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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Harris Yulin Biography (1937-)
Born November 5, 1937, in Los Angeles, CA; married Gwen Welles (died, 1993).Education: Attended University of Southern California. Addresses:
Agent-- House of Representatives, 400 South Beverly Dr., Suite 101,Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Career: Actor and director. Los Angeles Classic Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, founder. Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination, outstanding guest actor in a comedy series, 1993, for Frasier.
Addresses: Agent: House of Representatives, 400 South Beverly Dr., Suite 101, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, director
- Birth Details
- November 5, 1937
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- (New York debut) Dust, Next Time I'll Sing to You, Phoenix Theatre, 1963
- Gabriele, Troubled Waters, or The Brother Who Protects and Loves,Gate Theatre, New York City, 1965
- Lord Hastings, King Richard III, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1966
- Title role, King John, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1967
- Uncle, The Cannibals, American Place Theatre, New York City, 1968
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Iphigenia in Aulis, Circle in the Square at Ford's Theatre, Washington, DC, 1969
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Henry V, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1971
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Hamlet, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, CA, 1973
- Piet Bezuidenhout, A Lesson from Aloes, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1979 then Playhouse Theatre, New York City, 1980
- Teck de Brancovis, Watch on the Rhine, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, 1979 then John Golden Theatre, New York City, 1980
- George Tesman, Hedda Gabler, Roundabout Theatre, New York City, 1981
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Uncle Vanya, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1981
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The Doctor's Dilemma, Long Wharf Theatre, 1982
- P.T. Barnum, Barnum's Last Life, La MaMa Experimental TheatreClub, New York City, 1983
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Tartuffe, Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, 1984
- Sir George Crofts, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Roundabout Theatre, 1985
- Claudius, Hamlet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1986
- Gordon, "April Snow," Marathon '87, Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1987
- Wallace Blossom, Approaching Zanzibar, Second Stage Theatre, New York City, 1989
- Anton Schill, The Visit, Stage Right, Criterion Center, New York City, 1992
- Alex Chaney, Arts and Leisure, Playwrights' Horizons Theatre,New York City, 1994
- Mr. Van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank, Colonial Theatre, Boston, MA, then Music Box Theatre, New York City, both 1997
- Title role, King Lear, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Madison, 1998
- Walter Franz, The Price, Williamstown Theatre Festival, then Royale Theatre, New York City, 1999
- Appeared as Quentin, After the Fall, Los Angeles production; AsYou Like It, Dallas Shakespeare Festival, Dallas, TX; in Don Juan inHell, That Symphony Space, New York City; and The Rehearsal, Los Angeles Classic Theatre, Los Angeles; also appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream, New York Shakespeare Festival, and in Arms and the Man,
Becket,
The Entertainer,
It's a Mad Mad World,
Julius Caesar,
The Little Foxes,
Look Back in Anger,
Night of the Iguana,
School for Wives,
The Seagull,
Tempest,
Timon of Athens,
Uncle Vanya, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf; appeared at Yale Repertory Theatre, 1967-68; Studio ArenaTheatre, Buffalo, NY, 1968-69; Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1984-85; and at Westwood Theatre, Theatre of the Living Arts, and American Shakespeare Festival.
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Major Tours
- Mike Talman, Wait until Dark, U.S. cities, 1967
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Stage Work
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Director
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Cuba Si, American National Theatre Academy Matinee Series, TheatreDe Lys, New York City, 1968
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The Guns of Carrar, American National Theatre Academy Matinee Series, Theatre De Lys, 1968
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The Guardsman, Long Wharf Theatre, 1982
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Winterplay, Second Stage Company, South Street Theatre, New York City, 1983
- "Fine Line," Marathon '84, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1984
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Baba Goya, Second Stage Theatre, 1989
- "Intimacy," Marathon 1991 Series, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1991
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Don Juan in Hell, Symphony Space Theatre, New York City, 1994
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This Lime Tree Bower, Primary Stage, New York City, 1999
- Director of After the Fall, Los Angeles production; Candida, Shaw Festival; and Jitta's Atonement, Berkshire Theatre Festival; also directed Candida,
The Front Page,
The Man Who Came toDinner, and Sheba.
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Film Appearances
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Maidstone, Supreme Mix, 1970
- Joe Morgan, End of the Road, Allied Artists, 1970
- Wyatt Earp, Doc, United Artists, 1971
- Zebulon Yandro, Who Fears the Devil(also known as Ballad of Hillbilly John,
The Legend of Hillbilly John, and My Name Is John), Jack H. Harris Enterprises, 1972
- Sheriff Casey, The Midnight Man, Universal, 1974
- Gordon Pankey, Watched, Penthouse, 1974
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Parker Adderson, Philosopher,1974
- Marty Heller, Night Moves, Warner Bros., 1975
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Hamburger Hamlet,1975
- Detective Oller, St. Ives, Warner Bros., 1976
- Charles Conlin, American Raspberry(also known as Prime Time), 1977
- Himself, Arthur Miller on Home Ground(documentary), 1979
- Eddie Cassidy, Steel(also known as Look Down and Die and Men of Steel), World Northal, 1980
- Bernstein, Scarface, Universal, 1983
- Detective Harrigan, Good to Go(also known as Short Fuse), Island, 1986
- Donald Calder, The Believers, Orion, 1987
- Elmore Silk, Candy Mountain(also known as There Ain't No Candy Mountain), Films Plain Chant/Metropolis/International Film Exchange,1987
- Conrad Kroll, Fatal Beauty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
- Dr. Beresford, Bad Dreams, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1988
- Bruno Ristau, Judgment in Berlin(also known as Judgment over Berlin), New Line Cinema/Vidmark Entertainment, 1988
- Paul, Another Woman, Orion, 1988
- Judge, Ghostbusters II, Columbia, 1989
- Leo Watts, Narrow Margin, TriStar, 1990
- Prosecuting attorney, Final Analysis, Warner Bros., 1992
- Marvin Boyd, There Goes the Neighborhood(also known as Paydirt), Paramount, 1993
- National Security Adviser James Cutter, Clear and Present Danger,Paramount, 1994
- Dad Smalley, Stuart Saves His Family(also known as Stuart Smalley), Paramount, 1995
- Harold, The Baby-Sitters Club, Columbia, 1995
- Black Harry, Cutthroat Island(also known as Cut Throat,
Corsari, and Die Piratenbraut), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
- Dr. Mercer, Loch Ness(also known as Shadow Chaser), Gramercy Pictures, 1996
- King Edward IV/himself, Looking for Richard, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
- Dr. Leeds, Multiplicity, Columbia, 1996
- General Clark Tully, Murder at 1600(also known as Executive Privilege and Murder at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue), Warner Bros., 1997
- George Grierson, Bean(also known as Dr. Bean), Gramercy Pictures, 1997
- Chairman Martin Dies, Cradle Will Rock, Buena Vista, 1999
- Leon Friedman, The Hurricane, Universal, 1999
- Voice, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy,1999
- Stanley Goldkiss, The Million Dollar Hotel, Kintop Pictures, 2000
- Rick Anderson, 75 Degrees in July,2000
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Television Appearances
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Miniseries
- Deek Peasley, How the West Was Won, ABC, 1978
- Senator Joseph McCarthy, Robert Kennedy and His Times, CBS, 1985
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Series
- Michael Christopher, As the World Turns, CBS, 1984-85
- Neal Frazier, WIOU, CBS, 1990-91
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Movies
- J. Edgar Hoover, The F.B.I. Story: The F.B.I. versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One(also known as Alvin Karpis: Public Enemy No. 1 and The F.B.I. Story--Alvin Karpis), CBS, 1974
- Johnny Lazia, The Kansas City Massacre, ABC, 1975
- Lieutenant Kastner, The Trial of Chaplain Jensen, ABC, 1975
- General Dan Shomron, Victory at Entebbe, ABC, 1976
- Isaac Pratt, Ransom for Alice!, NBC, 1977
- Arthur Pennington, Roger and Harry(also known as Love for Ransom and Roger and Harry: The Mitera Target), ABC, 1977
- Joseph T. Antonelli, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, NBC, 1978
- Jesse James, The Last Ride of the Dalton Gang, NBC, 1979
- U.S. Attorney Thomas Foran, Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago Eight(also known as The Trial of the Chicago Eight and The Truth andNothing but the Truth: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial), HBO, 1987
- General Tyson, "Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy" (also knownas "Coded Hostile," "Flight 007" and "Tailspin: The Tragedy of Korean Airlines Flight 007"), HBO Showcase, HBO, 1989
- John Franco, Daughter of the Streets(also known as My Daughterof the Streets), ABC, 1990
- David, Face of a Stranger(also known as My Shadow), CBS, 1991
- Keneally, "The Heart of Justice," TNT Screenworks, TNT, 1992
- Wilbur Bryant, The Last Hit(also known as The Long Kill), USA Network, 1993
- General George Marshall, Truman, HBO, 1995
- Professor Speras, "1974," If These Walls Could Talk, HBO, 1996
- Admiral Quinn, Hostile Waters(also known as Death of a Yankee,
Im Fahrwasser des Todes, and Peril en Mer), HBO, 1997
- Judge Henry, The Virginian, TNT, 2000
- Also appeared as LeDuc, Incident at Vichy, PBS.
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Pilots
- John Connors, A Mask of Love(broadcast as an episode of ABC's Matinee Today), ABC, 1973
- Hog Yancy, The Greatest Gift, NBC, 1974
- George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Melvin Purvis: G-Man(also known as G-man and The Legend of Machine Gun Kelly), ABC, 1974
- John Blackwood, James A. Michener's "Dynasty,"(also known as The Americans and Dynasty), NBC, 1976
- Billy "Bowlegs" Baines, The Night Rider, ABC, 1979
- Haman, The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther, ABC, 1979
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Specials
- Alexandr Fomin, The Missiles of October, ABC, 1974
- General Hathaway, "Traitor in My House," WonderWorks, PBS, 1990
- Narrator, "Gold Fever," The American Experience(documentary), PBS,1997
- Narrator, Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note, PBS, 1998
- Narrator, American Photography: A Century of Images, PBS, 1999
- Voice, John Brown's Holy War, PBS, 2000
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Episodic
- John Stewart, "Child of Pain," Little House on the Prairie,1975
- Paul Julian, "Vigilante," S.W.A.T., ABC, 1975
- "Wonder Woman in Hollywood," Wonder Woman,1977
- Ross O'Brien, Cagney and Lacey, CBS, 1986
- Marritza, "Duet," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, syndicated, 1993
- Charles Manning (some sources cite Edward Manning), "Big Bang," Law and Order, NBC, 1994
- Jerome Belasco, "A Word to the Wiseguy," Frasier, NBC, 1996
- The Jackal, "You Don't Know Jackal," Murphy Brown, CBS, 1997
- Gregor Kessler, "Gambit," La Femme Nikita(also known as Nikita), USA Network, 1997
- Quentin Travers, "Helpless," Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The WB, 1999
- Judge Harold Wabash, "Judgment," Vengeance Unlimited, ABC, 1999
- Voice, New York: A Documentary Film, PBS, 1999
- Cardinal O'Fallon, "Hollywood A.D.," The X Files,2000
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WRITINGS
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Stage Plays
- "Intimacy," Marathon 1991 Series, Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1991
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