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Kenneth Harlan

{{Short description|American actor (1895–1967)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Kenneth Harlan

| image = Kenneth Harlan 1918.jpg

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| caption = Harlan in 1918

| birth_name = Kenneth Daniel Harlan

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|07|26}}

| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|03|06|1895|07|26}}

| death_place = Sacramento, California, U.S.

| resting place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery

| alma_mater = Fordham University

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1916–1963

| spouse = {{Plainlist|

  • {{marriage|Salome Sanborn|1915|1920|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Florence Hart|1920|1922|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Marie Prevost|1924|1929|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Doris Hilda Booth|1930|1931|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Phyllis McClure|1932|1934|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Helen Spetner|1934|1946|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Helene Stanton|1949|1953|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Rhea Walker|1957|1959|end=div}}
  • {{marriage|Rosemarie Gonsalves Mirjanian|1963}}

}}

| children = 1

| parents = George W. Harlan
Rita W. Harlan

| relatives = Otis Harlan (uncle)

}}

Kenneth Daniel Harlan (July 26, 1895 – March 6, 1967){{cite book|last1=Mayer|first1=Geoff|title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials|date=2017|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476627199|page=144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mCgSDgAAQBAJ&q=%22Kenneth+Harlan%22+actor&pg=PA144|access-date=24 April 2017|language=en}} was a popular American actor during the silent film era, playing mostly romantic leads or adventurer roles. His career extended into the sound film era, but during that span he rarely commanded leading-man roles, and became mostly a supporting or character actor.

Early life

Harlan was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of George W. Harlan and actress Rita W. Harlan (born Sarah Wolff).{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F42T-MKM|title=FamilySearch.org|website=FamilySearch |accessdate=November 28, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N1-M48|title=FamilySearch.org|website=FamilySearch |accessdate=November 28, 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKN1-RB1X|title=FamilySearch.org|website=FamilySearch |accessdate=November 28, 2023}} He was a graduate of Saint Francis High School in Brooklyn, New York City, and Fordham University in the Bronx.{{cite book|last1=Katchmer|first1=George A.|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|date=2002|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786446933|page=149|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkOeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Otis+Harlan%2C+uncle+of+Kenneth+Harlan%22&pg=PA149|access-date=24 April 2017|language=en}}

Career

At age seven, Harlan began acting on stage and working in vaudeville. He spent much of 1916 touring with a company of dancers that headlined future Ziegfeld performer Evan-Burrows Fontaine.The Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star – Nov. 25, 1916 His career spanned 25 years and included 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 westerns. Harlan had the leading role in two film serials, Finger Prints (1931) and Danger Island (1931).

He made a smooth transition to talkies, even singing in a few films, but his film roles remained minor throughout his later career. Harlan worked until the 1940s and retired in 1963.

Personal life and death

Harlan was married nine times, including a marriage to silent screen star Marie Prevost.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qkdHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=InsMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2327,7495731&dq=marie+prevost+kenneth+harlan&hl=en|title = Warsaw Union - Google News Archive Search}} His seventh wife was actress-singer Helene Stanton, whom he married in 1949 and divorced four years later.{{cite news|title='Friendly' Divorce|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18142714/kenneth_harlan/|work=Newport Daily News|agency=Associated Press|date=December 29, 1953|location=Rhode Island, Newport|page=7|via = Newspapers.com|access-date = March 9, 2018}} {{Open access}}

Harlan, who was a nephew of actor and comedian Otis Harlan, died of an acute aneurysm in 1967 in Sacramento, California.{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786450190|page=130|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Kenneth+Harlan%22+actor&pg=PA130|access-date=24 April 2017|language=en}} He was 71.

Complete filmography

Image:Kenneth Harlan-Jewel Carmen in Nobody.jpg in Nobody, 1921]]

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Short films

  • Foiled Again (1932, Short) - The Hero
  • Movie Maniacs (1936, Short) - Leading Man

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0363218}}
  • {{Find a Grave|6575917}}
  • {{IBDB name|44155}}
  • [https://www.kinotv.com/page/bio.php?namecode=42268&q=0&l=en Kinotv]
  • [http://www.virtual-history.com/movie/person/10382/kenneth-harlan Kenneth Harlan] at Virtual History
  • [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=524316&word= Kenneth Harlan portrait gallery NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection]

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Category:1895 births

Category:1967 deaths

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:American male film actors

Category:Male film serial actors

Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Category:Fordham University alumni

Category:20th-century American male actors