James Harcourt
Year Title Role
1931 Hobson 's Choice Hobson
1933 Paris Plane
1933 Song of the Plough Doctor
1934 The Old Curiosity Shop the Single Gentleman
1935 Look Up and Laugh Mr. Pearson
1936 All at Sea Mr. Humphrey
1936 The Avenging Hand Sam Hupp
1936 Laburnum Grove Joe Fletten
1936 Seven Sinners Vicar ( Father Blanchard )
1936 Wings Over Africa Wilkins
1936 Men Are Not Gods Porter
1937 Return of a Stranger Johnson
1938 Kate Plus Ten Bank Manager
1938 Penny Paradise Amos Cook
1938 You 're the Doctor William Firmstone
1938 Follow Your Star Mr. Tee
1939 I Met a Murderer Hay Wagon Driver
1940 The Stars Look Down Will
1940 Night Train to Munich Axel Bomasch
1940 The House of the Arrow Boris Raviart
Filmography
James Harcourt (born 20 April 1873 in Headingley, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire) was an English character actor. He started work as a cabinet maker, and drifted into amateur dramatics. He appeared as a stage actor first in 1903 and worked with the Liverpool Repertory Company from 1919 to 1931, and was with the Old Vic in the mid 1940s. In 1947, Harcourt appeared in the original West End production of the popular musical Bless the Bride, directed by Wendy Toye. He was married to the actress Isadora Keith, and was the father of camera operator and cinematographer David Harcourt. He died in Eton, Buckinghamshire on 18 February 1951 aged 77.