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Ronald Robert "Ron" Harper (born January 12, 1936) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television
Television

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 and film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

er was born in Turkey Creek
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania

Turtle Creek is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 12 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1900, 3,262 people lived here; in 1910, 4,995 people lived here, and in 1940, 9,805 people lived in Turtle Creek....
 in Allegheny County
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,281,666....
 near Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, the son of Mabel Grace Champion and George Harper. Harper became valedictorian
Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title typically conferred in North America upon the highest ranked student among those being graduated from an educational institution....
 of his senior class and won an academic scholarship
Scholarship

A scholarship is an award of access to an institution, or a Student financial aid award for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award....
 to Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
 in New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, where he supplemented his academic studies by appearing in a number of plays and musical comedies, before moving to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, where he studied with Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg was an American actor, director, and one of the best-known acting teachers in American theater and film. He cofounded, with director Harold Clurman, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was "America?s first true theatrical collective"....
.

After serving in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, Harper returned to New York.






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Ronald Robert "Ron" Harper (born January 12, 1936) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 and film
Film

Film encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the film industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or special effects....
 actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

Biography

Harper was born in Turkey Creek
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania

Turtle Creek is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, 12 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1900, 3,262 people lived here; in 1910, 4,995 people lived here, and in 1940, 9,805 people lived in Turtle Creek....
 in Allegheny County
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Allegheny County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 1,281,666....
 near Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania with a population of 312,819. The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
, the son of Mabel Grace Champion and George Harper. Harper became valedictorian
Valedictorian

Valedictorian is an academic title typically conferred in North America upon the highest ranked student among those being graduated from an educational institution....
 of his senior class and won an academic scholarship
Scholarship

A scholarship is an award of access to an institution, or a Student financial aid award for a student to further education. Scholarships are awarded on various criteria usually reflecting the values and purposes of the donor or founder of the award....
 to Princeton University
Princeton University

Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
 in New Jersey
New Jersey

New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Hudson River and the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania....
, where he supplemented his academic studies by appearing in a number of plays and musical comedies, before moving to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, where he studied with Lee Strasberg
Lee Strasberg

Lee Strasberg was an American actor, director, and one of the best-known acting teachers in American theater and film. He cofounded, with director Harold Clurman, the Group Theatre in 1931, which was "America?s first true theatrical collective"....
.

After serving in the United States Navy
United States Navy

The United States Navy is the navy of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy currently has approximately 331,682 personnel on active duty as of 31 December 2008 and 124,000 in the United States Navy Reserve....
, Harper returned to New York. After several disappointments he earned a job as Paul Newman
Paul Newman

Paul Leonard Newman was an United States actor, film director, entrepreneur, Humanitarianism, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations three Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a...
's understudy in Sweet Bird of Youth
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1959 in literature play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a drifter, Chance Wayne, who returns to his home town with a faded movie star, Princess Kosmonopolis, hoping she can help him to break into the movies....
. Moving to Hollywood, he co-starred in a succession of six television series during the 1960s
1960s

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 and 1970s
1970s

The 1970s, or the Seventies was the decade that ran from January 1, 1970 to December 31, 1979.In the western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and political and economic liberty of women, continued to grow....
; (1) 87th Precinct
87th Precinct (TV series)

87th Precinct is an hour-long grim and gritty police drama television series starring Robert Lansing , Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper , which aired on NBC on Monday evenings during the 1961–1962 television season....
 (1961-1962) with Robert Lansing
Robert Lansing (actor)

Robert Lansing was an American stage, film, and television actor.Born Robert Howell Brown in San Diego, California, he reportedly took his stage name from the Lansing, Michigan of Michigan....
, (2) Wendy and Me
Wendy and Me

Wendy and Me is a 1964 in television-1965 in television American Broadcasting Company situation comedy, principally starring George Burns and Connie Stevens....
 (1964-1965), with George Burns
George Burns

George Burns was an United States comedy, actor, and comedy writer.His career spanned vaudeville, film, radio, and television, with and without his wife, Gracie Allen....
, Connie Stevens
Connie Stevens

Connie Stevens is an United States Actor and singer....
, J. Pat O'Malley
J. Pat O'Malley

James Patrick O'Malley , was an United Kingdom singer and character actor, who appeared in many United States films and television programs during the 1940s–1970s, using the stage name J....
, and James T. Callahan
James T. Callahan

James Thomas Callahan was an American film and television actor who appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1959 and 2007....
, (3) The Jean Arthur Show
The Jean Arthur Show

The Jean Arthur Show is a 12-episode situation comedy about a mother-son team of lawyers in Los Angeles, California, starring Jean Arthur and Ron Harper as Patricia and Paul Marshall, which aired on Columbia Broadcasting System from September 12 to December 5, 1966....
, as Paul Marshall, the son of fictitious attorney Patricia Marshall, played by former film star Jean Arthur
Jean Arthur

Jean Arthur was an Cinema of the United States actress and a major film star of the 1930s and 1940s. She remains arguably the epitome of the female screwball comedy actress....
 (1966), (4) Garrison's Gorillas
Garrison's Gorillas

Garrison's Gorillas was an American Broadcasting Company Television program broadcast from 1967 to 1968; a total of 26 hour-long episodes were produced....
, a World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 drama series (1967-1968) , (5) Planet of the Apes
Planet of the Apes (TV series)

Planet of the Apes was a short-lived United States science fiction television series that aired on Friday evenings at 8:00 on CBS in 1974. The series starred Roddy McDowall, Ron Harper , and James Naughton....
 (1974), and (6) the third season of Land of the Lost
Land of the Lost (1974 TV series)

Land of the Lost is a children's television series created and produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. During its original run, it was broadcast on the NBC....
 (1976), as Uncle Jack Marshall. On Generations
Generations (TV series)

Generations is an United States soap opera which aired on NBC from March 27, 1989 to January 25, 1991.It was nominated for awards by three different organizations, but never won....
 as Peter Whitmore (1990-1991).

His first role was in 1960 in the NBC western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 series Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo

Tales of Wells Fargo is an United States Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour....
 starring Dale Robertson
Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson is an United States actor best known for his starring roles on television....
. Steady guest appearances followed during the 1960s, including an appearance on NBC's Laramie
Laramie (TV series)

Laramie is an United States Western television series aired on NBC from 1959 in television to 1963 in television. Laramie was a Revue Studios production which originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman....
. Later, Harper appeared in several soap opera
Soap opera

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s, including the CBS soaps "Where the Heart Is" and "Love of Life" and guest-starred on various television programs during the from the 1970s through 2006. He resides in California
California

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, and continues to act. His latest film performance was in Touched (2005).

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