Dick, with his two assistants, Withers and "Tex," begins a survey of the timber stand. When Dick and Tex finally reveal MacGrgeor as a crook, Collet is sent to kill "Tex" and obtain the reports. A fight ensues and "Lucky" is killed by one of Collet's flying knives. Kay then admits that Dick is right and helps him trap Collet. Dick and Andy force a confession from Collet and MacGregor is exposed.Acting
2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Secretary General (archive footage)
1966The Monroes (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Judge Crosetti
1961Everglades (1 Episode) as Unknown
1961Hazel (1, 1 Episode) as Mr. Ashton Durham, Mr. Raymond
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Mr. Adam
1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Willet Goodfield
1960Coronado 9 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Dennis the Menace (2, 1 Episode) as Dr. Baker (uncredited), Doctor
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Secretary General
1959Rawhide (1, 1 Episode) as Ben Wallace, Veterinarian
195877 Sunset Strip (1 Episode) as Lawrence Tiburon
1957Leave It to Beaver (2 Episodes) as Mr. Collins
1957Perry Mason (1, 1 Episode) as Supervisor Albert Johnson, Jones
1955Gunsmoke (1, 1 Episode) as Peckett, Storekeeper
1946Angel on My Shoulder as Smiley Williams
1945Captain Tugboat Annie as Johnny Webb
1945Sunset in El Dorado as Cecil Phelps / Cyril Earle
1945The Jade Mask as Walter Meeker
1945Mom and Dad as Carl Blackburn
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Shelton
1942Bambi as Adolescent Bambi (voice) (uncredited)
1942The Pride of the Yankees as Van Tuyl
1942Lady in a Jam as Milton
1942Saboteur as Detective (uncredited)
1942The Mad Doctor of Market Street as William Saunders
1941Marry the Boss's Daughter as Putnam Palmer
1941Bachelor Daddy as Ethelbert
1941Men of the Timberland as Dudley
1941Flight from Destiny as Ferrers
1940Carolina Moon as Henry Wheeler
1940Ski Patrol as Tyko Gallen
1940Granny Get Your Gun as Phillip Westcott
1935Red Salute as Leonard Arner
1935Champagne for Breakfast as Bob Bentley
1935Calm Yourself as Bobby Kent
1935Ladies Love Danger as Unknown
1935Women Must Dress as David
1934White Heat as Chandler Morris
1934The Silver Streak as Allan Dexter
1934Sing Sing Nights as Howard Trude
1934Crimson Romance as Hugo
1934Two Heads on a Pillow as David L. Talbot
1934The Scarlet Letter as Arthur Dimmesdale
1934Beggar's Holiday as Dapper Frank Mason aka Bing
1934The 9th Guest as Henry Abbott
1933The House on 56th Street as Henry Burgess
1933Three Cornered Moon as Ronald
1933The Song of Songs as Von Prell
1933The Working Man as Benjamin 'Benny' Burnett
1932The Match King as Erik Borg
1932Three on a Match as Phil
1932The Crash as Arthur Pringle
1932The Cabin in the Cotton as Roland Neal
1932A Successful Calamity as George Struthers
1932This Sporting Age as Johnny Raeburn
1932The Purchase Price as Don Leslie
1932Jewel Robbery as Paul
1932So Big! as Adult Dirk De Jong
1931Heartbreak as Count Carl Walden
1931Skyline as John Breen
1931Hush Money as Stuart Elliot
1931Young Sinners as Gene Gibson