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Harry Green

1892 – 1958

Director, Producer, Performer ( b. Apr 01, 1892 New York, New York, USA - d. May 31, 1958 London, ENGLAND ) Male

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Lived 1892 – 1958 (aged 66). Harry Green was an American actor.

Harry Green (April 1, 1892 – May 31, 1958) was an actor in vaudeville, films, and television in the United States and Britain. He worked for Paramount Pictures and then Fox Film. He portrayed Jewish characters. He also performed as a magician and authored Harry Green Says You Are a Magician.

Biography Harry Green was born in New York as Henry Blitzer on April 1, 1892. He trained as a lawyer before working as an actor in vaudeville in the U.S., then films, and them in England. In the 1910s he performed as part of Ross & Green. Their repertoire included "The Hebrew Jockey and the Sport". He went solo performing the one-act satirical play The Cherry Tree as a character named George Washington Cohen.

His wife's name was Alva and they had two children, David and Roland.

He corresponded with Paul Swan.

He died in Edgware on May 31, 1958 after collapsing backstage at the televised play Poet's Corner.

Filmography Close Harmony (1929) as Max Mindel Why Bring That Up? (1929) as Irving The Man I Love (1929) as Curly Bloom The Kibitzer (1930) as Ike Laxarus, a Paramount film Honey (1930) as J. William Burnstein Sea Legs (1930) as Gabriel Grabowski Be Yourself! (1930) as Harry Field The Spoilers (1930) as Herman True to the Navy (1930) as Solomon Bimberg Paramount on Parade (1930) as Isadore the Toreador No Limit (1931) as Maxie Mindil This Day and Age (1933) as Herman Too Much Harmony (1933) as Max Merlin Mr. Skitch (1933) as Sam Cohen Wild Gold (1934) as J. "Jake" Lorillard Pushkin Bottoms Up (1934) Born to Be Bad (1934) as Adolphe She Learned About Sailors (1934) as Jose Pedro Alesandro Lopez Rubinstein Love Time (1934) as Adam Coming Out Party (1934) as Harry Gold The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939) as Teasdale Star Dust (1940) as Bird man

British Marry Me (1932) A Date with a Dream (1948) as Syd Marlish Glad Tidings (1953) as Golfer Joe MacBeth (1955) as Big Dutch Isidor Comes To Town (1954) Joe MacBeth (1955) as Big Dutch An Alligator Named Daisy (1955) as Irving J. Rosenbloom A King in New York (1957) as King Shahdov's Attorney Next to No Time (1958) as Saul Wiener Three Tough Guys, a television series Poet's Corner, television show; he died backstage during the shoot

Theater Potash and Perlmutter as Perlmutter

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Who was Harry Green?

Director, Producer, Performer ( b. Apr 01, 1892 New York, New York, USA - d. May 31, 1958 London, ENGLAND ) Male

When was Harry Green born?

Harry Green was born on 1 April 1892 in New York City.

When did Harry Green die?

Harry Green died on 31 May 1958 in London.

What was Harry Green's occupation?

Harry Green was an actor.

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Harry Green was American.

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· Wikipedia: Harry Green

· Wikidata: Q110225669

· DBpedia: Harry Green (actor)

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