Harry Barris

AKA: The Rhythm Boys

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1905-11-24

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {38}

Happy Husband

1945-01-05 0

Woo, Woo!

Hugh Herbert forms a company to relieve other people from worrying, but a jealous husband, Harry Barris, gives him sone unexpected trouble. Following some narrow escapes, Hugh works his way out of the ...

Genre :Comedy

Ivory

1945-07-09 0

Steppin' in Society

In this crime comedy, a prominent judge's vacation is interrupted during a sudden storm that forces him to seek refuge in a shady nightclub where he is mistaken by the mobsters for a highly esteemed r ...

Genre :Comedy, Crime

Midnight Club Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

1942-07-10 7.1

Holiday Inn

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, ...

Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

1936-05-17 6.8

Show Boat

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady. ...

Genre :Music, Romance, Drama, Comedy

Harry

1930-08-10 4.5

Two Plus Fours

This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion picture debut. Shortly afterwards the trio broke u ...

Genre :Music

Suds

1941-11-07 6

Birth of the Blues

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle ...

Genre :Music, Romance

Bertie

1938-11-18 6.6

The Shining Hour

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Harry, Piano Player

1939-05-19 7.2

Some Like It Hot

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk t ...

Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

1942-11-09 0

Better Not Roll Those Eyes

A Soundie with Harry Barris and Jean Porter. ...

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1942-03-30 0

Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes

A Soundie with Ginger Harmon and Harry Barris. ...

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1932-02-21 0

That Rascal

Harry Barris and Audrey Ferris want to get married, and her father, Harry Holman, likes Barris' piano playing. However, he hates it when Barris sings songs like "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Ras ...

Genre :Comedy

1932-04-17 0

He's a Honey

Harry Barris wants to get married to Eleanor Hunt, but there's an impediment in the way, so he tells her he'll sing "I Surrender, Dear" during his broadcast if they can be wed. ...

Genre :Comedy

1932-06-12 0

Now's the Time

In this short, Mary Carlisle is in love with Harry and they have a fight and she storms off. At the same time, Mary's father (Edgar Kennedy) has recently remarried and he's sick of his wife talking ab ...

Genre :Comedy

Saxy

1944-04-25 7

And the Angels Sing

The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Pop Angel to buy a soy bean farm. They do accept an ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance, Music

Sing Orchestra Leader

1937-09-17 6.6

Double or Nothing

A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering th ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Harry

1935-08-02 6.7

Every Night at Eight

Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not ...

Genre :Comedy, Music

Pianist (Uncredited)

1938-12-28 6.3

Trade Winds

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment. ...

Genre :Romance, Comedy, Mystery

Louie

1938-07-09 4

Cowboy from Brooklyn

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot. ...

Genre :Comedy, Western

Self

1932-10-22 3.3

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #2

Returning to New York on an ocean liner, Lois Whiteman, Harry Barris and Art Jarrett decide to visit composer Burton Lane, who is also aboard, to rehearse a little. Saxophonists Benny Krueger and Rudy ...

Genre :Music

Joe Wilson

1944-10-27 7

Open Season for Saps

After his wife complains about the number of nights Woodcock (Shemp Howard) spends at the Hoot Owl Lodge, he takes her on a belated honeymoon. The first person they meet is lodge member Joe Wilson, wh ...

Genre :Comedy

Pianist at Harry & Joe's (uncredited)

1945-11-29 7.6

The Lost Weekend

Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and ...

Genre :Drama

Harry Barris - Pianist

1933-10-19 5

Secret Sinners

A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that he is married and going through a messy divorce. ...

Genre :Drama, Romance

Bass Sax player

1940-08-28 6.8

Rhythm on the River

Genre :Comedy, Music

Pinky - Band Pianist

1937-09-30 6.132

Something to Sing About

James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New York bandleader struggling with a Hollywood studio boss. ...

Genre :Comedy, Romance

Pee Wee

1942-01-24 7

The Fleet's In

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies. ...

Genre :Music, Romance

Harvey Erkimer

1942-07-23 0

Priorities on Parade

Band leader Johnny Draper auditions his band, the Dixie Pixies, at the Eagle Aircraft Co., hoping to be hired to play for the workers in the plant. However, personnel manager E. V. Hartley can only of ...

Genre :Music, Comedy

Harry

1931-07-11 5.8

Confessions of a Co-Ed

A young college student gets pregnant by the man she loves, but circumstances prevent their marrying, so she marries a classmate she doesn't love. Soon, however, her lover returns, and she finds herse ...

Genre :Drama

Tipster in Barber Chair (uncredited)

1945-10-06 6.5

The Great American Mug

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years. ...

Genre :History

Belhop (uncredited)

1946-04-16 6.7

The Blue Dahlia

Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer. ...

Genre :Crime, Mystery

Hot Dog Vendor

1941-06-20 6

West Point Widow

In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but this doesn't stop her from annulling the marriage so as not to interfere with her husband's military c ...

Genre :Comedy

Sailor Asking Joe to Get Autographs (uncredited)

1945-08-13 6.8

Anchors Aweigh

Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

William Appleton Shellingdon Pelt ("Wasp")

1931-10-13 6.3

The Spirit of Notre Dame

Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks he's the only man on the team. ...

Genre :Drama

Officer's Club Pianist (Uncredited)

1946-03-01 4.556

Young Widow

A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war. ...

Genre :Drama

Musician (uncredited)

1941-02-27 6.2

Blondie Goes Latin

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some ...

Genre :Comedy

Bob

1943-10-28 0

Is Everybody Happy?

This is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. ...

Genre :Music, Drama

Bandleader (uncredited)

1944-12-18 5

Here Come the Waves

Show business twin sisters Rosemary and Susie, one serious and the other a scatterbrain, join the WAVES and both fall in love with crooner Johnny Cabot. ...

Genre :Music, Comedy, Romance

Trio Singer (as The Rhythm Boys)

1930-04-20 6.2

King of Jazz

Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood productions of its day. Starring the bandleader Pa ...

Genre :Animation, Music

Piano Player (uncredited)

1936-10-31 0

The Man I Marry

A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he can succeed on his own. ...