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Harry Anderson

American actor, comedian, and magician (–)

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

Harry Anderson

Anderson at the Emmy Awards

Born

Harry Laverne Anderson


()October 14,

Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.

DiedApril 16, () (aged&#;65)

Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.

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Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, – April 16, ) was an American actor, comedian and magician.

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    • He is best known for his role as Judge Harry Stone on the NBC sitcom Night Court (–). He later played Dave Barry on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (–).

    In addition to eight appearances on Saturday Night Live between and , Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man Harry "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers (–).

    He toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (). He played Richie Tozier in the miniseries It, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.

    Early life

    Anderson was born October 14, , in Newport, Rhode Island.[2] He spent much of his youth performing magic on the streets of Chicago, New York, St.

    Louis and New Orleans before landing in California at the age of [3][4] After moving to Los Angeles,[4] he joined the Dante Magic Club and worked as a street magician in San Francisco when he was [5] He attended Buena Park High School before graduating from North Hollywood High School in as class valedictorian.[1][6] After high school, he attended Fullerton College.[7][8] From to , he lived in Ashland, Oregon, performing magic and working with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.[9][10]

    Career

    Anderson's many appearances on Saturday Night Live during the show's seventh, eighth, and ninth seasons, as well as hosting an episode on the show's tenth season, led to his role as Harry "The Hat" Gittes on several seasons of the television sitcom Cheers, and eventually as Judge Harry Stone on the sitcom Night Court.[11] He went on to appear in other television specials and shows, including 12 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring 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 [4] In , he starred in the television adaptation of Stephen King's It as the adult Richie Tozier.[13] From to , he starred in the television sitcom Dave's World, based loosely on the life and columns of humorist Dave Barry.[14]

    Together with longtime friend Turk Pipkin, Anderson wrote a book called Games You Can't Lose: A Guide for Suckers, a collection of gags, cons, tricks and scams.[11] First published in (ISBN&#;, reprint), it also contains a survey of "Games You Can't Win" told from an insider's perspective.[15] He appeared with Criss Angel in a TV special called The Science of Magic, later released on DVD.[16]

    In , Anderson hosted the pilot for a potential revival of the panel game show What's My Line? for CBS primetime.[15]

    He moved from Pasadena, California, to New Orleans in [11] In , he and his second wife, Elizabeth, whom he met in New Orleans while she was bartending,[17] opened a small shop in the French Quarter named "Spade & Archer Curiosities by Appointment" (later named "Sideshow"),[18] selling various "magic, curiosities, and apocrypha".[17]

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

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

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

    In his final years, Anderson appeared in television comedy series such as Comedy Bang!

    Bang! () and Gotham Comedy Live ().[23] His final film portrayal was as Professor Kaman in the Christian drama film A Matter of Faith.[24]

    Personal life

    Anderson was a longtime fan of singer Mel Tormé, and his character Judge Stone on Night Court was also a Tormé fan; the singer appeared on the sitcom six times.[12]Night Court creator Reinhold Weege said that Anderson and his character both being Tormé fans was completely coincidental.[25] Anderson was among those who delivered eulogies at the singer's funeral in [26]

    Anderson was married twice.[27] In , he married Leslie Pollack (b.

    ); they had two children, a daughter, Eva Fay Anderson, and a son, Dashiell Anderson, before divorcing in [28] In , he married Elizabeth Morgan (b. ). In , Anderson and his wife moved from New Orleans to Asheville, North Carolina.[21]

    Death

    In late January , Anderson had a bout of influenza and subsequently suffered several strokes.

    On April 16, , at age 65, he died in his sleep of a stroke due to influenza and heart disease at his home in Asheville, North Carolina.[29][5][11][12]

    Filmography

    Film

    Television

    Video games

    YearTitleRoleNotes
    Nightmare NedGraveyard Shadow Creature / Grampa Ted NeedlemeyerVoice
    Year Title Info ISBN Source
    Wenii: The Intentional Confusers' MagazineA spoof on the magic magazine
    Genii: The Conjurers' Magazine
    Harry Anderson's Games You Can't Lose: A Guide for SuckersISBN&#;
    Harry Anderson: Wise Guy from the Street to the ScreenISBN&#;
    Games You Can't Lose: A Guide for SuckersISBN&#;

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