Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan
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Born	(1895-07-26)July 26, 1895 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	Sacramento, California, U.S.
Resting place	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Years active	1916 - 1963
Spouse(s)	Rosemarie Gonsalves Mirjanian (1963–1967) Rhea Walker (1957–1959) Helen Stanton (1949–1953) Helen Spetner (1934–1946) Phyllis McClure (1932–1934) Doris Hilda Booth (1930–1931) Marie Prevost (1924–1929) Florence Hart (1920–1922)
Relatives	Otis Harlan (uncle)

Kenneth Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor of the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer types.

Career

A graduate from Fordham University in New York, Harlan spent much of 1916 touring with a company of dancers that headlined future Ziegfeld performer Evan-Burrows Fontaine. His career spanned 25 years and included 200 features and serials, Harlan first entered the motion picture world in 1916 as the leading man under D.W. Griffith. Harlan later played with Constance Talmadge, Lois Weber, Mary Pickford, Katherine MacDonald, Anna May Wong, and others. Harlan was skilled at drama and comedy, and made several westerns.

He made a smooth transition to talkies, even singing in a few films, but his film roles remained minor throughout his later career. Harlan worked until the 1940s and retired in 1963.

Family

Harlan was married eight times, including a marriage to silent screen star Marie Prevost. He was the nephew of long-time actor and comedian Otis Harlan.

Filmography

• The Lash of Power (1917)
• The Price of a Good Time (1917)
• The Flame of the Yukon (1917)
• Cheerful Givers (1917)
• Betsy's Burglar (1917)
• The Law That Divides (1918)
• Her Body in Bond (1918)
• Midnight Madness (1918)
• A Model's Confession (1918)
• The Marriage Lie (1918)
• The Wine Girl (1918)
• The Wife He Bought (1918)
• My Unmarried Wife (1918)
• A Man's Man (1918)
• The Trembling Hour (1919)
• The Hoodlum (1919)
• The Microbe (1919)
• Dangerous Business (1920)
• Love, Honor and Obey (1920)
• The Penalty (1920)
• Going Some (1920)
• Dollars and Sense (1920)
• The Turning Point (1920)
• Dawn of the East (1921)
• Woman's Place (1921)
• The Barricade (1921)
• Nobody (1921)
• Lessons in Love (1921)
• Mama's Affair (1921)
• The Beautiful and Damned (1922)
• Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922)
• The Toll of the Sea (1922)
• The World's a Stage (1922)
• The Married Flapper (1922)
• I Am the Law (1922)
• The Primitive Lover (1922)
• Polly of the Follies (1922)
• Received Payment (1922)
• April Showers (1923)
• The Virginian (1923)
• The Broken Wing (1923)
• A Man's Man (1923)
• East Side - West Side (1923)
• Temporary Marriage (1923)
• Little Church Around the Corner (1923)
• The Girl Who Came Back (1923)
• The Re-Creation of Brian Kent (1925)
• Two Shall Be Born (1924)
• On the Stroke of Three (1924)
• For Another Woman (1924)
• Soiled (1924)
• White Man (1924)
• Butterfly (1924)
• The Man Without a Heart (1924)
• The Virgin (1924)
• Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
• The Golden Strain (1925)
• Bobbed Hair (1925)
• Ranger of the Big Pines (1925)
• The Marriage Whirl (1925)
• Drusilla with a Million (1925)
• The Crowded Hour (1925)
• Twinkletoes (1926)
• The Ice Flood (1926)
• The Sap (1926)
• The King of the Turf (1926)
• The Fighting Edge (1926)
• Willful Youth (1927)
• Streets of Shanghai (1927)
• Cheating Cheaters (1927)
• Stage Kisses (1927)
• Easy Pickings (1927)
• United States Smith (1928)
• Midnight Rose (1928)
• Code of the Air (1928)
• Man, Woman and Wife (1929)
• Under Montana Skies (1930)
• Paradise Island (1930)
• Danger Island (1931)
• Air Police (1931)
• Finger Prints (1931)
• Women Men Marry (1931)
• The Widow in Scarlet (1932)
• The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
• Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
• Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
• Trail Dust (1936)
• Flying Hostess (1936)
• Hideaway Girl (1936)
• They Met in a Taxi (1936)
• The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
• China Clipper (1936)
• Public Enemy's Wife (1936)
• San Francisco (1936)
• The Walking Dead (1936)
• Song of the Saddle (1936)
• Movie Maniacs (1936)
• Man Hunt (1936)
• Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
• The Mysterious Pilot (1937)
• The Shadow Strikes (1937)
• Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
• Wine, Women and Horses (1937)
• Paradise Isle (1937)
• Blazing Sixes (1937)
• Gunsmoke Ranch (1937)
• Marked Woman (1937)
• A Million to One (1937)
• Penrod and Sam (1937)
• The Duke of West Point (1938)
• The Little Adventuress (1938)
• The Headleys at Home (1938)
• Law of the Texan (1938)
• The Wages of Sin (1938)
• Pride of the West (1938)
• Held for Ransom (1938)
• Whirlwind Horseman (1938)
• Under Western Stars (1938)
• Accidents Will Happen (1938)
• Blondes at Work (1938)
• Swing It, Sailor! (1938)
• Saleslady (1938)
• Heroes in Blue (1939)
• Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
• Range War (1939)
• Port of Hate (1939)
• On Trial (1939)
• Sunset Trail (1939)
• Pride of the Bowery (1940)
• Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940)
• A Little Bit of Heaven (1940)
• Prairie Schooners (1940)
• Doomed to Die (1940)
• Murder in the Air (1940)
• Santa Fe Marshal (1940)
• Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941)
• Fighting Bill Fargo (1941)
• Dangerous Lady (1941)
• King of Dodge City (1941)
• Wide Open Town (1941)
• Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
• Desperate Cargo (1941)
• Paper Bullets (1941)
• Secret Evidence (1941)
• Foreign Agent (1942)
• Phantom Killer (1942)
• Bandit Ranger (1942)
• Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
• Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942)
• The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
• The Dawn Express (1942)
• Klondike Fury (1942)
• Black Dragons (1942)
• Sleepytime Gal (1942)
• Nearly Eighteen (1943)
• The Masked Marvel (1943)
• The Underdog (1943)
• Melody Parade (1943)
• The Law Rides Again (1943)
• Girls in Chains (1943)
• Daredevils of the West (1943)
• Wild Horse Stampede (1943)
• You Can't Beat the Law (1943)

File:Kenneth Harlan-Jewel Carmen in Nobody.jpg

Kenneth Harlan and Jewel Carmen in Nobody (1921)

Death

Harlan died from an aneurysm in Sacramento, California and is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

External links

• Kenneth Harlan at the Internet Movie Database
• Kenneth Harlan at IBDb
• Kenneth Harlan at Virtual History
• Kenneth Harlan portrait gallery NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection