Harry Sweet

Harry Sweet
Sweet in 1921
Born	(1901-10-02)October 2, 1901 Colorado,US
Died	June 18, 1933(1933-06-18)(aged 31) Big Bear, California,US
Years active	1919–1933

Mickey & Harry Sweet; Thelma & Bert Gilroy
Inn registration book

Chef Bud Jamison wishbones Harry Sweet in this Wid's Daily 1921 ad.

Harry Sweet Exhibitors Trade Review December 17, 1921

Harry Sweet Lee Moran Baby Peggy Exhibitors Trade Review 1922

Harry Sweet(October 2, 1901 – June 18, 1933) was an American actor,directorand screenwriter. He appeared in 57 films between 1919 and 1932. He also directed 54 films between 1920 and 1933, including oneHarry Langdonshort, two of theTay Garnett- penned comediesStan Laurelmade forJoe Rock,and fifteen of the earliest entries in theEdgar Kennedy"Average Man" series.

Sweet was an acrobat before he became an actor, which led to his doing his own stunts in films.

Death

On June 18, 1933, Sweet was location scouting by private plane in the vicinity ofBig 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

• Carnival Boat(1932)
• Her Man(1930)
• Hit the Deck(1930)
• Homesick(1928)
• Fascinating Youth(1926)
• Smart Alec(1921)

Selected directing filmography

• She Outdone Him (1933)July 21, 1933Script:Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
• Good Housewrecking (1933)June 16, 1933Script:Harry Sweet
• A Merchant of Menace (1933)April 21, 1933Script:Leslie Goodwins,Walter Weems
• Art in the Raw (1933)February 24, 1933Script:Ben Holmes,Harry Sweet...
• Fish Feathers (1932)December 16, 1932Script:Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
• Sham Poo, the Magician (1932)November 25, 1932Script:Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
• Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath (1932)October 14, 1932Script:Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
• The Golf Chump (1932)August 5, 1932Script:Hugh Cummings, Harry Sweet
• High Hats and Low Brows (1932)July 11, 1932Script:Arthur 'Bugs' Baer,Ralph Ceder
• Giggle Water (1932)June 27, 1932Script:Harry Sweet
• Stealin' Home (1932)May 9, 1932Script:Arthur 'Bugs' Baer,Ralph Ceder
• Rule 'Em and Weep (1932)May 2, 1932Script:Edward Earle, Walter Weems
• Mother-in-Law's Day (1932)April 25, 1932Script:Harry Sweet
• Extra! Extra! (1932)April 4, 1932Script:Ralph Ceder,Lex Neal
• Battle Royal (1932)February 29, 1932Script:Arthur 'Bugs' Baer,Ralph Ceder
• Bon Voyage (1932)February 22, 1932Script:Harry Sweet
• The Big Scoop (1931)November 16, 1931Script:Everett Alton Brown,Hal Yates
• Slow Poison (1931)October 19, 1931Script:Arthur 'Bugs' Baer,Ralph Ceder
• Thanks Again (1931)Script:Harry Sweet October 5, 1931
• Lemon Meringue (1931)August 3, 1931Script:Harry Sweet
• All Gummed Up (1931)May 23, 1931Script:Harry Sweet
• Not So Loud (1931)May 3, 1931Script:Harry Sweet
• Rough House Rhythm (1931)April 5, 1931Script:Harry Sweet
• Hot Wires (1931)February 22, 1931Script:Chuck Callahan, Harry L. Fraser
• Next Door Neighbors (1931)January 28, 1931Script:George Green, Harry Sweet
• Waltzing Around (1929)May 13, 1929Script:Paul Gerard Smith
• Music Fiends (1929)April 3, 1929Script:Clark&McCullough
• Beneath the Law (1929)March 7, 1929Script:Clark&McCullough...
• Half a Man(1925)Script:Tay Garnett
• The Sleuth(1925)Script:Tay Garnett

External links

• Harry SweetatIMDb
• Hal DavittatIMDb