Biography

For over 30 years he was a fixture in Hollywood films that were set in England, Ireland or Scotland, His first film appearance was as Jock Gordon in The Lilac Sunbonnet (1922) which told the story of a supposedly innocent young girl who is anything but as an ingenue. Harvey played a man smitten with love. During his time in Hollywood, he made some 116 films 14 of which were silents, when sound came his character roles developed with the sound of his voice often being cast as a cockney tradesman, family gardener or a pub inhabitant. His more famous roles came in the 30's when he was cast as Beamish , part of a scheming safari group in the Johnny Weissmuller film Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). In 1933, he was cast as Herbert the innkeeper, in the classic The Invisible Man (1933) opposite Una O'Connor as his wife and they all but stole the film from Claude Rains. Other roles included Bradshaw in Frank Capra's Broadway Bill (1934), Twiddle in The Wolf Man (1941), and Mr Huggins in Mrs. Miniver (1942).
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He has appeared in five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Red Dust (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), Tarzan and His Mate (1934), Rebecca (1940) and Mrs. Miniver (1942).

Appeared in seven Academy Award for Best Picture nominees: Shanghai Express (1932), Smilin' Through (1932), Lady for a Day (1933), A Tale of Two Cities (1935), Captain Blood (1935), Rebecca (1940) and Mrs. Miniver (1942). The last two won.

For Laurel and Hardy fans he'll be remembered for his role of Merdith the valet to Stan's morphed character of Lord Paddington in A Chump at Oxford.