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

CREDITS
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
Television Appearances
Miniseries
Major, North and South II (also known as North and South: BookII), ABC, 1986
The Deliberate Stranger, NBC, 1986
Minister, In Cold Blood, CBS, 1996
Movies
John Pennington, Maneaters Are Loose!, CBS, 1978
Officer Thorpe, 11th Victim (also known as The Lakeside Killer), CBS, 1979
The Day the Bubble Burst, NBC, 1982
Uncle Charlie, Reform School Girl, Showtime, 1994
Pilots
The Colony, ABC, 1996
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.
RECORDINGS
Videos
(As Harry E. Northup) Security guard, "Mirror, Mirror," Amazing Stories: Book Four, MCA/Universal Home Video, 1992
WRITINGS
Poetry
As Harry E. Northup
Ragged Vertical, Cahuenga Press, 1996
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

Lummox Journal, July, 2001

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