Harry Green (actor)

Harry Green (1892-1958) was an actor in vaudeville, films and television in the United States and Britain. He worked for Paramount Pictures and then Fox Film. He portrayed Jewish characters. He also performed as a magician and authored Harry Green Says You Are a Magician.

Born in New York as Henry Blitzer, he trained as a lawyer before working as an actor in vaudeville in the U.S., then films, and them in England. In the 1910s her performed as part of Ross & Green. Their repertoire included 'The Hebrew Jockey and the Sport'. He went solo performing the one-act satirical play The Cherry Tree as a character named George Washington Cohen.[1][2]

His wife's name was Alva and they had two children, David and Roland.[1] He was Jewish.[3]

He corresponded with Paul Swan.[4]

Filmography

British

Theater

  • Potash and Perlmutter as Perlmutter

References

  1. ^ a b "The Trouble with Harry: The premature exit of Harry Green - Comedy Chronicles". British Comedy Guide. 28 January 2024.
  2. ^ "S.A. Pictorical: Stage and Cinema". 1928.
  3. ^ Merwin, Ted (2006). In Their Own Image: New York Jews in Jazz Age Popular Culture. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3809-9.
  4. ^ Londraville, Janis; Londraville, Richard (January 2006). The Most Beautiful Man in the World: Paul Swan, from Wilde to Warhol. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-2969-0.
  5. ^ a b "Harry Green".
  6. ^ "Harry Green". British Comedy Guide.