Harry Sweet
| Harry Sweet | |
|---|---|
 Sweet in 1921 | |
| Born |
October 2, 1901 Colorado, USA |
| Died |
June 18, 1933 (aged 31) Big Bear, California, USA |
| Years active | 1919 - 1933 |
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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.
Death
On June 18, 1933, Sweet was location scouting by private plane in the vicinity of Big Bear, California.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Selected acting filmography
- Her Man (1930)
- Hit the Deck (1930)
- Smart Alec (1921)
Selected directing filmography
- She Outdone Him (1933) 21 July 1933 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
- Good Housewrecking (1933) 16 June 1933 Script: Harry Sweet
- A Merchant of Menace (1933) 21 April 1933 Script: Leslie Goodwins, Walter Weems
- Art in the Raw (1933) 24 February 1933 Script: Ben Holmes, Harry Sweet ...
- Fish Feathers (1932) 16 December 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
- Sham Poo, the Magician (1932) 25 November 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
- Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1932) 14 October 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
- The Golf Chump (1932) 5 August 1932 Script: Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
- High Hats and Low Brows (1932) 11 July 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder
- Giggle Water (1932) 27 June 1932 Script: Harry Sweet
- Stealin' Home (1932) 9 May 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder
- Rule 'Em and Weep (1932) 2 May 1932 Script: Edward Earle, Walter Weems
- Mother-in-Law's Day (1932) 25 April 1932 Script: Harry Sweet
- Extra! Extra! (1932) 4 April 1932 Script: Ralph Ceder, Lex Neal
- Battle Royal (1932) 29 February 1932 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder
- Bon Voyage (1932) 22 February 1932 Script: Harry Sweet
- The Big Scoop (1931) 16 November 1931 Script: Everett Alton Brown, Hal Yates
- Slow Poison (1931) 19 October 1931 Script: Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Ralph Ceder
- Thanks Again (1931) Script: Harry Sweet 5 October 1931
- Lemon Meringue (1931) 3 August 1931 Script: Harry Sweet
- All Gummed Up (1931) 23 May 1931 Script: Harry Sweet
- Not So Loud (1931) 3 May 1931 Script: Harry Sweet
- Rough House Rhythm (1931) 5 April 1931 Script: Harry Sweet
- Hot Wires (1931) 22 February 1931 Script: Chuck Callahan, Harry L. Fraser
- Next Door Neighbors (1931) 28 January 1931 Script: George Green, Harry Sweet
- Waltzing Around (1929) 13 May 1929 Script: Paul Girard Smith
- Music Fiends (1929) 3 April 1929 Script: Clark & McCullough
- Beneath the Law (1929) 7 March 1929 Script: Clark & McCullough ...
- Half a Man (1925) Script: Tay Garnett
- The Sleuth (1925) Script: Tay Garnett
References
- ↑ "Harry Sweet biography". allmovie. Retrieved 2010-10-17.
- ↑ "Harry Sweet, Pilot, Believed Victims Of Air Crash". Bernardino County Sun 06/19/33 newspapers.com. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
- ↑ "Bear Lake Plane Crash Cause Probed". Berkeley Daily Gazette 06/20/33 google.com/newspapers. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harry Sweet. |
- Harry Sweet at the Internet Movie Database
- Hal Davitt at the Internet Movie Database