Harold Huber

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Harold Huber (* 5. December 1901 , 1904 or 1909 in the Bronx , New York as Harold Joseph Huberman ; † 29. September 1959 in New York City , New York) was an American actor.

life and career

Harold Huber, whose year of birth is controversial, attended Columbia University and originally wanted to become a lawyer after graduating. However, he turned to acting soon after graduating and made his Broadway debut in 1930 in a theater production of Ernest Hemingway's novel In Another Land . A little later Huber dared the leap to Hollywood, where he appeared in countless supporting roles as a seedy gangster, petty criminal or henchman in the 1930s. In this role type he played, for example, in 1934 alongside William Powell and Myrna Loy in the crime comedy The Thin Man . Huber's striking appearance was marked by scars on his face that he had sustained in an amateur boxing match in his youth. The well-known journalist Ernie Pyle described him in a newspaper article from 1938 as "a sort of assistant gangster ... mighty tough-looking in an Al Capone way."

In his appearances in the Charlie Chan crime series, however, Huber stood on the other side of the law: In a total of four films, he played more or less idiot detective agents from other countries who came into contact with the master detective. The representation of international or exotic figures with different accents was a specialty of Huber. This was especially used in the context of the Second World War , when Huber played rogue Japanese in several propaganda films - including in Lady from Chungking (1932) as an adversary of Anna May Wong . After 1943, Huber largely withdrew from the film business and only took on a few cinema roles until his death. However, he continued to work as a stage actor and took on roles in radio versions of Fu Manchu and Hercule Poirot . Since the late 1940s he was also active as an actor on US television.

Harold Huber died in September 1959 during an operation, leaving behind his wife Ethel and their daughter Margaret. He was buried in the Mount Hebron Cemetery Jewish cemetery in New York.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Harold Huber at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. ↑ Harold Huber at the Internet Broadway Database
  3. ↑ Harold Huber at Allmovie
  4. ↑ Harold Huber at Immortal Ephemera.com
  5. ↑ Harold Huber at Caftan Woman
  6. ↑ Harold Huber at Allmovie
personal data
SURNAME Huber, Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1901 or 1904 or 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bronx , New York
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1959
Place of death New York City , New York