Harry Strang

{{short description|American actor}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}

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| name = Harry Strang

| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|12|13}}

| birth_place = Clifton, Virginia, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|4|10|1892|12|13}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1929–1965

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Harry Strang (December 13, 1892 – April 10, 1972) was an American actor.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/68606/Harry-Strang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310141618/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/68606/Harry-Strang |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2016 |title=Harry Strang |access-date=August 5, 2015 }} He appeared in more than 500 films and television shows between 1929 and 1965. On Broadway, Strang appeared in The Girl in the Train (1910).{{cite web |title=Harry Strang |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/harry-strang-61297 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=October 21, 2019}}

Primarily a character actor, Strang often appeared in film roles that included clerks in stores, policemen on beats, and soldiers. He also was often seen in two-reel comedies made by RKO Radio Pictures. His work on television included appearances on Maverick, One Step Beyond, and Perry Mason.{{cite web |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Harry Strang |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-strang-p68606 |website=AllMovie |access-date=July 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704232639/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-strang-p68606 |archive-date=July 4, 2021}}

Strang was a machine-gun instructor for recruits in the United States Marines.{{cite news |title='Roosty" Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80802354/harry-strang/ |access-date=July 4, 2021 |work=The News-Journal |date=February 18, 1941 |location=Delaware, Wilmington |page=23|via = Newspapers.com}}