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name: "Harry Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-harris"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 September 1922"
died: "19 March 2009"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T18:06:55.036961+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."
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# Harry Harris

Director. Born 8 September 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Died 19 March 2009.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 September 1922, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 19 March 2009
- **Active:** 1966–1982
- **Also known as:** Harry Harris Jr.
- **Works often with:** Alexander Singer, Reza Badiyi

## Biography

Harry Harris (8 September 1922 – 19 March 2009) was an American television director. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Los Angeles in 1937 and began working in the mailroom at Columbia Studios. After attending UCLA he progressed to sound effects and film editing roles. During the Second World War he served in the US Army Air Forces First Motion Picture Unit, where his supervisor was Ronald Reagan.

After the war Harris worked as an editor at Desilu before moving into directing. Over five decades he directed hundreds of television episodes. His credits include episodes of *Mission: Impossible* (1966), *Gunsmoke*, *The Waltons*, *Falcon Crest*, *Dallas*, *MacGyver*, *Beverly Hills, 90210*, *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman*, *7th Heaven*, *Kung Fu*, *The Time Tunnel* and *Hawaii Five-O*. He won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1982 for directing an episode of *Fame* and received further Emmy and Directors Guild of America nominations.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mission: Impossible* (1966), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Cagney & Lacey* (1982), Director

## Also known for

- *MacGyver* (1985), Director
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Director
- *Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman* (1993), Director
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), Director
- *Dallas* (1978), Director
- *7th Heaven* (1996), Director
- *Kung Fu* (1972), Director
- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), Director

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