---
name: "Harley Venton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harley-venton"
fi1m_id: "harley-venton"
imdb_id: "nm0893271"
tmdb_id: 1219367
wikidata_id: "Q5658863"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T23:29:29.854388+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."
---

# Harley Venton

## Identity

Harley Venton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harley-venton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harley-venton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0893271
- **TMDB ID:** 1219367
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5658863
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Venton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5658863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219367

Actor. Born 11 November 1953 in Jamestown, North Dakota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1953, Jamestown, North Dakota, USA
- **Active:** 1991–1994
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harley_Venton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5658863, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893271/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219367

## Biography

Harley Venton is an American actor. He was born on 11 November 1953 in Jamestown, North Dakota.

Venton began his career in the early 1980s, appearing as Derek Colby on the CBS soap opera *Guiding Light* (1980–1982). He was a standby in the original Broadway production of *Crimes of the Heart* (1981–1983) and later took guest roles in numerous television series, including *Seinfeld* (as Dan), *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, *Law & Order*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *The Practice*. His film credits include *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), in which he played Garber, and *Clear and Present Danger* (1994).

Venton has been married to Ann Cannon since December 2014.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), Fi1m 75, as DEA Agent — [page](https://film.one/film/clear-and-present-danger.md)
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), Fi1m 54, as Garber — [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Falling Like This* (2001), as Jack Lockhart
- *The Practice* (1997), series, as Mike Randall
- *Cybill* (1995), series, as Dennis Oliver
- *Touched by an Angel* (1994), series, as Bill McCann
- *Chicago Hope* (1994), series, as Graham Beckwith
- *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), as DEA Agent — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/clear-and-present-danger.md)
- *Ellen* (1994), series, as David 'Dave' Ellis DDS
- *Winnetka Road* (1994), series, as Stan Oldman
- *Vanishing Son* (1994), series, as Novak
- *Diagnosis: Murder* (1993), series, as Dr. Lloyd Fleming
- *Blood Ties* (1991), as Harry Martin / Harlevon Martinescu
- *Sleeping with the Enemy* (1991), as Garber — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/sleeping-with-the-enemy.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Raymond Taylor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Dan — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, as Richie — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Star Trek: The Next Generation* (1987), series, as Ensign Collins, Chief Hutchinson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-the-next-generation.md)
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Jeffrey Stern
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Sonny Carlo
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Devery McFarlane, Clint Hallowell

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/harley-venton