Lew Harvey

born: 06 October 1887 Wausau, Wisconsin, United States of America

died: 19 December 1953 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (age 66)

American actor who appeared in over fifty silent films with Harold Lloyd. PAUL HAWAS has 2 birthdays in 1887 in the State of Wisconsin Birth Records at Ancestry.com. (5 Oct and 6 Oct). There are several variations of the parents surnames, including "HARVEY". The parents had a son, PAUL L. HARWAS, born 1882 who died just 4 days after being born. It may be that LEW was named for him. This was not unusual back in the "old days". All the children of these parents were born in Wausau except the youngest born in Oregon. The family moved to Portland, Oregon between 1896 and 1900.

Real name: Leo Paul Harwas Height: 5'11"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1918 The Lamb [?] 1918 Hit Him Again [?] 1918 Beat It [?] 1918 A Gasoline Wedding [?] 1918 Look Pleasant, Please (he's the frontmost one of the three confronting Harold) 1918 Here Come The Girls [?] 1918 Let's Go [?] 1918 On The Jump [?] 1918 Follow The Crowd Member of the 'Red Handers' terrorist group 1918 Pipe The Whiskers [?] 1918 It's A Wild Life [?] 1918 Hey There! Villain in movie (he, Parrott & Hamburger on movie set playing tramps holding Bebe and others hostage when Harold interrupts the film proceedings) 1918 The Non-Stop Kid Suitor 1918 Two-Gun Gussies Bar patron who gives Harold a beer 1918 Fireman, Save My Child Fireman 1918 The City Slicker [?] 1918 Sic 'Em Towser [?] 1918 Somewhere In Turkey Arab holding vase 1918 Are Crooks Dishonest? Policeman 1918 An Ozark Romance [?] 1918 Kicking The Germ Out Of Germany [?] 1918 That's Him Gang member/Train passenger 1918 Bride And Gloom [?] 1918 Bees In His Bonnet [?] 1918 Swing Your Partners Dance instructor 1918 Why Pick On Me? [?] 1918 Nothing But Trouble [?] 1918 Hear 'Em Rave [?] 1918 Take A Chance Escaped convict (Hay-fever Gus or Onion-breath Mike) (he's the one who conks Harold and steals his clothes) 1918 She Loves Me Not [?] 1919 Wanted $5,000 [?] 1919 Going! Going! Gone! Robber 1919 Ask Father Suitor (third one other than Harold and "Willie" [Parrott]; pretty much limited to just the first scene on the bench with them and Marie) 1919 On The Fire Waiter 1919 I'm On My Way House guest 1919 Look Out Below [?] 1919 The Dutiful Dub [?] 1919 Next Aisle Over Window cleaner/Policeman 1919 Crack Your Heels [?] 1919 Ring Up The Curtain Rowdy employee 1919 Young Mr. Jazz Bowery Cafe patron (?) 1919 Si, Senor [?] 1919 Before Breakfast [?] 1919 The Marathon Policeman/Marathon runner 1919 Pistols For Breakfast [?] 1919 Swat The Crook [?] 1919 Off The Trolley Policeman 1919 Billy Blazes, Esq. Gunfighting townsman 1919 At The Old Stage Door [?] 1919 Never Touched Me Policeman 1919 A Jazzed Honeymoon [?] 1919 Count Your Change Hotel guest 1919 Heap Big Chief [?] Acknowledgements: The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd (book) http://www.threestooges.net/cast/actor/1394 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26180-56940-27?cc=1968530 (WWI Draft Reg. Card) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-26180-56940-27?cc=1968530 (WWI Draft Reg. Card) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22896-6038-42?cc=1488411 (1920 Census - Leo "Lew Harvey" Harwas) https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16388-9542-33?cc=1861144 (WWII Draft Reg. Card - LEO PAUL HARWAS, "also known as Lew Harvey") https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP27-9LJ (CA Death Index - PAUL LEO HARWAS) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPNG-6MK (CA Death Index - LEW P HARVEY) https://archive.org/stream/standardcastingd03unse#page/n74/mode/1up/search/%22lew+harvey%22 (Standard Casting Directory, Feb. 1925) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSD2-6ZY Jesse Brisson (identification and help; identification in Count Your Change, The Non-Stop Kid, That's Him, Off The Trolley, Somewhere In Turkey) Jim Jarvis (help and information) This page was last updated on: 16 June 2025