John Pritt Harley (February 1786 – 22 August 1858) was an English actor known for his comic acting and singing.

After this, obtaining an engagement from Samuel John Arnold, he came to London and made his first public appearance there on 15 July 1815 at the English Opera House as Marcelli in The Devil's Bridge.

In 1816, when Every Man in his Humour was revived, starring Edmund Kean as Kitely, Harley played Bobadil, receiving enthusiastic notices.

Harley remained for twenty years at Drury Lane, with occasional summer excursions to the provinces and engagements at the Lyceum Theatre, where he for some time was stage-manager.

[2] He soon returned to Drury Lane and was with William Macready at Covent Garden Theatre in 1838, and afterwards with Madame Vestris and Charles Mathews when they opened the same establishment two years later.

When Charles Kean attempted to restore legitimate drama at the Princess's Theatre in 1850, Harley became a member of that company.

He had a passion for collecting walking-sticks, canes, &c., and after his death more than three hundred varieties were included in the sale of his personal effects.