Harry Bellaver
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Though born in the Midwest, character actor Harry Bellaver spent the better part of his screen career playing New York- or Brooklyn-bred cops, cabbies, doormen and petty thieves. His four-decade career began with MGM's Another Thin Man (1939), and ended when he retired after 1980's Hero at Large. An inescapable guest-star presence on 1950s and 1960s television, Harry Bellaver also played Sergeant Frank Arcaro on the weekly New York-filmed cop series The Naked City (1959-63).
Highest Rated Movies
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100%
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98%
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90%
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90%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet | Serenade |
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— | 2000 |
| 71% | The Stuff |
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— | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | Hero at Large |
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— | 1980 |
| 98% | Blue Collar |
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— | 1978 |
| 73% | God Told Me To |
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— | 1976 |
| 78% | The Hot Rock |
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— | 1972 |
| 90% | Madigan |
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— | 1968 |
| 33% | A Fine Madness |
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— | 1966 |
| 100% | One Potato, Two Potato |
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— | 1964 |
| 80% | The Old Man and the Sea |
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— | 1958 |
| No Score Yet | The Brothers Rico |
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— | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | Slaughter on Tenth Avenue |
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— | 1957 |
| 71% | Love Me Or Leave Me |
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— | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | Miss Sadie Thompson |
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— | 1953 |
| 90% | From Here to Eternity |
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— | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | The Lemon Drop Kid |
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— | 1951 |
| 83% | No Way Out |
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— | 1950 |
| 83% | Side Street |
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— | 1950 |
| No Score Yet | Perfect Strangers |
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— | 1950 |
| 50% | The House on 92nd Street |
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— | 1945 |
| 85% | Another Thin Man |
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— | 1939 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Kojak
1973-1978
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| No Score Yet |
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-1962
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Quotes from Harry Bellaver's Characters
| Old Miner: | (finds the Stuff bubbling out of the ground) - What the hell is this? Sure smooth [he tastes some] ...That tastes real good! Tasty! Sweet! |
| Old Miner: | (finds the Stuff bubbling out of the ground) - What the hell is this? Sure smooth [he tastes some] That tastes real good! Tasty! Sweet! |
| Miner: | Harry, what are you doing down there, taking a leak? |
| Old Miner: | No. |
| Miner: | Want us to wait for ya? |
| Old Miner: | No, you guys go on ahead. I'll catch up to ya later [continues eating the Stuff] ...I'll be damned. Whatever that could be, it's mighty good. |
| Old Miner: | No, you guys go on ahead. I'll catch up to ya later [continues eating the Stuff] I'll be damned. Whatever that could be, it's mighty good. |
| Miner: | Harry, what are you doing eating snow? |
| Old Miner: | (eating the Stuff) - Are you outta your head, buddy? If this is snow, try it. [Offers the other miner some] |
| Miner: | No, I don't eat snow. |
| Old Miner: | Come on; give it a try, that's not snow. Try it. |
| Miner: | (he tries it) - What the hell is it? |
| Old Miner: | You know, if this stuff is bubbling out of the ground like this, there might be enough of it here that we could sell to people! |