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Harry Irvine (January 30, 1877 – August 7, 1951) was a British barrister turned actor, known in America during his later career for his many roles as clergymen. He first came to America with Johnston Forbes-Robertson's tour of 1915-1916, decided to stay, and taught acting at the Brooklyn Institute. He portrayed Archbishop Thomas Beckett in the 1936 Broadway premiere of Murder in the Cathedral by T. S. Eliot, Regnault de Chartres the Archbishop of Rheims in Joan of Lorraine, and Bishop Fisher in the original Anne of the Thousand Days, both by Maxwell Anderson. He also wrote one-act plays and The Actor's Art and Job, a well-received book for potential apprentices on acting as a profession.