Julius Harris

Infobox actor
name = Julius Harris

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caption =
birthdate = birth date|1923|8|17
birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
deathdate = death date and age|2004|10|17|1923|8|17
deathplace = Woodland Hills, California
othername = Julius W. Harris

Julius W. Harris (August 17, 1923 - October 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than 70 movies and numerous television series in a career that spanned four decades.

Biography

Before becoming an actor he worked as a nurse and later as a bouncer in New York City Jazz clubs. After hanging out with many struggling actors, he took a dare and auditioned for his first role and was cast as the father in "Nothing But a Man", a critically acclaimed 1964 film about black life in the South starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln.

Some of his most prominent roles included Tee Hee in the James Bond film "Live and Let Die", Scatter in "Super Fly", Capt. Bollin in "Shaft's Big Score", Inspector Daniels in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" and Ugandan President Idi Amin in the TV movie "Victory at Entebbe". He also appeared in "Trouble Man", "King Kong", "Black Caesar", "Hell Up in Harlem", "Friday Foster", "Shrunken Heads", "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man", and in guest-starring roles on "Sanford and Son", "Good Times", and "Love Boat".

He was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City and appeared on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, "No Place to Be Somebody".

Death

On October 17, 2004, Harris died of heart failure at age 81. [cite news |last=Heffernan | first = Virginia | title =Julius Harris, 81, Pioneering Black Actor, Dies | publisher =The New York Times | date = 2004-10-23 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/arts/23harris.html |accessdate = 2008-02-13] He was interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Mission Hills, California.

Filmography

* "Nothing But a Man" (1964)
* "Slaves" (1969)
* "Shaft's Big Score!" (1972)
* "Super Fly" (1972)
* "Trouble Man" (1972)
* "Black Caesar" (1973)
* "Live and Let Die" (1973)
* "Salty" (1973)
* "Blade" (1973)
* "Hell Up in Harlem" (1973)
* "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" (1974)
* "Let's Do It Again" (1975)
* "Friday Foster" (1975)
* "King Kong" (1976)
* "Islands in the Stream" (1977)
* "The Illegal" aka "Alambrista!" (1977)
* "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977)
* "Delta Fox" (1979)
* "Gorp" (1980)
* "First Family" (1980)
* "Circle of Power" (1983)
* "Going Berserk" (1983)
* "Crimewave" (1985)
* "My Chauffeur" (1985)
* "Hollywood Vice Squad" (1986)
* "Kid Gloves" (1988)
* "To Sleep with Anger" (1990)
* "Darkman" (1990)
* "Prayer of the Rollerboys" (1991)
* "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" (1991)
* "Amazing Stories: Book Four" (1992)
* "" (1993)
* "Shrunken Heads" (1994)

Television

* "Incident in San Francisco" (1971)
* "The Bob Newhart Show" (1 episode, 1973)
* "Salty" (Unknown episodes, 1974)
* "Harry O" (1 episode, 1975)
* "A Cry for Help" (1975)
* "Cannon" (1 episode, 1975)
* "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" (1 episode, 1975)
* "Rich Man, Poor Man" (Miniseries, 1976)
* "Victory at Entebbe" (1976)
* "Good Times" (1 episode, 1976)
* "Sanford and Son" (1 episode, 1977)
* "Visions" (1 episode, 1977)
* "Kojak" (1 episode, 1977)
* "The Fat Albert Christmas Special" (Voice, 1977)
* "Ring of Passion" (1978)
* "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (2 episodes, 1978)
* "To Kill a Cop" (Uncredited, 1978)
* "BJ and the Bear" (1 episode, 1978)
* "The Incredible Hulk" (1 episode, 1979)
* "Thornwell" (1981)
* "The Blue and the Gray" (1982)
* "Voyagers!" (1 episode, 1982)
* "Simon & Simon" (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
* "St. Elsewhere" (1 episode, 1983)
* "Missing Pieces" (1983)
* "Hart to Hart" (1 episode, 1984)
* "Gone Are the Dayes" (1984)
* "Booker" (1984)
* "Benson" (1 episode, 1984)
* "The Jeffersons" (1 episode, 1984)
* "Hollywood Wives" (1985)
* "Amazing Stories" (1 episode, 1985)
* "Cagney & Lacey" (2 episodes, 1983-1986)
* "Capitol" (Unknown episodes, 1986)
* "Outlaws" (1 episode, 1987)
* "A Gathering of Old Men" (1987)
* "" (1 episode, 1989)
* "The Golden Girls" (1 episode, 1991)
* "Murder, She Wrote" (1 episode, 1991)
* "Civil Wars" (1 episode, 1991)
* "Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive" (1992)
* "Eerie, Indiana" (1 episode, 1992)
* "The Burning Zone" (1 episode, 1996)
* "ER" (1 episode, 1997)

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Persondata
NAME= Harris, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Harris, Julius W.
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= August 17, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH= Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH= October 17, 2004
PLACE OF DEATH= Woodland Hills, California