Henry William Walter Horseley "Harry" Beresford (4 November 1863 – 4 October 1944) was an English stage actor in London and New York before going on the screen. He was also a screen writer and novelist.

Harry Beresford started his acting career in 1880 on the London stage. He played in the West End as well as Broadway. His perhaps best-known theatre role was the town drunk Clem Hawley in the play The Good Old Soak. Between 1925 and 1938 he appeared as a supporting actor in fifty-six films, including The Sign of the Cross (1932), Doctor X (1932), I Cover the Waterfront (1933) and David Copperfield (1935). He often portrayed doctors, scholasts or scientists. His last film role was in 1938. As a novelist, he wrote the original story for the 1939 horse racing film Long Shot.

Biography

Installé aux États-Unis, Harry Beresford débute au théâtre à Broadway (New York) en 1919 et y joue jusqu'en 1930, dans huit pièces.

Au cinéma, il contribue à cinquante-six films américains, entre 1926 (unique film muet) et 1938, dont trois de George Cukor et deux de Cecil B. DeMille (voir la filmographie sélective ci-dessous).