---
name: "Graham Jarvis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/graham-jarvis"
fi1m_id: "graham-jarvis"
imdb_id: "nm0419054"
tmdb_id: 36927
wikidata_id: "Q597166"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 August 1930"
died: "16 April 2003"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T18:17:33.590896+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Graham Jarvis

## Identity

Graham Jarvis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/graham-jarvis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** graham-jarvis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0419054
- **TMDB ID:** 36927
- **Wikidata ID:** Q597166
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Jarvis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36927

Actor. Born 25 August 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Died 16 April 2003.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 August 1930, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Died:** 16 April 2003
- **Active:** 1971–1990
- **Also known as:** Graham Powley Jarvis
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 83 (1), 1980s 62 (1), 1990s 83 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $131m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Jarvis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419054/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36927

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Misery*](https://film.one/film/misery.md) (83)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Mr. Mom*](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Graham Jarvis (born Graham Powley Jarvis) was a Canadian character actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, on 25 August 1930 and died in Los Angeles on 16 April 2003.

Jarvis attended Williams College and trained at the American Theatre Wing in New York. He was an original member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater and appeared in Broadway productions including *The Best Man* and *The Rocky Horror Show*. He worked in film and television from the 1960s until his death, with credits including *Misery* (1990) as Libby, *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), *M*A*S*H*, *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, *The X-Files*, *Married... with Children*, *ER*, *Home Improvement* and *Six Feet Under*. He had a recurring role as Charlie Haggers in the series *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* and later appeared regularly as Charles Jackson in *7th Heaven*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Misery* (1990), Fi1m 83, as Libby — [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Mr. Mom* (1983), Fi1m 62, as Humphries — [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md)
- *A New Leaf* (1971), Fi1m 83, as Bo — [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)

## Complete filmography (98)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Bobo — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md)
- *The Sports Pages* (2001), Actor
- *Working* (1997), series, as Hank Cosgrove
- *7th Heaven* (1996), series, as Charles Jackson
- *Goode Behavior* (1996), series, as Marty
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Henry Guernsey
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, as Principal Zand
- *Last of the Dogmen* (1995), as Pharmacist
- *In Search of Dr. Seuss* (1994), as The Farmer
- *The 5 Mrs. Buchanans* (1994), series, Actor
- *ER* (1994), series, as Francis — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Trial by Jury* (1994), as Mr. Duffy, Foreman
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Mr. Galan — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as NIH Doctor — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The John Larroquette Show* (1993), series, as Dr. Kaufman
- *T Bone N Weasel* (1992), as Mr. Fergus
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, as Delvin
- *Misery* (1990), as Libby — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/misery.md)
- *Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn* (1990), as The Hannibal Prosecutor
- *Cop Rock* (1990), series, as Oscar Semjonovich
- *Get a Life* (1990), series, as Mr. Simon, Mr. Martin
- *Do You Know the Muffin Man?* (1989), as Judge Allen
- *A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story* (1989), as Officer Danziger
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, as Grundy
- *Coach* (1989), series, as Gil
- *Parents* (1989), as Mr. Marty Zellner
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Newton Green — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Dance 'Til Dawn* (1988), as Fred
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Klim Dokachin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *Married... with Children* (1987), series, as Lance
- *Tough Guys* (1986), as Richie's Boss
- *Weekend Warriors* (1986), as Congressman Balljoy
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Dr. Ivan Peretsky
- *Vanishing Act* (1986), as Dr. DeMarco
- *One Magic Christmas* (1985), as Frank Crump
- *Doin' Time* (1985), as Prescott
- *Mischief* (1985), as Mr. Miller
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, as Lester Worley
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Ellis Holgate
- *Draw!* (1984), as Deputy Wally Blodgett
- *The Pigs vs. The Freaks* (1984), as Commander Oliver Krebs
- *Silkwood* (1983), as Doctor at Union Meeting
- *Deal of the Century* (1983), as Babers
- *Carpool* (1983), as Feeney
- *Mr. Mom* (1983), as Humphries — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/mr-mom.md)
- *Mama's Family* (1983), series, Actor
- *Making the Grade* (1982), series, as Jack Felspar
- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), series, Actor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/cagney-and-lacey.md)
- *A Piano for Mrs. Cimino* (1982), as Leach
- *Fame* (1982), series, as Principal Dyrenforth
- *The Amateur* (1981), as Porter
- *Father Murphy* (1981), series, Actor
- *Splendor in the Grass* (1981), as Dean Pollard
- *The Two Lives of Carol Letner* (1981), as Nick Fortune
- *Bungle Abbey* (1981), as Brother Virgil
- *Middle Age Crazy* (1980), as J.D.
- *When the Whistle Blows* (1980), series, Actor
- *Knots Landing* (1979), series, as George Ammons
- *Hart to Hart* (1979), series, as Ben Drootin, David Stinton
- *Prophecy* (1979), as Shusette
- *Blind Ambition* (1979), series, as John Ehrlichman
- *The New Maverick* (1978), as Undertaker Lambert
- *Forever Fernwood* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Waldo Linden
- *Alice* (1976), series, Actor
- *Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman* (1976), series, as Charlie Haggers
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975), series, as Basil Monk
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Collins
- *Russian Roulette* (1975), as Benson
- *It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy* (1974), as Alan Ronston
- *Your Money or Your Wife* (1972), as Richard Bannister
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Col. Whiteman — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Dr. Bickwell
- *Maude* (1972), series, as Reverend Walnwright
- *Temperatures Rising* (1972), series, as Tolkin
- *What's Up, Doc?* (1972), as Bailiff
- *The Hot Rock* (1972), as Frank, the Prison Warden
- *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Witches of Salem: The Horror and the Hope* (1972), as Will Barker
- *Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story* (1971), Actor
- *The Organization* (1971), as William Martin
- *A New Leaf* (1971), as Bo — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/a-new-leaf.md)
- *Cold Turkey* (1971), as Amos Bush
- *All in the Family* (1971), series, as Larry Grundy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/all-in-the-family.md)
- *The Traveling Executioner* (1970), as Doc Prittle
- *The Odd Couple* (1970), series, as Jim Antrobus
- *R.P.M.* (1970), as Police Chief Henry J. Thatcher
- *Move* (1970), as Dr. Picker
- *The Out-of-Towners* (1970), as Murray the mugger
- *End of the Road* (1970), as Dr. Carter
- *Alice's Restaurant* (1969), as Music Teacher
- *Bye Bye Braverman* (1968), as Man on Bus
- *The Desperate Hours* (1967), Actor
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Store Manager, Mr. Denton
- *The Phil Silvers Show* (1955), series, as Galileo Barton (uncredited)
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Rupert
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Detective Williams, Landini

## Gallery

- ![Graham Jarvis](https://film.one/media/person/77423/gallery-fec3b7bb857d.jpg) Graham Jarvis — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Redd_Foxx_Demond_Wilson_Graham_Jarvis_Sanford_and_Son_1976.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Graham Jarvis](https://film.one/media/person/77423/gallery-796a474f21ca.jpg) Graham Jarvis — Image via TMDB

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