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Harry Holcombe

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Harry Holcombe
Holcombe in King Kong vs. Godzilla , 1963
Born
Harry John Holcombe

( 1906-11-11 ) November 11, 1906
Malta, Ohio , U.S.
Died September 15, 1987 (1987-09-15) (aged 80)
Valencia, California , U.S.
Occupation(s) Commercial, film, radio, television, theatre actor and radio director
Spouse
Betty Nielsen Holcombe
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(died. 1982) ​
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Children 2 [1]

Harry John Holcombe (November 11, 1906 ? September 15, 1987) [2] was an American actor and radio director. [3] He was perhaps best remembered as the grandfather in the Country Time commercials, [4] playing the role for almost a decade. [5] Holcombe also played the recurring role of the doctor in the western television series Bonanza . [6]

Life and career [ edit ]

Holcombe was born in Malta, Ohio . [6] He began his career in Chicago, Illinois , directing radio programs including Benny Goodman 's program Camel Caravan . [5] He also worked as a poetry reader for the radio program Moon River at WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio . [1] After that, he moved to California , where he began his film and television career, [1] appearing in the 1943 film The Purple V . [6]

Holcombe guest-starred in numerous television programs including The Andy Griffith Show , Harbor Command , 77 Sunset Strip , Perry Mason , The Farmer's Daughter , That Girl , The Law and Mr. Jones , Leave It to Beaver , Here's Lucy and Bewitched , and appeared in films such as The Fortune Cookie , Birdman of Alcatraz , [7] King Kong vs. Godzilla , [4] The Unsinkable Molly Brown , [7] Kisses for My President , [7] When the Boys Meet the Girls and Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round . Holcombe also starred in the television sitcom Barefoot in the Park , where he played Arthur Kendricks. [6]

Death [ edit ]

Holcombe died in September 1987 at his son's home in Valencia, California , at the age of 80. [5]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b c d "Betty Nielsen Holcombe" . The Cincinnati Enquirer . Cincinnati, Ohio . October 13, 1982. p. 21 . Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . Open access icon
  2. ^ Cox, Jim (2001). The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows: Seventeen Programs from the 1940s and 1950s . McFarland. p. 90. ISBN   9780786410712 – via Google Books .
  3. ^ "Holcombe Signed For Film" . Montreal Gazette . Montreal, Quebec , Canada . May 29, 1961. p. 10 . Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . Closed access icon
  4. ^ a b Ryfle, Steve (April 1998). Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G" . ECW Press. p. 88. ISBN   9781550223484 .
  5. ^ a b c "H. Holcombe; Radio, Stage, Movie Actor" . Los Angeles Times . September 16, 1987 . Retrieved October 31, 2021 .
  6. ^ a b c d Cox, Jim (2007). Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s: A Biographical Dictionary . McFarland. pp. 140?141. ISBN   9780786427802 – via Google Books .
  7. ^ a b c "Harry Holcombe, actor" . The Daily Item . Sunbury, Pennsylvania . September 18, 1987. p. 8 . Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com . Open access icon

External links [ edit ]

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