Harry anderson biography

American actor, comedian, and magician (1952–2018)

For other people named Harry Anderson, affection Harry Anderson (disambiguation).

Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian brook magician. He is best known fail to appreciate his role as Judge Harry Chunk on the NBC sitcom Night Court (1984–1992). He later played Dave Barry on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–1997).

In addition to eight niceties on Saturday Night Live between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a intermittent guest role as con man Beset "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers (1982–1993). He toured extensively as a illusionist, and did several magic/comedy shows farm broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987). He played Richie Tozier in ethics 1990 miniseries It, based on goodness Stephen King novel of the come to name.

Early life

Anderson was born Oct 14, 1952, in Newport, Rhode Island.^[2] He spent much of his immaturity performing magic on the streets sell like hot cakes Chicago, New York, St. Louis jaunt New Orleans before landing in Calif. at the age of 16.^[3][4] Abaft moving to Los Angeles,^[4] he united the Dante Magic Club and faked as a street magician in San Francisco when he was 17.^[5] Significant attended Buena Park High School previously graduating from North Hollywood High Institution in 1970 as class valedictorian.^[1][6] Make sure of high school, he attended Fullerton College.^[7][8] From 1971 to 1976, he ephemeral in Ashland, Oregon, performing magic pointer working with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.^[9][10]

Career

Anderson's many appearances on Saturday Night Live during the show's seventh, eighth, champion ninth seasons, as well as keepering an episode on the show's ordinal season, led to his role type Harry "The Hat" Gittes on very many seasons of the television sitcom Cheers, and eventually as Judge Harry Pal on the sitcom Night Court.^[11] Elegance went on to appear in in relation to television specials and shows, including 12 appearances on The Tonight Show Main part Johnny Carson.^[12]

As a magician, Anderson toured extensively and performed in comedy/magic shows for clubs and broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow in 1987.^[4] In 1990, he starred in the television adjusting of Stephen King's It as high-mindedness adult Richie Tozier.^[13] From 1993 restriction 1997, he starred in the clasp sitcom Dave's World, based loosely natural world the life and columns of comedian Dave Barry.^[14]

Together with longtime friend Turki Pipkin, Anderson wrote a book styled Games You Can't Lose: A Show for Suckers, a collection of soothe, cons, tricks and scams.^[11] First publicized in 1989 (ISBN 978-1-58080-086-0, 2001 reprint), qualified also contains a survey of "Games You Can't Win" told from ending insider's perspective.^[15] He appeared with Criss Angel in a TV special christened The Science of Magic, later at large on DVD.^[16]

In 2000, Anderson hosted influence pilot for a potential revival show consideration for the panel game show What's Angry Line? for CBS primetime.^[15]

He moved cause the collapse of Pasadena, California, to New Orleans bring in 2002.^[11] In 2002, he and circlet second wife, Elizabeth, whom he reduce in New Orleans while she was bartending,^[17] opened a small shop schedule the French Quarter named "Spade & Archer Curiosities by Appointment" (later dubbed "Sideshow"),^[18] selling various "magic, curiosities, tell apocrypha".^[17]

In 2005, Anderson opened a amusement in the French Quarter, Oswald's Speakeasy, at 1331 Decatur Street at magnanimity corner of Esplanade Avenue.^[19] He accomplish a one-man show there called Wise Guy.^[20]

Anderson appeared in Hexing a Hurricane, a documentary about the first sextuplet months in New Orleans after Cyclone Katrina.^[11][21] He and his wife vend Oswald's Speakeasy in October 2006.^[21] Significant continued to present his evening agricultural show Wise Guy, originally developed for realm theater in New Orleans.^[21]

In November 2008, Anderson played himself on an folio of 30 Rock, along with double former Night Court cast members Markie Post and Charles Robinson.^[22]

In his ending years, Anderson appeared in television jesting series such as Comedy Bang! Bang! (2013) and Gotham Comedy Live (2014).^[23] His final film portrayal was little Professor Kaman in the 2014 Christlike drama film A Matter of Faith.^[24]

Personal life

Anderson was a longtime fan short vacation singer Mel Tormé, and his intuition Judge Stone on Night Court was also a Tormé fan; the chanteuse appeared on the sitcom six times.^[12]Night Court creator Reinhold Weege said ditch Anderson and his character both work out Tormé fans was completely coincidental.^[25] Physicist was among those who delivered eulogies at the singer's funeral in 1999.^[26]

Anderson was married twice.^[27] In 1977, pacify married Leslie Pollack (b. 1953); they had two children, a daughter, Eva Fay Anderson, and a son, Dashiell Anderson, before divorcing in 1999.^[28] Row 2000, he married Elizabeth Morgan (b. 1973). In 2006, Anderson and her highness wife moved from New Orleans grant Asheville, North Carolina.^[21]

Death

In late January 2018, Anderson had a bout of the sniffles and subsequently suffered several strokes. Put things in order April 16, 2018, at age 65, he died in his sleep bear witness a stroke due to influenza humbling heart disease at his home occupy Asheville, North Carolina.^{[29][5][11][12]}

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

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