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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 20, 1887
Died
March 2, 1946
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Harry Semil
- Harry Semmels
Harry Semels
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.8
Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Riding High
1950
5.7
Bettor (uncredited)
Badman's Territory
1946
6.7
Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)
Road to Utopia
1946
6.2
Townsman (Uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
6.5
Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
The Harvey Girls
1946
5.8
Leader of Caravan
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
🎬
5.2
Tony (uncredited)
Eve Knew Her Apples
1945
6.2
Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
1945
5.4
Peon (uncredited)
Can't Help Singing
1944
6.2
Man in Police Lineup (Uncredited)
Strange Affair
1944
Credits
Riding High
as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
5.8
Badman's Territory
as Bettor (uncredited)
1946
5.7
Road to Utopia
as Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)
1946
6.7
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)
1946
6.2
The Harvey Girls
as Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
1946
6.5
A Thousand and One Nights
as Leader of Caravan
1945
5.8
🎬
Eve Knew Her Apples
as Tony (uncredited)
1945
5.2
I Love a Mystery
as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
1945
6.2
Can't Help Singing
as Peon (uncredited)
1944
5.4
Strange Affair
as Man in Police Lineup (Uncredited)
1944
6.2
Make Your Own Bed
as Pedestrian
1944
5.8
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
1943
6.2
Dizzy Pilots
as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
1943
6.9
A Lady Takes a Chance
as Greek
1943
5.6
Slightly Dangerous
as Italian at concert (uncredited)
1943
6.1
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Greek Florist
1943
5.6
The Hard Way
as Passerby (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
Reunion in France
as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Road to Morocco
as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Moontide
as Waiter (uncredited)
1942
6.3
Two Yanks in Trinidad
as Waiter (uncredited)
1942
2.5
Woman of the Year
as Mug (uncredited)
1942
6.9
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Saloon Bouncer
1942
4.7
She's Oil Mine
as Referee
1941
6.5
General Nuisance
as Latin America Delagate
1941
6.0
Little Nellie Kelly
as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
1940
6.7
Seven Sinners
as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
1940
5.8
North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed Archer
1940
6.4
The Great Dictator
as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
1940
8.3
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Comrade
1940
0.0
He Stayed for Breakfast
as Communist
1940
0.0
Kit Carson
as Aide
1940
6.1
Foreign Correspondent
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
1940
7.0
They Drive by Night
as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
1940
6.9
New Moon
as Bondsman
1940
6.5
Phantom Raiders
as Cafe Bartender
1940
6.1
And One Was Beautiful
as Courtroom Spectator
1940
6.2
Strange Cargo
as Convict (uncredited)
1940
7.0
Balalaika
as (uncredited)
1939
4.4
Crashing Thru
as Man Who Reports Gunfight
1939
6.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Neighbor
1939
2.0
Ninotchka
as Gurganov (uncredited)
1939
7.5
The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
1939
5.8
Overland Mail
as Pancho
1939
2.0
Thunder Afloat
as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
1939
5.9
Midnight
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1939
7.3
Star Reporter
as Mike
1939
3.4
King of the Turf
as Coffee Pot Proprietor
1939
7.0
Three Little Sew and Sews
as Count Alfred Gehrol
1939
6.8
Flirting with Fate
as Member of Sancho's Band
1938
6.5
You Can't Take It with You
as Man (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Marie Antoinette
as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
1938
6.5
I'll Give a Million
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)
1938
5.7
The Girl of the Golden West
as Peon Servant
1938
4.6
State Police
as Albert Morton
1938
6.0
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Wells Fargo
as Minor Role
1937
5.2
Missing Witnesses
as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
1937
5.5
Hollywood Round-Up
as Tony Papalini
1937
4.4
Hot Water
as Barber (uncredited)
1937
5.0
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
1937
6.1
The Last Train from Madrid
as Guard (uncredited)
1937
4.3
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
1937
7.0
The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)
1937
6.5
Midnight Taxi
as Joe, Counterman
1937
5.0
🎬
New News
as Prince Albert
1937
0.0
🎬
Swing It Professor
as Angelo
1937
0.0
Midnight Blunders
as Dr. Wong (uncredited)
1936
4.3
More Than a Secretary
as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
1936
6.4
The Gay Desperado
as Manuel
1936
2.8
The Luckiest Girl in the World
as Bum
1936
7.5
Anthony Adverse
as Lottery Celebrant
1936
5.7
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
1936
6.8
Disorder in the Court
as District Attorney (uncredited)
1936
6.7
Human Cargo
as Barreto
1936
6.0
One Rainy Afternoon
as Clerk (Uncredited)
1936
4.8
Give Us This Night
as Prisoner
1936
7.0
Movie Maniacs
as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
1936
5.6
I'll Name the Murderer
as Luigi
1936
4.2
🎬
I Don't Remember
as 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
1935
2.0
I Live My Life
as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
1935
6.4
Les Misérables
as Cochepaille
1935
7.2
Stone of Silver Creek
as R. J. Simmons
1935
0.0
The Revenge Rider
as Henchman Rankin
1935
0.0
The Wedding Night
as Wedding Guest
1935
5.8
🎬
One Too Many
1934
0.0
Mills of the Gods
1934
0.0
Broadway Bill
as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
1934
6.0
I Sell Anything
as Statue Smasher (uncredited)
1934
4.5
Our Daily Bread
as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
1934
6.7
Rocky Rhodes
as Dick Boggs
1934
0.0
Down to Their Last Yacht
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Twentieth Century
as Poster Artist (uncredited)
1934
6.8
A Very Honorable Guy
as Greek
1934
2.0
It Happened One Night
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
1934
7.8
Bridal Bail
as Hotel Manager
1934
3.0
Bombay Mail
as Platform Conductor
1934
6.0
I Am Suzanne!
as Balcony Spectator
1933
6.2
King of the Wild Horses
as John Foster
1933
0.0
The Bowery
as Artist (uncredited)
1933
5.0
Damaged Lives
as Waiter
1933
4.3
Torch Singer
as Waiter in Bistro
1933
5.2
Baby Face
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
1933
7.2
Hold Your Man
as Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)
1933
5.8
The Thrill Hunter
as Henchman Lou Norton
1933
5.7
Elmer, the Great
as Waiter (uncredited)
1933
4.9
Drum Taps
as Henchman Pete
1933
4.5
Young Blood
as Tony Murullo
1932
0.0
Virtue
as Tony (uncredited)
1932
6.4
Texas Buddies
as Ken Kincaid
1932
6.0
Vanity Street
as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
1932
6.8
Tiger Shark
as Crewman (uncredited)
1932
6.3
American Madness
1932
6.8
Ghost Valley
as Pawnee
1932
4.0
This Is the Night
as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
1932
5.3
South of the Rio Grande
as Bandido Leader
1932
8.0
Sin's Pay Day
as Louie Joe
1932
5.2
Sally of the Subway
as Leopold Von Trump
1932
6.0
Night Beat
as Enricco Pommetti
1931
5.5
Safe in Hell
as Jury Member (uncredited)
1931
6.6
Suicide Fleet
as Havana Merchant (uncredited)
1931
4.3
Platinum Blonde
as Waiter (uncredited)
1931
6.6
The Yellow Ticket
as Jailer
1931
4.7
Dishonored
1931
6.8
Dance, Fools, Dance
as Emilio (uncredited)
1931
6.4
Command Performance
as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
1931
4.1
The Lion and the Lamb
as Second Lascar
1931
0.0
Captain Thunder
as Barfly
1930
3.8
Hell's Angels
as Anarchist (uncredited)
1930
6.4
The Bad Man
as Jose
1930
0.0
Those Who Dance
as Hood
1930
6.0
The Delightful Rogue
as Hymie
1929
0.0
Big News
as Reno Henchman (uncredited)
1929
4.2
Movie Night
as Movie Patron
1929
6.0
Hawk of the Hills
as Sheckard
1929
4.0
The Royal Rider
as Parvene
1929
0.0
Weary River
as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
1929
5.7
Riley the Cop
as French Policeman
1928
5.6
Virgin Lips
as Patron
1928
1.0
Beware of Blondes
as Portugee Joe
1928
4.0
The Yellow Cameo
as Black Gavin
1928
0.0
The Desert Bride
as Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
1928
4.7
The Last Command
as A Soldier (uncredited)
1928
7.3
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
1927
7.8
The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927
0.0
The House Without a Key
as Saladine
1926
0.0
The Demon
as Joseph Lomax
1926
0.0
Play Ball
as Count Segundo
1925
0.0
The Crackerjack
as Guard
1925
6.0
Into the Net
as Ivan Invanovitch
1924
0.0
Plunder
as Jude Deering
1923
0.0
Speed
as Jim Sprague
1922
0.0
Hurricane Hutch
as Jim Tiegerley
1921
6.0
The Sky Ranger
as Dr. Santro
1921
0.0
Rogues and Romance
as Pedro Pezet
1920
0.0
The Phantom Foe
as The Phantom Foe
1920
0.0
Bound and Gagged
as Don Esteban Carnero
1919
0.0
The American Way
as Half Breed
1919
0.0
A Fallen Idol
as Tushau
1919
0.0
Here Comes the Bride
as Sevier
1919
0.0
The Black Secret
1919
0.0