Education
Born in Saint Anthony, Idaho, his family moved to California where he attended Burbank High School, then received an athletic scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles where he studied economics.
Born in Saint Anthony, Idaho, his family moved to California where he attended Burbank High School, then received an athletic scholarship to University of California, Los Angeles where he studied economics.
He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. When he injured his knee playing football he was advised to take up weightlifting to strengthen the injury that developed his interest in bodybuilding. Harris entered films as a stand-in, stuntman, and later an actor.
His first roles were in André de Toth"s Monkey on My Back and Li"l Abner.
With his athletic physique, Harris travelled to Rome to watch the 1960 Summer Olympics and perform stunts in Stanley Kubrick"s Spartacus. He stayed in Europe for the boom in European sword and sandal, Eurospy, and spaghetti western genres.
Harris discovered, when working in Germany, that stunt coordinators were nonexistent in that country and he often did extra duties as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second unit director as well as an actor. Harris made his debut as a leading man in 1961 in the title role of Gianfranco Parolini"s Goliath Against the Giants and Samson.
He would have a long, continuing relationship in several films written and directed by Parolini.
They had a daughter named Babrinka (Sabrina). Harris teamed again with Kendall and Parolini in the Kommissar X series, and The Three Fantastic Supermen/I Fantastici Tre Supermen (1967) series. He also served as executive producer on several of his films including King of Kong Island (which he also starred in) and Jack Cardiff"s The Mutations.
He later made seven appearances on the American soap opera Falcon Crest as "Deputy Duffy".
His most recent film was the Andrea Zaccariello"s comedy Boom, released in 1999,
Harris invented and markets exercise products called "Bachelor of Arts-OrigOnals." He owns a company called Modern Body Design.
He is a member of the Stuntman"s Hall of Fame.
