John Harmon (actor)
John Harmon was an American character actor.
Harmon was a very prolific bit actor. His career spanned over six decades and almost 300 movie and television roles in a wide variety of genres. Many of his earlier appearances are uncredited. His first major screen credit was in I Was Framed. His movie career highlights were roles in Gallant Bess, The Monster of Piedras Blancas, Live Fast, Die Young and The Street is my Beat. The movie in which he made his last screen appearance, The Naked Monster, was released in 2005, twenty years after his death. Harmon's most notable TV roles were in Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Perry Mason, Star Trek, The Rifleman and Gunsmoke. He also made several appearances as various criminals in Adventures of Superman.
In his later years, Harmon became a used books dealer in Los Angeles. He collected first editions of Mark Twain. He suffered a stroke about a year before he died from heart failure.
Selected filmography
The Missing Guest as Baldrich's GuardKing of the Underworld as Slats The Shepherd of the Hills as Revenue AgentI Was Framed as Clubby BlakeTramp, Tramp, Tramp as MouseyFind the Blackmailer as Ray HickeyLouisiana as SteveMonsieur Verdoux as Joe DarwinWhiplash as fighter Kid McKee Homicide as Pete KimmelTangier Incident as TonyRun for the Hills as Jed TaylorJack Slade as HollisAlfred Hitchcock Presents as Donations CollectorAlfred Hitchcock Presents as Al CarmodyThe Monster of Piedras Blancas as Sturges, the lighthouse keeper- "The Rifleman" as hotel clerk Eddie Halstead in "The Mind Reader" S1 E40The Twilight Zone as ClarkTexas Across the River as GabeFunny Girl as Company ManagerHitch Hike to Hell as Mr. BaldwinMalibu High as Mr. ElmhurstMicrowave Massacre as Dr. Gestalp