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Harold Huber (born Harold Joseph Huberman, December 5, 1909September 29, 1959) was an American actor who appeared on film, radio and television.


Early life

Huber was born in the
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to Jewish immigrants from
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, who had arrived in the United States as infants. His father was the manager of an optical firm. Harold Huberman entered
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in the Fall of 1925 at age sixteen. He was a member of the university debate team, and by his third year had become editor of a school magazine called ''The Medley''. His tenure at that post was marked by an incident, reported in the newspapers, when the administration suspended publication of ''The Medley'' in May 1928 for printing "low humor...not fit to bear the name of New York University". After graduating from NYU in 1929, Huberman attended
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for a short time, reportedly in the School of Law, but apparently dropped out after getting his first acting job in 1930.''The New York Times'', "Harold Huber, Actor, Dies at 49", October 1, 1959, pg 40


Career


Stage

On September 22, 1930, Harold Huberman became Harold Huber, for a Broadway adaption of '' A Farewell to Arms''. This first acting job lasted a month. He also appeared in the Broadway productions ''The Assassin'' (1945), ''Merry-Go-Round'' (1932), ''Two Seconds'' (1931), and ''First Night'' (1930) before landing roles in some
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films shot on location in New York.


Film

Huber made his film debut in ''
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'' in late 1932, followed quickly by a bit part in '' 20,000 Years in Sing Sing''. He appeared in nearly 100 films in the 1930s and 1940s. An early noteworthy role was as the stool-pigeon Nunnheim in ''
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'' (1934). He played many roles requiring him to assume different accents, like Ito Nakamura, a Japanese American in the 1942 film ''
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''. Among his many roles were appearances as a police officer in various
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films, including an American in ''
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'' (1937), a French officer in '' Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo'' (1937) and ''
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'' (1939), and a Brazilian in ''
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'' (1941). He played a supporting role as a member of the French Foreign Legion in ''
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'' (1939). He also played roles in films featuring
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and
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.


Radio

Huber starred as
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in ''The Adventures of M. Hercule Poirot'' in a weekly half-hour program from February to October, 1945 (the program is also cited as being titled simply ''Hercule Poirot'' or ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'').
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introduced the initial broadcast of the series via shortwave radio. In October 1946, Huber began a year-long run on radio as Poirot in a daily fifteen-minute program on
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, called ''Mystery of the Week'', with scripts by
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. Huber also portrayed
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on radio in an eponymous program.


Television

Huber's television debut came in 1950, as the star of a weekly half-hour drama, ''I Cover Times Square'', on
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. He played Johnny Warren, a nationally known newspaper and radio columnist. Huber also produced the New York-made show, which lasted only one season.


Final role

In September 1958, Huber co-starred with
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in a short-lived off-Broadway revival of Frank Wedekind's play ''Lulu'', his last professional credit.


Personal life

Huber died during surgery at Jewish Memorial Hospital on September 29, 1959, leaving behind his wife Ethel and daughter Margaret. He was buried at Mount Hebron Cemetery in
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Selected filmography

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The Criminal Code ''The Criminal Code'' is a 1931 American pre-Code romantic crime drama film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes. The screenplay, based on a 1929 play of the same name by Martin Flavin, was written by Fred Ni ...
'' (1930) - Convict in Yard (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1932) - Nick Sarno * '' 20,000 Years in Sing Sing'' (1932) - Tony - Death Row Convict (uncredited) * ''
Frisco Jenny ''Frisco Jenny'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern, and directed by William A. Wellman. Its storyline bears a resemblance to Chatterton's previous hit film, ''Madame X''. Plot In 1906 San Fran ...
'' (1932) - Weaver * ''
The Match King ''The Match King'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film made by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley and Howard Bretherton. The film starred Warren William and Lili Damita, and follows the rise and fall of Swedish safety mat ...
'' (1932) - Scarlatti * ''
Parachute Jumper ''Parachute Jumper'' is a 1933 American pre-Code black-and-white comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. Based on a story by Rian James titled "Some Call It Love", it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Bette Davis and Frank McHugh. Plot Mar ...
'' (1933) - Steve Donovan * ''
Ladies They Talk About ''Ladies They Talk About'' is a 1933 pre-Code American crime drama directed by Howard Bretherton and William Keighley, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, and Lyle Talbot. The film is about an attractive woman who is a member of a ba ...
'' (1933) - Lefty Simons * ''
Girl Missing ''Girl Missing'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film starring Glenda Farrell, Ben Lyon and Mary Brian. It was directed by Robert Florey and released by Warner Bros. on March 4, 1933. Two women stranded in Palm Beach become involved in ...
'' (1933) - Jim Hendricks * '' Central Airport'' (1933) - Swarthy Man (scenes deleted) * ''
The Life of Jimmy Dolan ''The Life of Jimmy Dolan'', released in the UK as ''The Kid's Last Fight'', is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Loretta Young. John Wayne has a small supporting role as a frightened boxer. The story was based on ...
'' (1933) - Reggie Newman * ''
The Silk Express ''The Silk Express'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film, starring Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl, was r ...
'' (1933) - Train Guard Craft * ''
The Mayor of Hell ''The Mayor of Hell'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Warner Brothers film starring James Cagney. The film was remade in 1938 as ''Crime School'' with Humphrey Bogart taking over James Cagney's role and '' Hell's Kitchen'' with Ronald Reagan in 1939. ...
'' (1933) - Joe * ''
Midnight Mary ''Midnight Mary'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone. Plot The very scary story begins with an indifferent Mary Martin (Young) sitting in a ...
'' (1933) - Puggy * '' Mary Stevens, M.D.'' (1933) - Tony * ''
Police Car 17 ''Police Car 17'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Tim McCoy, Evalyn Knapp and Edwin Maxwell (actor), Edwin Maxwell.Fetrow, p. 511 Cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Conlon * Evalyn Knapp as Helen Regan * Edwi ...
'' (1933) - Johnny Davis * ''
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'' (1933) - Slick (uncredited) * ''
Fury of the Jungle ''Fury of the Jungle'' is a 1933 American adventure film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Donald Cook, Peggy Shannon and Alan Dinehart. It was co-written by Dore Schary from a story by Horace McCoy. Plot A love triangle story set in ...
'' (1933) - Gaston Labelle aka Frenchy * ''
Hi, Nellie! ''Hi, Nellie!'' is a 1934 American crime drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Paul Muni and Glenda Farrell. A newspaper editor is demoted to writing an advice column for refusing to go along with the crowd in declaring a missing la ...
'' (1934) - Leo * '' No More Women'' (1934) - Iceberg * ''
The Crosby Case ''The Crosby Case'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Warren B. Duff and Gordon Kahn. The film stars Wynne Gibson, Onslow Stevens, Richard "Skeets" Gallagher, Alan Dinehart, Warren Hymer, William C ...
'' (1934) - Rogers (uncredited) * ''
The Line-Up ''The Line-Up'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Howard Higgin and starring William Gargan, Marian Nixon and Paul Hurst.Langman & Finn p.144 Synopsis A young police officer is assigned to the detective squad investigating a series o ...
'' (1934) - 'Mile-a-Way' Miller * '' A Very Honorable Guy'' (1934) - Joe Ponzetti * ''
He Was Her Man ''He Was Her Man'' is a 1934 American pre-Code mob film starring James Cagney, Joan Blondell, and Victor Jory. The film was directed by Lloyd Bacon. Plot Flicker Hayes (Cagney) informs the police after he sets up two men to be caught in a pho ...
'' (1934) - J.C. Ward, Curly's Hitman * ''
The Thin Man ''The Thin Man'' (1934) is a detective novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally published in a condensed version in the December 1933 issue of ''Redbook''. It appeared in book form the following month. A film series followed, featuring the main cha ...
'' (1934) - Nunheim * ''
The Merry Frinks ''The Merry Frinks'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Aline MacMahon, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Happy Family''. Synopsis A put-upon mother inherits a fortu ...
'' (1934) - Benny Lopez * ''
The Defense Rests ''The Defense Rests'' (or ''Take the Witness'') is a 1934 American film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Jack Holt, Jean Arthur, and Nat Pendleton. The movie was produced in May 1934 and released on 15 July 1934. Cast * Jack Holt as M ...
'' (1934) - Castro * '' Beyond the Law'' (1934) - Gordon * ''
Hide-Out ''Hide-Out'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy, crime, drama, romance film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Robert Montgomery and Maureen O'Sullivan. It also features a young Mickey Rooney. The film was nominated for an Academy Award f ...
'' (1934) - Dr. Warner * ''
Port of Lost Dreams ''Port of Lost Dreams'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring William Boyd (actor), William Boyd, Lola Lane and George F. Marion.Pitts p.100-1 Cast * William Boyd (actor), William Boyd as Lars Christensen * Lol ...
'' (1934) - Louis Constolos * '' Cheating Cheaters'' (1934) - Edgar 'Legs' Finelli * ''
The World Accuses ''The World Accuses'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Vivian Tobin, Dickie Moore and Cora Sue Collins Cora Susan Collins (born April 19, 1927) is an American former child actress who appeared in numerous ...
'' (1934) - 'Checkers' Fraley * ''
Forsaking All Others ''Forsaking All Others'' is a 1934 American romance film, romantic comedy-drama, comedy-drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Robert Montgomery (actor), Robert Montgomery, Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. The screenplay was written b ...
'' (1934) - Mr. Frankenstein - Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited) * ''
One New York Night ''One New York Night'' (also released as ''The Trunk Mystery'') is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Jack Conway and written by Frank Davis. The film stars Franchot Tone, Una Merkel, Conrad Nagel, Harvey Stephens, Steffi Duna and Charles ...
'' (1935) - Blake * '' Naughty Marietta'' (1935) - Abe * ''
G Men ''G Men'' is a 1935 Warner Bros. crime film starring James Cagney, Ann Dvorak, Margaret Lindsay and Lloyd Nolan in his film debut. According to ''Variety,'' the movie was one of the top-grossing films of 1935. The supporting cast features Robe ...
'' (1935) - Venke * '' Reckless'' (1935) - Nick Londos (uncredited) * '' Mad Love'' (1935) - Thief (scenes deleted) * '' Pursuit'' (1935) - Jake * ''
I Live My Life ''I Live My Life'' is a 1935 American comedy-drama film starring Joan Crawford, Brian Aherne, and Frank Morgan, and is based on the story "Claustrophobia" by A. Carter Goodloe. Plot summary Kay Bentley (Joan Crawford), a bored socialite seeks a ...
'' (1935) - Picture Hanger (uncredited) * '' We're Only Human'' (1935) - Tony Ricci (uncredited) * '' Muss 'em Up'' (1936) - Maratti * ''
Klondike Annie ''Klondike Annie'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play ''Frisco Kate'', which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowe ...
'' (1936) - Chan Lo * ''
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'' (1936) - Babe * ''
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'' (1936) - Spike * ''
Women Are Trouble ''Women Are Trouble'' is a 1936 American crime film directed by Errol Taggart and written by Michael Fessier. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, Florence Rice, Margaret Irving, Cy Kendall and John Harrington. The film was released on J ...
'' (1936) - Pete the Pusher * ''
The Devil Is a Sissy ''The Devil is a Sissy'' is a 1936 American MGM comedy-drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and Rowland Brown. The film stars Freddie Bartholomew, Jackie Cooper and Mickey Rooney, three of the biggest child stars of the 1930s. The film prem ...
'' (1936) - Willie * ''
The Gay Desperado ''The Gay Desperado'' is a 1936 comedy film starring Ida Lupino, Leo Carrillo, and Nino Martini and directed by Rouben Mamoulian, produced by Mary Pickford, and originally released by United Artists. The film was restored by the UCLA Film and Te ...
'' (1936) - Juan Campo * ''
They Gave Him a Gun ''They Gave Him a Gun'' is a 1937 American crime drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Spencer Tracy, Gladys George, and Franchot Tone. The picture bears a resemblance to later films noir in its dark theme regarding the struggles a ...
'' (1937) * ''
The Good Earth ''The Good Earth'' is a historical fiction novel by Pearl S. Buck published in 1931 that dramatizes family life in a Chinese village in the early 20th century. It is the first book in her ''House of Earth'' trilogy, continued in ''Sons'' (1932) ...
'' (1937) - Cousin * ''
Trouble in Morocco ''Trouble in Morocco'' is a 1937 American adventure war film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and starring Jack Holt. Cast * Jack Holt ... Paul Cluett *Mae Clarke ... Linda Lawrence *Paul Hurst ... Tiger Malone * C. Henry Gordon ... Captain Nar ...
'' (1937) - Palmo * '' Midnight Taxi'' (1937) - Walter 'Lucky' Todd * ''
Angel's Holiday ''Angel's Holiday'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Frank Fenton and Lynn Root. The film stars Jane Withers, Joan Davis, Sally Blane, Robert Kent, Harold Huber and Frank Jenks. The film was released on ...
'' (1937) - Bat Regan * ''
You Can't Beat Love ''You Can't Beat Love'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Maxwell Shane and David Silverstein. The film stars Preston Foster, Joan Fontaine, Herbert Mundin, William Brisbane and Alan Bruce. The film was r ...
'' (1937) - Pretty Boy Jones * ''
Outlaws of the Orient ''Outlaws of the Orient'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack. Cast * Jack Holt ... Chet Eaton *Mae Clarke ... Joan Manning *Harold Huber ... Gen. Ho-Fang * Ray Walker ... Lucky Phelps * James Bush ... Johnny Eat ...
'' (1937) - Bandit General Ho-Fang * ''
Love Under Fire ''Love Under Fire'' is a 1937 American drama film based upon the play by Walter C. Hackett. It was directed by George Marshall and stars Loretta Young, Don Ameche and Frances Drake. The film's sets were designed by the art director Rudolph Ster ...
'' (1937) - Lieutenant Chaves * ''
Charlie Chan on Broadway ''Charlie Chan on Broadway'' (1937) is a Charlie Chan film. This is the 15th film starring Oland as Chan and produced by Fox. Plot While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner returning from Ger ...
'' (1937) - Inspector Nelson * '' Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo'' (1937) - Jules Joubert * '' International Settlement'' (1938) - Joseph Lang * ''
A Slight Case of Murder ''A Slight Case of Murder'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon. The film is based on the 1935 play by Damon Runyon and Howard Lindsay. The offbeat comedy stars Edward G. Robinson spoofing his own gangster image as Remy Marco. ...
'' (1938) - Giuseppe * ''
Mr. Moto's Gamble ''Mr. Moto's Gamble'' is the third film in the Mr. Moto series starring Peter Lorre as the title character. It is best remembered for originating as a movie in the Charlie Chan series and being changed to a Mr. Moto entry at the last minute. Plo ...
'' (1938) - Lieutenant Riggs * ''
The Adventures of Marco Polo ''The Adventures of Marco Polo'' is a 1938 adventure film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, and Basil Rathbone. It was one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions. Plot Nicolo Polo shows tr ...
'' (1938) - Toctai * ''A Trip to Paris'' (1938) - Willie Jones * ''
Gangs of New York ''Gangs of New York'' is a 2002 American epic historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book ''The Gangs of New York''. The film stars Le ...
'' (1938) - Panatella * ''
Passport Husband ''Passport Husband'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Karen DeWolf and Robert Chapin. The film stars Stuart Erwin, Pauline Moore, Douglas Fowley, Joan Woodbury, Robert Lowery and Harold Huber. The film was ...
'' (1938) - Blackie Bennet * ''
Mysterious Mr. Moto ''Mysterious Mr. Moto'', produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. The film is based on the character of Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand, from an original screenpl ...
'' (1938) - Ernst Litmar * ''
Little Tough Guys in Society ''Little Tough Guys in Society'' is a 1938 Universal Studios film that starred several of the ''Dead End Kids''. It was the second film that Universal made in their series and the first of three that they made without any of the original ''Dead E ...
'' (1938) - Uncle Buck * '' While New York Sleeps'' (1938) - Joe Marco * '' Going Places'' (1938) - Maxie * ''
Midnight Mary ''Midnight Mary'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, and Franchot Tone. Plot The very scary story begins with an indifferent Mary Martin (Young) sitting in a ...
'' (1939) * ''
King of the Turf ''King of the Turf'' is a 1939 American drama film starring Adolphe Menjou.''King of the Turf
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'' (1939) - Santelli * ''
You Can't Get Away with Murder ''You Can't Get Away with Murder'' is a 1939 crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler, starring Humphrey Bogart and Gale Page, and featuring " Dead End Kid" leader Billy Halop. The film is from Bogart's period of being cast in B pictures by Warne ...
'' (1939) - Tom Scappa * ''
The Lady and the Mob ''The Lady and the Mob'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Richard Maibaum and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer and Harold Huber. It was relea ...
'' (1939) - Harry the Lug * ''
Chasing Danger ''Chasing Danger'' is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury an ...
'' (1939) - Carlos Demitri * '' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) - Joe Silenus * ''
Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a rel ...
'' (1939) - Voisin * ''
Main Street Lawyer ''Main Street Lawyer'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Dudley Murphy and written by Joseph Krumgold and Devery Freeman. The film stars Edward Ellis (actor), Edward Ellis, Anita Louise, Robert Baldwin, Harold Huber, Clem Bevans and Marga ...
'' (1939) - Tony Marco * ''
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness ''City in Darkness'', also known as ''Charlie Chan in City in Darkness'' is a 1939 American drama film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and starring Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, and Richard Clark. It is one of the films in the Charlie Chan film series, ...
'' (1939) - Marcel * ''
Charlie McCarthy, Detective ''Charlie McCarthy, Detective'' is a 1939 American comedy film starring Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy (ventriloquist), Charlie McCarthy and Robert Cummings. Plot Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is ano ...
'' (1939) - Tony Garcia * ''
The Ghost Comes Home ''The Ghost Comes Home'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Richard Maibaum and Harry Ruskin. The film stars Frank Morgan, Billie Burke, Ann Rutherford, John Shelton, Reginald Owen and Donald Meek. The fil ...
'' (1940) - Tony * ''
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'' (1940) - Lopez * ''
Dance, Girl, Dance ''Dance, Girl, Dance'' is a 1940 American comedy-drama film directed by Dorothy Arzner and starring Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, and Ralph Bellamy. The film follows two dancers who strive to preserve their own integrity while fi ...
'' (1940) - Hoboken Gent * '' A Man Betrayed'' (1941) - Morris Slade * '' Country Fair'' (1941) - Cash Nichols * ''
Charlie Chan in Rio ''Charlie Chan in Rio'' is a 1941 film featuring the Asian detective Charlie Chan. It was the tenth film to feature Sidney Toler as the title character, who is called upon to investigate the death of a suspected murderer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...
'' (1941) - Chief Souto * ''
Down Mexico Way ''Down Mexico Way'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Fay McKenzie. Based on a story by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who comes to the a ...
'' (1941) - Pancho Grande * '' Pardon My Stripes'' (1942) - Big George Kilraine * ''
Sleepytime Gal ''Sleepytime Gal'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Albert S. Rogell and written by Art Arthur, Albert Duffy and Max Lief. The film stars Judy Canova, Tom Brown (actor), Tom Brown, Billy Gilbert, Ruth Terry, Thurston Hall, Elisha Cook J ...
'' (1942) - Honest Joe Kincaid * ''
A Gentleman After Dark ''A Gentleman After Dark'' is a 1942 crime/drama film starring Brian Donlevy and Miriam Hopkins. Plot We pick up the story when the editor of the ''New York Chronicle'' sits on New Year's Eve 1923 awaiting news on the theft of legendary Mrs. Reg ...
'' (1942) - S. Jenkins (Stubby) * ''
Little Tokyo, U.S.A. ''Little Tokyo, U.S.A.'' is a 1942 American film. Produced in the period just after the United States entered World War II, it was meant to alert Americans to the dangers of foreign agents. It is now controversial for its largely negative portraya ...
'' (1942) - Ito Takimura * ''
Manila Calling ''Manila Calling'' is a 1942 American black-and-white World War II propaganda war film drama from 20th Century Fox, produced by Sol M. Wurtzel, directed by Herbert I. Leeds, that stars Lloyd Nolan, Carole Landis, Cornel Wilde, James Gleason, ...
'' (1942) - Santoro * ''
Lady from Chungking ''Lady from Chungking'' is a 1942 American war film. Plot In World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to rescue two downed Flying Tigers pilots ...
'' (1942) - Gen. Kaimura * ''
Ice-Capades Revue ''Ice-Capades Revue'' is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Bernard Vorhaus, and written by Bradford Ropes and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Ellen Drew, Richard Denning, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen, Harold Huber and Marilyn Hare. Th ...
'' (1942) - Duke Baldwin * '' Crime Doctor'' (1943) - Joe Dylan * ''
My Friend Irma Goes West ''My Friend Irma Goes West'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Hal Walker and based on the radio show ''My Friend Irma.'' It stars the comedy team of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The film is a sequel to ''My Friend Irma'' (1949) and was ...
'' (1950) - Pete * '' Let's Dance'' (1950) - Marcel * ''
The Joker Is Wild ''The Joker Is Wild'' is a 1957 American musical drama film directed by Charles Vidor, starring Frank Sinatra, Mitzi Gaynor, Jeanne Crain, and Eddie Albert, and released by Paramount Pictures. The film is about Joe E. Lewis, the popular si ...
'' (1957) - Harry Bliss (uncredited)


Radio appearances


References


Further reading

*Ken Hanke, ''Charlie Chan at the Movies'' Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1989. .


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huber, Harold 1909 births 1959 deaths Burials at Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City) Male actors from New York City American male film actors American male radio actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors American people of Russian-Jewish descent American people of Jewish descent