John Harron
Selected films of this star available for viewing:
Through the Back Door (1921)
The Night
Cry (1926)
John (sometimes "Johnny" or "Johnnie")
Harron was Bobby Harron's (who died of an accidental self-inflicted
gunshot wound Sept. 1, 1920) younger brother and was given his
first big chance by Mary Pickford in her 1921 feature "Through
the Back Door." He was quoted as saying he had a small part
in only one other film for Ince which he dismissed with, "Didn't
amount to anything," but there seems to be no record of this.
The only film to his credit prior to the Pickford film is Griffith's
"Hearts of the World" in which he had a small part as
an extra. According to a 1921 Motion Picture Classic article
which was written while "Through the Back Door" was
in production, Louise Fazenda dragged Harron into the Classic's
office touting what a great star the kid was going to be.
It was a few more weeks until the bashful Harron actually did
the interview. Although he worked steadily with almost 160 films
between 1921 and 1939, he does not have a memorable role to his
credit. Unfortunately, he died at age 36 in 1939 from a heart
attack.
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