Paul Harris
Biography
Paul Harris was an American actor and singer who took up entertainment as a teenager, studying at the Hebert Wall School of Music and at The Actors Laboratory in Hollywood and performing in plays at the Pasadena Community Playhouse, in the city where he was born and raised. He sang with groups such as the DePaur Infantry Chorus and toured for more than a year with Show Boat and around the world with George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, which led to theater work in Europe. In 1949 he played the doorman in Show Boat at Los Angeles's Greek Theater, and a month later appeared in Annie, Get Your Gun. His screen credits include the starring role of the pianist Aurelius Rex in All Night Long (1962), Pasha in Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes (1974), Gator Johnson in Truck Turner (1974), and a 1966 episode of The Baron. Harris died in 1985.
67years old at death
- Born Los Angeles
- Died Los Angeles County
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 13 years1962 to 1975
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