Harry Allen (actor) film role was in the 1923 silent film, "The Last Moment", in a supporting role. In his career Allen appeared in over 100 films, mostly in supporting and smaller roles. Some of the more notable films he appeared in include: "Of Human Bondage" (1934), starring Bette Davis and Leslie Howard; the Marx Brothers' classic, "A Night at the Opera"; the original "Mutiny on the Bounty" (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; William Wyler's 1942 Academy Award-winning film, "Mrs. Miniver", starring Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, and Teresa Wright; "Jane Eyre" (1944), starring Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine; the Mickey Rooney
Charles Laughton and Golden Globe nominations for his role in "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957). He played a British admiral in "Under Ten Flags" (1960) and worked with Laurence Olivier in "Spartacus" (1960). His final film was "Advise & Consent" (1962), for which he received favourable comments for his performance as a Southern US Senator (for which accent he studied recordings of Mississippi Senator John C. Stennis). In 1955, Laughton directed "The Night of the Hunter", starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish, and produced by his friend Paul Gregory. The film has been cited among critics as one of the