Portrait of Otis Harlan

Acting

Otis Harlan

Career

Active from 1916 to 1938, busiest in 1929 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Otis Harlan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.7, average 5.5
  • Tension
    4.7, average 5.9
  • Social Commentary
    3.7, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 5
  • Early Cinema 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Silent Film 4
  • Silent Era 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 2
  • Physical Comedy 2
  • Mistaken Identity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Disney's Greatest Villains
Disney's Greatest Villains (1977)

as Happy (voice) (archive footage)

1940s

1 title ยท average score 81
Bambi
Bambi (1942)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mr. Mole (voice) (uncredited)

1930s

43 titles ยท average score 60
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)
GoodWatch score 85

as Happy (voice) (uncredited)

Outlaws of Sonora
Outlaws of Sonora (1938)

as Pool player

Western Frontier
Western Frontier (1935)

as Doc Cook

I Can't Escape
I Can't Escape (1934)

as Jim Bonn

The Telegraph Trail
The Telegraph Trail (1933)
GoodWatch score 42

as Uncle Zeke Keller

Partners
Partners (1932)

as Auctioneer

Women Won't Tell
Women Won't Tell (1932)

as Henry Jones

Ride Him, Cowboy
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)
GoodWatch score 48

as Judge E. Clarence 'Necktie' Jones

Mountain Justice
Mountain Justice (1930)

as Jud McTavish

Dames Ahoy
Dames Ahoy (1930)

as Bill Jones

Parade of the West
Parade of the West (1930)

as Professor Clayton

Loose Ankles
Loose Ankles (1930)
GoodWatch score 51

as Major

1920s

64 titles ยท average score 68
Barnum Was Right
Barnum Was Right (1929)

as Samuel Locke

Broadway
Broadway (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as 'Porky' Thomson

Show Boat
Show Boat (1929)
GoodWatch score 64

as Capt. Andy Hawks

His Lucky Day
His Lucky Day (1929)

as Jerome Van Dyne

Silks and Saddles
Silks and Saddles (1929)

as Jimmy McKee

Dad's Choice
Dad's Choice (1928)

as The Father

Galloping Fury
Galloping Fury (1927)

as Pop Tully

Silk Stockings
Silk Stockings (1927)

as Judge Foster

The Cheerful Fraud
The Cheerful Fraud (1926)

as Mr. Bytheway

What Happened to Jones?
What Happened to Jones? (1926)

as Ebenezer Goodly

Oh, Doctor!
Oh, Doctor! (1925)

as Mr. Clinch

Lightnin'
Lightnin' (1925)

as Zeb

1910s

1 title
Temperance Town
Temperance Town (1916)

as Mink Jones