Phillip J. Harper (March 18, 1940 – October 11, 2004) was an American

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best known as the eponymous hero in the radio serial ''The Adventures of Harry Nile'' for more than 27 years. Harper grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois. He joined the

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in 1962 and was assigned to a radio station in

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. He returned in 1965 and began work as a

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. After being cast in about a dozen radio plays written by Jim French at

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, French created the first of 158 episodes of ''The Adventures of Harry Nile'' in 1977.

References

Harper's Seattle Times obituary
1940 births 2004 deaths American male radio actors American male voice actors People from Flossmoor, Illinois {{US-voice-actor-stub