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Harve Presnell
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Harve Presnell

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1933 – 2009 · Modesto, California, USA · Active 1953–2010

Harve Presnell, born in 1933, transitioned from a successful career as a classical baritone to acting in the 1960s, making waves on Broadway. In Blood Bath (1975), he delivers a compelling performance that highlights the film's blend of horror and surrealism. After a period focused on musical theater, Presnell experienced a resurgence in film roles during the 1990s, further enriching his legacy in cult cinema. His work in Blood Bath exemplifies the era's fascination with the bizarre and the grotesque.

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Blood Bath

Blood Bath

1975 ★ 3.6
as Peter Brown

The actors for a horror movie go out to dinner one evening with their director and tell horror stories to each other.

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Career Highlights Top 6 by popularity · TMDB
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Saving Private Ryan
1998
Fargo (1996)
Fargo
1996
Face/Off (1997)
Face/Off
1997
Evan Almighty (2007)
Evan Almighty
2007
Patch Adams (1998)
Patch Adams
1998
Mr. Deeds (2002)
Mr. Deeds
2002

Filmography

68 credits
2010s 1 credit
2010
Love Ranch as Dr. Smathers
Movie ★ 5.4
2000s 20 credits
2008
Bait Shop as Jack
Movie ★ 4.9
2007
Evan Almighty as Congressman Burrows
Movie ★ 5.6
2007
Andy Barker, P.I. as Lew Staziak
TV ★ 7.3
2006
Flags of Our Fathers as Dave Severance
Movie ★ 6.9
2006
Life After Tomorrow as Self
Movie ★ 6.5
2005
American Dad! as Frank, the Judge (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
2003
Old School as Mr. Springbrook
Movie ★ 6.6
2003
Legally Blonde as Henry Whitehouse
Movie ★ 5.3
2003
Cold Case as Harry Kemp Jr. (2009)
TV ★ 7.8
2003
The Lyon's Den
TV ★ 8.8
2002
Mr. Deeds as Preston Blake
Movie ★ 5.9
2002
Super Sucker as Winslow Schnaebelt
Movie ★ 5.7
2002
Monk as Zach Ellinghouse
TV ★ 8.0
2001
The Pretender 2001 as Mr. Parker
Movie ★ 7.2
2001
The Pretender: Island of the Haunted as Mr. Parker
Movie ★ 6.8
2001
Escanaba in da Moonlight as Albert Soady
Movie ★ 6.1
2001
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: Women of Camelot as Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.
TV ★ 4.8
2000
The Legend of Bagger Vance as John Invergordon
Movie ★ 6.6
2000
The Family Man as Big Ed
Movie ★ 6.8
2000
Strong Medicine as Andrew 'Andy' March
TV ★ 7.4
1990s 30 credits
1999
Walking Across Egypt as Finner
Movie ★ 4.9
1998
Patch Adams as Dean Anderson
Movie ★ 7.3
1998
Everything That Rises as Garth
Movie ★ 5.8
1998
Saving Private Ryan as General Marshall
Movie ★ 8.2
1998
A Bright Shining Lie as MACV General
Movie ★ 5.8
1998
Two Guys and a Girl as Edgar J. Hagerty
TV ★ 7.2
1998
Charmed as Captain Black Jack Cutting
TV ★ 8.2
1998
From the Earth to the Moon as Harve
TV ★ 8.1
1998
Dawson's Creek as Arthur Brooks
TV ★ 7.3
1998
The Lionhearts as (voice)
TV ★ 4.5
1997
Face/Off as Victor Lazarro
Movie ★ 7.1
1997
Tidal Wave: No Escape as Stanley Schiff
Movie ★ 5.1
1997
Julian Po as Mayor Henry Leech
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
The Practice as Judge Dickem
TV ★ 7.7
1997
George & Leo
TV ★ 10.0
1996
Fargo as Wade Gustafson
Movie ★ 7.8
1996
The Chamber as Attorney General Roxburgh
Movie ★ 6.0
1996
The Whole Wide World as Dr. Howard
Movie ★ 6.6
1996
Larger Than Life as Trowbridge Bowers
Movie ★ 5.5
1996
Nash Bridges as Corick McMillan
TV ★ 6.6
1996
The Pretender as Mr. Parker
TV ★ 7.4
1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Doug (voice)
TV ★ 7.1
1996
EZ Streets
TV ★ 6.1
1995
Star Trek: Voyager as Colonel Q
TV ★ 7.8
1995
The Client as Buddy Hutchinson
TV ★ 7.0
1995
The Outer Limits as Greg Matheson
TV ★ 7.7
1994
Duckman as Sir Declan McManus (voice)
TV ★ 7.2
1994
ER as Mr. Venema
TV ★ 7.8
1993
Frasier as Mike Shaw
TV ★ 7.7
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as Dr. Sam Lane
TV ★ 6.9
1980s 1 credit
1985
That's Dancing! as From 'The Unsinkable Molly Brown' (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.1
1970s 3 credits
1975
Blood Bath● as Peter Brown
Movie ★ 4.0
1972
The Great Man's Whiskers as Ballad Singer
Movie ★ 8.0
1972
The Julie Andrews Hour as Self
TV ★ 8.0
1960s 9 credits
1969
Paint Your Wagon as "Rotten Luck Willie"
Movie ★ 6.3
1965
The Glory Guys as Sol Rogers
Movie ★ 6.5
1965
When the Boys Meet the Girls as Danny Churchill
Movie ★ 4.8
1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Johnny Brown
Movie ★ 5.6
1964
The Story of a Dress as Self
Movie ★ 9.0
1963
The Danny Kaye Show as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
TV ★ 7.5
1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
TV ★ 6.6
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
TV ★ 5.8
1950s 4 credits
1959
The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
TV ★ 8.0
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mitch (uncredited)
TV ★ 7.8
1953
The Oscars as Self
TV ★ 7.0
1953
General Electric Theater as Dismas
TV ★ 6.8