Popular Picture Personalities — William Harvey (1917) 🇺🇸

Who’s Who in the Moving Picture World — Compiled by the Statistical Department

Harvey, William Leo. Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Irish-American parentage. Is five feet seven inches tall, and weighs 135 pounds. Light complexion, blond hair and blue eyes.

He made his stage debut January 28, 1908, and has played with Charles B. Hanford and in numerous stock engagements.

In June, 1913, he played his first picture, and has appeared with Vitagraph, Biograph, Reliance, Metro and World. His present studio connection is with the Rex Beach Company.

Some of his better known parts have been the Young Fisherman in The Impostors; Green, in The Light of Happiness; Hen Springer, in The End of the Tour, and in the Ralph Hertz comedies, produced by Metro.

In stock work Mr. Harvey was something of a matinée hero, playing juveniles and character parts, but he is not out for the flirtation record films, and his mail is not heavy because he prefers character parts.

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Collection: Moving Picture World, April 1917

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