Harry Wilson (actor)


Harry Wilson was a British character actor who appeared in over 300 films from 1928 to 1965 and proudly proclaimed himself "Hollywood's ugliest man".
His distinctive facial features and voice often led to him being cast as various henchmen, thugs, convicts and brawlers. His best-known roles include a Winkie Guard in The Wizard of Oz ; the female monster in Frankenstein's Daughter ; and together with Mike Mazurki the henchman of George Raft's "Spats Colombo" in Some Like It Hot.
For over fifteen years Wilson was a stand-in for Wallace Beery, and he is the grandfather of actress Shauna Bloom. Wilson died in 1978, aged 80.

Selected filmography