Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1939, and directed more than 50 films between 1913 and 1917.

Biography Myers was born on September 5, 1882, in New Haven, Connecticut. When he was young, he moved to Philadelphia, where he received most of his education. He studied drawing and design at the Philadelphia Art School for three years. Turning from art to drama, he acted for two years with the Girard Avenue Stock Company and with other troupes in subsequent years.

Myers had been a theatre actor for 10 years before he went into films as an actor for Siegmund Lubin's Lubin Studios in 1909.Steve Massa and Ben Model, Cruel and Unusual Comedy, film notes written by Steve Massa and Ben Model for the film series "Cruel and Unusual Comedy: Social Commentary in the American Slapstick Film" presented at MoMA May 20 to June 1, 2009. By 1914, he was directing his own comedy shorts featuring him and his wife, Rosemary Theby, for Universal, the Vim Comedy Company, and Pathé studios.

After 1920 he had many starring roles in feature-length films, the most notable of which was as the eccentric alcoholic millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931). His career declined after the introduction of sound films.

Myers died on December 25, 1938, in Hollywood, California, at age 56, from pneumonia.

Partial filmography

The Almighty Dollar (1910, Short) – Effeminate Gentleman When the Earth Trembled (1913) – Paul Girard Jr. Baby (1915, Short) – Harry – the Husband The Earl of Pawtucket (1915) – Arthur Weatherbee The Man of Shame (1915) – Lt. Du Fresne The Face in the Dark (1918) – Jim Weaver Conquered Hearts (1918) – Stonne Out of the Night (1918) – Ralph Evanns The Masked Rider (1919) – Harry Burrel The Wildcatter (1919) A Modern Lochinvar (1919) Sky-Eye (1920) – Harry Mangin The Notorious Mrs. Sands (1920) – Grey Sands 45 Minutes from Broadway (1920) – Daniel Cronin Peaceful Valley (1920) – Ward Andrews The Prospector's Vengeance (1920, Short) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921) – The Yankee / Martin Cavendish On the High Card (1921) – Harry Holt The March Hare (1921) – Tod Rollins Oh Mary Be Careful (1921) – Bobby Burns Nobody's Fool (1921) – Artemis Alger R.S.V.P. (1921) – Benny Fielding Why Trust Your Husband? (1921) – Elmer Day Handle with Care (1922) – Ned Picard Turn to the Right (1922) – Gilly When the Lad Came Home (1922) Boy Crazy (1922) – J. Smythe The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1922, Serial) – Robinson Crusoe Kisses (1922) – Bill Bailey Top o' the Morning (1922) – John Garland In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922) – Andrew Johnson The Beautiful and Damned (1922) – Dick Brass (1923) – Wilbur Lansing Main Street (1923) – Dave Dyer The Brass Bottle (1923) – Horace Ventimore Little Johnny Jones (1923) – The Chauffeur The Printer's Devil (1923) – Sidney Fletcher The Common Law (1923) – Cardemon The Bad Man (1923) – Red Giddings Stephen Steps Out (1923) – Harry Stetson The Marriage Circle (1924) – Detective Daddies (1924) – Robert Audrey Listen Lester (1924) – Listen Lester Behold This Woman (1924) – Eugene de Seyre Tarnish (1924) – The Barber Reckless Romance (1924) – Christopher Skinner She Wolves (1925) – Henri de Latour Zander the Great (1925) – Texas Grounds for Divorce (1925) – Count Zappata Trails End (1925) – Harry Kenyon The Nutcracker (1926) – Oscar Briggs The Beautiful Cheat (1926) – Jimmy Austin Monte Carlo (1926) – Greves Up in Mabel's Room (1926) – Jimmie Larchmont Get 'Em Young (1926, Short) – Orvid Joy Exit Smiling (1926) – Jesse Watson The First Night (1927) – Hotel Detective Getting Gertie's Garter (1927) – Jimmy Felton The Bachelor's Baby (1927) – Bill Taylor The Girl in the Pullman (1927) – Jimmy Mason The Dove (1927) – Mike The Chinatown Mystery (1928) The Street of Illusion (1928) – Lew Fielding Dream of Love (1928) – The Baron The Clean Up (1929) – Jimmy Montmartre Rose (1929) Wonder of Women (1929) – Bruno Heim City Lights (1931) – Eccentric Millionaire Meet the Wife (1931) – Harvey Lennox Convicted (1931) – Sturgeon A Strange Adventure (1932) – Police Officer Ryan The Savage Girl (1932) – Amos P. Stitch Damaged Lives (1933) – Nat Franklin The Important Witness (1933) – Drunk Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) – Nervous Patient (uncredited) Police Call (1933) – Steward Rainbow Over Broadway (1933) – Berwiskey Managed Money (1934, Short) – Mr. George Rogers Allez Oop (1934, Short) – Circus Spectator We Live Again (1934) – Bailiff (uncredited) Mississippi (1935) – Stage Manager (uncredited) Barbary Coast (1935) – Saloon Patron (uncredited) The Calling of Dan Matthews (1935) – Club Owner (uncredited) The Milky Way (1936) – Photographer at Apartment (uncredited) F-Man (1936) – Man in Group (uncredited) One Rainy Afternoon (1936) – Man in Theatre (uncredited) San Francisco (1936) – Reveler (uncredited) Kelly the Second (1936) – Fight Spectator with Cigars (uncredited) Hollywood Boulevard (1936) – Harry Myers – Actor at Trocadero Bar Lady Be Careful (1936) – Passerby (uncredited) Mr. Cinderella (1936) – Man at Party Helping Splashed Woman (uncredited) Mixed Magic (1936, Short) – (uncredited) Rich Relations (1937) Parnell (1937) – Man in Courtroom (uncredited) A Day at the Races (1937) – Party Guest (uncredited) Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937) – Husband (uncredited) Double or Nothing (1937) – Nightclub Patron (uncredited) Dangerously Yours (1937) – Costume Ball Participant (uncredited) Stand-In (1937) – Bank Board Member (uncredited) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) – Irate Churchgoer (uncredited) A Slight Case of Murder (1938) – Partygoer (uncredited) Dangerous to Know (1938) – Guest at Party (uncredited) Racket Busters (1938) – Court Stenographer (uncredited) Block-Heads (1938) – Drunk (uncredited) The Spider's Web (1938, Serial) – Detective (uncredited) Kentucky (1938) – Dancer (uncredited) The Oklahoma Kid (1939) – Banker (uncredited) I'm from Missouri (1939) – Mule Man (uncredited) Zenobia (1939) – Party Guest Who Didn't Mind (uncredited)

References

Further reading The Moving picture world – Moving Picture Exhibitors' Association – 1914 – Performing Arts – Harry C. Myers. Lubin Actor-Director Guide to the silent years of American cinema by Donald W. McCaffrey, Christopher P. Jacobs – Harry Myers

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