Personal Info

Birth date

1901-01-10 (124 Years)

Day of death

1985-11-27

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Indian Territory, Oklahoma Territory, USA

Also known as

Henry W. Harvey Sr.

Harry Harvey Sr.

Harry Harvey Sr

Harry Sarvey Sr.

Harry W. Harvey

Harry William Harvey Sr.

Harry Harvey

Biography

Harry Harvey Sr. was an American actor of theatre, film, and television.

Harvey appeared in minstrel shows, in vaudeville, and on the Broadway stage but is best remembered as a character actor who appeared in more than three hundred films and episodes of television series.

He had roles in the films The Oregon Trail, Old Overland Trail, Wyoming Renegades, Ride Beyond Vengeance, and many other westerns.

In the 1950s, Harvey was cast in The Roy Rogers Show, Man Without a Gun and The Lone Ranger. In 1962, he appeared on It's a Man's World. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, he guest-starred on Branded, Lassie, Hazel, The Wild Wild West, Mannix, Alias Smith and Jones, Bonanza, and Columbo. His last appearance was in an episode of Adam-12-

Filmography

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

5.9

Overview:

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".

Lassie

6.1

Overview:

Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.

Leave It to Beaver

7

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.

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.579

Overview:

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

Wagon Train

6.3

Overview:

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

Bonanza

7.5

Overview:

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

I Dream of Jeannie

7.831

Overview:

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".

Columbo

8.088

Overview:

Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

6.5

Overview:

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

Mannix

6.7

Overview:

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.

Wanted: Dead or Alive

6.894

Overview:

Wanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a March 1958 episode of Trackdown, a 1957–59 western series starring Robert Culp. Both series were produced by Four Star Television in association with CBS Television. The series launched McQueen into becoming the first television star to cross over into comparable status on the big screen.

Four Star Playhouse

6.333

Overview:

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Dragnet

6.4

Overview:

Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Burke's Law

6

Overview:

Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.8

Overview:

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.

The Lone Ranger

6.7

Overview:

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".

The Ford Television Theatre

7.333

Overview:

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.

The Wild Wild West

7.5

Overview:

The Wild Wild West is an American television series. Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.

Ironside

6.8

Overview:

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside becomes a consultant to the police department. Detective Sergeant Ed Brown and policewoman Eve Whitfield join with him to crack varied and fascinating cases. Ex-con Mark Sanger is employed by the chief as home help but eventually becomes a fully fledged member of the team also. Officer Whitfield leaves after 4 years service, and is replaced by Officer Fran Belding.

Maverick

6.8

Overview:

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Petticoat Junction

5.8

Overview:

The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

The Untouchables

7.9

Overview:

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.

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.

The Cisco Kid

5.875

Overview:

The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color until the 1960s.

Daniel Boone

6.9

Overview:

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

The Virginian

6.5

Overview:

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character and relationships than the usual western.

Rawhide

7.2

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.

Cheyenne

5.8

Overview:

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

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.

Lost in Space

7.1

Overview:

The space family Robinson is sent on a five-year mission to find a new planet to colonise. The voyage is sabotaged time and again by an inept stowaway, Dr. Zachary Smith. The family's spaceship, Jupiter II, also carries a friendly robot who endures an endless stream of abuse from Dr. Smith, but is a trusted companion of young Will Robinson

Acting

1972The Century Turns as Drew (as Harry Harvey Sr.)

1971Sarge (1 Episode) as Salvation Army Capt.

1971Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1 Episode) as George Cheevers

1971Nichols (1, 1 Episode) as Man, Irate Citizen

1971Columbo (1 Episode) as Manager

1970Airport as Dr. Avery Smith (uncredited)

1970Cutter's Trail as Villager

1969The Ballad of Andy Crocker as Mr. Kirkaby

1969Marcus Welby, M.D. (1 Episode) as Mr. Simpson

1969The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1 Episode) as Elderly Heart Patient (uncredited)

1968Adam-12 (1 Episode) as Reverend Harvey

1968The Outsider (1 Episode) as Neighbor

1968Stay Away, Joe as Judge Nibley

1968Blackbeard's Ghost as Mr. Finch

1967Mannix (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Proprietor, Geologist, Maintenance Man, Ken Bailey, Garrison, Doctor

1967The Danny Thomas Hour (1 Episode) as Mike

1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sheriff, Sheriff Grady Blalock, Sheriff Peters

1967Ironside (1, 1, 1 Episode) as 1st Grocer, Elderly Man, Day Clerk

1966The Trouble with Angels as Mr. Grisson

1966Ride Beyond Vengeance as Vogan

1965I Dream of Jeannie (1 Episode) as General Powlett

1965The Wild Wild West (1 Episode) as Theater Manager

1965Lost in Space (1 Episode) as Grover

1965Green Acres (1 Episode) as Mr. Guerney

1965The Great Race as Executive Board Member (uncredited)

1965Branded (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Station Master Potter, Doc Shackley, Stable Owner

1964Daniel Boone (1, 1 Episode) as Justice of the Peace (uncredited), Luther Michaels

1964Bewitched (1 Episode) as Uncle Willie

1964For the Love of Willadean as Sheriff

1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Mr. Billings

1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Bank Guard

1962The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1, 1 Episode) as Dr. Vince, Sanford Brown

1962The Virginian (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Lester, Horatio, Ira Corwin, Station Master, Judge, Bartender, Station Agent (uncredited)

1961Hazel (1, 1 Episode) as J. M. Carter, Muntz

1960Pollyanna as Editor (Uncredited)

1959The Untouchables (1, 1 Episode) as Clearview Barber (uncredited), Harold Coldman

1959The FBI Story as Mrs. King's Neighbor (uncredited)

1959The Deputy (1 Episode) as Mr. Carter

1959Bonanza (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sangster, Bixle, Doc Martin - Coroner

1959Rawhide (1 Episode) as The Printer

195877 Sunset Strip (1, 1 Episode) as Judge Hansen, The Squatter

1958Lawman (1 Episode) as Dr. Wilson

1958The Texan (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Cass Porter, Bartender, Clyde Hatbridge, Doc Maywood

1958The Ed Wynn Show (2 Episodes) as Unknown

1958Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 Episode) as Bartender

1958The Sheepman as Grocer (uncredited)

1957Man in the Shadow as Dr. Creighton (as Harry Harvey, Sr.)

1957Leave It to Beaver (1 Episode) as Captain Drake

1957Maverick (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Store Owner, Dad Brewster, Western Union Telegrapher (uncredited), Mueller the Jeweler (uncredited), Stagecoach Driver, Capt. Owens, Cousin Seeby

1957Wagon Train (1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Sheriff Matt, Mayor Ives, Mr. Parsons, Deputy Marshall Clancy (uncredited), Vern Orton

1957Sugarfoot (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Post Master, Sheriff Dawson McGinty, 1st Station Agent

1957Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Elam King

1957Blondie (1 Episode) as Mr. J. Pierpoint Perkins

1956Showdown at Abilene as Ross Bigelow (as Harry Harvey Sr.)

1956Broken Arrow (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Judge Willis, Len Everetts, Judge

1956Meet Mrs. Swenson as Unknown

1956Engagement Party as Judd Landis

1955Screen Director's Playhouse (1 Episode) as 2nd Senator (uncredited)

1955The 20th Century Fox Hour (1, 1 Episode) as Al Neavins, Telegraph Operator

1955The Adventures of Champion (1 Episode) as Doc Terwilliger

1955Cheyenne (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Marshal (uncredited), Tom Lovelace, Opie Wade, Mayor Robert Ellison (uncredited), Mayor Squires (uncredited), Wilbur Crane

1955Gunsmoke (1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 1 Episode) as Eli, Old Man, Storekeeper, Dispatcher, Drummer, Johnson

1955The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Telegrapher (uncredited), Storekeeper A.P. Whittle, John H. Brodus, Man Talking to Swamper (uncredited)

1955Phantom Trails as Sheriff

1955Murder Is My Beat as Gas Station Attendant

1955Bad Day at Black Rock as First Train Conductor (uncredited)

195420,000 Leagues Under the Sea as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

1954The Wonderful World of Disney (1, 2 Episode) as Townsman with Dog (uncredited), Sheriff

1954Studio 57 (1, 1 Episode) as Judge Grayson, Mr. Ferguson

1954Lassie (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Robert Hanson, Mr. Simpson, Hugh Townsend, Hank Fuller (uncredited)

1954The Lone Wolf (1 Episode) as Kelly

1954Wyoming Renegades as Medford

1954Public Defender (1 Episode) as Sid Page

1954The Big Moment as Ben

1954Highway Dragnet as Mr. Carson

1954Annie Oakley (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Storekeeper Cody, Mayor Pearlson, Sergeant O'Hara

1954The Glenn Miller Story as Doctor (uncredited)

1953Tumbleweed as Prospector

1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Gus Crain

1953Bandits of the West as Judge Walters

1953Revlon Mirror Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown

1953Old Overland Trail as Storekeeper

1953The Jazz Singer as Train Conductor

1953Last of the Comanches as Munitions Man (uncredited)

1952The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1, 1 Episode) as The Clerk, Grocer

1952The Ford Television Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Sheriff Piney

1952Wagon Team as Doc Weldon

1952Four Star Playhouse (1 Episode) as Johnson

1952The Duel at Silver Creek as Mr. Cromwell (uncredited)

1952We're Not Married! as Dr. Ned (uncredited)

1952Scarlet Angel as Dr. Corbin

1952High Noon as Coy (uncredited)

1952The Narrow Margin as Train Conductor

1952Target as David Carson

1952Deadline - U.S.A. as Bill (uncredited)

1952Chevron Theatre (1 Episode) as Rand

1951Dragnet (4 Episodes) as Unknown

1951Superman and the Mole Men as Doc Saunders (uncredited)

1951Let's Make It Legal as Postman

1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Pop Wilson, Storekeeper, Unknown, Mr. Acres

1951The Day the Earth Stood Still as The Cab Driver

1951Arizona Manhunt as Doctor Sawyer

1951Rodeo King and the Senorita as Veterinarian

1951Ace in the Hole as Dr. Hilton

1951Home Town Story as Andy Butterworth

1951Whirlwind as Sheriff Barlow

1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1 Episode) as Sheriff Hollister

1951Footlight Varieties as Leon's Fishing Buddy

1951Silver City Bonanza as Groggins

1951Storm Warning as Mr. Louden (uncredited)

1950Rio Grande Patrol as Station Master

1950Lux Video Theatre (1 Episode) as Pop

1950The Cisco Kid (1 Episode) as Sheriff

1950Tea for Two as Unknown

1950Convicted as Parole Board Member (uncredited)

1950The Underworld Story as Mr. Lister (uncredited)

1950Beyond the Purple Hills as Sheriff Whiteside

1950The Gene Autry Show (2, 1, 3, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as The Sheriff, Gil Barnes, Sheriff, Ed, the Sheriff, Sheriff Henry Blake, Deputy Sheriff Peters

1950It's a Small World as Town Doctor

1950The Gunfighter as Ike (uncredited)

1950Comanche Territory as Unknown

1950Unmasked as Saunders

1950Woman in Hiding as Mr. Tullis (uncredited)

1949The Reckless Moment as Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

1949They Live by Night as Hagenheimer

1949Miss Grant Takes Richmond as Councilman Reed (uncredited)

1949The Life of Riley (1 Episode) as Doctor H. Harvey

1949The Lone Ranger (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 Episode) as Jim Lackey, Tim Dillon, Doc Robbins, Sheriff Jim Dixon, Mayor, Clem, Sam Blake, Doc Andrews, Doc Weston, Ed Bates, Fred Niles

1949Leave It to Henry as Attorney

1949Stagecoach Kid as Dabney

1949Death Valley Gunfighter as Vinson McKnight

1949I Cheated the Law as Second Judge

1949He Walked by Night as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)

1949The Accused as Dr. Odolard (uncredited)

1948Gun Smugglers as Dr. B.B. Quillen (uncredited)

1948Hazard as Judge (uncredited)

1948The Arizona Ranger as Stagecoach Agent Payton

1948All My Sons as Judge (uncredited)

1948If You Knew Susie as Sedley (uncredited)

1947The Judge Steps Out as Mr. Parker (uncredited)