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- Birth nameGraham Powley Jarvis
- Born in Toronto, Canadian-American actor Graham Jarvis attended Williams College, before moving to New York to pursue a career in theatre. He studied acting at the American Theatre Wing and was an original member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater. He appeared in film and television for decades, from the 1960s to the 2000s.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseJoAnne Rader(? - April 16, 2003) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenMatthew JarvisAlex Jarvis
- ParentsWilliam Henry Reginald JarvisMargaret Biddulph Scatcherd
- Bald head and scowling expression
- Frequently played very neurotic characters
- Big, bushy mustache
- First cousin, once removed, of actor Hume Cronyn. Their shared ancestors were John Labatt and Catherine Matilda Biddulph, who were Hume's maternal grandparents and Graham's maternal great-grandparents.
- He portrayed Charles Jackson, the father of the lead female character of Annie Camden (portrayed by Catherine Hicks) over 16 episodes during the first seven seasons of the long running hit TV show, 7th Heaven (1996). He would have continued recurring in the role, had he not died of cancer close to the approximate end of the 2002-2003 (seventh) season, while the series continued on for a further four seasons, ending in 2007.
- He was the son of Margaret Biddulph (née Scratcherd) and William Henry Reginald Jarvis. His maternal grandmother, Katherine Constance Labatt, was the daughter of eminent Canadian businessman/brewer John Labatt, whose own father, John Kinder Labatt, founded the Canadian Labatt Brewing Company. Graham's father was president of John Labatt Ltd.
- Children: Matthew and Alex. He also has at least one sibling.
- At 19, Jarvis began acting by appearing in a production of "Seven Year Itch" at a small theatre in Virginia.
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