---
name: "Harry Carr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-carr"
fi1m_id: "harry-carr"
imdb_id: "nm0139714"
tmdb_id: 1358394
wikidata_id: "Q12140901"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "22 March 1877"
died: "10 January 1936"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:12:27.357211+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."
---

# Harry Carr

## Identity

Harry Carr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-carr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-carr
- **IMDb ID:** nm0139714
- **TMDB ID:** 1358394
- **Wikidata ID:** Q12140901
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12140901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1358394

Writer. Born 22 March 1877 in Tipton, Iowa. Died 10 January 1936.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 22 March 1877, Tipton, Iowa
- **Died:** 10 January 1936
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Carr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12140901, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0139714/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1358394

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*City Lights*](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md) (89)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Harry Carr (1877–1936) was an American writer and occasional actor who contributed to numerous silent films. He worked on the screenplay for Charlie Chaplin's *City Lights* (1931), listed as uncredited, and received a writing credit on Erich von Stroheim's *The Wedding March* (1928). Other credits include *The Blue Danube* (1928), *Old Ironsides* (1926) and *The Divine Lady* (1929).

Born in Tipton, Iowa, Carr began his career in journalism before turning to screenwriting and story adaptation in the 1920s. He also appeared in a small number of films as an actor.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *City Lights* (1931), Fi1m 89, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Ridin' Down the Trail* (1947), as Tom Bradon
- *Rustlers of Devil's Canyon* (1947), as Tad
- *The Last Coupon* (1932), as Jocker
- *You Have to Marry the Prince* (1931), Story
- *City Lights* (1931), Screenplay — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/city-lights.md)
- *The Honeymoon* (1929), Writer
- *Tropical Nights* (1928), Writer
- *The Wedding March* (1928), Writer
- *The Blue Danube* (1928), Writer
- *Paid to Love* (1927), Story
- *Old Ironsides* (1926), Adaptation
- *The Country Flapper* (1922), Writer
- *Flying Pat* (1920), Writer
- *Little Miss Rebellion* (1920), Story
- *Remodeling Her Husband* (1920), Writer
- *I'll Get Him Yet* (1919), Writer
- *Beatrice Fairfax* (1916), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Harry Carr, Los Angeles Times reporter, editor and columnist, standing in a doorway with hat in hand at the port in San Pedro upon his return from a trip to Eur (1934)](https://film.one/media/person/102744/gallery-1529b39d8a93.jpg) Harry Carr, Los Angeles Times reporter, editor and columnist, standing in a doorway with hat in hand at the port in San Pedro upon his return from a trip to Eur (1934) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Harry_Carr%2C_1934.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Harry Carr](https://film.one/media/person/102744/gallery-851d5f7c44a8.jpg) Harry Carr — Keystone Photo Service, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Harry_Carr%2C_1935.jpg/1280px-Harry_Carr%2C_1935.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis and Times columnist Harry Carr Harry Carr arm wrestling (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/102744/gallery-05b6c6d9e790.jpg) Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis and Times columnist Harry Carr Harry Carr arm wrestling (1936) — Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Joe_Louis_and_Harry_Carr_arm_wrestling.jpg/1280px-Joe_Louis_and_Harry_Carr_arm_wrestling.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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