| Harry Stubbs | |
| Birth Date: | 7 December 1874 |
| Birth Place: | Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1929–1943 |
Harry Oakes Stubbs (December 7, 1874 – May 9, 1950) was an English-born American character actor, who appeared both on Broadway and in films. He was born on December 7, 1874, in Southampton, Hampshire, England.[1] Stubbs immigrated from England at the age of 16, and made his first Broadway appearance at the age of 31 in The Bad Samaritan, which had a short run of fifteen performances in September 1905 at the Garden Theatre.[2]
The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) has him appearing in only eight plays over the next 23 years, the last of which was 1928's The Big Fight which had a month run at the Majestic Theatre in September/October 1928.[3]
In 1929, he would move to Hollywood and begin his film career, which spanned the first fifteen years of the sound era of the industry; he would appear in over 50 films during that time. He also acted on stage in 1933 at Harold Lloyd's Beverly Hills Little Theatre for Professionals, which was a way to use his stage talent to be seen by more people in the film industry.[4] At the beginning of his career in the movies, he would have several leading roles, as in his first film, Alibi,[5] but for the most part he was relegated to the smaller roles of a character actor. Stubbs died on May 9, 1950, at the age of 75.[6]
(Per AFI database)[7] An asterisk denotes a leading or featured role.