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Otis Harlan is a Actor American born on 27 december 1865 at Zanesville (USA)

Otis Harlan

Otis Harlan
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Nationality USA
Birth 27 december 1865 at Zanesville (USA)
Death 21 january 1940 (at 74 years) at Martinsville (USA)

Otis Harlan (December 29, 1865 – January 21, 1940) was an American comedic actor.

Biography

Harlan was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1865. He married Nellie Harvey and had a daughter named Marion. Harlan was the uncle of the silent film era leading man, Kenneth Harlan.


Career
In 1906, he appeared in Victor Herbert's The Magic Knight. He was playing in vaudeville shows by 1911, appearing in Irving Berlin's ragtime musicals. Harlan also played the role of Cap'n Andy in the first, part-talkie film version of "Show Boat" (1929). He was also seen as the Master of Ceremonies in the sound prologue that accompanied the film. In 1935, Harlan played the role of Starveling in Max Reinhardt's 1935 film version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1937, Harlan provided the voice of "Happy" the dwarf, in the Disney animated classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, a resounding hit which became a film classic. In the same year he also appeared in the Our Gang short Roamin' Holiday. He also voiced Mr. Mole in Bambi.


Death
He died in Martinsville, Indiana of a stroke on January 21, 1940 at the age of 74. His interment is located in the Greenlawn Cemetery section of New South Park Cemetery in Martinsville, Indiana.

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Filmography of Otis Harlan (64 films)

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One Hour in Wonderland
Directed by Richard Wallace, Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Walt Disney, Kathryn Beaumont, Bobby Driscoll, Edgar Bergen, Hans Conried, Adriana Caselotti
Roles Happy
Rating69% 3.4702753.4702753.4702753.4702753.470275
Edgar Bergen informs Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd that Walt Disney has invited them to a tea party. Charlie is hesitant to go, but reluctantly changes his mind when he learns Kathryn Beaumont will be there. While driving to the studio, Edgar tells the story of Alice in Wonderland, much to Charlie's dismay. When they arrive, Walt Disney tells everyone that he was able to buy the Magic Mirror from Snow White (who apparently got it from the Wicked Queen). Charlie insults the mirror, calling it a "hopped-up television set." This enrages the mirror but Walt calms him down. The Mirror then shows everybody what they wish to see. He shows Kathryn a scene from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Charlie the Mickey Mouse short Clock Cleaners (although Charlie wanted to see himself), Bobby Driscoll a Br'er Rabbit story, Mortimer a Pluto short, and Edgar a performance by Firehouse Five Plus Two. At the end of the song, they see Walt, and frantically finish a scene with Tweedledee and Tweedledum. The Mirror at first refuses to show the unfinished Alice in Wonderland, but changes his mind when everyone wants to see it. The Mirror then reluctantly shows a scene from Alice in Wonderland. At the end of the special, Edgar has acquired the Magic Mirror. Charlie tries to make a deal with the mirror, but it turns out Mortimer is the new slave of the magic mirror. Charlie changes his mind and goes to sleep.
Bambi
Bambi (1942)
, 1h8
Directed by Paul Satterfield, Dave Hand, James Algar, Graham Heid, Samuel Armstrong, Bill Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Donnie Dunagan, Hardie Albright, Paula Winslowe, Jonathan Sutherland I, Peter Behn, Sam Edwards
Roles Mr. Mole (voice) (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6450253.6450253.6450253.6450253.645025
A doe gives birth to a fawn named Bambi, who will one day take over the position of Great Prince of the Forest, a title currently held by Bambi's father, who guards the woodland creatures from the dangers of hunters. The fawn is quickly befriended by an eager, energetic rabbit named Thumper, who helps to teach him to walk and speak. Bambi grows up very attached to his mother, with whom he spends most of his time. He soon makes other friends, including a young skunk named Flower and a female fawn named Faline. Curious and inquisitive, Bambi frequently asks about the world around him and is cautioned about the dangers of life as a forest creature by his loving mother.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1h23
Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Dave Hand, Ben Sharpsteen, Bill Cottrell, Perce Pearce
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Musical, Animation, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film, Musical films, Political films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'une plante, Films about royalty
Actors Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne, Harry Stockwell, Eddie Collins, Pinto Colvig, Roy Atwell
Roles Happy (voice) (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7922953.7922953.7922953.7922953.792295
Snow White is a lonely princess living with her stepmother, a vain and wicked Queen. The Queen fears that Snow White's beauty surpasses her own, so she forces Snow White to work as a scullery maid and asks her Magic Mirror daily "who is the fairest one of all". For several years the mirror always answered that the Queen was, pleasing her.
Roamin' Holiday
Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors George McFarland, Carl Switzer, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Darla Hood, Otis Harlan
Roles Hiram Jenks
Rating70% 3.500943.500943.500943.500943.50094
Upset at being forced to do the household chores all weekend long (and the threat of taking dancing lessons), Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, and Porky decide to run away from home. Taking a breather in the tiny village of Jenksville, the boys manage to cadge a meal from kindly storekeeper Mrs. Jenks. But when she finds out that the kids are runaways, she passes this information along to her husband, Constable Hi Jenks, who jovially decides to teach the boys a lesson. Pretending to arrest the four youngsters, Constable Jenks dresses them in convict stripes and forces them to work on the rockpile, figuring that after an hour or so they'll be glad to return home. But an unanticipated swarm of bees brings this little morality play to a sudden and painful conclusion for all concerned.
Can This Be Dixie?, 1h10
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Jane Withers, Slim Summerville, Helen Wood, Thomas Beck, Sara Haden, Claude Gillingwater
Roles Thoma Jefferson Peachtree
Rating69% 3.4508653.4508653.4508653.4508653.450865
The Singing Kid, 1h25
Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Al Jolson, Sybil Jason, Beverly Roberts, Edward Everett Horton, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins
Roles Bank Clerk (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.1420153.1420153.1420153.1420153.142015
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2h13
Directed by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland
Roles Starveling
Rating67% 3.396783.396783.396783.396783.39678
Part one A beautiful young woman named Hermia (Olivia de Havilland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana.
Diamond Jim, 1h28
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Edward Arnold, Jean Arthur, Cesar Romero, Binnie Barnes, Eric Blore, Albert Conti
Roles Drunk
Rating67% 3.3841753.3841753.3841753.3841753.384175
Diamond Jim Brady (Edward Arnold) is born to an Irish saloonkeeper and his wife in 1856, but is soon orphaned. At the age of thirty, working as baggage master at the Spuyten Duyvil train station, he rents a suit and a diamond from a pawn shop, and gets a job as a salesman; soon, he is the top salesman on the staff.
Life Returns, 1h3
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Crime
Actors Onslow Stevens, George Breakston, Lois Wilson, Stanley Fields, Valerie Hobson, Frank Reicher
Roles Dr. Henderson
Rating40% 2.010852.010852.010852.010852.01085
A doctor who is convinced that the dead can be brought back to life gets the chance to prove his theory on a dog that has recently died.