Kenneth Harlan

Personal Info

Birthday

July 26, 1895

Day of Death

1967-03-06

(71 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Kenneth Daniel Harlan

Ken Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Biography

Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.

Known For

Doomed to Die

The World's a Stage

The Corpse Vanishes

Heroes in Blue

The Penalty

The Toll of the Sea

Marked Woman

Midnight Rose

Filmography

1943
Nearly Eighteen
as Sammy Klein
The Masked Marvel
as Gas Works Policeman
The Underdog
as Eddie Mohr
Melody Parade
as Jedson
The Law Rides Again
as John Hampton, Indian Agent
Daredevils of the West
as Territorial Commissioner
Wild Horse Stampede
as Borman
You Can't Beat the Law
as First Warden
1942
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Cutler
You Can't Escape Forever
as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
Foreign Agent
as George "Mack" McColl
Phantom Killer
as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Bandit Ranger
as Mark Kenyon
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Captain Sneed
The Corpse Vanishes
as Editor Keenan
The Dawn Express
as Agent Brown
Klondike Fury
as Flight Dispatcher
Black Dragons
as FBI Chief Colton
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
1941
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Sheriff Hackett
Dangerous Lady
as Detective Dunlap
King of Dodge City
as Banker Carruthers
Wide Open Town
as Tom Wilson
Bullets for O'Hara
as Jim
Desperate Cargo
as Capt. Hank MacFarland
Gangs Inc.
as Jim Adams
Secret Evidence
as Frank Billings
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1940
Pride of the Bowery
as Captain
Mysterious Doctor Satan
as Capt. Lathrop
Junior G-Men
as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
Prairie Schooners
as Dalton Stull
Doomed to Die
as Ludlow
Millionaires in Prison
as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
Santa Fe Marshal
as Blake
The Green Hornet
as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
1939
The Night of Nights
as Actor (uncredited)
Heroes in Blue
as Miller
Range War
as Chas. Higgins
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
Port of Hate
as Bob Randall
The Oregon Trail
as General Terry
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
Buck Rogers
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
The Flying Irishman
as Man at New York Airport
On Trial
as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
Sunset Trail
as John Marsh
1938
The Duke of West Point
as Varsity Football Coach
The Headleys at Home
as Smooth Adair
Law of the Texan
as Allen Spencer
Smashing the Rackets
as Angry Businessman
The Wages of Sin
as Laundry Owner
Pride of the West
as Caldwell
Held For Ransom
as McBride
Whirlwind Horseman
as John Harper
Under Western Stars
as Mr. Richards
Accidents Will Happen
as Elmer Ross
Merrily We Live
as Mr. Remington
Blondes at Work
as Marvin Spencer
Swing It, Sailor!
as First Officer
Saleslady
as Bigelow
1937
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spencer, Trader
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as [scenes deleted]
The Mysterious Pilot
as Carter Snowden
The Shadow Strikes
as Captain Breen
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Wine, Women and Horses
as Mr. Bright
Topper
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Blazing Sixes
as Major Taylor
Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Phineas T. Flagg
Marked Woman
as Eddie
Penrod and Sam
as Real G-Man
1936
A Million to One
as William Stevens
Trail Dust
as Bowman
Flying Hostess
as 1st Detective
Hideaway Girl
as Lead steward
The Accusing Finger
as Police Surgeon
They Met in a Taxi
as Mr. Andrews
China Clipper
as Department of Commerce Inspector
Public Enemy's Wife
as G-Man
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Peter Milnor
San Francisco
as 'Chick'
The Walking Dead
as Stephen Martin
Song of the Saddle
as Marshal Bill Graves
Movie Maniacs
as Leading man
Man Hunt
as Jim Davis
1935
Cappy Ricks Returns
as Matt Peasley
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Bob
1932
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Ward
1930
Under Montana Skies
as Clay Conning
Paradise Island
as Jim Thorne
1929
Man, Woman and Wife
as Bill / Jack Mason
1928
Code of the Air
as Blair Thompson
Midnight Rose
as Tim Regan
1927
Streets of Shanghai
as Sergeant Lee
Cheating Cheaters
as Tom Palmer
Life in Hollywood No. 2
as Himself
Easy Pickings
as Peter Van Horne
1926
Twinkletoes
as Chuck Lightfoot
The Sap
as Barry Weston
The King of the Turf
as John Doe Smith
1925
The Golden Strain
as Milt Mulford Jr
Bobbed Hair
as David Lacy
Ranger of the Big Pines
as Ross Cavanagh
The Marriage Whirl
as Arthur Carleton
Drusilla with a Million
as Colin Arnold
The Crowded Hour
as Billy Laidlaw
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Brian Kent
Learning to Love
as (uncredited)
1924
White Man
as White Man
For Another Woman
as Stephen Winthrop
On the Stroke of Three
as Judson Forrest
Butterfly
as Craig Spaulding
The Virgin
as David Kent
Poisoned Paradise
as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
The Man Without a Heart
as Rufus Asher
1923
The Broken Wing
as Philip Marvin
April Showers
as Danny O'Rourke
The Virginian
as The Virginian
Temporary Marriage
as Robert Belmar
East Side - West Side
as Duncan Van Norman
Little Church Around the Corner
as David Graham
The Toll of the Sea
as Allen Carver
1922
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
as Alan Randolph
The World's a Stage
as Wallace Foster
The Married Flapper
as Bill Billings
I Am the Law
as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
The Primitive Lover
as Donald Wales
Polly of the Follies
as Bob Jones
1921
Woman's Place
as Jim Bradley
Dawn of the East
as Roger Strong
Lessons in Love
as John Warren
Mama's Affair
as Dr. Harmon
1920
Dangerous Business
as Clarence Brooks
The Penalty
as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Dollars and Sense
as David Rogers
1919
The Hoodlum
as John Graham
1918
The Law That Divides
as Howard Murray
Bread
as Dick Frothingham
Her Body in Bond
as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
Midnight Madness
as Prentice Tiller
A Model's Confession
as Billy Ravensworth
The Marriage Lie
as Douglas Seward
The Wine Girl
as Frank Harris
The Wife He Bought
as Steele Valiant
My Unmarried Wife
as Phillip Smith
1917
The Lash of Power
as John Rand
The Price of a Good Time
as Preston Winfield
The Flame of the Yukon
as George Fowler
Cheerful Givers
as Horace Gray
Betsy's Burglar
as Harry Brent