Harry Bellaver

Harry Bellaver Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: February 12, 1905

Death Date: August 8, 1993

Birth Place: Hillsboro, Illinois

Though he was born and raised in rural Illinois, Harry Bellaver specialized in playing the iconic character type of the working-class New Yorker. After getting his start on Broadway in the 1930s, Bellaver made his movie debut as a thug in the 1939 comic mystery "Another Thin Man."

Bellaver worked steadily in film until the 1970s, but his greatest success came in the television series "Naked City," which ran from 1958 to 1963. Bellaver's supporting character, rumpled detective Frank Arcaro, was the easygoing foil to the intense, hotheaded leads played by stars James Franciscus and Paul Burke. Bellaver's last major role came in the 1980 superhero comedy "Hero at Large."

Credits

Rivkin: Bounty Hunter

Actor
Father Kolodny
Movie
1981

Hero at LargeStream

Actor
Eddie
Movie
1980

Murder in Music City

Actor
Jim Feegan
Movie
1979

Blue Collar

Actor
Eddie Johnson Union President AAW Local 291
Movie
1978

KojakStream

Guest Star
Series
1973

Gentle Ben

Guest Star
Series
1967

Annie Get Your Gun

Actor
Sitting Bull
Show
1967

Wackiest Ship in the Army

Guest Star
Show
1965

One Potato, Two Potato

Actor
Judge Powell
Movie
1964

Lock-UpStream

Guest Star
Series
1959

Naked CityStream

Actor
Det. Frank Arcaro
Series
1958

The Old Man and the SeaStream

Actor
Martin
Movie
1958
83%

Trackdown

Guest Star
Michael Doyle
Show
1957

Sugarfoot

Guest Star
Series
1957

The Brothers Rico

Actor
Mike Lamotta
Movie
1957

Serenade

Actor
Tonio
Movie
1956

The Birds and the Bees

Actor
Marty Kennedy
Movie
1956

The Alcoa Hour

Actor
Williams
Show
1955

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsStream

Actor
Police Sgt. Waggoner
Series
1955

Love Me or Leave MeStream

Actor
Georgie
Movie
1955
71%

Climax!

Actor
Series
1954

Miss Sadie Thompson

Actor
Joe Horn
Movie
1954

The United States Steel Hour

Actor
Show
1953

The Great Diamond Robbery

Actor
Uncle Herb
Movie
1953

From Here to EternityStream

Actor
Pvt. Mazzioli
Movie
1953
88%

The Billy Bean Show

Actor
Show
1951

The Lemon Drop KidStream

Actor
Sam the Surgeon
Movie
1951

Stage to Tucson

Actor
Gus Heyden
Movie
1950

Side Street

Actor
Larry Giff (cabdriver)
Movie
1950
86%

No Way OutStream

Actor
George Biddle
Movie
1950
86%

SuspenseStream

Actor
Series
1949

The House on 92nd StreetStream

Actor
Max Cobura
Movie
1945
50%

Another Thin ManStream

Actor
"Creeps" Binder
Movie
1939
86%

Night Intruder

Actor
Burglar
Movie
1938