6 Best Forrester Harvey Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 3, 2026

Forrester Harvey was one of Hollywood’s most tireless Irish character actors and appeared in hundreds of films across the 1930s and 40s. A Chump at Oxford enrols two handymen at Oxford, A Christmas Carol visits a miser with three spirits, The Prince and the Pauper swaps a poor boy with the Prince of Wales, and Tarzan the Ape Man seeks an elephant graveyard. Shanghai Express and Red Dust round out the list.

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Forrester Harvey features in this Laurel and Hardy comedy about two bumbling handymen who are mistakenly enrolled at Oxford University, causing chaos.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding · 1h 03m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Apple TV Store

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A Christmas Carol (1938)

TMDB ★ 7.0

A miserly old man is visited by three spirits who show him where his selfishness has led.

Directed by Edwin L. Marin · 1h 09m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A poor London boy and a young prince who look identical swap places, with unexpected consequences.

Directed by William Keighley · 1h 58m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.6

An English expedition hunting ivory in the African jungle runs into a wild man of the trees, with Doris Lloyd in the cast.

Directed by W.S. Van Dyke · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home

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Shanghai Express (1932)

TMDB ★ 7.0

Passengers aboard a train through war-torn China become entangled in intrigue and danger.

Directed by Josef von Sternberg · 1h 22m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Red Dust (1932)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Forrester Harvey appears in this Gable and Harlow drama about a rough rubber plantation owner whose life is complicated by the arrival of two very different women.

Directed by Victor Fleming · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Forrester Harvey Movies

A Chump at Oxford (1940)

A Christmas Carol (1938)

The Prince and the Pauper (1937)

Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)

Shanghai Express (1932)

Red Dust (1932)

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