Carl Harbord (26 January 1908 – 18 October 1958) was an English stage, film and television actor.[1][2][3]

Carl Harbord
Harbord as Inspector Stanley Hopkins in Dressed to Kill (1946)
Born	(1908-01-26)26 January 1908 Salcombe, Devon, England
Died	18 October 1958(1958-10-18) (aged 50) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1928–1955
Spouse	Isobel Elsom ​ ​ (m. 1942)​

Stage

When he was 19, Harbord appeared in the play The Happy Husband, which was presented at the Criterion Theatre in London, England.[4] In 1933, he first appeared in a play in Australia.[5] His first Broadway appearance was in 1934, in a production of Noël Coward's Conversation Piece at the 44th Street Theatre.[6]

Film

Harbord entered the film industry during the final stage of the silent era. He appeared in several early sound films for British International Pictures such as The Informer. One of his most prominent roles was in Anthony Asquith's First World War film Tell England.[7] Harbord later went to Hollywood where he played supporting, but sometimes significant minor roles.[3]

Partial filmography

References

Bibliography

• Kelly, Andrew. Cinema and the Great War. Routledge, 1997.

External links

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• Carl Harbord at IMDb
• Carl Harbord at the Internet Broadway Database

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