Harlan Briggs

1879-08-16 Blissfield, Michigan, USA

Biografia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career. Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law. His acting career began in vaudeville at around the beginning of the 20th century. He would make his Broadway debut in 1926, in the drama Up the Line. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1935. On August 6, 1929 he began a successful run in the featured role of G. A. Appleby in It's a Wise Child at the Belasco Theatre. In 1934 he had another featured role in the successful play Dodsworth, as Tubby Pearson. The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 24, 1934 and ran for 147 performances, starring Walter Huston as Samuel Dodsworth. After a six-week hiatus, the show reopened at the Shubert on August 20 and ran for an additional 168 performances. When Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights to the play, Briggs was one of two of the original Broadway cast to reprise their roles in the film, the other being Huston in the title role. Briggs would focus on his film career for the remainder of the 1930s, before returning to Broadway in the 1940s, combining both stage and screen performances during that decade. The most successful of his Broadway appearances in the 1940s was as Constable Small in Ramshackle Inn, which featured ZaSu Pitts in her Broadway debut. The Story of Mary Surratt, in which Briggs appeared in 1947, was Briggs' 400th play. Beginning with Dodsworth, Briggs worked consistently in films over the next 16 years, until his death in 1952, appearing in over 100 films. His most famous role was as Dr. Stall in the 1940 comedy classic The Bank Dick, starring W.C. Fields. Other notable films in which he appeared include After the Thin Man (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), State Fair (1945), Night and Day (1946), Little Women (1949), Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), and Carrie (1952). The last film on which Briggs worked was The Sea Hornet, which was in production in April and May 1951, and released later that year. On January 26, 1952, Briggs died in Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital from complications resulting from a heart attack. His death occurred almost half a year prior to the release of Carrie. Briggs married actress Viola Scott on July 3, 1914. They had four sons.

Películas

	Carrie	Joe Brant	1952-07-17
	The Sea Hornet	Watchman	1951-11-06
	Humoresque	Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited)	1947-01-25
	A Double Life	Oscar Bernard	1947-12-25
	Spoilers of the North	Salty	1947-04-23
	Cynthia	J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware	1947-08-29
	Danger Street	Darnstein	1947-06-20
	Magnificent Doll	Quinn	1946-12-08
	Mysterious Intruder	Mr. Brown	1946-04-11
	My Pal Trigger	Dr. Bentley	1946-07-10
	Canyon Passage	Dr. Balance	1946-07-17
	Personality Kid	Mr. Howard	1946-08-08
	Conflict	Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited)	1945-06-15
	The Remarkable Andrew	Sheriff Clem Watkins	1942-03-05
	There's One Born Every Minute	Luke Simpson	1942-06-26
	The Vanishing Virginian	Mr. Rogard	1942-02-01
	Among the Living	Judge	1941-12-12
	One Foot in Heaven	Mac MacFarland (uncredited)	1941-11-01
	The Bank Dick	Doctor Stall	1940-11-29
	The Man Who Wouldn't Talk	Foreman in Jury	1940-01-11
	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Denton Offut	1940-02-22
	Brother Orchid	Thomas A. Bailey - Acme Paving (uncredited)	1940-06-07
	Edison, the Man	Bisbee	1940-05-10
	My Little Chickadee	Hotel Clerk (uncredited)	1940-02-09
	Lucky Partners	Mayor	1940-08-02
	I Love You Again	Mayor Carver (uncredited)	1940-08-09
	Young as You Feel	Dr. Kinsley	1940-02-16
	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	San Francisco Coroner	1940-05-02
	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Mr. Edwards (uncredited)	1939-10-19
	The Man They Could Not Hang	Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)	1939-08-17
	Bad Little Angel	Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)	1939-10-27
	Cafe Society	Justice of the Peace	1939-03-03
	Flight at Midnight	'Pop' Hussey	1939-08-28
	Frontier Marshal	Editor	1939-07-28
	Boy Trouble	Mr. Pike	1939-01-27
	Tell No Tales	Davie Bryant	1939-06-12
	Blondie Takes a Vacation	Mr. Holden	1939-07-20
	Maisie	Deputy Sheriff Cal Hoskins	1939-06-22
	The Mysterious Miss X	Charlie Graham	1939-01-10
	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn	Mr. Rucker (uncredited)	1939-02-10
	5th Ave Girl	Stanton (uncredited)	1939-09-22
	Made for Each Other	Judge (uncredited)	1939-02-10
	Calling Dr. Kildare	James Galt	1939-04-28
	Opening Day	Mr. Garnish	1938-11-12
	Having Wonderful Time	Mr. Shaw	1938-07-01
	The Missing Guest	Frank Kendall - Editor	1938-08-12
	A Yank at Oxford	Printer (uncredited)	1938-02-18
	Meet the Girls	Ship's Captain	1938-10-06
	One Wild Night	Mayor	1938-06-02
	Reckless Living	'Colonel' Harris	1938-03-01
	A Man to Remember	Homer Ramsey	1938-10-14
	Sing, You Sinners	Customer at Gas Station (uncredited)	1938-09-02
	A Family Affair	Oscar Stubbins	1937-03-12
	Trouble at Midnight	Sheriff	1937-10-16
	Riding on Air	Mr. Harrison	1937-06-18
	Quick Money	Thorndyke Barnsdale	1937-12-10
	Stella Dallas	Mr. Beamer (uncredited)	1937-08-06
	Beg, Borrow or Steal	Mr. Virgil Miller	1937-12-03
	Live, Love and Learn	Justice of The Peace	1937-10-29
	Easy Living	Magazine Office Manager	1937-07-16
	Behind the Mike	Sheriff	1937-09-26
	Exclusive	Springer	1937-08-06
	Marked Woman	Sad Man in Nightclub (uncredited)	1937-04-10
	Dodsworth	Tubby Pearson	1936-09-23
	Mad Holiday	Mr. Kinney	1936-11-13
	Happy Go Lucky	U.S. Consul E.R. Brown	1936-12-13
	Seasoned Greetings	Uncle Ben Jones (uncredited)	1933-09-23
	Kissing Time	David Sullivan (uncredited)	1933-12-16