John Harkins (actor)

For the 19th century MLB player, see John Harkins.

John Harkins
Born	September 7, 1932(1932-09-07) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	March 5, 1999(1999-03-05) (aged 66) Portola Valley, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1955 – 1996

John Raymond Harkins (September 7, 1932 – March 5, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor.

Career

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Harkins began acting professionally in the mid-1950s on the Broadway stage. After appearing in productions of The Terrible Swift Sword, Good as Gold, Mother Courage and Her Children, he made his television debut in a 1965 episode of The Trials of O'Brien. The next year, Harkins made his film debut in The Three Sisters, opposite Shelley Winters and Geraldine Page. From 1967 to 1970, he appeared in various roles on Dark Shadows, and appeared in guest roles on Harry O, and had roles in several television movies. In 1975, Harkins had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Doc.

During the 1980s, Harkins continued with roles in television and films appearing in Absence of Malice, starring Paul Newman, the 1983 horror film Amityville 3-D, and the 1984 television movie Concealed Enemies. From 1985 to 1987, he portrayed Bruce Mansfield, a recurring character on Cagney & Lacey (he later reprised the role in the 1994 television reunion movie Cagney & Lacey: The Return). In 1988, Harkins co-starred in the television adaptation of Inherit the Wind starring Jason Robards and Kirk Douglas, followed by a role in Slaves of New York. One of Harkins' last onscreen appearances was in the 1996 HBO film Crime of the Century.

Harkins died on March 5, 1999 in Portola Valley, California. He never married and had no children.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1967	The Tiger Makes Out	Leo
1969	Popi	Harmon	Uncredited
1978	Acapulco Gold	Frye
1979	Being There	Courtney	Alternative title: Chance
1982	Six Weeks	Arnold Stillman
1983	Amityville 3-D
1984	Birdy	Major Weiss M.D.
1987	Rampage	Dr. Keddie
1992	Adventures in Spying	Paperboy	Alternative title: Operation Lookout
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1972	Particular Men	Eggard	Television movie
1975	The Mary Tyler Moore Show	Priest	1 episode
1976	Griffin and Phoenix: A Love Story	Dr. Glenn	Television movie
1977	Family	Bertrand Hammond	2 episodes
1978	All in the Family	Gordon Faraday	1 episode
1979	The Cracker Factory	Father Dunhill	Television movie
1980	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe	Beuler	1 episode
	Alice	Mr. Egan	1 episode
1981	Taxi	John Bowman	1 episode
1982	One Shoe Makes It Murder	Smiley Copell	Television movie
1983	The Winds of War	US Consul August Van Winaker II	Miniseries
1984	City Killer	Wally Rickvine	Television movie
1985	Moonlighting	Omar Gauss	1 episode
1986	Dream West	Secretary of State George Bancroft	Miniseries
1987	Sable	Thomas R. Waterston	1 episode
1988	The Golden Girls	Ham Lushbough	1 episode
1989	Hunter	Dr. Pence	1 episode
1990	Murder, She Wrote	Owen Brownwell	1 episode
	L.A. Law	Martin Lowens	1 episode
1992	Matlock	Richard "Dick" Lerner	2 episodes
1994	Picket Fences	Chief Justice Renquist	1 episode
1995	Pig Sty	Bolek	1 episode

External links

• John Harkins at the Internet Broadway Database
• John Harkins at the Internet Movie Database