Harry Landers

Harold "Harry" Landers , actually Harold Sorokin (born September 3, 1921 in New York City - † September 10, 2017 in Woodland Hills , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Landers was born in New York City in 1921 as one of seven children of Russian immigrants. He began his career in the early 1940s as an unskilled worker with Warner Bros. Entertainment , where he met actress Bette Davis . Through her, Landers became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and began an acting career. After training at the Actors' Laboratory Theater, he received his first extras in 1947.

In 1949 Landers played his first major role in the film noir C-Man . In the following years he was seen in several classic films, in which he mostly took on small supporting roles. Landers played the role of GoGo in Der Wilde with Marlon Brando in 1953 . The following year he appeared as a guest of Miss Lonely Hearts (played by Judith Evelyn ) in Alfred Hitchcock's The Window to the Courtyard . Lander's bigger roles include Gray Wolf in the 1955 western Between Two Fires and Heff in the Western Charro! with Elvis Presley from 1969. In 1991 he ended his acting career. His work includes more than 80 film and television productions.

Landers was married and the father of two sons. He most recently lived at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital , a senior citizens' home for filmmakers in Los Angeles . Harry Landers died in 2017 at the age of 96, his death not being announced until January 2018.

Filmography (selection)

1947: The Kiss of Death
1949: C-Man
1950: Guilty Bystander
1953: Phantom from Space
1953: The Wild (The Wild One)
1954: Drive a Crooked Road
1954: About Mrs. Leslie
1954: Return from the Sea
1954: The Rear Window
1955: The Lost (The Cobweb)
1955: Between Two Fires (The Indian Fighter)
1956: The Ten Commandments (The Ten Commandments)
1956: The Black Whip
1957: Mister Cory
1959: Up Periscope
1960: The Admiral (The Gallant Hours)
1968: In Enemy Country
1969: Charro!
1991: Mom
1991: Ragin 'Cajun

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ SAG-AFTRA - Summer 2018. Retrieved on August 23, 2018 .
↑ findagrave.com. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
↑ Bruce Haring: Harry Landers Dies: 'Ben Casey' Co-Star Appeared On Many TV Classics, Was 96. In: Deadline.com. January 4, 2018, accessed January 5, 2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Landers, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Landers, Harold; Sorokin, Harold (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 3, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	New York City
DATE OF DEATH	10th September 2017
Place of death	Woodland Hills , California

[1] SAG-AFTRA - Summer 2018. Retrieved on August 23, 2018 .

[2] findagrave.com. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .

[3] Bruce Haring: Harry Landers Dies: 'Ben Casey' Co-Star Appeared On Many TV Classics, Was 96. In: Deadline.com. January 4, 2018, accessed January 5, 2018 .