Hardie Albright

Hardie Albright
File:Scarlet Letter lobby card.jpg Albright (upper right) in The Scarlet Letter (1934)
Born	Hardie Hunter Albrecht (1903-12-16)December 16, 1903 Charleroi, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	Mission Viejo, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1931–1966
Spouse(s)	Arnita Wallace (1944-1975) Martha Sleeper (1934-1940)

Hardie Albright (December 16, 1903 – December 7, 1975) was an American actor.

Biography

Hardie Hunter 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.

Albright 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, 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)
• Hush Money (1931)
• So Big (1932)
• The Purchase Price (1932)
• Jewel Robbery (1932)
• A Successful Calamity (1932)
• The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
• The Crash (1932)
• The Match King (1932)
• The Working Man (1933)
• The Song of Songs (1933)
• Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
• The House on 56th Street (1933)
• The Ninth Guest (1934)
• The Scarlet Letter (1934)
• The Silver Streak (1934)
• Sing Sing Nights (1934)
• Women Must Dress (1935)
• Calm Yourself (1935)
• Red Salute (1935)
• Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Carolina Moon (1940)
• Captains of the Clouds (1942)
• The Mad Doctor of Market Street (1942)
• The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
• Bambi (1942) (uncredited voice)
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
• Army Wives (1944)
• Mom and Dad (1945)
• The Jade Mask (1945)
• Sunset in El Dorado (1945)
• Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
• Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

External links

• Hardie Albright at the Internet Movie Database
• Hardie Albright at the Internet Broadway Database
• Hardie Albright at AllMovie