---
name: "Forrester Harvey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/forrester-harvey"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 June 1884"
died: "14 December 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T00:36:27.771283+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Forrester Harvey

Actor. Born 26 June 1884 in County Cork, Ireland. Died 14 December 1945.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 June 1884, County Cork, Ireland
- **Died:** 14 December 1945
- **Active:** 1932–1940
- **Also known as:** Forester Harvey
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 3 acting, 3 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 76 (4), 1940s 79 (2)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Romance 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrester_Harvey, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3077698, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367516/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3371

## Biography

Forrester Harvey (also credited as Forester Harvey) was an Irish film actor born on 27 June 1884 in County Cork, Ireland. He died on 14 December 1945 in Laguna Beach, California.

From 1922 until his death he appeared in more than 115 films, mostly in comic supporting roles such as innkeepers. He is known for playing Beamish in *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1932) and *Tarzan and His Mate* (1934), Herbert Hall in *The Invisible Man* (1933), Twiddle in *The Wolf Man* (1941), Chalcroft in *Rebecca* (1940), and Mr Huggins in *Mrs. Miniver* (1942). He also appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's *The Ring* (1927) and *Rebecca*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *Rebecca* (1940), Fi1m 85, as Chalcroft — [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, as Honesty Nutall — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), Fi1m 67, as Orderly — [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)

### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Mrs. Miniver* (1942), Fi1m 73, as Mr. Huggins (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-miniver.md)
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), Fi1m 78, as Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-for-a-day.md)
- *Shanghai Express* (1932), Fi1m 80, as Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shanghai-express.md)

## Complete filmography (91)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Green Years* (1946), as Peter Dickie
- *Devotion* (1946), as Hoggs (uncredited)
- *Scotland Yard Investigator* (1945), as Sam Todworthy
- *The Man in Half Moon Street* (1945), as Harris
- *The Lodger* (1944), Actor
- *The Mysterious Doctor* (1943), as Hugh Penhryn
- *Mrs. Miniver* (1942), as Mr. Huggins (uncredited) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-miniver.md)
- *This Above All* (1942), as Proprietor
- *The Wolf Man* (1941), as Twiddle
- *Mercy Island* (1941), as Captain Lowe
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), as Old Prouty
- *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), as Moriarity
- *Earl of Puddlestone* (1940), as Tittington
- *Tom Brown's School Days* (1940), as Sam the Coachman
- *On Their Own* (1940), as Mr. Pim
- *Rebecca* (1940), as Chalcroft — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/rebecca.md)
- *A Chump at Oxford* (1940), as Meredith
- *The Invisible Man Returns* (1940), as Ben Jenkins
- *The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex* (1939), as Bit Part (uncredited)
- *Raffles* (1939), as Umpire
- *The Witness Vanishes* (1939), as Allistair McNab
- *The Lady's from Kentucky* (1939), as Nonny Watkins
- *Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police* (1939), as Professor Downie
- *Let Us Live* (1939), as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
- *A Christmas Carol* (1938), as Old Fezziwig
- *Arrest Bulldog Drummond* (1938), as Constable at Gannett House
- *Mysterious Mr. Moto* (1938), as George Higgins
- *Bulldog Drummond in Africa* (1938), as Constable Jenkins
- *Kidnapped* (1938), as Innkeeper
- *Bulldog Drummond's Peril* (1938), as Bus Garage Man
- *Thoroughbreds Don't Cry* (1937), as Wilkins
- *Fight for Your Lady* (1937), as Referee
- *Bulldog Drummond Comes Back* (1937), as Barman / Landlord
- *Souls at Sea* (1937), as Pub Proprietor (uncredited)
- *The Man Who Cried Wolf* (1937), as Jacko
- *The Prince and the Pauper* (1937), as Meaty Man
- *Personal Property* (1937), as Herbert Jenkins
- *Lloyd's of London* (1936), as Percival Potts
- *White Hunter* (1936), as Pembrooke
- *Trouble for Two* (1936), as Hotel Waiter (Uncredited)
- *Petticoat Fever* (1936), as Scotty
- *Love Before Breakfast* (1936), as Chief Steward
- *Captain Blood* (1935), as Honesty Nutall — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *The Perfect Gentleman* (1935), as Wally Baxton
- *China Seas* (1935), as Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)
- *Jalna* (1935), as Rags
- *Vagabond Lady* (1935), as Corky Nye
- *The Woman in Red* (1935), as Mooney
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), as Durdles
- *The Right to Live* (1935), as English Bobby
- *The Gilded Lily* (1935), as Proprietor, English Inn
- *The Best Man Wins* (1935), as Harry
- *Broadway Bill* (1934), as Bradshaw (uncredited)
- *The Painted Veil* (1934), as Waddington
- *Menace* (1934), as Wilcox
- *Great Expectations* (1934), as Uncle Pumblechook
- *Tarzan and His Mate* (1934), as Beamish
- *The Mystery of Mr. X* (1934), as Joe Palmer
- *Man of Two Worlds* (1934), as Tim
- *The Invisible Man* (1933), as Herbert Hall
- *Lady for a Day* (1933), as Hotel Employee Oscar (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-for-a-day.md)
- *Blind Adventure* (1933), as Coffee Wagon Proprietor
- *Midnight Club* (1933), as Thomas Roberts
- *Cocktail Hour* (1933), as Barfly (uncredited)
- *The Eagle and the Hawk* (1933), as Hogan
- *Red Dust* (1932), as Captain Limey
- *Kongo* (1932), as 'Cookie'
- *Smilin' Through* (1932), as Orderly — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/smilin-through.md)
- *Young Onions* (1932), as Alfred
- *Those We Love* (1932), as Jake
- *Hawkins & Watkins Inc.* (1932), Actor
- *Mystery Ranch* (1932), as Artie Brower
- *But the Flesh Is Weak* (1932), as Gooch
- *The Wet Parade* (1932), as Mr. Fortesque
- *Tarzan the Ape Man* (1932), as Beamish
- *Sky Devils* (1932), as Innkeeper
- *Shanghai Express* (1932), as Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited) — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/shanghai-express.md)
- *Devotion* (1931), as Gas Inspector
- *Guilty Hands* (1931), as Spencer Wilson
- *Chances* (1931), as Joe (uncredited)
- *The Man in Possession* (1931), as Bailiff
- *A Tailor-Made Man* (1931), as Pomeroy
- *The Devil to Pay!* (1930), as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- *Spangles* (1928), as Watty
- *Glorious Youth* (1928), as Simmons
- *The White Sheik* (1928), as Pat
- *Toni* (1928), as Watts
- *The Flag Lieutenant* (1927), as Dusty Miller
- *The Ring* (1927), as The Promoter
- *Nell Gwyn* (1926), as Charles Hart
- *Somebody's Darling* (1925), as Oliver Jordan

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