Harry Earles
Harry Earles (actually Kurt Schneider , also known as Harry Doll ) (born April 3, 1901 or 1902 in Stolpen , † May 4, 1985 in Sarasota , Florida ) was a German-American , short actor .
life and career
Kurt Schneider was born in 1901 in Stolpen, Saxony, as one of seven children, four of whom were short. He emigrated with his sister Frieda - appearing in America under the name Grace - around 1915 from Germany to the United States , where they first appeared in Wild West shows. After performing as The Doll Family on Coney Island , the siblings adopted the last name of one of their employers, Earles, for themselves. In 1920 they were followed by their sister Hilda, who later called herself Daisy, and in 1926 Ella, who took the name Tiny. The four short siblings performed as a quartet at shows until the 1950s. They mostly worked for the famous Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , but occasionally also played in Hollywood .
Earles had his first film lead role in the crime thriller The Weird Three by director legend Tod Browning . There he played a toddler who, with his two criminal buddies, tricked innocent people and ripped them off. In 1927 he was next to Laurel and Hardy in Sailors, Beware! to see. Harry Earles achieved worldwide fame mainly through the lead role of Hans in the classic horror film Freaks (1932), in which he played alongside his sister Daisy Earles . He also appeared in The Wizard of Oz (1939) as one of three members of the "Lollipop Guild" who presented Judy Garland with a lollipop in one scene.
Through their long show career, the four Earles siblings made a sizable fortune. After they retired in the late 1950s, they bought a house in Sarasota , where they spent their twilight years together and where Harry Earles also died in 1985.
Filmography
- 1925: The Unholy Three ( The Unholy Three )
- 1926: Baby Clothes
- 1926: That's my baby
- 1927: Baby Brother
- 1927: Sailors, Beware!
- 1928: Their Purple Moment
- 1928: Three-Ring Marriage
- 1930: Good News
- 1930: The Unholy Three (Remake)
- 1932: freaks
- 1939: The Wizard of Oz ( The Wizard of Oz )
Web links
- Harry Earles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Earles, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Doll, Harry; Scheider, Kurt; Tailor, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film actor and circus artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1901 or 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stumble |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1985 |
| Place of death | unsure: Sarasota |