老人家1915年出生的，99年是他最后一次出现在舞台了，2011年去世。 比较著名的角色都是几十年前的了。电视剧角色比较著名的有三部。 比如52年的《Dragnet 》的Officer Bill Gannon ，这部电视剧最早是52年推出的以纪实手法拍摄，后来54年拍了一季，然后67年到70年继续拍摄后面的季，Harry Morgan 是67到70年的主演。中间暂停的原因不详，不过这部NBC的剧集是第一部最有影响力的犯罪类剧。后来1987年改编成电影版由汤姆汉克斯主演，他还是演了这个角色Bill Gannon。
Hardie Albright's parents had a traveling vaudeville act, in which he made his stage debut at the age of six. He studied drama at Carnegie Tech and was a member of Eva Le Gallienne's repertory theater. He appeared in many Broadway plays before making his film debut in 1931. Appearing in over 50 films, Albright retired from acting in 1948 and took a position as a drama instructor at UCLA, where he authored several books on acting and directing.
