Name: Harry Northup
Date of Birth: 1940 Harry E. Northup has made a living as an actor for 30 years, acting in 37 films, including _Mean Streets (1973)_ (qv), _Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)_ (qv), _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv) (1976 Palme d'Or winner at Cannes), _Fighting Mad (1976)_ (qv) (starring role), _Handle with Care (1977)_ (qv), _Blue Collar (1978)_ (qv), _Over the Edge (1979)_ (qv) (starring role), _Tom Horn (1980)_ (qv), _Used Cars (1980)_ (qv), _Kansas (1988)_ (qv), _The Silence of the Lambs (1991)_ (qv) (Oscar winner ... for Best Picture), _Philadelphia (1993)_ (qv), _Bad Girls (1994/I)_ (qv), _Beloved (1998/I)_ (qv), and a remake of _The Manchurian Candidate (2004)_ (qv). Harry has acted in 43 television shows, including _"ER" (1994)_ (qv) (guest star), _"The Court" (2002)_ (qv) (recurring role), "In Cold Blood" (CBS mini-series), _The Deliberate Stranger (1986) (TV)_ (qv), _The Day the Bubble Burst (1982) (TV)_ (qv), and _"Knots Landing" (1979)_ (qv) (recurring role). Harry has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976. Harry is that rare American actor who is also an accomplished poet. He has had nine books of poetry published: Amarillo Born (Victor Jiminez Press, 1966); the jon voight poems (Mt. Alverno Press, 1973); Eros ASsh (Momentum Press, 1976); Enough The Great Running Chapel (Momentum Press, 1982); the images we possess kill the capturing (the jesse press, 1988); The Ragged Vertical (Cahuenga Press, 1996); Reunions (Cahuenga Press, 2001); Greatest Hits, 1966-2001 (Pudding House Press, 2002); and Red Snow Fence (Cahuenga Press, 2006). Harry received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied verse with Ann Stanford. Harry Northup's professional and private papers, manuscripts, journals, scripts, correspondence, ephemera, etc., were purchased by U.C.S.D., La Jolla, on Nov. 18, 2002, and are housed in the Mandeville Special Collections Library, U.C.S.D., 0175-S, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0175, for instruction, research and preservation. His son Dylan lives in Wisconsin. Harry lives in East Hollywood with his wife Holly Prado Northup, a writer and teacher.Read more Harry Northup movies (actor)User Comments |
