Harry Holcombe

Harry Holcombe was an American actor and radio director who started out behind the microphone in Chicago, where he directed radio programs, among them Benny Goodman's Camel Caravan, and read poetry for the Cincinnati station WLW. He moved to California and took up film and television work, beginning with The Purple V in 1943. He became a familiar guest actor across series such as The Andy Griffith Show, Perry Mason, Leave It to Beaver, That Girl, Here's Lucy and Bewitched, and he played the recurring part of the doctor on Bonanza. His film credits included The Fortune Cookie (1966), King Kong vs. Godzilla (1963), The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) and Kisses for My President (1964). He also starred as Arthur Kendricks in the sitcom Barefoot in the Park and was perhaps best remembered for playing the grandfather in Country Time commercials for nearly a decade.