Robert H. Harris

Robert H. Harris, 1954

Robert H. Harris (born July 15, 1911 in New York City , New York as Robert H. Hurwitz , † November 30, 1981 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor.

Life

Robert H. Harris starred on Broadway in 1948 in the musical Look, Ma, I'm Dancin '! with and took over the role of Lord Hastings in Richard III in 1949 . From 1950 he had numerous appearances in television series and mostly played shady, if not evil characters. Between 1953 and 1956 he played the role of Jake Goldberg in the comedy Molly , one of his few sympathetic roles.

Noteworthy are eight appearances in Alfred Hitchcock Presents between 1956 and 1961 and six appearances in Perry Mason between 1958 and 1965. In between he also returned occasionally to Broadway and was involved in the 1964 unsuccessful musical Foxy . He had other television appearances in the television series 77 Sunset Strip , Ben Casey and the western series A Thousand Miles of Dust . He had an important supporting role in 1965 Edward Dmytryk's film The 27th Floor .

In 1977 he retired. Harris was married twice, most recently until his death with his colleague Viola Harris (1926-2017).

Filmography

• 1948: The Naked City (The Naked City)
• 1949–1958: Studio One (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 1950: The Philco Television Playhouse (TV series)
• 1950: The Goldbergs
• 1951: Somerset Maugham TV Theater (TV series)
• 1950, 1951: Treasury Men in Action (TV series)
• 1950–1952: Suspense (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1951: The Adventures of Ellery Queen (TV series)
• 1951–1953: Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1952: Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
• 1953: You Are There (TV series)
• 1953: Man Against Crime (TV series)
• 1953–1956: The Goldbergs (TV series, 17 episodes)
• 1953: Willys Theater Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV series)
• 1953: Armstrong Circle Theater (TV series)
• 1954: Martin Kane, Private Eye (TV series)
• 1954: Inner Sanctum (TV series)
• 1955: Justice (TV series)
• 1955: The Public Defender (TV series)
• 1955: The Man Behind the Badge (TV series)
• 1955–1957: Climax! (TV series)
• 1955: Science Fiction Theater (TV series)
• 1956: Kraft Television Theater (TV series)
• 1956: Well, well, Miss Mutti! (Bundle of Joy)
• 1956–1961: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 1956, 1957: Smoking Colts (Gunsmoke) (TV Series)
• 1956: The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (TV series)
• 1957: The 20th Century-Fox Hour: False Witness (TV series)
• 1957: The Big Caper
• 1957: No Down Payment
• 1957: SOS spaceship (The Invisible Boy)
• 1957: Embers under the ashes (Peyton Place)
• 1957–1958: The Court of Last Resort (TV series, 26 episodes)
• 1958: Adventures in the Wild West (Zane Gray Theater) (TV series)
• 1958: Shirley Temple's Storybook: The Nightingale (TV series)
• 1958–1965: Perry Mason (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 1958, 1960: Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
• 1958: Satan with the Thousand Masks (How to Make a Monster)
• 1958: The Rough Riders (TV series)
• 1958: Pursuit (TV series)
• 1959: Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
• 1959: State Trooper (TV series)
• 1959: A Thousand Miles of Dust (Rawhide) (TV series)
• 1959: The Restless Gun (TV series)
• 1959: Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV series)
• 1959: Peter Gunn (TV series)
• 1959: The Lawless Years (TV series)
• 1959: Johnny Staccato (TV series)
• 1959: West of Santa Fé (The Rifleman) (TV series)
• 1959, 1960: Markham (TV Series)
• 1959, 1960: Dezernat M (M Squad) (TV series)
• 1959, 1961: 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
• 1959: Wichita Town (TV series)
• 1959: The Lineup (TV series)
• 1960: Shotgun Slade (TV series)
• 1960: Johnny Midnight (TV series)
• 1960: Mr. Lucky (TV series)
• 1960: Tightrope (TV series)
• 1960: The Man from Blackhawk (TV series)
• 1960: Alamo (The Alamo)
• 1960–1962: Outlaws (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1960: The Untouchables (The Untouchables) (TV series)
• 1961: Checkmate (TV series)
• 1961: The Roaring 20's (TV series)
• 1961: Thriller (TV series)
• 1961: The Asphalt Jungle (TV series)
• 1961: The Law and Mr. Jones (TV series)
• 1961: Twenty Plus Two
• 1961: The Dancing Gangster (The George Raft Story)
• 1961: Target: The Corruptors (TV series)
• 1961: The Lawbreakers
• 1962: Surfside 6 (TV series)
• 1962: Frontier Circus (TV series)
• 1962: Convicts 4
• 1962: Sam Benedict (TV series)
• 1962: Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
• 1963: Bonanza (TV series)
• 1963: The Unbreakable (America, America)
• 1964: Decision Making (Kraft Suspense Theater) (TV series)
• 1964: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour : Consider Her Ways (TV series)
• 1965: Ben Casey (TV series)
• 1965: Crooks Against Crooks (The Rogues) (TV series)
• 1965: The 27th floor (Mirage)
• 1965: The Apache (Apache Uprising)
• 1965, 1966: Solo for ONKEL (The Man from UNCLE) (TV series)
• 1966: The Seaview (Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) (TV series)
• 1966: The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones (TV)
• 1966, 1967: THE Cat - Artist and Detective (THE Cat) (TV Series)
• 1967: Bewitched (Bewitched) (TV series)
• 1967: Dangerous Everyday Life (Felony Squad) (TV Series)
• 1967: Mannix (TV series)
• 1967, 1973: FBI (The FBI) (TV Series)
• 1967: Valley of the Dolls (Valley of the Dolls) (TV series)
• 1967, 1968: The Invaders (The Invaders) (TV series)
• 1968: The People at Shiloh Ranch (The Virginian) (TV series)
• 1968: The Outsider (TV_Series)
• 1969: The Wild Wild West (Wild Wild West) (TV series)
• 1969: Land of the Giants (Land of the Giants) (TV series)
• 1970: Debbie Big In Ride (The Debbie Reynolds Show) (TV series)
• 1970: How Awful About Allan (TV)
• 1970: The Governor & JJ (TV series)
• 1970: The Boss (Ironside) (TV series)
• 1971: Father against his will (Congratulations, It's a Boy!) (TV)
• 1972: Insight (TV series)
• 1972: The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (TV series)
• 1972: Medical Center (TV series)
• 1975: The Man in the Glass Booth (TV series)
• 1976: Holmes & Yoyo (TV series)
• 1977: The Six Million Dollar Man (The Six Million Dollar Man) (TV series)

Web links

• Robert H. Harris in the Internet Movie Database (English)