Harry Sweet
Harry Sweet (October 2, 1901 – June 18, 1933) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and 1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series.
Harry Sweet

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- Name
- Harry Sweet
- Born
- 2 October 1901
- Birthplace
- Colorado, US
- Died
- 18 June 1933
- Place of death
- Big Bear, California, US
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- actor, film director and screenwriter.
- Languages
- English.
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Harry Sweet (October 2, 1901 – June 18, 1933) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and 1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including one Harry Langdon short, two of the Tay Garnett- penned comedies Stan Laurel made for Joe Rock, and fifteen of the earliest entries in the Edgar Kennedy "Average Man" series.
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Harry Sweet (1901–1933) was an actor, film director and screenwriter, of American nationality. The actor was born in Colorado and died in Big Bear Lake. Languages used include English.
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Biography
Biography
Sweet was an acrobat before he became an actor, which led to his doing his own stunts in films.

Harry Sweet, Baby Peggy, and Lee Moran in Exhibitors Trade Review December 17, 1921
This work was published before January 1, 1931 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the c

Mickey and Harry Sweet Thelma and Bert Gilroy
This work was published before January 1, 1931 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the c
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Harry Sweet • Born — 2 October 1901 • Birthplace — Colorado, US • Died — 18 June 1933 • Place of death — Big Bear, California, US • Years Active — 1919–1933 • Illustration — Mickey & Harry Sweet; Thelma & Bert Gilroy Inn registration book • Illustration — Chef Bud Jamison wishbones Harry Sweet in this Wid's Daily 1921 ad. • Illustration — Harry Sweet Exhibitors Trade Review December 17, 1921 • Illustration — Harry Sweet Lee Moran Baby Peggy Exhibitors Trade Review 1922
Death
Death
On June 18, 1933, Sweet was location scouting by private plane in the vicinity of Big Bear Valley. That night, at 7:15 pm, a plane crashed and sank to the bottom of Big Bear Lake, with the authorities initially uncertain as to the identity of the pilot as well as the number and identity of the plane's passengers; on June 19, Bert Gilroy, a film associate of Sweet's, left Los Angeles for Big Bear after efforts to contact the director in that city failed. Hours after the accident, when the plane was pulled from 28 feet of water, the bodies of Sweet, actress Claudette Ford, and scenario writer Howard (Hal) Davitt, were found in the cockpit; the coroner's investigation determined Sweet had drowned and that his companions had both died from fractured skulls suffered in the crash.
Selected acting filmography
Selected acting filmography
• Carnival Boat (1932) • Her Man (1930) • Hit the Deck (1930) • Homesick (1928) • Fascinating Youth (1926) • Smart Alec (1921)
Selected directing filmography
Selected directing filmography
• She Outdone Him (1933) July 21, 1933 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet • Good Housewrecking (1933) June 16, 1933 Script: Harry Sweet • A Merchant of Menace (1933) April 21, 1933 Script: Leslie Goodwins, Walter Weems • Art in the Raw (1933) February 24, 1933 Script: Ben Holmes, Harry Sweet... • Fish Feathers (1932) December 16, 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet • Sham Poo, the Magician (1932) November 25, 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet • Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1932) October 14, 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet • The Golf Chump (1932) August 5, 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet • High Hats and Low Brows (1932) July 11, 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder • Giggle Water (1932) June 27, 1932 Script: Harry Sweet • Stealin' Home (1932) May 9, 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder • Rule 'Em and Weep (1932) May 2, 1932 Script: Edward Earle, Walter Weems • Mother-in-Law's Day (1932) April 25, 1932 Script: Harry Sweet • Extra! Extra! (1932) April 4, 1932 Script: Ralph Ceder, Lex Neal • Battle Royal (1932) February 29, 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder • Bon Voyage (1932) February 22, 1932 Script: Harry Sweet • The Big Scoop (1931) November 16, 1931 Script: Everett Alton Brown, Hal Yates • Slow Poison (1931) October 19, 1931 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder • Thanks Again (1931) Script: Harry Sweet October 5, 1931 • Lemon Meringue (1931) August 3, 1931 Script: Harry Sweet • All Gummed Up (1931) May 23, 1931 Script: Harry Sweet • Not So Loud (1931) May 3, 1931 Script: Harry Sweet • Rough House Rhythm (1931) April 5, 1931 Script: Harry Sweet • Hot Wires (1931) February 22, 1931 Script: Chuck Callahan, Harry L. Fraser • Next Door Neighbors (1931) January 28, 1931 Script: George Green, Harry Sweet • Waltzing Around (1929) May 13, 1929 Script: Paul Gerard Smith • Music Fiends (1929) April 3, 1929 Script: Clark & McCullough • Beneath the Law (1929) March 7, 1929 Script: Clark & McCullough... • Half a Man (1925) Script: Tay Garnett • The Sleuth (1925) Script: Tay Garnett
Identity and overview
Identity and overview
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Origins and background
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Sweet died in 1933 at Big Bear Lake. It is also recorded that harry Sweet was born in 1901 at Colorado.
Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Institutional cataloguing adds that the acute bacterial diseases: their diagnosis and treatment / by Harry F. Dowling with the collaboration of Lewis K. Sweet and Harold L. Murder, magic and medicine. A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Institutional cataloguing adds that a woman with three children, representing Charity. Sherwin and J. It is also recorded that key to the figures in the painting by J. Northcote of William of Orange, and his English wife Mary being presented with the English crown by the Marquis of Halifax.
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Colorado.
Birth place
Big Bear Lake.
Death place
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Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Harry Sweet an Acrobat as Well as All Around Player. Motion Picture Daily. 674. February 4, 1922.
- 2.Harry Sweet biography. allmovie.
- 3.Harry Sweet, Pilot, Believed Victims Of Air Crash. Bernardino County Sun 06/19/33 newspapers.com. June 19, 1933.
- 4.Bear Lake Plane Crash Cause Probed. Berkeley Daily Gazette 06/20/33 google.com/newspapers.
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