Ron Harper

Ron Harper was born on Jan 12, 1936 in USA. Ron Harper's big-screen debut came with 87th Precinct - Season 1 directed by Don Weis in 1961, strarring Det. Bert Kling. Ron Harper is known for Generations directed by Ken Herman, Kelly Rutherford stars as Sam Whitmore and Kristoff St. John as Adam Marshall. The upcoming new movie Ron Harper plays is Kidnapped: The Hannah Anderson Story which will be released on May 23, 2015.

Born in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania--a small town just east of Pittsburgh--Ron Harper became valedictorian of his senior class and won an academic scholarship to Princeton University, where he supplemented his academic studies by appearing in a number of plays and musical comedies. He earned a fellowship to study law at Harvard but the "acting bug" lured him instead to New York, where he studied with 'Lee Strasberg'. Next came a stint in the US Navy (mostly spent in Panama), followed by a return to New York. After several disappointments he earned a job as Paul Newman's understudy in "Sweet Bird of Youth". Hollywood soon beckoned and Harper appeared in a succession of TV series: 87th Precinct (1961), The Jean Arthur Show (1966), Wendy and Me (1964), Commando Garrison (1967) and La planète des singes (1974).Following "Apes" he had roles in several soap-operas and guest-starred on various TV shows. He now lives in California.