Personal Info
Birth date
1887-10-08 (137 Years)
Day of death
1960-09-14
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Oslo, Norway
Also known as
Henry Olaf Hansen
Harry Tennebrook
Harry Timbrook
Harry Tenbrook
Biography
Harry Tenbrook was a Norwegian-born American film actor. Henry Olaf Hansen was born in Christiania, Norway. His family migrated to the United States in 1892. Under the stage name, Harry Tenbrook, he appeared in some 332 films between 1911 and 1960.
Filmography
Baby Face
7.256
Overview:
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.King Kong
7.596
Overview:
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.Singin' in the Rain
8.147
Overview:
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.Stagecoach
7.624
Overview:
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.Scarface
7.4
Overview:
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.849
Overview:
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.Easter Parade
7
Overview:
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.Inherit the Wind
7.661
Overview:
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.The Grapes of Wrath
7.821
Overview:
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.Fort Apache
7.001
Overview:
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.You and Me
6.679
Overview:
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Among his 'employed-prison-graduates' are Helen Roberts and Joe Dennis, working as sales clerks. Joe is in love with Helen and asks her to marry him, but she is forbidden to marry as she is still on parole, but she says yes and they are married. In spite of their poverty-level life, their marriage is a happy one until Joe discovers she has lied about her past, in order to marry him. Disillusioned, he leaves, goes back to his old gang and plans to rob the department store.The Lost Weekend
7.628
Overview:
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.The Last Hurrah
7.1
Overview:
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.Calamity Jane
7
Overview:
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.The Thin Man
7.494
Overview:
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.Batman
6.4
Overview:
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.O. Henry's Full House
6.541
Overview:
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".Lady for a Day
7
Overview:
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.Pickup on South Street
7.366
Overview:
In New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified information to the communists, Candy, who has been trailed by FBI agents for months in hopes of nabbing the spy ringleader, is sent by her ex-boyfriend, Joey, to find Skip and retrieve the valuable microfilm he now holds.The Son of Kong
5.4
Overview:
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.Texas
6.5
Overview:
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. They decide to rob the robbers and make off with the loot. To escape a posse, they split up and don't see each other again for a long time. When they do meet up again, they find themselves on different sides of the law. This leads to the increasing estrangement of the two men, who once thought of themselves as brothers.3 Godfathers
6.74
Overview:
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.Pinky
7.1
Overview:
Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.The Far Country
6.9
Overview:
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.The Ghost of Frankenstein
5.8
Overview:
Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can rule the world using the monster's body, but the plan goes sour when he turns malevolent and goes on a rampage.Woman of the Year
6.892
Overview:
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.Shockproof
6.359
Overview:
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.Acting
1960Inherit the Wind as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
1958The Last Hurrah as Caterer at Wake (uncredited)
1955Mister Roberts as Cookie
1955The Long Gray Line as Waiter (uncredited)
1954The Far Country as Townsman (uncredited)
1953Calamity Jane as Townsman (uncredited)
1953Pony Express as Townsman (uncredited)
1953Pickup on South Street as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
1952O. Henry's Full House as Bar Customer (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
1952Singin' in the Rain as Sound Technician (uncredited)
1951The Lady and the Bandit as Pub Customer
1951Gunplay as Henchman Extra
1950Frenchie as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
1950California Passage as Townsman (uncredited)
1950Devil's Doorway as Townsman (uncredited)
1950The Gunfighter as Townsman (uncredited)
1950The Outriders as Prisoner (uncredited)
1950The Secret Fury as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
1950When Willie Comes Marching Home as Joe - Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1949Pinky as Townsman (uncredited)
1949Mr. Soft Touch as Bystander at Fire (Uncredited)
1949Special Agent as Logger (uncredited)
1949The Set-Up as Fight Spectator Behind the Glutton (uncredited)
1949Shockproof as Job Applicant (Uncredited)
19483 Godfathers as Bartender (uncredited)
1948Easter Parade as Pedestrian (uncredited)
1948Fort Apache as Tom O'Feeney (uncredited)
1947My Brother Talks to Horses as Bank Guard (uncredited)
1946The Hoodlum Saint as Mug (uncredited)
1945They Were Expendable as 'Squarehead' Larsen SC 2c
1945The Lost Weekend as Drunk in Alcoholic Ward (uncredited)
1945Where the Pest Begins as Removal Man (uncredited)
1944Belle of the Yukon as Harry (uncredited)
1944Sailor's Holiday as Unknown
1943The Texas Kid as Henchman
1943Government Girl as Military Policeman (uncredited)
1943Swing Shift Maisie as Man in Employment Line (Uncredited)
1943Batman as Bartender
1943The Moon Is Down as Miner (uncredited)
1942Mug Town as Railroad Bull
1942Lucky Legs as Dan
1942Overland Mail as Miles - Stage Driver
1942Sabotage Squad as Unspecified Saboteur
1942In Old California as Saloon Waiter
1942Two Yanks in Trinidad as Mug (uncredited)
1942The Ghost of Frankenstein as Villager at Hearing (uncredited)
1942The Adventures of Martin Eden as Unknown
1942Stagecoach Buckaroo as Unknown
1942Woman of the Year as Mug (uncredited)
1942Fly By Night as Truck Driver (Uncredited)
1941Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. as Junction Heavy 2
1941Among the Living as Unknown
1941Texas as Handler / Cornerman at Fight
1941Manpower as Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)
1941Billy the Kid as Man with Rifle Behind Barred Window (uncredited)
1941The Lady from Cheyenne as Bartender
1941Come Live with Me as Diner (uncredited)
1940Chad Hanna as Canvasman
1940The Long Voyage Home as Max
1940The Green Archer as Vrooner
1940Glamour for Sale as Mugg (uncredited)
1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Night Court Spectator (uncredited)
1940Winners of the West as Rooney
1940Johnny Apollo as Guard Escorting Apollo (uncredited)
1940The Grapes of Wrath as Deputy / Troublemaker (uncredited)
1940Black Friday as Cabbie
1940The Green Hornet as Meadows' Garage Lookout / Policeman (uncredited)
1940The Shadow as Adams
1939Swanee River as Jim, Saloon Waiter
1939Destry Rides Again as Stage Shotgun Rider
1939Chip of the Flying U as Foreign Agent's Henchman
1939The Marshal Of Mesa City as Townsman (uncredited)
1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1939Oklahoma Frontier as Henchman Grimes
1939Blackmail as Truck Driver at Gas Station (uncredited)
1939Daughter of the Tong as Henchman Sam
1939Our Leading Citizen as Workman
1939Each Dawn I Die as Convict (uncredited)
1939The Oregon Trail as Henchman
1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Harry
1939Hotel Imperial as Sentry (uncredited)
1939Mandrake the Magician as Streeter
1939The Lady and the Mob as Henchman
1939The Oklahoma Kid as Juror #4 (uncredited)
1939Stagecoach as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1939Let Freedom Ring as Barfly (uncredited)
1938Professor Beware as Brawler
1938Racket Busters as Martin's Henchman (uncredited)
1938You and Me as Bartender (uncredited)
1938Kidnapped as Crewman
1938Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Male Nurse in Sanitarium (uncredited)
1938He Couldn't Say No as Jostled Subway Rider Taking Seat
1938A Slight Case of Murder as The Stranger
1938The Ship That Died as Crewman of Rescue Ship (uncredited)
1938The Jury's Secret as Bit Role
1937You're a Sweetheart as Potential Bodyguard (uncredited)
1937Music for Madame as Electrician (Uncredited)
1937Radio Patrol as Henchman
1937The Grand Bounce as Doran Hoodlum (uncredited)
1937Behind The Headlines as Barfly
1937Midnight Court as Party Guest
1937Hit the Saddle as Joe Harvey - McGowan Henchman
1937Sea Devils as Sailor (uncredited)
1937Man Of The People as Tough on Picnic Platform
1937Jail Bait as Prison guard (uncredited)
1936Slippery Silks as Mulvaney (uncredited)
1936Great Guy as Joe (Uncredited)
1936Come and Get It as Lumberjack (uncredited)
1936Women Are Trouble as Strong-Arm Man
1936Mister Smarty as Lumber Delivery Man
1936High Tension as Second Bartender
1936Panic on the Air as Taxi Driver
1936Movie Maniacs as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
1936You May Be Next! as Ernie--Henchman (uncredited)
1935Millions in the Air as Mike
1935Frisco Kid as Vigilante (uncredited)
1935O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Circus Worker
1935The Daring Young Man as Convict
1935Stranded as Bleekman, Sharkey's Thugr (uncredited)
1935The Informer as Admirer
1935Vagabond Lady as Yelling Sailor (uncredited)
1935Strangers All as Courtroom Spectator
1935Naughty Marietta as Prospective Groom (uncredited)
1935The Best Man Wins as Seaman
1934The Gay Bride as Scared mechanic with armored car (uncredited)
1934Counsel on De Fence as Taxi Driver
1934Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Gangster with Mike
1934Blind Date as Taxi Driver
1934The Thin Man as Guest at Nick's Party (uncredited)
1934Lazy River as Search Officer on Coast Guard Ship
1934School for Romance as Cab Driver
1933The Son of Kong as Tommy, a Sailor
1933Lady Killer as Unknown
1933Lady for a Day as Reception Guest (uncredited)
1933Penthouse as Customer at Crelliman's Place (uncredited)
1933Gordon of Ghost City as Bushwacker
1933Baby Face as Laborer (uncredited)
1933Pilgrimage as Unknown
1933The Woman I Stole as Oil Worker
1933King Kong as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
193220,000 Years in Sing Sing as Convict (uncredited)
1932Afraid to Talk as Spike - Henchman
1932Scarlet Dawn as Revolutionary (Uncredited)
1932Come on Danger! as Bill - Henchman
1932The Thirteenth Guest as Cabby (uncredited)
1932Heroes of the West as Butch Gore
1932Scarface as One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
1932The Wet Parade as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1932Behind the Mask as Man in Black / Henchman in Boat
1932Fireman, Save My Child as St. Louis Team Trainer
1932The Greeks Had a Word for Them as Taxi Driver
1932Panama Flo as Bartender at Sadie's Place
1931Taxi! as Cab Driver Tom (uncredited)
1931Suicide Fleet as Jim (uncredited)
1931The Yellow Ticket as Train Porter
1931The Star Witness as Henchman (uncredited)
1931Young Donovan's Kid as Spike Doyle
1930The Sea Wolf as Axel Johnson
1930The Last of the Duanes as Henchman
1930On the Level as Dawson
1930Born Reckless as Beretti Henchman
1930The Runaway Bride as Whitey
1930Alias French Gertie as Marty
1930Double Cross Roads as Wilson's Driver
1930Men Without Women as Dutch Winkler
1929Dance Hall as Nightclub Bouncer
1929Salute as Assistant Navy Coach (uncredited)
1929Eyes of the Underworld as Gimpy Johnson
1929Seven Footprints to Satan as Eve's Chauffeur
1928Danger Street as Borg
1928The Play Girl as The Chauffeur
1928The Smart Set as Tommy's Chauffeur
1928Sharp Shooters as Hood (uncredited)
1927The Outlaw Dog as Mike
1927Thunderbolt's Tracks as Corporal Biff Flannagan
1927Set Free as Jim Hart
1925The Silent Guardian as Job Stevens
1925Innocent Husbands as Taxi driver (uncredited)
1925Mistaken Orders as Tony Sharkey
1925The Burning Trail as Reginald Cholmondeley
1924The Measure of a Man as Charley
1923Kindled Courage as Sid Garrett
1922The Third Alarm as Surly Laborer (uncredited)
1922Sky High as Bartender (uncredited)
1920The Fightin' Terror as Unknown
1920The Honey Bee as Apache
1918Thieves' Gold as "Colonel" Betoski
1914Universal Ike Junior in Me, Him, and I as Harry
1912An Indian Outcast as Black Pete, a Renegade
1912A Daughter of the Redskins as Lieutenant Lee, U.S.A.
Writing
1981The New Deal for Artists ... Writers' Assistant