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Harvey Braban is a Actor British born on 19 may 1883 at Brighton (United-kingdom)

Harvey Braban

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 19 may 1883 at Brighton (United-kingdom)
Death 1 january 1943 (at 59 years)

Harvey Braban (1883-1943) was a British stage and film actor.

Braban performed regularly in West End plays and from 1920 began appearing in silent films made by the leading British studios Stoll Pictures and the Ideal Film Company. Braban played the Chief Inspector in Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 film Blackmail and thereafter often portrayed policemen or other official figures of authority on screen. One of his final roles was that of the Victorian Prime Minister Lord Salisbury in the 1938 film Sixty Glorious Years.

Usually with

Denison Clift
Denison Clift
(3 films)
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey
(4 films)
Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
(1 films)
Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards
(2 films)
Gladys Jennings
Gladys Jennings
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harvey Braban (23 films)

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Actor

Keep Your Seats, Please
Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
, 1h22
Directed by Monty Banks
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors George Formby, Florence Desmond, Alastair Sim, Gus McNaughton, Enid Stamp Taylor, Hal Gordon
Roles Detective Jones
Rating60% 3.0483853.0483853.0483853.0483853.048385
George Withers learns he is supposed to inherit some valuable jewels from his aunt, and enlists the aid of his dubious lawyer to ensure he gets them. It transpires the stones are hidden in the lining of one of six antique chairs, and his aunt has left instructions for her nephew to purchase the chairs at auction. But unfortunately they are sold separately, as he arrives too late to bid.
Blackmail
Blackmail (1929)
, 1h24
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, Franklin Dyall, Donald Calthrop
Roles the Chief Inspector
Rating68% 3.445723.445723.445723.445723.44572
Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (John Longden) escorts his girlfriend Alice White (Anny Ondra) to a tea house. They have an argument and Frank storms out. While reconsidering his action, he sees Alice leave with Mr. Crewe (Cyril Ritchard), an artist she had earlier agreed to meet.
The Romany
The Romany (1923)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Victor McLaglen, Harvey Braban
Roles Andrew MacDonald

Diana of the Crossways
Diana of the Crossways (1922)

Directed by Denison Clift
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Fay Compton, Henry Victor, J. Fisher White, Harvey Braban
Roles Rodworth

A sensuous woman trapped in a loveless relationship has an affair with a leading politician which threatens to bring down the government.