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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Harry Northup Biography (1940-)
Born 1940, in Amarillo, TX; raised in Sidney, NE; married Holly Prado (a writer); children: one son.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, poet
- Birth Details
- 1940
- Amarillo, Texas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- Patient, Lilith, Columbia, 1964
- Harry, Who's That Knocking at My Door (also known as I Call First and J. R.), Joseph Brenner Associates, 1968
- Cowboy on bus, Star Spangled Girl, Paramount, 1971
- Harvey Hall, Boxcar Bertha, American International Pictures/Orion,1972
- Jerry the soldier, Mean Streets, Warner Bros., 1973
- Parker, The All-American Boy, Warner Bros., 1973
- Bartender at Joe & Jim's, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1974
- FBI agent, Crazy Mama, New World, 1975
- Doughboy, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976
- Sheriff Len Skerritt, Fighting Mad, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
- Lieber, Two-Minute Warning, Universal, 1976
- Chief goon, Which Way Is Up?, Universal, 1977
- Alabama, New York, New York, United Artists, 1977
- The Red Baron, Handle with Care (also known as Citizen's Band and The Great American Citizens Band), Paramount, 1977
- Hank, Blue Collar, Universal, 1978
- Doberman, Over the Edge, Orion/Warner Bros., 1979
- Skinny guy, The Rose, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1979
- Thomas Burke, Tom Horn, Warner Bros., 1980
- Carmine, Used Cars, Columbia, 1980
- Trooper, Heart like a Wheel, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- (As Harry Northrup) Frank, Nickel Mountain, ZIV International, 1984
- New Year's Eve marine, Swing Shift, Warner Bros., 1984
- Second limousine driver, Hard to Hold, Universal, 1984
- (As Harry E. Northup) Congressman, Project X, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
- Governor, Kansas, TransWorld Entertainment, 1988
- Rayford Satterwhite, Nowhere to Run, Concorde, 1989
- Mr. Bimmel, The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991
- McMurtry, Unlawful Entry, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
- Mr. Fletcher, Hero (also known as Accidental Hero), Columbia, 1992
- Juror, Philadelphia, TriStar, 1993
- Preacher, Bad Girls, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994
- (As Harry E. Northup) Reno jail cop, Fathers' Day, Warner Bros., 1997
- Sheriff, Beloved, Buena Vista, 1998
- (As Harry E. Northup) Leon Smith, Brokedown Palace, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
- (As Harry E. Northup) Congressman Flores, The Manchurian Candidate, Paramount, 2004
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Major, North and South II (also known as North and South: BookII), ABC, 1986
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The Deliberate Stranger, NBC, 1986
- Minister, In Cold Blood, CBS, 1996
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Movies
- John Pennington, Maneaters Are Loose!, CBS, 1978
- Officer Thorpe, 11th Victim (also known as The Lakeside Killer), CBS, 1979
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The Day the Bubble Burst, NBC, 1982
- Uncle Charlie, Reform School Girl, Showtime, 1994
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Pilots
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The Colony, ABC, 1996
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Episodic
- (As Harry E. Northup) Hank, "The Man Who Murdered Himself," Alias Smith and Jones, ABC, 1971
- (As Harry E. Northup) Potts, "Jailbreak at Junction City," Alias Smithand Jones, ABC, 1971
- Rogers, "Caged Angel," Charlie's Angels, ABC, 1979
- "Long Ago Tomorrow," King's Crossing, ABC, 1982
- Wayne Harkness, "A Brand New Day," Knots Landing, CBS, 1982
- Wayne Harkness, "Encounters," Knots Landing, CBS, 1982
- Wayne Harkness, "Catharsis," Knots Landing, CBS, 1982
- "There Goes the Neighborhood," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1983
- "Celebrations," Hotel, ABC, 1985
- (As Harry E. Northup) Security guard, "Mirror, Mirror ... ," Amazing Stories, NBC, 1986
- "The Crossing" (also known as "Golden Hour"), ER, NBC, 2001
- Justice Fitzsimmons, "Snakes in the Grass," The Court, ABC, 2002
- Justice Fitzsimmons, "A Wing and a Prayer," The Court, ABC, 2002
- Justice Fitzsimmons, "Back in the Bottle," The Court, ABC, 2002
- Justice Fitzsimmons, "Life Sentence," The Court, ABC, 2002
- (As Harry E. Northup) Sonny, "Justice," Karen Sisco, ABC, 2003
- Appeared as a cop in "Fly Paper," an episode of Fallen Angels, Showtime; also appeared in Street Hawk.
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- (As Harry E. Northup) Security guard, "Mirror, Mirror," Amazing Stories: Book Four, MCA/Universal Home Video, 1992
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WRITINGS
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Poetry
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As Harry E. Northup
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Ragged Vertical, Cahuenga Press, 1996
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Reunions, Cahuenga Press, 2001
- Author of at least four other books of poetry, including Enough the Great Running Chapel and The Images We Possess Kill the Capturing.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Lummox Journal, July, 2001
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