Harry Antrim
{{Short description|American actor (1884–1967)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Antrim
| image = Harry Antrim in The Public Defender (Out of the Past).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Antrim in an episode of The Public Defender (1954)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|08|27|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|01|18|1884|08|27|mf=yes}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| resting_place = Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1936–1967
}}
Harry Antrim (August 27, 1884 – January 18, 1967) was an American stage, film and television actor.
Biography
Antrim was born on August 27, 1884, in Chicago, Illinois.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |date=2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476625997 |page=23 |edition=Third |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA23}} By 1906, he was working in vaudeville."Whistling Vaudeville Performer Tells Benefits of Whistling", Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 27, 1906, pg. 7. During the early 1930s, he moved to Los Angeles and secured largely uncredited parts in several films, beginning with 1936's Small Town Girl. As his career progressed, he landed roles in Miracle on 34th Street (1947), Larceny (1948) and The Luck of the Irish (1948).{{cite web |title=Harry Antrim Biography |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/4742%7C66443/Harry-Antrim/#biography |website=Turner Classic Movies |publisher=Turner Classic Movies}} In Miracle on 34th Street, he played an ahistorical R.H. Macy in an uncredited role, owner of Macy's Department Store.{{cite web |last1=Goudsward |first1=David |title=Macy's Annual Thanksgiving Parade Began on Haverhill's Merrimack Street in 1854 |url=https://whav.net/2020/11/26/haverhills-santa-claus-connection/ |website=whav.net |date=26 November 2020}} Other notable appearances in his film career include Ma and Pa Kettle (1949), The Heiress (1949), Intruder in the Dust (1950), the Barbara Stanwyck-led No Man of Her Own (1950), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951), I'll See You in My Dreams (1951) and The Bounty Hunter (1954). The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) Antrim's last film was The Monkey's Uncle (1965).
His television appearances include an episode of I Love Lucy as a shopkeeper, Fred Walker, owner of Walker's drug store in The Andy Griffith Show, Dennis the Menace and Green Acres among others.{{cite book |last1=Robinson |first1=Dale |last2=Fernandes |first2=David |title=The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference: Episode-by-Episode, with Cast and Production Biographies and a Guide to Collectibles |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476601878 |page=40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcr6UMkvVPwC&pg=PT40}}
Death
Antrim died of a heart attack on January 18, 1967, in Los Angeles, California.{{cite magazine |title=Harry Antrim Obituary |magazine=Variety |date=25 January 1967}}
He was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography
=Film=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1936
| Interne Holding X-Rays | Uncredited |
| The President's Mystery
| Inspector A.R. Lahey | |
| 1947
| R.H. Macy | |
| rowspan="5" | 1948
| Senator Ransom | Uncredited |
| Larceny
| Mr. McNulty | Uncredited |
| Let's Live a Little
| James Montgomery | |
| Words and Music
| Dr. Rogers | |
| Act of Violence
| Fred Finney | |
| rowspan="3" | 1949
| Mayor Dwiggins | |
| The Heiress
| Mr. Abeel | |
| Intruder in the Dust
| Mr. Tubbs | |
| 1950
| Ty Winthrop | |
| rowspan="2" | 1951
| Prison Warden | |
| I'll See You in My Dreams
| Mr. LeBoy | |
| 1952
| Caleb Parsons | Uncredited |
| 1954
| Dr. R.L. Spencer | |
| 1958
| Lloyd Crowley | |
| 1959
| Judge Frank Parker | Uncredited |
| 1964
| Harry, 45th Anniversary Husband | Uncredited |
| 1965
| Regent | |
=Television=
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="4" | 1955
| Malcolm | Episode: "Jack Takes the Beavers to the Fair" |
| Father Knows Best
| Dr. Conrad | 2 episodes |
| I Love Lucy
| Mr. Feldman | Episode: "Ricky's European Booking" |
| The Great Gildersleeve
| Judge Hooker | Six episodes |
| 1960-1961
| Fred Walker | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 1963
| Judge Harvey Kingston | Episode: "Dennis Goes to Washington" |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
| Councilman | Season 2 Episode 3: "Terror at Northfield" |
| 1967
| Doc Wilson | The Beverly Hillbillies |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0031548}}
- {{IBDB name|29998}}
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Category:Male actors from Chicago
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male television actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American vaudeville performers
Category:Burials at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Category:20th-century American male actors
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