
Birthday:
10-14-1952
Deathday:
04-16-2018 (65 years)
Birthplace:
Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Biography
Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and magician. He is best known for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–92 television series Night Court. In addition to eight appearances on Saturday Night Live between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man Harry "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers, toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987).
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A Comedy Celebration: The Comedy & Magic Club's 10th Anniversary
Act like Self
event1989 star_border 8
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A variety special, taped October 30, 1988 during the 10th anniversary of the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, featuring routines by stand-up comics.
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Act like Peter Piper
event1990 star_border 4.8
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Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Mum and Son's Chilling Adventures
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2019 star_border 7
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Mum and Son's Chilling Adventures is a documentary film that features the unique relationship of a mother and son ghost hunting team that investigates ghostly phenomenon.
Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade
Act like Self
event1996
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A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.
Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"
Act like Self
event1986 star_border 8
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This 1986 Showtime Special features the late great Harry "The Hat" Anderson performing a slick, occasionally shocking mix of magic and comedy for a live audience, inter-cut with a few sequences in which he repeatedly scams a mark. Look for Night Court co-star John Larroquette in a key scene.
Twilight Theatre
event1982
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Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
Harvey
Act like Elwood P. Dowd
event1996 star_border 4
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An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.
Magic with the Stars
event1982
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Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.
The Disneyland Story
Act like Host
event1990 star_border 10
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To commemorate Disneyland’s 35th anniversary, host Harry Anderson takes you back in time on the Disneyland Railroad (accompanied by the score to Back to the Future) through the history of Disneyland's timeline. He shares amusing facts and trivia while showing many clips from classic Disney movies as well as footage of the park’s development and construction.
The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
Act like Professor Henry Crawford
event1989 star_border 2
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Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.
Night of 100 Stars II
Act like Self
event1985 star_border 8
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This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
A Matter of Faith
Act like Professor Kaman
event2014 star_border 4.5
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Christian girl Rachel Whitaker goes off to college for her freshman year and begins to be influenced by her popular biology professor Marcus Kaman, who teaches that evolution is the answer to the origins of life. When Rachel’s father senses something amiss with his daughter, he begins to examine the situation and what he discovers catches him completely off-guard. Now very concerned about Rachel drifting away from her Christian faith, he sets out to do something about it.
Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
Act like Freddie
event1988 star_border 4.3
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In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects.
The Absent-Minded Professor
Act like Henry Crawford
event1988 star_border 5
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Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.
Vanishing America
event1986
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While thumbing through old comic books in his parents' attic, 30-year old Rich Hall remembers that the Junior Seed Sales Club of America still owes him a basketball from when he was eight. Rich then sets out on a journey across America to claim his prize, only to find that there's not much America left out there anymore.
The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Act like Self
event1986 star_border 6
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Harry Anderson, Richard Belzer, Howie Mandel, Robin Williams and Steven Wright host this hilarious 1986 special in which they introduce stand-up sets from up-and-coming comedians at five of North America's top comedy clubs.
The Escape Artist
Act like Harry Masters
event1982 star_border 6.2
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The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
She's Having a Baby
Act like Harry Anderson (uncredited)
event1988 star_border 5.9
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Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Act like Self
event1990 star_border 7.3
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A 50th anniversary tribute to Bugs Bunny
Harry Anderson's Sideshow
Act like Self
event1987
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Variety magic and comedy.
Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Act like Self
event1985 star_border 7.5
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Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
Night Court
Act like Judge Harry T. Stone (193 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.3
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An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.
30 Rock
Act like Harry Anderson (1 ep.)
event2006 star_border 7.4
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Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
Dave's World
Act like Dave Barry (98 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.4
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Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry.
It
Act like Richie Tozier (2 ep.)
event1990 star_border 6.9
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In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
Tales from the Darkside
Act like Leon (1 ep.)
event1984 star_border 7.2
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Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
Our Time
Act like Host (7 ep.)
event1985
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Our Time is a summer series hosted by Karen Valentine and Harry Anderson that aired on NBC. It takes a nostalgic look at concerns of the baby boom generation.
Saturday Night Live
Act like Self - Cameo (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1975 star_border 6.9
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A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Act like Ronny Ray Rasmussen (1 ep.)
event1990 star_border 7.2
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For a cool high school kid and his friends, thwarting authority figures and other enemies is not a problem.
Hearts Afire
Act like Dave Barry (uncredited) (1 ep.)
event1992 star_border 7.3
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Frustrations and sparks fly in Washington, D.C. when a strict conservative hires a free spirited journalist as his boss's press secretary. Their mismatched political views lead to arguments... and attraction.
Gotham Comedy Live
Act like Self - Host (1 ep.)
event2012 star_border 5.5
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Gotham Comedy Club, a popular comedy venue in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan, is the setting of an hourlong series that is shot in front of an audience at the club. Each episode features routines by several comics -- a list that has included such names as David Alan Grier, Gilbert Gottfried and Artie Lange -- in what the network says is an unedited and uncensored format. In addition to the big names of the field who take the Gotham stage, the show also features up-and-comers who want to make a name for themselves in the stand-up comedy business.
Tanner '88
Act like Billy Ridenhour (12 ep.)
event1988 star_border 6.7
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In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.
Noddy
Act like Jack Fable (1 ep.)
event1998 star_border 6
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After years of sailing the sea, Noah Tomten, a retired sea captain, owns an antique toy store called Notions Oddities Doodads and Delights of Yesterday, a variety of toys, from a weasel living inside of a jack in the box to a dog pretending to be a superhero, along with his pet lobster. Two of his grandkids, Kate and Truman, as well as Kate's friend DJ, come to visit him from time to time.
Mysteries of Magic
Act like Narrator (3 ep.)
event1998
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This fascinating program unravels the mysteries of magic-making by exploring the use and development of emerging technologies to create wholly believable illusions. Through historical footage and interviews with modern masters, you'll learn about some of the earliest special effects -- including light, shadow and incense -- and how magicians harnessed their power to leave audiences breathless.
Tales from the Crypt
Act like Jim Korman (1 ep.)
event1989 star_border 8
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Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
The John Larroquette Show
Act like Dr. Gates (1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 6.7
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The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
(1 ep.)
event1993 star_border 7
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A much more lavish version of the popular Superman television series which had first aired forty years earlier, Lois & Clark focused more on the Man of Steel's early adult years in Metropolis. With the unknowing help of Lois Lane, Clark Kent created Superman there in Metropolis after finding work at the world-famous Daily Planet newspaper, where he meets fellow reporter Lois Lane.
Cheers
Act like Harry the Hat (6 ep.)
event1982 star_border 7.6
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The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.
Harvey
Act like Elwood P. Dowd (1 ep.)
event1999
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Filmed in 1996 but released in 1999. An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see.
The Mike Douglas Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1961 star_border 5.1
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The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.
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