Harve Presnell

Also Credited As:

George Harvey Presnell
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Biography

A tall (6'4"), imposing baritone with roots in the musical theater, Harve Presnell played the hubby of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" on Broadway (1960), on tour (1962), and in the movie with Debbie Reynolds (1964). But filmed musicals were on the wane, and he spent four decades on stage until such films as "Fargo" (1996) made him a viable character player of the big screen.

An operatic singer in the mold of Howard Keel, Presnell was performing …

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Job Title

Actor, Music

Born

George Harvey Presnell on September 14, 1933 in Modesto, California, USA

LATEST CREDITS

Escanaba in da Moonlight

Albert Soady

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Johnny Brown

Super Sucker

Winslow Schnaebelt

The Glory Guys

Sol Rogers

Andy Barker, P.I.

Lew

Tidal Wave: No Escape

Stanley Schiff

Baitshop

Jack

Everything That Rises

Garth

Paint Your Wagon

Rotten Luck Willie

The Whole Wide World

Dr Howard

The Pretender 2001

Mr Parker

The Great Man's Whiskers

Ballad Singer

The Pretender: The Island of the Haunted

Mr Parker

Life After Tomorrow

Actor

Fargo

Wade Gustafson

A Bright Shining Lie

General Paul Harkins

Face/Off

Lazzaro

Patch Adams

Dean Anderson

Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot

Joseph Kennedy

The Chamber

Attorney General Roxburgh

Walking Across Egypt

Finner

Mr. Deeds

Blake

The Family Man

Big Ed

The Legend of Bagger Vance

John Invergordon

Julian Po

Henry--Mayor