Harlan Briggs
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Harlan Briggs (August 17, 1879 – January 26, 1952) was an American actor and vaudeville performer who was active from the 1930s until his death in 1952. During the course of his career he appeared on Broadway, in over 100 films, as well as appearing on television once towards the end of his career.
Briggs was born in Blissfield, Michigan. Although he was a graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, he chose to go into acting rather than pursue a career in law.
His acting career began in vaudeville at around the beginning of the 20th century. He would make his Broadway debut in 1926, in the drama Up the Line. He worked steadily on Broadway through 1935. On August 6, 1929 he began a successful run in the featured role of G. A. Appleby in It's a Wise Child at the Belasco Theatre. In 1934 he had another featured role in the successful play Dodsworth, as Tubby Pearson. The show opened at the Shubert Theatre on February 24, 1934 and ran for 147 performances, starring Walter Huston as Samuel Dodsworth. After a six-week hiatus, the show reopened at the Shubert on August 20 and ran for an additional 168 performances. When Samuel Goldwyn bought the rights to the play, Briggs was one of two of the original Broadway cast to reprise their roles in the film, the other being Huston in the title role.
Briggs would focus on his film career for the remainder of the 1930s, before returning to Broadway in the 1940s, combining both stage and screen performances during that decade. The most successful of his Broadway appearances in the 1940s was as Constable Small in Ramshackle Inn, which featured ZaSu Pitts in her Broadway debut. The Story of Mary Surratt, in which Briggs appeared in 1947, was Briggs' 400th play.
Beginning with Dodsworth, Briggs worked consistently in films over the next 16 years, until his death in 1952, appearing in over 100 films. His most famous role was as Dr. Stall in the 1940 comedy classic The Bank Dick, starring W.C. Fields. Other notable films in which he appeared include After the Thin Man (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Having Wonderful Time (1938), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), My Little Chickadee (1940), Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940), State Fair (1945), Night and Day (1946), Little Women (1949), Goodbye, My Fancy (1951), and Carrie (1952). The last film on which Briggs worked was The Sea Hornet, which was in production in April and May 1951, and released later that year.
On January 26, 1952, Briggs died in Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital from complications resulting from a heart attack. His death occurred almost half a year prior to the release of Carrie.
Briggs married actress Viola Scott on July 3, 1914. They had four sons.
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Films (73)
Carrie
1952 · Joe Brant
The Sea Hornet
1951 · Watchman
Little Women
1949 · Old Crony at Grace's Store (uncredited)
A Double Life
1947 · Oscar Bernard
Cynthia
1947 · J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware
Danger Street
1947 · Darnstein
Spoilers of the North
1947 · Salty
Humoresque
1947 · Toy Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
1946 · Quinn (uncredited)
Personality Kid
1946 · Mr. Howard
Canyon Passage
1946 · Dr. Balance (uncredited)
My Pal Trigger
1946 · Dr. Bentley
Mysterious Intruder
1946 · Mr. Brown
Conflict
1945 · Pawnbroker #2 (uncredited)
There's One Born Every Minute
1942 · Luke Simpson
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Sheriff Clem Watkins
The Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Mr. Rogard
Among the Living
1941 · Judge
Paris Calling
1941 · French Inn Proprietor (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Mac MacFarland (uncredited)
Jennie
1940 · Mr. Veitch
The Bank Dick
1940 · Doctor Stall
I Love You Again
1940 · Mayor Carver (uncredited)
Lucky Partners
1940 · Mayor (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940 · Thomas A. Bailey - Acme Paving (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
1940 · Bisbee
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
1940 · San Francisco Coroner
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
1940 · Denton Offut
Young as You Feel
1940 · Dr. Kinsley
My Little Chickadee
1940 · Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Foreman in Jury
Bad Little Angel
1939 · Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Mr. Edwards (uncredited)
Fifth Avenue Girl
1939 · Stanton (uncredited)
Flight at Midnight
1939 · 'Pop' Hussey
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939 · Defense Attorney Parker (uncredited)
Frontier Marshal
1939 · Editor
Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939 · Mr. Holden
Maisie
1939 · Deputy Sheriff Cal Hoskins
Tell No Tales
1939 · Davie Bryant
Calling Dr. Kildare
1939 · James Galt
Cafe Society
1939 · Justice of the Peace
Made for Each Other
1939 · Judge (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · Mr. Rucker (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
1939 · Mr. Pike
The Mysterious Miss X
1939 · Charlie Graham
Opening Day
1938 · Mr. Garnish
A Man to Remember
1938 · Homer Ramsey
Meet the Girls
1938 · Ship's Captain
Sing, You Sinners
1938 · Customer at Gas Station (uncredited)
The Missing Guest
1938 · Frank Kendall - Editor
Having Wonderful Time
1938 · Mr. Shaw
One Wild Night
1938 · Mayor
You and Me
1938 · Thomas McTavish (uncredited)
A Yank at Oxford
1938 · Printer (uncredited)
Reckless Living
1938 · 'Colonel' Harris
Quick Money
1937 · Thorndyke Barnsdale
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937 · Mr. Virgil Miller
Live, Love and Learn
1937 · Justice of The Peace
That’s My Story
1937 · Sheriff Allen
Trouble at Midnight
1937 · Sheriff
Behind the Mike
1937 · Sheriff
Exclusive
1937 · Springer
Stella Dallas
1937 · Mr. Beamer (uncredited)
Easy Living
1937 · Magazine Office Manager
Riding on Air
1937 · Mr. Harrison
Marked Woman
1937 · Sad Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
A Family Affair
1937 · Oscar Stubbins
Happy Go Lucky
1936 · U.S. Consul E.R. Brown
Mad Holiday
1936 · Mr. Kinney
Dodsworth
1936 · Tubby Pearson
Kissing Time
1933 · David Sullivan (uncredited)
Seasoned Greetings
1933 · Ben Jones (uncredited)
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