Harry Horner
Harry Horner was born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic), but spent most of his early life in Austria. In 1934, he graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in architecture. Along the way, he also managed to study dramatic arts, directing and costume design, making his stage debut as an actor with the Max Reinhardt Theatre Company. He joined the troupe during their 1936 tour of the United States as assistant to Reinhardt.Putting every facet of his training to use, he worked variously as actor ("Iron Men", 1936), associate musical director and conductor ("The Eternal Road", 1937); and, finally, scenic designer ("All the Living", 1938). In 1940, Horner became a naturalised American citizen and went to Hollywood, having formed an association with the noted production designer William Cameron Menzies. He assisted Menzies on the generational drama Our Town (1940), then joined the U.S. Army Air Force on specialised duties to work on morale-building projects, such as Stage Door Canteen (1943) (as production designer). Under air force supervision, he then created the sets for Winged Victory (1944), based on a Moss Hart play about pilot recruitment and training. Following the war, Horner divided his time between the stage and Hollywood. He won the first of two Academy Awards for The Heiress (1949) (in collaboration with John Meehan), having done meticulous and painstaking research on period detail, collecting numerous contemporary photographs. Three years later, he branched out into directing with the cult sci-fi Red Planet Mars (1952), followed by the stylish film noir Beware, My Lovely (1952) (eliciting power-house performances from his stars Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino). Throughout the remainder of the decade, Horner remained active as a designer on Broadway, including the play "Tovarich" (which he also staged). He also turned his attention to designing and directing for both the Metropolitan and the San Francisco Opera, as well as finding time to direct a number of early television episodes. For the big screen, he worked as production designer on diverse projects, always at his best on famous literary adaptations, such as Born Yesterday (1950) and Separate Tables (1958), and winning his second Academy Award for the gritty Robert Rossen drama, The Hustler (1961). As with all his assignments, he conducted extensive research on the milieu by visiting countless pool halls in order to imbue both picture and characters with the necessary complexity and realism. Horner was nominated for a third Oscar for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He was inducted into the Art Director's Guild Hall of Fame in 2006.
Harry Houston
Harry Houston is known for Cascade (2023), The Book of Nightmares (2017) and Looking for Angelina (2005).
Harry Hunt
Harry Hunt is an actor, known for Mayday (2013).
Harry Hurwitz
Harry Hurwitz was born on January 27, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for That's Adequate (1989), The Comeback Trail (1982) and Fleshtone (1994). He died on September 21, 1995 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Harry Irving
Harry Irving is an actor, known for Zog (2018).
Harry J. Anslinger
Harry J. Anslinger was born on May 20, 1892 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for To the Ends of the Earth (1948) and Longines Chronoscope (1951). He died on November 14, 1975 in Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Harry Jackson
Harry Jackson was born on March 21, 1923 in Pelham Manor, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Power of the Resurrection (1958), On Trial (1955) and The Twilight Zone (1959). He was married to Kathy Marlowe. He died on July 30, 1973 in New York City, New York.
Harry James
Harry James was born in a rundown hotel next to the city jail in Albany, Georgia. His mother and father were members of a circus - she as a trapeze artist and he a band leader - with the Mighty Haag Circus. At seven, they settled in Beaumont, Texas where Harry learned to play drums. By twelve, he was playing trumpet in the Christy Brothers Circus band. In 1936 James joined Ben Pollack's band, soon leaving to lead the brass section of Benny Goodman's band. He even once applied to Lawrence Welk's band but was turned down because they said he played too loud and it was not Welk's style. After three years with Goodman, he wanted to leave, and with Goodman's backing, he formed the Music Makers. In 1943 he married pinup queen Betty Grable, his second of four wives. He had earlier married and divorced Louise Tobin, a singer. Grable kept appearing in movies and Harry kept playing while they raised horses. He made his debut in Philadelphia at the Ben Franklin Hotel and soon was a nationwide favorite of dance lovers and jazz addicts, rocking the rafters at the Hollywood Paladium, Chicago's famous College Inn at the Hotel Sherman, Frank Dailey's Meadowbrook in Cedar Cove, NJ, and then onto New York City. It was the Lincoln Hotel in NYC that the Music Makers called home, but James also starred at the Paramount Theater in the spring of 1943, with thousands of teenagers flocking to see him. His version of <i>You Made Me Love You</i> was a big hit and a favorite of many through the war years. James was a great discoverer of talent, finding Frank Sinatra working as a waiter in a New Jersey restaurant and giving him a job singing in his band. Dick Haymes, Kitty Kallen, Connie Haines and Helen Forrest can all thank James for giving them their first real break. In 1963 his band was featured at Disneyland, still known as the Music Makers. He played his last gig at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles on June 26, 1983, just a few days before dying of lymphatic cancer.
Harry James Thornton
Harry James Thornton was born on June 19, 1994 in Santa Monica, California, to Pietra Dawn Cherniak, a former playboy model, and Billy Bob Thornton, an actor, writer, and singer/songwriter. He is the youngest brother of Willie Langston Thornton, Bella Thornton, and Amanda Brumfield. He has one child: daughter Mia Thornton.
Harry James and His Orchestra
Harry James and His Orchestra is an actor, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Sphere (1998) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).