Harry von Zell
Birthday: Born in 1906-07-11 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Deathday: 1981-11-21
TV Credits
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The series and several episode scripts were adapted from a 1951 collection of short stories of the same name, written by Max Shulman, who had also written a feature film adaptation of his short stories for MGM in 1953, The Affairs of Dobie Gillis. The series revolved around the life of teenager/young adult Dobie Gillis, who, along with his best friend, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs, struggles against the forces...
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers....
Perry Mason
Character: Phil Scharf
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent....
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time....
The Tall Man
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The Tall Man is a half-hour American western television series about Sheriff Pat Garrett and the gunfighter Billy the Kid that aired seventy-five episodes on NBC from 1960 to 1962, filmed by Revue Productions....
This Is Your Life
Character: Self
This Is Your Life is an American television documentary series broadcast on NBC, originally hosted by its producer, Ralph Edwards from 1952 to 1961. In the show, the host surprises a guest, and proceeds to take them through their life in front of an audience, including special guest appearances by colleagues, friends and family. Edwards revived the show in 1971-72, while Joseph Campanella hosted a version in 1983. Edwards returned for some specials in the late 1980s, before his death in 2005. T...
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Character: Harry von Zell
Burns and Allen, an American comedy duo consisting of George Burns and his wife, Gracie Allen, worked together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio and television and achieved great success over four decades....
Perry Mason
Character: Sidney Hawes
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent....
Movie Credits
Rolling Down to Reno
Character: Harry von Zell
Harry von Zell, a commentator on a radio show, unknowingly angers a wanted gangster with his comments on the air....
Son of Paleface
Character: Mr. Stoner
Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found....
Flicker Flashbacks #2
Character: Narrator
A collection of old-time silent movies, re-scored and narrated, featuring the most popular silent film stars. Includes: 1. Pathé 1900 Bathing Beauties fron Venice, California 2. Goodness Gracious with Clara Kimball Young and Sidney Drew 3. A Drunkard's Reformation Directed by D.W. Griffith...
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
Character: Ben
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love....
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Character: Carter
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war....
Where There's Life
Character: Joe Snyder
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king....
Two Flags West
Character: Ephraim Strong
A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians....
For Heaven's Sake
Character: Tex Henry
An angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate their child that has been waiting to be born....
Yesterday's Witness
Character: Self
For the first 50 years of film history, the newsreel was a fixture in American movie theaters. From 1911 to 1967, these shorts proved an influential source of information – and misinformation – for generations of American moviegoers. Television news and public affairs programs became a great improvement over the scanty information offered by the newsreels. This documentary offers insight into a medium which has disappeared....
So's Your Antenna
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Harry plays a gangster on a radio show and is then is mistaken for a real one....
Radio Romeo
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Harry gets a job at a radio station as an "advice to the lovelorn" host and winds up getting involved in a young woman's marital problems....
Radio Riot
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Harry tries to entertain a family of rich hillbillies....
You're in the Navy Now
Character: Capt. 'Danny' Eliot
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines....
Till the End of Time
Character: Scuffy
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb....
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Character: Mr. Morrison (uncredited)
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop....
I Can Get It for You Wholesale
Character: Savage
A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves....
How DOooo You Do
Character: Harry
Murder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a desert resort....
Dear Wife
Character: Jeff Cooper
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in opposition to the local political machine. Unknown to Miriam, said machine nominates her father, Judge Wilkins. As support grows for Bill, the presence of rival candidates under one roof poses problems, especially for Ruth, wife to Bill and daughter of the judge....
His Baiting Beauty
Character: Harry Von Zell
Harry has to leave town on a business trip to take part in the opening of a new radio station. However, his wife suspects that he is actually going to meet another woman....
The Saxon Charm
Character: Zack Humber
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him but his latest protégé, novelist Eric Busch, finally stands-up to him....