Harry Wilson (actor)
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| Harry Wilson | |
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| Born | 22 November 1897 London, England, UK |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Resting place | Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery |
| Years active | 1928-65 |
Harry Wilson (22 November 1897 – 6 September 1978) was an English-born American character actor who appeared in over 300 films[1] from 1928 to 1965 and proudly proclaimed himself "Hollywood's ugliest man".[2]
His distinctive facial features and voice (often said to be the result of acromegaly, a disorder of the pituitary gland, although they do not fully meet the criteria) often led to him being cast as various henchmen, thugs, convicts and brawlers. His best-known roles include a Winkie Guard in The Wizard of Oz (1939); the (female!) monster in Frankenstein's Daughter (1958); and together with Mike Mazurki the henchman of George Raft's "Spats Colombo" in Some Like It Hot (1959).
For over fifteen years Wilson was a stand-in for Wallace Beery, and he is the grandfather of actress Shauna Bloom. Wilson died in 1978, aged 80.
Selected filmography
- The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
- How the West Was Won (1962)
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
- Ocean's 11 (1960)
- Some Like It Hot (1959)
- Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
- Them! (1954)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
- All the King's Men (1949)
- The Paleface (1948)
- Brute Force (1947)
- The Lost Weekend (1945)
- The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
- Hold That Ghost (1941)
- Go West (1940)
- One Million B.C. (1940)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Winkie (uncredited)
- The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
- Topper (1937)
- A Day at the Races (1937)
- You Only Live Once (1937)
- Flash Gordon (1936)
- Les Misérables (1935)
- The Big House (1930)
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- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933489/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t50
- ↑ Slide, Anthony: Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players and Stand-Ins, Univ. Press of Mississippi, ISBN 978-1617034749, p110
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