Men Of Character Character Actors
Stacy Harris
The Redhead From Wyoming/ Chet Jones
Dragnet/ Max Troy
The Great Sioux Uprising/ Uriah
The Great Sioux Massacre/ Mr. Turner
Stacy Harris was a Canadian born character actor who had a career that ran from 1951 until 1972 with 143 credits for appearances in film and television.
He was born at Big Timber, Quebec, Canada in 1918.
Harris appeared in many western and film noir films as well as a guest star in many television series.
Harris was an army pilot whose leg was injured in a crash in 1937. The injury prevented him from reenlisting again for World War Two but served with the American Volunteer Group as an ambulance driver and the French Foreign Legion as a dispatch rider.
In addition to his military career, Harris had been a boxer, sailor, newspaper reporter and artist before becoming an actor.
He first appeared on radio as agent Jim Taylor on ABC in This is your FBI.
Jerry Devine who was the program's producer- director stated that "Stacey has just the sort of voice I need for quiet authority of the special agent on my show. Besides, he's a good actor.
Other radio programs he appeared on were The Adventures Of Superman, and The Strange Romance Of Evelyn Winters.
His film debut came in 1951 in the film Appointment With Danger and his television debut came in 1951 in the TV series Doorway To Danger.
Some Of Stacy Harris's film roles were:
Appointment With Danger (1951) as Paul Ferrar
His Kind Of Woman (1951) as Harry
The Redhead From Wyoming ( 1953) as Chet Jones
The Great Sioux Uprising ((1953) as Uriah
Dragnet (1954) as max Troy
Raintree County (1957) as Union Lieutenant
New Orleans After Dark (1958) as Victor Beaujac
The Hunters (1958) as Col. Monk Moncave
Good Day For A Hanging (1959) as Coley
Cast A Long Shadow (1959) as Eph Brown
Four For The Morgue (1962) as Lt. Victor Beaujac
Sylvia (1965) as Mr. Leland
Brainstorm )(1965) as Josh Reynolds
See You In Hell, Darling (1966) as Detective. O'Brien
Countdown (1967) as Technician
Noon Sunday (1970) as Operations Commander Callan
Bloody Mama (1970) as Agent McClennan
The Swappers (1970) as The Psychiatrist
D. A. : Conspiracy To Kill (1971-TV) as Dr. Leonard
Vanished (1971-TV) as Capt. Meadowcroft
Mr.Harris was very active on televisions appearing on such programs as Chesterfield Sound Off Time, Chevron Theater, Dragnet, The Millionaire, Four Star Playhouse, Buffalo Bill, Jr., The Sheriff of Cochise, The Count Of Monte Cristo, Conflict, Dr. Christian, Hawkeye & The Last Of The Mohicans, NOPD, Code 3, Climax, The Adventures Of Jim Bowie, The Court Of Last Resort, The Restless Gun, The Silent Service, Goodyear Theater, The Adventures Of McGraw, Studio 57, The Thin Man, Matinee Theater, Mike Hammer, The Adventures Of Rin Tin Tin, Man Without A Gun, Trackdown, Telephone Time, Casey Jones, Buckskin, Target, Tales Of The Texas Rangers, The Lineup, Frontier Doctor, General Electric Theater, Wanted: Dead Or Alive, Special Agent, Lux Theater, Richard Diamond Private Detective, M Squad, Whirlybirds, Johnny Staccato, Man Into Space, Riverboat, Philip Marlowe, Tightrope, The Texan, U S Marshal, Man With A Camera, The Rebel, Have Gun Will Travel, Zane Grey Theater, Black Saddle, The Law & Mr. Jones, The Untouchables, Michael Shayne, Stagecoach West, Outlaws, Rawhide, Perry Mason, Make Room For Daddy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Target The Corruptors, Surfside 6, Laramie, Ben Casey, G E True, Kraft Mystery Theater, Burke's Law, 77 Sunset Strip, Temple Houston, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Wagon Train The Joey Bishop Show, Wendy & Me, Slattery's People, The Big Valley, Gomer Pyle USMC, Daniel Boone, Honey West, Laredo, I Spy, Pistols 'n Petticoats, Tarzan, The Virginian, Custer, Death Valley Days, Bonanza, Marcus Welby MD, Ironside, Dragnet 1967, Adam-12, Gunsmoke, The Partners, Mannix, O'Hara U S Treasury, Longstreet, The Sixth Sense, Return To Peyton Place, Cannon, Emergency and Circle Of Fear Among Others.
Harris periodically appeared in The Life And Legend Of Wyatt Earp as Mayor John Clum (1957-1961).
He was married for a time to actress Hillary Brooke.
Stacy Harris died of an apparent heart attack in 1973.
I enjoyed Mr. Harris in the films The Redhead From Wyoming, The Great Sioux Uprising, Dragnet, Good Day For A Hanging, Cast A Long Shadow, The Hunters, New Orleans After Dark and Appointment With Danger.
Louie The Movie Buff
