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Harry Landers
Landers with Bettye Ackerman in Ben Casey (1961)
Born	Harry Sorokin (1921-09-03)September 3, 1921 New York City, New York U.S.
Died	September 10, 2017(2017-09-10) (aged 96)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1991

Harry Landers (born Harry Sorokin; September 3, 1921 – September 10, 2017) was an American character actor.

Early life and career

Harry Sorokin was born in New York City in 1921. His education came at Public School No. 202 and Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.

During World War II, Landers served in the United States Merchant Marine.

In the mid-1940s, he began his career as a worker at the Warner Bros. studio in California. An encounter with actress Bette Davis led to a membership of Screen Actors Guild and an acting career.

On Broadway, Landers appeared in A Flag is Born (1948) and Billy Budd. He gained additional theatrical experience in summer stock theatre.

Landers was the spokesman for Taster's Choice coffee in television commercials that aired in the 1970s. He played "Go Go" in the 1953 classic, The Wild One. He had a regular role as Dr. Ted Hoffman on the television series Ben Casey and co-starred in the TV movie The Return of Ben Casey (1988). He had a small role in the Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window (1954). He played multiple roles in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956). In 1957, Landers played murder victim Donald Briggs in the Perry Mason episode The Case of the Drowning Duck. He also appeared in 1966 on Combat! in the 5th-season episode, "The Losers". He played Dr. Arthur Coleman, who aided Sandra Smith's Dr.Janice Lester, as she attempted to take over Kirk's body in Season 3 Episode 24 of the original Star Trek television series, "Turnabout Intruder", which aired June 3, 1969. It was the final episode of the original series.

Death

Landers died September 10, 2017, aged 96.

Filmography

Film

Selected television appearances

• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (Season 1 Episode 7: "Breakdown") as Coroner
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 20: "The Day of the Bullet") as Joe
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition") as Ernie Stillinger

Television

References

1. "SAG-AFTRA - Summer 2018". digital.copcomm.com.
2. ^ Haring, Bruce (January 4, 2018). "Harry Landers Dies: 'Ben Casey' Co-Star Appeared On Many TV Classics, Was 96". Deadline. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
3. ^ Johnson, Erskine (January 3, 1965). "Did Cathleen Throw Tomato?". The Tennessean. Tennessee, Nashville. p. 105. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Harry Landers, 96". Classic Images (513): 42. March 2018.
5. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
6. "Movies". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. January 16, 1988. p. 17. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Harry Landers at IMDb
• Harry Landers at the American Film Institute
• Interview with Harry Landers Classic TV History Blog, April 30, 2010

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