James Harcourt

James Harcourt was a British character actor. He was born on 20 April 1873 in Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire.

He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage actor first in 1903 and worked with the Liverpool Repertory Company from 1919 to 1931.

He died in London on 18 February 1951 aged 77.

Selected filmography

• Hobson's Choice (1931) as Hobson
• Song of the Plough (1933)
• The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) as the Single Gentleman
• Look Up and Laugh (1935)
• Laburnum Grove (1936)
• Seven Sinners (1936)
• Wings Over Africa (1936) as Wilkins
• Return of a Stranger (1937)
• Kate Plus Ten (1938)
• Penny Paradise (1938) as Amos Cook
• Follow Your Star (1938)
• The Stars Look Down (1939) as Will
• The House of the Arrow (1940)
• Night Train to Munich (1940) as Azel Bomasch
• The Farmer's Wife (1941)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
• Hard Steel (1942)
• He Snoops to Conquer (1944) as Counciler Hopkins
• Johnny Frenchman (1945) as Joe Pender
• The Captive Heart (1946)
• I See a Dark Stranger (1946) as Butler
• Meet Me at Dawn (1947) as Henri, the butler
• Obsession (1949) as Aikins (butler)

References

"Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies" - published by Harper-Collins 1981 - ISBN 0-06-093507-3

External links

• James Harcourt at the Internet Movie Database