Biography
Born Roy Lawrence Harris on March 20, 1914, in Fort Worth, Texas, his parents were Charlie Morris Harris and Mary Irene Bowers. He began acting under his real name with a small role in the 1937 film, '' The Firefly''. By the beginning of the next decade he was getting significant roles in Hollywood Westerns such as '' Law of the Range'' (1941), '' Men of the Timberland'' (1941), '' Rawhide Rangers'' (1941), '' Texas Trouble Shooters'' (1942), and '' Arizona Stage Coach'' (1942). ''Arizona Stage Coach'' would be the last picture he appeared in before, in 1942, his film career was interrupted byFilmography
(Per AFI database) * '' The Firefly'' (1937) credited as Roy Harris - Lieutenant * '' Oklahoma Frontier'' (1939) credited as Roy Harris - Trooper * '' The Flame of New Orleans'' credited as Roy Harris (1941) * '' Mob Town'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Boy * '' San Antonio Rose'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Jimmy * '' Men of the Timberland'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Withers * '' Flying Cadets'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Barnes * '' Nice Girl?'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Doug * '' Law of the Range'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Wolverine Kid * '' Rawhide Rangers'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Steve Calhoun * '' Meet the Chump'' (1941) credited as Roy Harris - Clerk * '' Bombay Clipper'' (1942) credited as Roy Harris - Steward * '' North to the Klondike'' (1942) credited as Roy Harris - Ben Sloan * '' Top Sergeant'' (1942) credited as Roy Harris - Roy * '' Texas Trouble Shooters'' (1942) credited as Roy Harris - Bret Travis * '' Arizona Stage Coach'' (1942) credited as Roy Harris - Ernie * '' Ghost Guns'' (1944) - Ted Connors * '' What Next, Corporal Hargrove?'' (1945) - Private * '' Flame of the West'' (1945) - Jack Midland * '' Sheriff of Cimarron'' (1945) - Ted Cartwright * '' Gun Smoke'' (1945) - Joel Hinkley * '' The Navajo Trail'' (1945) - Paul * '' The Lost Trail'' (1945) - Ned Turner * '' The Desert Horseman'' (1946) - Eddie * '' Border Bandits'' (1946) - Steve Halliday * '' Under Arizona Skies'' (1946) - Bill Simpson * '' The Haunted Mine'' (1946) - Dan McLeod * '' Trigger Fingers'' (1946) - Jimmy Peters * '' Flashing Guns'' (1947) - Fred Shelby * '' Code of the Saddle'' (1947) - Bill Stace * '' Jiggs and Maggie in Court'' (1948) - Dennis Malone * '' Frontier Agent'' (1948) - Joe Farr * '' Range Renegades'' (1948) - Larry Jordan * '' The Rangers Ride'' (1948) - Vic Sanders * '' Shadows of the West'' (1949) - Carl Davis * '' Across the Rio Grande'' (1949) - Steven Blaine * '' Range Justice'' (1949) - Glenn Hadley * '' Western Renegades'' (1949) - Joe Gordon * '' Law of the West'' (1949) - Charley Lane * '' Lawless Code'' (1949) - Curly Blake * '' Bride for Sale'' (1949) credited as Roy Harris - Clerk * '' Gunslingers'' (1950) - Tim Cramer * '' Radar Secret Service'' (1950) - Blacky * '' Short Grass'' (1950) - Randee Fenton * '' Silver Raiders'' (1950) - Bill * '' Jiggs and Maggie Out West'' (1950) - Bob Carter * '' Six Gun Mesa'' (1950) - Dave Emmett * '' Law of the Panhandle'' (1950) - Tom Stocker * '' Fence Riders'' (1950) - Hutch * '' Valley of Fire'' (1951) - Colorado * '' Canyon Raiders'' (1951) - Lou Banks * '' Nevada Badmen'' (1951) - Jess * '' Navy Bound'' (1951) - Officer * '' The Vanishing Outpost'' (1951) - Walker * '' I Was an American Spy'' (1951) - Thompson * '' Outlaw Women'' (1952) - John Ringo * '' The Raiders'' (1952) - Clarke Leftus * '' Night Stage to Galveston'' (1952) - Police lieutenant * '' Here Come the Marines'' (1952) - Captain Harlow * '' The Lusty Men'' (1952) - Hoag * '' Wagons West'' (1952) - Gaylord Cook * '' Target'' (1952) - Foster * '' Fort Vengeance'' (1953) - Montana deputy * '' White Lightning'' (1953) - Horwin * '' Buchanan Rides Alone'' (1958) - Juror * '' The Threat'' (1960) - Police Sergeant * '' Ma Barker's Killer Brood'' (1960) - Deputy * '' The Trial of Billy Jack'' (1974) - Stuart Posner * '' The Last Hard Men'' (1976) - Gus * '' Wanda Nevada'' (1979) - Reporter #2 * '' When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?'' (1979) - Junior FergusonReferences
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