Acting
Kenneth Harlan
EN, NL, XX cinema · 170 credits
Born
26 July 1895
Died
6 March 1967 (aged 71)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Kenneth Daniel Harlan · Ken Harlan
Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.
Known for
Filmography
The Masked Marvel
as Gas Works Policeman
Wild Horse Stampede
as Borman
You Can't Beat the Law
as First Warden
The Law Rides Again
as John Hampton, Indian Agent
Daredevils of the West
as Territorial Commissioner
Nearly Eighteen
as Sammy Klein
The Underdog
as Eddie Mohr
Melody Parade
as Jedson
The Corpse Vanishes
as Editor Keenan
The Dawn Express
as Agent Brown
Bandit Ranger
as Mark Kenyon
Deep in the Heart of Texas
as Captain Sneed
Klondike Fury
as Flight Dispatcher
Foreign Agent
1942
Foreign Agent
as George "Mack" McColl
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]
Phantom Killer
as Police Lt. Jim Brady
Black Dragons
as FBI Chief Colton
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Cutler
You Can't Escape Forever
as Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (uncredited)
Gangs Inc.
as Jim Adams
The Case of the Black Parrot
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Secret Evidence
1941
Secret Evidence
as Frank Billings
Desperate Cargo
as Capt. Hank MacFarland
Wide Open Town
as Tom Wilson
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
as Police Lt. Cosgrove
Fighting Bill Fargo
as Sheriff Hackett
King of Dodge City
as Banker Carruthers
Dangerous Lady
as Detective Dunlap
Mysterious Doctor Satan
as Capt. Lathrop
Prairie Schooners
as Dalton Stull
Pride of the Bowery
as Captain
The Green Hornet
as Charles Roberts (uncredited)
Doomed to Die
as Ludlow
Santa Fe Marshal
as Blake
Millionaires in Prison
as Jerry Connell (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
as Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)
Murder in the Air
as Commander Wayne
The Night of Nights
as Actor (uncredited)
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]
Buck Rogers
as Reporter at Wade's Lab
The Oregon Trail
as General Terry
The Flying Irishman
as Man at New York Airport
Heroes in Blue
as Miller
Port of Hate
as Bob Randall
Sunset Trail
as John Marsh
Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
Range War
as Chas. Higgins
On Trial
as Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3
Law of the Texan
as Allen Spencer
Whirlwind Horseman
as John Harper
Saleslady
as Bigelow
Held For Ransom
as McBride
Under Western Stars
as Mr. Richards
Merrily We Live
as Mr. Remington
Swing It, Sailor!
as First Officer
Smashing the Rackets
as Angry Businessman
The Wages of Sin
as Laundry Owner
Pride of the West
as Caldwell
Accidents Will Happen
as Elmer Ross
Blondes at Work
as Marvin Spencer
The Duke of West Point
as Varsity Football Coach
The Headleys at Home
as Smooth Adair
Gunsmoke Ranch
as Phineas T. Flagg
The Shadow Strikes
as Captain Breen
Kid Galahad
as Reporter (uncredited)
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Roger 'Angel' Carroll
Wallaby Jim of the Islands
as [scenes deleted]
The Mysterious Pilot
as Carter Snowden
Wine, Women and Horses
as Mr. Bright
Blazing Sixes
as Major Taylor
Topper
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Tim Tyler's Luck
as Spencer, Trader
Penrod and Sam
as Real G-Man
Marked Woman
as Eddie
Hideaway Girl
as Lead steward
The Walking Dead
as Stephen Martin
Movie Maniacs
as Leading man
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Peter Milnor
Public Enemy's Wife
as G-Man
They Met in a Taxi
as Mr. Andrews
Trail Dust
as Bowman
A Million to One
as William Stevens
Man Hunt
as Jim Davis
Song of the Saddle
as Marshal Bill Graves
Flying Hostess
as 1st Detective
San Francisco
as 'Chick'
The Accusing Finger
as Police Surgeon
China Clipper
as Department of Commerce Inspector
Cappy Ricks Returns
1935
Cappy Ricks Returns
as Matt Peasley
The Widow in Scarlet
1932
The Widow in Scarlet
as Peter Lawton-Bond
Danger Island
as Captain Harry Drake
Air Police
1931
Air Police
as Lt. Jerry Doyle
Paradise Island
as Jim Thorne
Under Montana Skies
as Clay Conning
Man, Woman and Wife
as Bill / Jack Mason
Code of the Air
1928
Code of the Air
as Blair Thompson
Midnight Rose
as Tim Regan
United States Smith
1928
United States Smith
as Cpl. Jim Sharkey
Cheating Cheaters
as Tom Palmer
Easy Pickings
1927
Easy Pickings
as Peter Van Horne
Streets of Shanghai
as Sergeant Lee
Life in Hollywood No. 2
as Himself
Wilful Youth
1927
Wilful Youth
as Jack Compton
Twinkletoes
as Chuck Lightfoot
The King of the Turf
as John Doe Smith
The Sap
as Barry Weston
The Marriage Whirl
as Arthur Carleton
Learning to Love
as (uncredited)
Bobbed Hair
as David Lacy
The Crowded Hour
as Billy Laidlaw
The Golden Strain
as Milt Mulford Jr
Drusilla with a Million
as Colin Arnold
Ranger of the Big Pines
as Ross Cavanagh
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
as Brian Kent
Soiled
as Jimmie York
Poisoned Paradise
as Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair
The Man Without a Heart
as Rufus Asher
On the Stroke of Three
as Judson Forrest
White Man
as White Man
The Virgin
as David Kent
Butterfly
as Craig Spaulding
For Another Woman
as Stephen Winthrop
Two Shall Be Born
as Brian Kelly
The Toll of the Sea
as Allen Carver
The Virginian
as The Virginian
East Side - West Side
as Duncan Van Norman
Little Church Around the Corner
as David Graham
The Broken Wing
as Philip Marvin
April Showers
as Danny O'Rourke
Temporary Marriage
as Robert Belmar
The Girl Who Came Back
as Martin Norries
I Am the Law
as Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald
Polly of the Follies
as Bob Jones
The Primitive Lover
as Donald Wales
The World's a Stage
as Wallace Foster
Thorns and Orange Blossoms
as Alan Randolph
The Married Flapper
as Bill Billings
Dawn of the East
as Roger Strong
Lessons in Love
as John Warren
Mama's Affair
as Dr. Harmon
Woman's Place
as Jim Bradley
Nobody
as Tom Smith
The Penalty
as Dr. Wilmot Allen
Dollars and Sense
as David Rogers
Dangerous Business
1920
Dangerous Business
as Clarence Brooks
Going Some
as Donald Keap
The Hoodlum
as John Graham
The Microbe
as DeWitt Spense
The Law That Divides
1918
The Law That Divides
as Howard Murray
Midnight Madness
as Prentice Tiller
Bread
as Dick Frothingham
A Model's Confession
as Billy Ravensworth
My Unmarried Wife
as Phillip Smith
Her Body in Bond
as Joe Blondin / Pierrot
The Wife He Bought
as Steele Valiant
The Marriage Lie
as Douglas Seward
The Wine Girl
as Frank Harris
The Flame of the Yukon
as George Fowler
Cheerful Givers
as Horace Gray
Betsy's Burglar
as Harry Brent
The Price of a Good Time
as Preston Winfield
The Lash of Power
as John Rand
A Man's Man
as Billy Geary