Harry T. Morey
Harry Temple Morey (August 21, 1873 – January 24, 1936) was an American stage and motion picture actor who appeared in nearly 200 films during his career.
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| Born | Harry Temple Morey September 21, 1873 Charlotte, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | January 24, 1936 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1890–1935 |
Biography
Born in Charlotte, Michigan, Morey began acting career on the stage.[1] In 1909, Morey joined the Vitagraph Film Company, making him a member the original Vitagraph stock company of actors.[2] He had his first substantial film role in 1910, opposite actors Maurice Costello and Earle Williams in the Van Dyke Brooke-directed dramatic short Capital vs. Labor. He would spend the early 1910s appearing opposite such popular actors of the era as John Bunny, Flora Finch, Julia Swayne Gordon, Florence Turner, Edith Storey and William Shea.
Morey would make his final film appearance in the 1934 Ralph Staub-directed comedy short Very Close Veins opposite actors Ben Blue and Shemp Howard.
Morey died in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 1936 at the age of 62 of a lung abscess.
Partial filmography
- Ben Hur (1907), unverified role
- A Cure for Pokeritis (1912)
- As You Like It (1912)
- All for a Girl (1912)
- Red and White Roses (1913)
- Our Wives (1913)
- The Forgotten Latchkey (1913)
- Casey at the Bat (1913)
- The Lion's Bride (1913)
- My Official Wife (1914)
- A Million Bid (1914)
- The Making Over of Geoffrey Manning (1915)
- Salvation Joan (1916)
- Whom the Gods Destroy (1916)
- Richard the Brazen (1917)
- Within the Law (1917)
- The Courage of Silence (1917)
- His Own People (1917)
- Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
- Tangled Lives (1918)
- The Green God (1918)
- Hoarded Assets (1918)
- The Golden Goal (1918)
- In Honor's Web (1919)
- The Man Who Won (1919)
- Silent Strength (1919)
- The Flaming Clue (1920)
- The Birth of a Soul (1920)
- Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
- The Rapids (1922)
- Wildness of Youth (1922)
- The Empty Cradle (1923)
- Marriage Morals (1923)
- Where the Pavement Ends (1923)
- The Green Goddess (1923)
- Captain January (1924)
- The Painted Lady (1924)
- The Roughneck (1924)
- Heart of a Siren (1925)
- Barriers Burned Away (1925)
- The Adventurous Sex (1925)
- Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925)
- Headlines (1925)
- Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
- Under the Tonto Rim (1928)
- The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928)
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929)
- The Shadow Laughs (1933)
