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person_profile-Harlan Briggs

Harlan Briggs Died at age: 72

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Harlan Briggs

Date of Birth:

Aug 17, 1879

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jan 26, 1952

Biography of

Harlan Briggs

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career.

    Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law.

    His acting career began in vaudeville at around the beginning of the 20th century. He would make his Broadway debut in 1926, in the drama Up the Line. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1935. On August 6, 1929 he began a successful run in the featured role of G. A. Appleby in It's a Wise Child at the Belasco Theatre. In 1934 he had another featured role in the successful play Dodsworth, as Tubby Pearson. The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 24, 1934 and ran for 147 performances, starring Walter Huston as Samuel Dodsworth. After a six-week hiatus, the show reopened at the Shubert on August 20 and ran for an additional 168 performances. When Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights to the play, Briggs was one of two of the original Broadway cast to reprise their roles in the film, the other being Huston in the title role.

    Briggs would focus on his film career for the remainder of the 1930s, before returning to Broadway in the 1940s, combining both stage and screen performances during that decade. The most successful of his Broadway appearances in the 1940s was as Constable Small in Ramshackle Inn, which featured ZaSu Pitts in her Broadway debut. The Story of Mary Surratt, in which Briggs appeared in 1947, was Briggs' 400th play.

    Beginning with Dodsworth, Briggs worked consistently in films over the next 16 years, until his death in 1952, appearing in over 100 films. His most famous role was as Dr. Stall in the 1940 comedy classic The Bank Dick, starring W.C. Fields. Other notable films in which he appeared include After the Thin Man (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), State Fair (1945), Night and Day (1946), Little Women (1949), Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), and Carrie (1952). The last film on which Briggs worked was The Sea Hornet, which was in production in April and May 1951, and released later that year.

    On January 26, 1952, Briggs died in Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital from complications resulting from a heart attack. His death occurred almost half a year prior to the release of Carrie.

    Briggs married actress Viola Scott on July 3, 1914. They had four sons.

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Harlan Briggs

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Filmography of

Harlan Briggs

Found 66 Movies in total

Carrie

Joe Brant ( Actor )

... 1952

The Sea Hornet

Watchman ( Actor )

... 1951

A Double Life

Oscar Bernard ( Actor )

... 1947

Cynthia

J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware ( Actor )

... 1947

Danger Street

Darnstein ( Actor )

... 1947

Spoilers of the North

Salty ( Actor )

... 1947

Humoresque

Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947

Magnificent Doll

Quinn ( Actor )

... 1946

Personality Kid

Mr. Howard ( Actor )

... 1946

Canyon Passage

Dr. Balance ( Actor )

... 1946

My Pal Trigger

Dr. Bentley ( Actor )

... 1946

Mysterious Intruder

Mr. Brown ( Actor )

... 1946

Conflict

Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

There's One Born Every Minute

Luke Simpson ( Actor )

... 1942

The Remarkable Andrew

Sheriff Clem Watkins ( Actor )

... 1942

The Vanishing Virginian

Mr. Rogard ( Actor )

... 1942

Among the Living

Judge ( Actor )

... 1941

One Foot in Heaven

Mac MacFarland (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Bank Dick

Doctor Stall ( Actor )

... 1940

I Love You Again

Mayor Carver (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Lucky Partners

Mayor ( Actor )

... 1940

Brother Orchid

Thomas A. Bailey - Acme Paving (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Edison, the Man

Bisbee ( Actor )

... 1940

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

San Francisco Coroner ( Actor )

... 1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

Denton Offut ( Actor )

... 1940

Young as You Feel

Dr. Kinsley ( Actor )

... 1940

My Little Chickadee

Hotel Clerk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Foreman in Jury ( Actor )

... 1940

Bad Little Angel

Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Edwards (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

5th Ave Girl

Stanton (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Flight at Midnight

'Pop' Hussey ( Actor )

... 1939

The Man They Could Not Hang

Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Frontier Marshal

Editor ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Takes a Vacation

Mr. Holden ( Actor )

... 1939

Maisie

Deputy Sheriff Cal Hoskins ( Actor )

... 1939

Tell No Tales

Davie Bryant ( Actor )

... 1939

Calling Dr. Kildare

James Galt ( Actor )

... 1939

Cafe Society

Justice of the Peace ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Made for Each Other

Judge (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Boy Trouble

Mr. Pike ( Actor )

... 1939

The Mysterious Miss X

Charlie Graham ( Actor )

... 1939

A Man to Remember

Homer Ramsey ( Actor )

... 1938

Meet the Girls

Ship's Captain ( Actor )

... 1938

Sing, You Sinners

Customer at Gas Station (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

The Missing Guest

Frank Kendall - Editor ( Actor )

... 1938

Having Wonderful Time

Mr. Shaw ( Actor )

... 1938

One Wild Night

Mayor ( Actor )

... 1938

You and Me

Thomas McTavish (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Reckless Living

'Colonel' Harris ( Actor )

... 1938

A Yank at Oxford

Printer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Quick Money

Thorndyke Barnsdale ( Actor )

... 1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Mr. Virgil Miller ( Actor )

... 1937

Live, Love and Learn

Justice of The Peace ( Actor )

... 1937

Trouble at Midnight

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1937

Behind the Mike

Sheriff ( Actor )

... 1937

Exclusive

Springer ( Actor )

... 1937

Stella Dallas

Mr. Beamer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Easy Living

Magazine Office Manager ( Actor )

... 1937

Riding on Air

Mr. Harrison ( Actor )

... 1937

Marked Woman

Sad Man in Nightclub (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

A Family Affair

Oscar Stubbins ( Actor )

... 1937

Happy Go Lucky

U.S. Consul E.R. Brown ( Actor )

... 1936

Mad Holiday

Mr. Kinney ( Actor )

... 1936

Dodsworth

Tubby Pearson ( Actor )

... 1936