Harry Harris(1922-2009)
- Director
- Editor
- Additional Crew
Harry was born in Kansas City and moved to Los Angeles in 1937 and
worked in the mail room at Columbia Studios. Soon after, he attended
UCLA while working as an an apprentice sound cutter and, then, an
assistant sound effects editor. His supervisor at Columbia was
Ronald Reagan, who hired him as a
sound effects editor for training and combat films. Harry's career was
interrupted by World War II, because he enlisted in the Army Air
Forces, serving in the first Motion Picture Unit. Harry won an Emmy in
1982 for directing in a drama series for an episode of
Fame (1982). He was also Emmy nominated
for an episode of
The Waltons (1972) and for a
daytime Emmy for directing after the school special Have You Ever Been
Ashamed of Your Parents?. Harry directed hundreds of TV episodes for
shows such as Rawhide (1959),
Gunsmoke (1955),
Bonanza (1959),
The Virginian (1962),
Kung Fu (1972),
Lost in Space (1965),
Hawaii Five-O (1968),
Falcon Crest (1981) and
Eight Is Enough (1977).
Harry is survived by his wife, Patty; daughters, Joanne, a hairstylist and Suzanne; and a stepson, Michael Daruty, an NBC Universal exec.
Harry is survived by his wife, Patty; daughters, Joanne, a hairstylist and Suzanne; and a stepson, Michael Daruty, an NBC Universal exec.
