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Bradford Harris (July 16, 1933 – November 7, 2017) was an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. Harris was an inductee in the Stuntman's Hall of Fame.




Life and career


Born in St. Anthony, Idaho, Harris' family moved to California, where he attended Burbank High School, then received an athletic scholarship to UCLA where he studied economics. When he injured his knee playing football he was advised to take up weightlifting to strengthen the injury that developed his interest in bodybuilding.
Harris entered films as a stand-in, stuntman, and later an actor. His first roles were in André de Toth's Monkey on My Back and Li'l Abner. With his athletic physique, Harris travelled to Rome to watch the 1960 Summer Olympics and perform stunts in Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus. He stayed in Europe for the boom in European sword and sandal, Eurospy, and Spaghetti Western genres.
Harris teamed with Tony Kendall and Gianfranco Parolini in the Kommissar X series, and The Three Fantastic Supermen/I Fantastici Tre Supermen (1967) series.
Harris invented and marketed exercise products called "AB-OrigOnals." He owned a company called Modern Body Design. In 2015 he was awarded the University of Arizona College of Humanities’ Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award in the Humanities.
Harris died in Santa Monica, California on November 7, 2017, at the age of 84.




Selected filmography


The McConnell Story (1955) - Pilot (uncredited)
Monkey on My Back (1957) - Spike McAvoy
Speed Crazy (1959) - Bit Part (uncredited)
Li'l Abner (1959) - Muscleman Luke (uncredited)
Tall Story (1960) - Student by Fire (uncredited)
13 Fighting Men (1960) - Pvt. Fowler
Ocean's 11 (1960) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Spartacus (1960) - Gladiator / Soldier (uncredited)
Goliath Against the Giants (1961) - Goliath
Samson (1961) - Samson
The Fury Of Hercules (1962) - Hercules
The Hot Port of Hong Kong (1962) - Polizeiinspektor McLean
It Happened in Athens (1962) - Garrett (uncredited)
79 A.D. (1962) - Marcus Tiberius
The Old Testament (1962) - Simone
The Black Panther of Ratana (1963) - Larry Finch
The Pirates of the Mississippi (1963) - Tom Cook
Mission to Hell (1964) - Joe Warren
Mystery of the Red Jungle (1964) - Larry McLean
The Secret of the Chinese Carnation (1964) - Donald Ramsey
Massacre at Marble City (1964) - Phil Stone
Black Eagle of Santa Fe (1965) - Cliff McPherson
Our Man in Jamaica (1965) - Captain Mike Jefferson
Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill (1966) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Kommissar X – Drei gelbe Katzen (aka Death is Nimble, Death is Quick) (1966) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Kommissar X – In den Klauen des goldenen Drachen (aka So Darling So Deadly) (1966) - Capt. Tom Rowland
The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967) - Brad McCallum
The Ten Million Dollar Grab (1967) - Robert Colman
Kommissar X – Drei grüne Hunde (aka Death Trip) (1967) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Spy Today, Die Tomorrow (1967) - Cliff
Un hombre vino a matar (1967) - Sheriff Bill Manners
Kommissar X - Drei blaue Panther (1968) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Cin cin... cianuro (1968) - George
King of Kong Island (1968) - Burt Dawson
Kommissar X – Drei goldene Schlangen (1969) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Poppea's Hot Nights (1969) - Claudio Valerio
Patton (1970) - Sergeant in Bar (uncredited)
Che fanno i nostri supermen tra le vergini della jungla? (1970) - Captain Brad Scott
Quando suona la campana (1970) - Don Vincenzo
Formula 1 - Nell'Inferno del Grand Prix (1970) - Ken Stark
Wanted Sabata (1970) - Sabata
The Mad Butcher (1971) - Mike Lawrence
Arriva Durango... paga o muori (1971) - Durango
Il ritorno del gladiatore più forte del mondo (1971) - Marzio
Kommissar X jagt die roten Tiger (aka Tiger Gang) (1971) - Capt. Tom Rowland
Seminò morte... lo chiamavano il Castigo di Dio! (1972) - Django / Durango
Zambo, il dominatore della foresta (1972) - George Ryon aka Zambo
Questa volta ti faccio ricco! (1974) - Brad McCoy
The Girl in Room 2A (1974) - Charlie
The Mutations (1974) - Brian Redford
Who Breaks... Pays (1975) - Placido
Lady Dracula (1977) - Kommissar
The Beast in Heat (1977) - Don Lorenzo (uncredited)
Brass Target (1978) - Lt. Rowan
Zwei tolle Käfer räumen auf (1979) - Don Fernando Hidalgo
Mie jue qi qi (1980) - Leopard
Good-bye, Cruel World (1983) - Policeman
Hercules (1983) - King Augeias
The Seven Magnificent Gladiators (1983) - Scipio
Death Stone (1987) - Brain
Boom (1999) - Gordon Steele (segment "Il figlio di Maciste")
Shiver (2012) - The Captain (final film role)




References






External links


Brad Harris at IMDb
Brad Harris at AllMovie
Brad Harris bio on (re)Search my Trash

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