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Hardie Hunter Albright (December 16, 1903 – December 7, 1975) was an American actor.
Biography
Albrecht was born on December 16, 1903, in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, to traveling vaudeville performers. He made his stage debut in one of his parents' acts at the age of seven.
He was playing the juvenile lead on the stage in The Greeks when a scout from the Fox Company saw him. He was given a contract and headed for Hollywood. An alumnus of Carnegie Tech, Albright made his film debut in 1931 in John G. Blystone's Young Sinners and appeared in numerous films. He provided the (uncredited) voice of the adolescent Bambi in the Disney film of the same name. He also became a noted Broadway actor.
He retired from film acting in 1948 and became a drama instructor at the University of Southern California, writing several books on acting and directing during his time there.
During the 1960s, he made many guest appearances on television series such as Hazel, Leave It To Beaver, Bewitched and Gunsmoke.
Death
On December 7, 1975, just nine days shy of his 72nd birthday, Albright died from congestive heart failure in Mission Viejo, California. His ashes were sprinkled at his former vacation site in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was survived by his daughter Victoria from his second marriage to wife Arnita Wallace.
Partial filmography
- Young Sinners (1931) as Gene Gibson
- Hush Money (1931) as Stuart Elliot
- Skyline (1931) as John Breen
- Heartbreak (1931) as Count Carl Walden
- So Big (1932) as Dirk De Jong
- The Purchase Price (1932) as Don Leslie
- Jewel Robbery (1932) as Paul
- This Sporting Age (1932) as Johnny Raeburn
- A Successful Calamity (1932) as George Struthers, Peggy's Beau
- The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) as Roland Neal
- The Crash (1932) as Arthur Pringle
- Three on a Match (1932) as Phil (uncredited)
- The Match King (1932) as Erik Borg
- The Working Man (1933) as Benjamin Burnett
- The Song of Songs (1933) as Walter Von Prell
- Three-Cornered Moon (1933) as Ronald
- The House on 56th Street (1933) as Henry Burgess
- The Ninth Guest (1934) as Henry Abbott
- Nana (1934) as Lieutenant Gregory (uncredited)
- White Heat (1934) as Chandler Morris
- Beggar's Holiday (1934) as Dapper Frank Mason aka Bing
- The Scarlet Letter (1934) as Arthur Dimmesdale
- Two Heads on a Pillow (1934) as David L. Talbot
- Crimson Romance (1934) as Hugo
- The Silver Streak (1934) as Allan Dexter
- Sing Sing Nights (1934) as Howard Trude
- Women Must Dress (1935) as David
- Calm Yourself (1935) as Bobby Kent
- Champagne for Breakfast (1935) as Bob Bentley - a penniless young lawyer
- Ladies Love Danger (1935) as Phil Morton
- Red Salute (1935) as Leonard Arner
- Granny Get Your Gun (1940) as Phil Westcott
- Ski Patrol (1940) as Tyko Gallen
- Carolina Moon (1940) as Henry Wheeler
- Flight from Destiny (1941) as Ferrers
- Men of the Timberland (1941) as Dudley
- Bachelor Daddy (1941) as Ethelbert
- Navy Blues (1941) as Officer (uncredited)
- Marry the Boss's Daughter (1941) as Putnam Palmer
- Captains of the Clouds (1942) as Kingsley
- The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942) as William Saunders
- Saboteur (1942) as Detective (uncredited)
- Lady in a Jam (1942) as Milton
- The Pride of the Yankees (1942) as Van Tuyl
- Bambi (1942) as Bambi Adolescent (voice, uncredited)
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) as Shelton
- Army Wives (1944) as Verne
- Mom and Dad (1945) as Carl Blackburn
- The Jade Mask (1945) as Walter Meeker
- Sunset in El Dorado (1945) as Cecil Phelps / Cyril Earle
- Captain Tugboat Annie (1945) as Johnny Webb
- Angel on My Shoulder (1946) as Smiley Williams