Michael Martin Harvey (birth registered as Jack Seaforth Harvey, baptised as Jack Seaforth Elton Harvey, 18 April 1897 – 30 June 1975) was an English actor. He was the son of the stage actor/manager Sir
John Martin-Harvey
Sir John Martin-Harvey (22 June 1863 – 14 May 1944), known before his knighthood in 1921 as John Martin Harvey, was an English stage actor-manager.
Born in Bath Street, Wivenhoe, Essex, he was the son of John Harvey, a yacht-designer an ...
and brother of actress
Muriel Martin-Harvey.
As well as his theatre work, he had a number of small roles in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s such as ''
Dark Journey'' (1937), ''
The Drum'' (1938) and ''
Caesar and Cleopatra'' (1945). Larger parts came his way towards the late forties and early fifties including ''
The Monkey's Paw
"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs, first published in the collection '' The Lady of the Barge'' in 1902.
In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with ...
'' (1948), ''
The Third Visitor'' (1951) and ''
The Long Memory
''The Long Memory'' is a black-and-white 1953 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Clewes.
Filmed at locations such as London Waterloo railway station, the North Kent Marshes on ...
'' (1952). In 1949, he took on his only lead role, that of real life criminal
Charles Peace
Charles Peace (14 May 1832 – 25 February 1879) was an English burglar and murderer, who embarked on a life of crime after being maimed in an industrial accident as a boy.
After killing a policeman in Manchester, he fled to his native Shef ...
in ''
The Case of Charles Peace''.
[
He married children's book illustrator Hester Margetson in 1927 under the name Jack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey.]
Selected filmography
* ''The Robber Symphony
''The Robber Symphony'' is a 1936 British musical film directed by Friedrich Feher.
Cast
* Hans Feher as Giannino
* Magda Sonja as Giannino's mother
* George Graves as Giannino's grandfather
* Michael Martin Harvey as Man with straw hat
* ...
'' (1936)
* '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1937)
* '' The Drum'' (1938)
* '' Let the People Sing'' (1942)
* '' Bedelia'' (1946)
* ''The Monkey's Paw
"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs, first published in the collection '' The Lady of the Barge'' in 1902.
In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with ...
'' (1948)
* '' The Case of Charles Peace'' (1949)
* ''Torment
Torment may refer to:
* The feeling of pain or suffering
* Causing to suffer, torture
Films
* ''Torment'' (1924 film), a silent crime-drama
* ''Torment'' (1944 film) (''Hets''), a Swedish film
* ''Torment'' (1950 British film), a British thr ...
'' (1950)
* '' The Third Visitor'' (1951)
* ''Judgment Deferred
''Judgment Deferred'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Joan Collins, Hugh Sinclair, Helen Shingler and Abraham Sofaer. The film is a remake of the director's earlier film, '' Doss House'' (1933).
Production
The ...
'' (1952)
* ''The Long Memory
''The Long Memory'' is a black-and-white 1953 British crime film directed by Robert Hamer and based on the 1951 novel of the same title by Howard Clewes.
Filmed at locations such as London Waterloo railway station, the North Kent Marshes on ...
'' (1952)
References
External links
*
English male film actors
1897 births
1975 deaths
Male actors from London
20th-century English male actors
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