---
name: "Harry Earles"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-earles"
fi1m_id: "harry-earles"
imdb_id: "nm0247361"
tmdb_id: 1511
wikidata_id: "Q63452"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1901"
died: "4 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T01:08:34.929583+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 Earles

## Identity

Harry Earles

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-earles
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-earles
- **IMDb ID:** nm0247361
- **TMDB ID:** 1511
- **Wikidata ID:** Q63452
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Earles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1511

Actor. Born 3 April 1901 in Stolp, Germany. Died 4 May 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1901, Stolp, Germany
- **Died:** 4 May 1985
- **Also known as:** Kurt Schneider
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Earles, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63452, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0247361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1511

## Biography

Harry Earles, also known as Kurt Schneider and Harry Doll, was a German-American actor and circus performer. Born in Stolpen, Germany, he emigrated to the United States around 1915 with his sister Frieda (later Grace Earles). He and his siblings, who performed as the Doll Family, worked in circuses including Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey while making occasional film appearances.

Earles is best known for playing Hans in *Freaks* (1932), opposite his sister Daisy Earles as Frieda. His other credits include Tweedledee in *The Unholy Three* (1925) and an uncredited Lollipop Guild Member in *The Wizard of Oz* (1939). The family largely left film work in the early 1930s to focus on circus performances until the mid-1950s, with only sporadic later screen roles.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Freaks* (1932), Fi1m 79, as Hans — [page](https://film.one/film/freaks.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), Fi1m 91, as Lollipop Guild Member (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *The Wizard of Oz* (1939), as Lollipop Guild Member (uncredited) — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wizard-of-oz.md)
- *Block-Heads* (1938), as Midget in the elevator (uncredited)
- *A Girl's Best Years* (1936), as Phoney Kid (uncredited)
- *Sealskins* (1932), as Midget (uncredited)
- *Freaks* (1932), as Hans — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/freaks.md)
- *Be Big!* (1931), as Midget Performer (uncredited)
- *Good News* (1930), as Midget in Trash Basket
- *The Unholy Three* (1930), as Tweedledee aka Willie 'Midget'
- *3-Ring Marriage* (1928), as Cubby Snodd
- *Their Purple Moment* (1928), as Pink Pub Midget Perfomer (uncredited)
- *Baby Brother* (1927), as Gus, one of Barr's midgets
- *Baby Clothes* (1926), as Midget
- *That's My Baby* (1926), as The Baby
- *The Unholy Three* (1925), as Tweedledee aka Little Willie

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