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name: "Harold Vermilyea"
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born: "10 October 1889"
died: "8 January 1958"
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updated: "2026-09-20T01:41:54.807531+00:00"
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# Harold Vermilyea

Actor. Born 10 October 1889 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 8 January 1958.

## Details

- **Born:** 10 October 1889, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 8 January 1958
- **Also known as:** Harold Vermilye
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Vermilyea, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3127647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0894447/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43821

## Biography

Harold Vermilyea (also credited as Harold Vermilye) was an American actor. Born in New York City on 10 October 1889, he began his stage career in 1914 with an appearance in *The Lion and the Mouse* on Broadway. He performed in more than thirty Broadway productions over four decades, including *Boy Meets Girl* (1935–1937), *Deep Are the Roots* (1945–1946) and *Jacobowsky and the Colonel* (1944–1945).

After serving in the US Army Ambulance Service during the First World War and working in radio, Vermilyea appeared in a series of films in the late 1940s, among them *O.S.S.* (1946), *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947) as Lou Jordan, *The Big Clock* (1948) as Don Klausmeyer, *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948) as Waldo Evans and *Born to Be Bad* (1950) as John Caine. He later moved into television before his death in New York City on 8 January 1958.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), Fi1m 64, as Lou Jordan — [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Janet Dean, Registered Nurse* (1954), series, Actor
- *Finders Keepers* (1952), as Mr. Fizpatrick
- *Katie Did It* (1950), as Merill T. Grumby
- *Born to Be Bad* (1950), as John Caine
- *Edge of Doom* (1950), as Father Kirkman
- *Chicago Deadline* (1949), as Anstruder
- *Manhandled* (1949), as Dr. Redman
- *Alias Nick Beal* (1949), as Chief Justice
- *Sorry, Wrong Number* (1948), as Waldo Evans
- *Beyond Glory* (1948), as Raymond Denmore, Sr.
- *The Emperor Waltz* (1948), as Chamberlain
- *The Sainted Sisters* (1948), as Lederer
- *The Miracle of the Bells* (1948), as Nick Orloff
- *The Big Clock* (1948), as Don Klausmeyer
- *California's Golden Beginning* (1948), Actor
- *Gentleman's Agreement* (1947), as Lou Jordan — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/gentlemans-agreement.md)
- *O.S.S.* (1946), as Amadeus Brink
- *The Law That Failed* (1917), as Jack Thorpe
- *Pride and the Devil* (1917), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Harold Vermilyea](https://film.one/media/person/1235585/gallery-a7f165e0a494.jpg) Harold Vermilyea — Image via TMDB
- ![Harold Vermilyea](https://film.one/media/person/1235585/gallery-bbb6f4874972.jpg) Harold Vermilyea — Image via TMDB

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