Harry Wilson
Actor, Film actor
1897 – 1978
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Who was Harry Wilson?
Harry Wilson was an English character actor who appeared in over 200 films from 1928 to 1965.
His distinctive facial features often led to him being cast as various henchmen, thugs, convicts and brawlers. His best-known roles roles include a Winkie Guard in The Wizard of Oz; the monster in Frankenstein's Daughter; and together with Mike Mazurki the henchman of George Raft's "Spats Colombo" in Some Like It Hot.
Wilson was also for over fifteen years a stand-in for Wallace Beery. He also had a family and died in 1978, aged 80.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1897
London - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- London
- Died
- Sep 6, 1978
Woodland Hills - Resting place
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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