Gordon Harker (7 August 1885 – 2 March 1967) was an English stage and film actor. he had along career on the stage, from 1902 to the 1950s. One of the last plays he starred in was
Small Hotel, a popular comedy he toured in 1955. In addition, he appeared in 68 films between 1921 and 1959, including three silent films directed by
Alfred Hitchcock and in several scenes in
Elstree Calling (1930), a revue film co-directed by Hitchcock. He was known for his performance as
Inspector Hornleigh in a trilogy of films produced between 1938 and 1940, as well in
Saloon Bar (1940), based on a stage play he had starred in and another one of his stage successes The Poltergeist made into the film
Things Happen at Night (1947), a poltergeist comedy he co-starred in with
Alfred Drayton and
Robertson Hare. His last major screen role was as the wiley waiter Albert in the 1957 motion picture version of
Small Hotel