Bellmore Native Returns for LI Film Festival Debut

As a child growing up in North Bellmore, Harry Seddon said he always knew he wanted to act.

"I was always clowning around," he said. "Doing voices and characters. I didn't know why I wanted to."

Now, years later, a film he is acting in will be showing in his hometown next week as part of the Long Island International Film Expo.

The film he acts in, "Omie Wise", is showing on July 11 at 4:30 p.m. Seddon plays a nasty mayor.

"He's not a nice guy, nasty…creepy guy who, even though he's a mayor, he's a suspect," Seddon explained.

Seddon's real life son, Andrew, plays his son in the film, "Roger."

"It's absolutely nothing like our real relationship," Seddon said. "That was true acting.. nothing like us...we worked it in with the movie…Andrew is a natural."

"Omie Wise" is a 16-minute short film made by director Dylan Tuccillo based on a murder victim (Omie) from the 1800s, that became popularized by a traditional American ballad, sung by many artists, including Bob Dylan.

Upon realizing that one of the film festivals "Omie Wise" would be featured in was the LIIFE festival at the Bellmore Theater, Seddon said "that freaked me out a little bit that it's going to be playing in my hometown."

"I, mostly grew up right there. It was a nice feeling to know that it's going to show in a place where I started...as a kid, I saw movies in that theater."

Seddon grew up in North Bellmore and briefly attended Mepham High School before moving and eventually settling in Upstate New York.

In his acting career, Seddon is currently a core featured actor playing a hospital transporter on the Edie Falco Showtime series, "Nurse Jackie," and plays a cop in the recently released horror film, "Salvation By Blood." Last year, Harry's film "Tunnels", directed by Juan David Gonzalez Monroy, in which he played the lead, won Best Short film at the Dorothy Hirshon Film Festival in Manhattan. He will also be featured in the near future on numerous television shows and feature films including the premiere of the new HBO series "Boardwalk Empire" in September.

"You work hard and it's a great feeling to know that all that hard work is coming to fruition," said Seddon. "Acting has to be something that you love, a burning desire that doesn't go away...you have to keep going and doing it because you enjoy it…and never, ever, give up."

The Long Island International Film Festival runs July 8-18 at the Bellmore Movie Theater.