6 Best Harry Strang Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 16, 2026

Drama intense

Harry Strang was one of Hollywood’s most prolific character actors and stuntmen, appearing in well over two hundred films across five decades. It Ain’t Hay swaps a woman’s horse for a champion, The Blue Veil devotes a WWI widow to caring for other people’s children, Flowing Gold ties a fugitive to a struggling oil company, and Whirlpool follows an ex-convict reconnecting with a daughter who doesn’t know him. The White Squaw and The Last Hurrah round out the list.

Whirlpool (1934) 01

Whirlpool (1934)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Harry Strang features in this drama about an ex-convict who struggles to reconnect with the daughter who has no idea he even exists.

Directed by Roy William Neill · 1h 12m · Rated NR

It Ain't Hay (1943) 02

It Ain't Hay (1943)

TMDB ★ 6.5

Harry Strang features in this Abbott and Costello comedy where the pair scramble to replace a woman's horse, unknowingly swapping it for a champion racehorse.

Directed by Erle C. Kenton · 1h 20m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Artiflix · Rent or buy: Amazon Video

Flowing Gold (1940) 03

Flowing Gold (1940)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Harry Strang appears in this drama about a fugitive from justice whose fate is intertwined with a struggling oil company after he takes a job on the rigs.

Directed by Alfred E. Green · 1h 21m · Rated NR

The Blue Veil (1951) 04

The Blue Veil (1951)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Harry Strang appears in this Jane Wyman drama about a First World War widow who loses her only child and devotes the rest of her life to caring for other people's children.

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt · 1h 53m · Rated NR

The White Squaw (1956) 05

The White Squaw (1956)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Harry Strang appears in this western about a Swedish settler who sparks a war by trying to drive the Dakota people off their Wyoming reservation.

Directed by Ray Nazarro · 1h 13m · Rated NR

The Last Hurrah (1958) 06

The Last Hurrah (1958)

TMDB ★ 7.2

Harry Strang is in this John Ford drama about a young journalist who watches his uncle, an honest veteran politician, fight for re-election as powerful interests conspire against him.

Directed by John Ford · 1h 57m · Rated NR

Where to watch

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

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Vlad Zakh

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.