Harry Beresford

Who was Harry Beresford?

Harry Beresford was a stage actor in London and New York before going on the screen. He was also a screen writer and novelist.

Between 1926 and 1938 he appeared as a supporting actor in fifty-six films, including The Sign of the Cross, Doctor X, I Cover the Waterfront, and David Copperfield.

[This is not the same fellow who married Kitty Gordon. That was Capt. Henry Beresford born Apr 22, 1876 died Jan 28, 1924. See The Times Jan 29, 1924 page 14 Obituaries. Captain the Hon. Henry William Walter Horsely Beresford, younger brother of Lord Decies, died suddenly at his farm. He was in London only a week ago, apparently in good health. etc. etc. Captain Beresford married, in 1904, Constance, widow of Michael Levenston, well known in musical comedy and vaudeville as Kitty Gordon.]