Men Of Character Character Actors
John Harmon
Dangerous Money/ Freddie Kirk
White Savage/ Frank Williams
Destination Big House/ Stubby Moore
Tangier Incident/ Tony
John Harmon was a very prolific bit part actor. His career spanned from 1935 until 1983 with 281 credits per the IMDB for films and television.
Here is another face without a name, thus A Familiar Face!
Mr. Harmon was born at Washington D C in 1905.
His roles included a wide variety of genres and many of his earlier appearances were uncredited.
His first major screen role was in the film I Was Framed in 1942. He is best known for the films Gallant Bess, The Monster Of Piedras Biancas, Live Fast Die Young and The Street Is My Beat.
Harmon appeared much on television with some of his more noted roles being on Bonanza, Star Trek, Perry Mason and The Rifleman.
Some of the film roles of John Harmon were:
Three Kids And A Queen (1935) as Montage Man
Rendezvous (1935) as Telegrapher
The Black Doll (1938) as Cabbie
Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) as Butch Harron
A Slight Case Of Murder (1938) as Blackhat Gallagher
The Missing Guest (1938) as Baldrich's Guard
King Of Alcatraz (1938) as Silver
Exposed (1938) as Finn
Gambling Ship (1938) as Cramer
King Of The Underworld (1939) as Slats
Devil's Island (1939) as Andre
I Was A Convict (1939) as Marty
Mystery Of The White Room (1939) as Pete, The Fingerprint Man
Buck Rogers (1939) as Hidden City Air Controller
Union Pacific (1939) as One Armed Reporter
Inside Information (1939) as Frenchy
Charlie McCarthy, Detective ( 1939) as Harry
The Green Hornet (1940) as LeftyBatdes
Gangs Of Chicago (1940) as Rabbit
The Way Of All Flesh (1940) as Pete
A Fugitive From Justice (1940) as Gorwin
Queen Of The Mob (1940) as Pinky
Diamond Frontier (1940) as Collins
A Night At Earl Carroll's (1940) asMac
Hit The Road (1941) as Creeper
Two In A Taxi (1940) as Benny
The Shepherd Of The Hills (1941) as Charles The Deputy
Raiders Of The Desert (1941) as Ahmed
Manpower (1941) as Benny The Counterman
Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941) as Taxi Driver
The Pittsburgh Kid (1941) as Morrie
Buy Me That Town (1941) as Heckler
Secrets Of The Lone Wolf (1941) as Uptown Bernie
Honolulu Lu (1941) as Clerk
Dangerously They Live (1941) as George, Taxi Driver
A Tragedy At Midnight (1942) as Headwaiter Pickpocket
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1942) as Mousey
I Was Framed (1942) as Clubby Blake
Broadway (1942) as Harry
Call Of The Canyon (1942) as The Pigeon
Lucky Jordan (1942) as Big Ears
The Crystal Ball (1943) as Taxi Drivers
Truck Busters (1943) as Maxie
After Midnight With Boston Blackie (1943) as The Fence
White Savage (1943) as Frank Williams
The Chance Of A Lifetime (1943) as Red Taggart
Find The Blackmailer (1943) as Ray Hickey
Roger Touhy, Gangsters (1944) as Lefty Rowden
Silent Partner (1944) as Blackie Barton
The Last Ride (1944) as Slimey
Conflict (1945) as Hobo
Adventure (1945) as Taxi Driver
They Made Me A Killer (1946) as Joe Lafferty
Her Kind Of Man (1946) as Purdy
O S S (1946) as Pierre
Below The Deadline (1946) as Pinky
Dangerous Money (1946) as Freddie Kirk
Cross My Heart (1946) as Reporter
Fall Guy (1947) as Ed Sindell
Time Out Of Mind (1947) as Morelli
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) as Joe Darwin
Danger Street (1947) as Riley
Fear In The Night (1947) as Clyde Bilyou
The Trouble With Women (1947) as Charlie
Brute Force (1947) as Roberts
Unconquered (1947) as Spieler for Monster Of Madagascar
Louisiana (1947) as Steve
Adventures Of Gallant Bess (1948) as Blake
Whiplash (1948) as Kid McGee
Flaxy Martin (1948) as Fred Branford, Taxi Driver
Homicide (1949) as Pete Kimmel
Streets Of San Francisco (1949) as Sammy Hess
The Crooked Way (1949) as Kelly
The Lady Gambles (1949) as Frenchy
Alias The Champ (1949) as Chuck Lyons
Blonde Dynamite (1950) as Professor
Destination Big House (1950) as Stubby Moore
Joe Palooka In The Squared Circle (1950) as Phillips- Reporter
Southside 1-1000 (1950) as Nimble Willie
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) as Lackey
Tales Of Robin Hood (1951) as Robber
Tangier Incident (1953) as Tony
Count The Hours (1953) as Jeff Beatty
Man In The Dark (1953) as Herman
Run For The Hills (1953) as Jed Taylor
Jack Slade (1953) as Hollis
Three Young Texans (1954) as Thorpe
Bitter Creek (1954) as Stagecoach Driver A Z Platte
Rails Into Laramie (1954) as TheHawk
Jungle Gents (1954) as Lab Technician
The Man From Bitter Ridge (1955) as Norman Roberts
Jail Busters (1955) as Tomcyk
Canyon River (1956) as ben
Three Violent People (1956) as Mr. Massey
God Is My Partner (1957) as Long Shot Ben Renson
Looking For Danger (1957) as Ldester Bradfield
Live Fast, Die Young (1958) as Jake The Hobo
Badman's Country (1958) as Elzy
Beach Patrol (1959-TV) as Max Becker
The Monster Of Piedras Biancas (1959) as Sturges, The Lighthouse Keeper
The 7th Commandment (1961) as Pete
For Love Or Money (1963) as Taxi Driver
Move Over Darling (1963) as Taxi Driver
One Man's Way (1964) as Elder Sam Marcus
Sylvia (1965) as Sid
The Street Is My Beat (1966) as Mr. Martinson
Texas Across The River (1966) as Gabe
Funny Girl (1968) as Company Manager
The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1969) as Hash
The Barefoot Executive (1971) as Security Guard
The Honkers (1972) as SamMartin
The Unholy Rollers (1972) as Doctor
Hitch Hike To Hell (1977) as Mr. Baldwin
Malibu High (1979) as Mr. Elmhurst
Microwave Massacre (1983) as Mr. Gestalp
This actor played many thugs, henchmen and taxi drivers with names like Mousey, Slimy, Creeper, Big Ears, The Pigeon and Purdy. He also played a hobo several times.
Mr. Harmon was very active in television appearing in such programs as Front Page Detective, Racket Squad, Mr & Mrs North, Four Star Playhouse, Public Defender, Topper, Big Town, Schlitz Playhouse Of Stars, Adventures Of Superman, It's A Great Life, The Loretta Young Show, Studio 57, Whirlybirds, Panic!, The Restless Gun, The Lineup, Oh Susannah!, Passport To Danger, Mike Hammer, Broken Arrow, State Trooper, Alcoa Theater, The Millionaire, The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, 77 Sunset Strip, The Thin Man, Father Knows Best, Buckskin, Sugarfoot, The Donna Reed Show, Richard Diamond Private Detective, Tales Of Wells Fargo, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lawman, The Real McCoys, Zane Grey Theater, M Squad, Bronco, Death Valley Days, Colt 45, Wanted Dead Or Alive, The Texan, Riverboat, Maverick, Coronado 9, The Law And Mr. Jones, The Jim Backus Show, The Case Of The Dangerous Robin, Rawhide, The Tall Man, Whispering Smith, The Untouchables, The Rifleman, Laramie, Cheyenne, Alcoa Premiere, Have Gun Will Travel, The Twilight Zone, The Jack Benny Program, Kraft Suspense Theater, Gunsmoke, Honey West, Hazel, The Fugitive, The Man From UNCLE, Laredo, The FBI, Felony Squad, Green Acres, Star Trek, I Dream Of Jeannie, The Lucy Show, The Big Valley, Mod Squad, Ironside, Bewitched, Land Of The Giants, Lassie, The Virginian, Adam-12, Lancer, Mayberry RFD, Bonanza, McCloud, O'Hara U S Treasury, Here's Lucy, The Odd Couple, Archer, The Cowboys and Marcus Welby MD.
He played in 8 episodes of Perry Mason, 9 episodes of The Big Valley, 7 episodes of Bonanza, 10 episodes of The Virginian and 12 episodes of The Rifleman.
John Harmon passed away in 1985 at age 80.
Mr. Harmon was always an asset to a TV program or movie that he appeared in regarless of the size of the role.
I enjoyed him in the many appearances he made in TV series as well as the films The Monster Of Piedras Blancas, Three Violent People, Dangerous Money, Jail Busters, Destination Big House, Funny Girl and Brute Force.
Louie The Movie Buff