Harry T. Morey
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Harry Temple Morey was an American
stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly two hundred films during his career.
Born in Charlotte, Michigan
, Morey began acting career on the stage. In 1909, Morey joined the Vitagraph Film Company, making him a member the original Vitagraph stock company of actors. He made his film debut in 1910, opposite actors Maurice Costello
and Earle Williams
in the Van Dyke Brooke
-directed dramatic short Capital vs. Labor. He would spend the early 1910s appearing opposite such popular actors of the era as John Bunny
, Flora Finch
, Julia Swayne Gordon
, Florence Turner
, Edith Storey and William Shea
.
Morey would make his final film appearance in the 1934 Ralph Staub
-directed comedy short Very Close Veins opposite actors Ben Blue
and Shemp Howard.
Morey died in Brooklyn
, New York
, USA in 1936 at the age of 62 of a lung abscess.
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stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly two hundred films during his career.
Born in Charlotte, Michigan
Charlotte, Michigan
Charlotte is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 9,074. It is the county seat of Eaton County....
, Morey began acting career on the stage. In 1909, Morey joined the Vitagraph Film Company, making him a member the original Vitagraph stock company of actors. He made his film debut in 1910, opposite actors Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello was a prominent vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s, who later played a principal role in early American films, as both a leading man, supporting player and a director....
and Earle Williams
Earle Williams
Earle Williams was a silent film star....
in the Van Dyke Brooke
Van Dyke Brooke
Van Dyke Brooke was an early American film director, whose works include The Reprieve: An Episode in the Life of Abraham Lincoln and Lights of New York .-External links:...
-directed dramatic short Capital vs. Labor. He would spend the early 1910s appearing opposite such popular actors of the era as John Bunny
John Bunny
John Bunny was an American actor and was one of the first comic stars of the motion picture era. Between 1910 and his death in 1915 Bunny was one of the top stars of early silent film, as well as an early example of celebrity...
, Flora Finch
Flora Finch
Flora Finch was an English-born film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company.-Early life and career:...
, Julia Swayne Gordon
Julia Swayne Gordon
Julia Swayne Gordon , was an American actress. She appeared in 228 films between 1908 to 1933.Born in Columbus, Ohio, she starred in the first film version of the Lady Godiva legend in 1911...
, Florence Turner
Florence Turner
Florence Turner was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films.Born in New York City, she was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by her ambitious mother...
, Edith Storey and William Shea
William Shea
William Alfred "Bill" Shea was an American lawyer and a name partner of the prominent law firm of Shea & Gould...
.
Morey would make his final film appearance in the 1934 Ralph Staub
Ralph Staub
Ralph Staub was a movie director, writer and producer.Three of his short subjects in the Screen Snapshots series have been nominated for the Academy Award and he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1752 Vine Street in Hollywood, California, USA.-Selected filmography:* As Director**...
-directed comedy short Very Close Veins opposite actors Ben Blue
Ben Blue
Ben Blue , born Benjamin Bernstein, was a Canadian-American actor and comedian.Born to a Jewish family in Montreal, Quebec, at the age of nine, Blue emigrated to Baltimore in the United States where he won a contest for the best impersonation of Charlie Chaplin...
and Shemp Howard.
Morey died in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
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, New York
New York City
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, USA in 1936 at the age of 62 of a lung abscess.
Selected filmography
- All for a GirlAll for a Girl (1912 film)All for a Girl is a 1912 American short silent film romantic comedy, directed by Frederick A. Thomson and written by Wallace Reid.-Cast:*Dorothy Kelly .... Claire Taylor*Leah Baird .... Mrs. Gardner*Kate Price .... The Cook...
(1912) - Our WivesOur WivesOur Wives is a 1913 comedy short silent film, written by Anthony E. Wills, and directed by James Lackaye.-Cast:* Harry T. Morey ... Rosweel Chandler* Louise Beaudet ... Mrs. Rosweel Chandler* Lillian Walker ... Belle* Wally Van ... Walter Blair...
(1913) - Wildness of YouthWildness of YouthWildness of Youth is a 1922 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Virginia Pearson, Harry T. Morey and Mary Anderson.-Plot:Spoiled son Andrew Kane competes with James Surbrun for the affections of wild child Julie Grayton . Kane is convicted of murdering Surbrun, but later exonerated., p...
(1922) - Beyond the RainbowBeyond the RainbowBeyond the Rainbow is an American silent film starring Billie Dove and Harry T. Morey. The film is also notable as the first film actress Clara Bow appeared in.-Synopsis:...
(1923) - Where the Pavement EndsWhere the Pavement Ends (1923 film)Where the Pavement Ends is a silent tropical romance drama directed by Rex Ingram on location in Cuba and starring his wife Alice Terry and Ramón Novarro. The film was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. It is now considered a lost film....
(1923) - The Green GoddessThe Green Goddess (1923 film)The Green Goddess is a 1923 silent adventure film based on play of the same name by William Archer. Set during the British Raj, it stars George Arliss as the Rajah of Rukh, into whose land arrive three British subjects, played by Alice Joyce, David Powell, and Harry T. Morey. Arliss and Ivan F...
(1923) - Aloma of the South SeasAloma of the South Seas (1926 film)Aloma of the South Seas is a 1926 silent film starring Gilda Gray as an erotic dancer. It was filmed in Puerto Rico and Bermuda. It was based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. Grossing US$3 million in the US alone, it was the most successful film of 1926 and the...
(1926) - The Return of Sherlock HolmesThe Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929 film)The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1929 American mystery film directed by Basil Dean and starring Clive Brook, H. Reeves-Smith and Betty Lawford. The film is loosely based on The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle.-Cast:...
(1929)