Victor Harrington

Born: 1909-08-27, Casal Paola, Malta

Died: 1980-07-23

Biography

Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Victor James Harrington was born on August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta. Harrington first began appearing in movies in uncredited minor roles in the mid-1930's. One of the most busy and tireless of British bit players, Victor could be frequently spotted in countless films and TV shows as a patron in a pub, nightclub, casino, or restaurant, a party guest, a military officer, a spectator at a sporting event, or an audience member at a play or concert. His daughter Victoria Harrington was also an actress. Harrington died at age 70 on July 23, 1980 in Brighton, East Essex, England.

Filmography

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• The Omen (1976)
• The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
• From Russia with Love (1963)
• Steptoe and Son (1962)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Roadhouse Girl (1953)
• Darling (1965)
• A Night to Remember (1958)
• Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
• The Alphabet Murders (1965)
• Venetian Bird (1952)
• Innocent Bystanders (1972)
• Brannigan (1975)
• Eye of the Devil (1966)
• Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
• The MacKintosh Man (1973)
• Young Winston (1972)
• Carry On Girls (1973)
• The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
• The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
• Above Us the Waves (1955)
• The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
• The Dark Avenger (1955)
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)
• Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)
• The Oblong Box (1969)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)