Harry Anderson
Also Known As: Harry Laverne Anderson
Biography: Harry Laverne Anderson (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, screenwriter, director and magician. He is best known for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–92 television series Night Court. In addition to eight appearances on Saturday Night Live between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man Harry "The Hat" Gittes on Cheers, toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including Harry Anderson's Sideshow (1987).
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Birthday: October 14, 1952
Deathday: April 16, 2018
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Gender: Male
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A Comedy Celebration: The Comedy & Magic Club's 10th Anniversary
Overview: A variety special, taped October 30, 1988 during the 10th anniversary of the Comedy & Magic Club in Hermosa Beach, California, featuring routines by stand-up comics.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-25
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Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme
Overview: Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland are in danger of disappearing unless Mother Goose returns.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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Mum and Son's Chilling Adventures
Overview: Mum and Son's Chilling Adventures is a documentary film that features the unique relationship of a mother and son ghost hunting team that investigates ghostly phenomenon.
Genres: Documentary Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-12-16
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Harry Anderson: The Tricks of His Trade
Overview: A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-28
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Harry Anderson's "Hello, Sucker!"
Overview: This 1986 Showtime Special features the late great Harry "The Hat" Anderson performing a slick, occasionally shocking mix of magic and comedy for a live audience, inter-cut with a few sequences in which he repeatedly scams a mark. Look for Night Court co-star John Larroquette in a key scene.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-25
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Twilight Theatre
Overview: Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-13
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Harvey
Overview: An unlikely hero, Elwood P. Dowd. This mild-mannered-but-eccentric bachelor has, for several years, happily kept company with Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see. All's well until Elwood's social-climbing sister, Veta, and her teenage daughter, Myrtle Mae, come to live with him and fear his odd behavior will undermine their ambitions. When Elwood disrupts the ladies' first afternoon tea party by introducing wealthy Aunt Ethel Chauvenet to Harvey, Veta sees that something must be done right away. She takes compliant Elwood to the Chumley Rest Home, leaving him in the car while she tells a Dr. Sanderson all about Elwood and Harvey. Sanderson concludes that Veta is the psychotic one and has her carted off to be committed. Meanwhile Elwood is treated with respect and dignity in light of his sister's mental state. When Dr. Chumley, head of the rest home, returns and hears of the case, he draws the opposite conclusion-that Elwood in fact hallucinates.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-19
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Magic with the Stars
Overview: Hollywood celebrities assist magicians in a program of magic and illusion.
Genres: Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-17
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The Disneyland Story
Overview: To commemorate Disneyland’s 35th anniversary, host Harry Anderson takes you back in time on the Disneyland Railroad (accompanied by the score to Back to the Future) through the history of Disneyland's timeline. He shares amusing facts and trivia while showing many clips from classic Disney movies as well as footage of the park’s development and construction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-24
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The Absent-Minded Professor: Trading Places
Overview: Henry Crawford is tricked into job swapping by an old friend with an evil plan.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-26
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Night of 100 Stars II
Overview: This special is the second "Night of 100 Stars" to benefit The Actors Fund of America. Edited from a seven-hour live entertainment marathon that was taped February 17, 1985, at New York's Radio City Music Hall, this sequel to the 1982 "Night of 100 Stars" special features 288 celebrities.
Genres: Comedy Music TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-10
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A Matter of Faith
Overview: Christian girl Rachel Whitaker goes off to college for her freshman year and begins to be influenced by her popular biology professor Marcus Kaman, who teaches that evolution is the answer to the origins of life. When Rachel’s father senses something amiss with his daughter, he begins to examine the situation and what he discovers catches him completely off-guard. Now very concerned about Rachel drifting away from her Christian faith, he sets out to do something about it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-17
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Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs
Overview: In this spoof of spy films, Alan, a U.N. translator, and his kindergarten teacher wife, Beverly, get roped into helping foil a presidential assassination plot by an unlikely G-man-who just so happens to look like Alan's old college buddy, Freddie. But before "Freddie" can finger the real hired-gun-a cold-hearted killer with a penchant for using kitchen tools to do the deed-he, Alan, and Beverly must first rule out some strange and unusual suspects.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-22
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The Absent-Minded Professor
Overview: Henry Crawford is the titular absent-minded professor busy at work in his laboratory. He has a girlfriend, but she is getting frustrated at his repeatedly missing their dates and spending more time with his experiments than with her. One day, Prof. Crawford makes an incredible discovery a form of rubber that defies gravity with each bounce, which he names Flubber. Hopefully, with this invention Crawford can prove to his love that he's not just a hopeless loser stuck doing dead-end research.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-27
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Vanishing America
Overview: While thumbing through old comic books in his parents' attic, 30-year old Rich Hall remembers that the Junior Seed Sales Club of America still owes him a basketball from when he was eight. Rich then sets out on a journey across America to claim his prize, only to find that there's not much America left out there anymore.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-03
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The Young Comedians All-Star Reunion
Overview: Harry Anderson, Richard Belzer, Howie Mandel, Robin Williams and Steven Wright host this hilarious 1986 special in which they introduce stand-up sets from up-and-coming comedians at five of North America's top comedy clubs.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-15
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The Escape Artist
Overview: The young and self-confident Danny bluffs at the local police-station that he will escape from prison within an hour. What follows is a flashback showing his childhood with his uncle and aunt, who are 'vaudeville'-artists themselves.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-05-28
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She's Having a Baby
Overview: Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Overview: A 50th anniversary tribute to Bugs Bunny
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-09
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Harry Anderson's Sideshow
Overview: Variety magic and comedy.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-30
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Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration
Overview: Broadcast on NBC February 18, 1985, the Disneyland 30th Anniversary Celebration was hosted by John Forsythe and Drew Barrymore. The special is a look back into the first thirty years of Disneyland's history. Featuring footage from opening day in 1955, including the famous Walt Disney opening day speech.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-18
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