John Joseph Harvey (1881-1954) was acting in films from 1911 and began directing in 1914. A number of his earliest directorial efforts starred Shep, Harvey’s own dog, in pictures such as A Dog’s Love and Shep’s Race with Death (both 1914).
Harvey continued acting into the sound era, but mostly in uncredited roles. He featured in Lord Byron of Broadway and Anchors Aweigh. He occasionally worked as a screenwriter and his final credit, if he is the same Jack Harvey, was for Budd Boetticher’s City Beneath the Sea (1953).
Leave a Reply