Michael Martin Harvey

Michael Martin Harvey (birth registered as Jack Seaforth Harvey, baptised as Jack Seaforth Elton Harvey, 18 April 1897 – 30 June 1975)[1][2][3] was an English actor.[4] He was the son of the stage actor/manager Sir John Martin-Harvey and brother of actress Muriel Martin-Harvey.[5]

Michael Martin Harvey
Born
John Selwyn Elton Martin Harvey

18 April 1897
London, England
Died30 June 1975(1975-06-30) (aged 78)
Great Bircham, Norfolk, England
Other namesJack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1925–1954

As well as his theatre work, he had a number of small roles in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s such as Dark Journey (1937), The Drum (1938) and Caesar and Cleopatra (1945). Larger parts came his way towards the late forties and early fifties including The Monkey's Paw (1948), The Third Visitor (1951) and The Long Memory (1952). In 1949 he took on his only lead role, that of real life criminal Charles Peace in The Case of Charles Peace.[5]

He married children's book illustrator Hester Margetson in 1927 under the name Jack Seaforth Elton Martin-Harvey.[6] Together they formed a small ballet touring company, the Martin-Harvey Miniature Ballet. In the 1950s he teamed with the composer Margaret More to form the Hans Andersen Players, performing selected works from the work of Hans Christian Andersen. Besides dance his other artistic interests included poetry, painting and pottery.

Selected filmography
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References
  1. FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Ancestry.com https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8912&h=9488165. Retrieved 3 June 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  3. "Search Results for England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 | findmypast.co.uk". www.findmypast.co.uk.
  4. "Michael Martin-Harvey". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  5. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). "The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
  6. "Search Results for England-and-wales-marriages-1837-2008 | findmypast.co.uk". www.findmypast.co.uk.


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