---
name: "Leonard Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonard-harris"
fi1m_id: "leonard-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0364997"
tmdb_id: 1040
wikidata_id: "Q3229673"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 September 1929"
died: "28 August 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:28:03.179062+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."
---

# Leonard Harris

## Identity

Leonard Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leonard-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leonard-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0364997
- **TMDB ID:** 1040
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3229673
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Harris_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1040

Actor. Born 27 September 1929 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 28 August 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 September 1929, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 28 August 2011
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Harris_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3229673, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0364997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1040

## Biography

Leonard Harris was an American actor, critic and author. Born in the Bronx, New York City, he began his career in journalism, writing obituaries and book reviews for the Hartford Courant from 1958, before becoming a culture critic at WCBS-TV in New York from 1966 to 1974.

Harris appeared in two films. He played Senator Charles Palantine in *Taxi Driver* (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese, who cast him through connections in the New York drama scene. His final screen role was as the mayor in *Hero at Large* (1980). He also wrote three novels.

Harris died in Hartford, Connecticut, on 28 August 2011.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Taxi Driver* (1976), Fi1m 92, as Charles Palantine — [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *Hero at Large* (1980), as Mayor
- *Taxi Driver* (1976), as Charles Palantine — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/taxi-driver.md)
- *Art of the Sixties* (1967), as Narrator · Producer

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