John Harvey (actor)

{{Short description|English actor (1911–1982)}}

{{other people|John Harvey}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = John Harvey

| image = Actor_John_Harvey.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = in Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966)

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|9|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1982|7|19|1911|9|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1935–1980

| spouse = Diana King}}

John Harvey (27 September 1911 – 19 July 1982) was an English actor.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2149ab3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724034609/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2149ab3|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 July 2017|title=John Harvey|website=BFI}}{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/ss3/john-harvey/past|title=John Harvey - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} He appeared in 52 films, two television films and made 70 television guest appearances between 1948 and 1979.

Born in London, England, he began his acting career on the stage in the 1930s as one of the Harry Hanson's Court Players at the Peterborough Repertory. While there, he met the actress Diana King.

Harvey and King were married, remaining together for more than forty years, until his death.

During the Second World War, he was commissioned in the Royal Air Force. Post-war, he performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, London, for some four years, during the West End runs of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific and The King and I.

Harvey's film debut was in the role as Eddie in the British crime drama A Gunman Has Escaped (1948), in which he was the leading star.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/a-gunman-has-escaped/cast/125307|title=A Gunman Has Escaped - TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}} Harvey then moved to character roles and five films later played Inspector Loomis in Hitchcock's Stage Fright (1950) starring Jane Wyman and Richard Todd.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b72901d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309070935/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b72901d|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 March 2016|title=Stage Fright (1950)|website=BFI}} His next role was as Bland in the drama Chance of a Lifetime (1950).{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/chance-of-a-lifetime-v130602/cast-crew|title=Chance of a Lifetime (1950) - Bernard Miles, Alan Osbigton - Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}

Harvey's television debut was as Angelo Verona in the BBC film On the Spot (1948).{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ff14375|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181207045830/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7ff14375|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 December 2018|title=On the Spot (1948)|website=BFI}} He played Buster Cox in the United Artists film noir crime/thriller The Man with My Face (1951) starring Barry Nelson.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afe76e8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120223242/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6afe76e8|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 January 2021|title=The Man with My Face (1951)|website=BFI}}

Among his guest appearances on series television was his role as Sir William Duffy in Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962) and two Doctor Who appearances – Professor Brett in The War Machines (1966), and Officia in The Macra Terror (1967), all for the BBC.{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8000e16b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310022347/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8000e16b|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 March 2017|title=It's all in the Mind (1962)|website=BFI}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/warmachine/detail.shtml|title=BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - The War Machines - Details|website=bbc.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2009-05-31/the-macra-terror/|title=The Macra Terror ★★★★|website=Radio Times}}

John Harvey died at age 70 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.{{Cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/results/world-records/england-and-wales-deaths-1837-2007?firstname=john%20&lastname=harvey&eventyear=1982&eventyear_offset=0&yearofbirth=1911&yearofbirth_offset=0&county=oxfordshire|title = Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007}}