Kenneth Harlan

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

Career

A graduate from Fordham University in New York, Harlan first appeared on the stage in 1899's "More Than A Queen" in support of actress Julia Arthur. In a career that spanned over 25 years and included nearly 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 western movies. He made a smooth transition to talkies, even singing in a few films, but his film roles remained minor throughout his career. Harlan worked until the 1940's and retired in 1943.

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. He had a son (Danile Harlan) who now has a granddaughter (Robin Harlan)

Filmography

*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)
*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)
*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)
*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)
*Heroes in Blue (1939)
*Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
*Range War (1939)
*Port of Hate (1939)
*On Trial (1939)
*Sunset Trail (1939)
*The Duke of West Point (1938)
*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)
*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)
*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)
*Cappy Ricks Returns (1935)
*Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
*The Widow in Scarlet (1932)
*The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
*Danger Island (1931)
*Air Police (1931)
*Finger Prints (1931)
*Women Men Marry (1931)
*Under Montana Skies (1930)
*Paradise Island (1930)
*Man, Woman and Wife (1929)
*United States Smith (1928)
*Midnight Rose (1928)
*Code of the Air (1928)
*Willful Youth (1927)
*Streets of Shanghai (1927)
*Cheating Cheaters (1927)
*Stage Kisses (1927)
*Easy Pickings (1927)
*Twinkle toes (1926)
*The Ice Flood (1926)
*The Sap (1926)
*The King of the Turf (1926)
*The Fighting Edge (1926)
*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)
*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 (1924)
*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 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)
*Dawn of the East (1921)
*Woman's Place (1921)
*The Barricade (1921)
*Nobody (1921)
*Lessons in Love (1921)
*Mama's Affair (1921)
*Dangerous Business (1920)
*Love, Honor and Obey (1920)
*The Penalty (1920/I)
*Going Some (1920)
*Dollars and Sense (1920)
*The Turning Point (1920)
*The Trembling Hour (1919)
*The Hoodlum (1919)
*The Microbe (1919)
*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 Lash of Power (1917)
*The Price of a Good Time (1917)
*The Flame of the Yukon (1917)
*Cheerful Givers (1917)
*Betsy's Burglar (1917)

Death

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

External links

*imdb name|id=0363218|name=Kenneth Harlan

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