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{{Infobox person
| name = Chris Harris
| name = Chris Harris
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| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 14 December 1942
| birth_date = 14 December 1942
| birth_place = [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]]
| birth_place = [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]], England
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2014|4|30|71|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and given age|2014|4|30|71|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], Somerset
| death_place = [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], Somerset, England
| nationality = British
| other_names =
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor, director and writer
| occupation = Actor, director, writer
| alma_mater = [[Rose Bruford College]]
| known_for = [[Pantomime]]
| known_for = [[Pantomime]]
| television = ''[[Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth]]''
| television = ''[[Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth]]''
}}
}}
'''Chris Harris''' (14 December 1942 – 30 April 2014) was an English actor, director and writer. He appeared in several UK TV series including ''[[Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth]]'' and ''Hey Look That's Me''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcsouth/bbcsouthprogrammes1.html |title=BBC South &#124; Programmes |publisher=TV ARK|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref> He also built a successful career in [[pantomime]], acting as a pantomime dame, as well being a director and writer at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] and the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]. He lived in [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]] in [[North Somerset]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Chris-Harris-died/story-21041864-detail/story.html |title=Chris Harris has died |date=1 May 2014 |work=[[Western Daily Press]] |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
'''Chris Harris''' (14 December 1942 – 30 April 2014) was an English actor, director and writer. He appeared in several UK TV series including ''[[Into the Labyrinth (TV series)|Into the Labyrinth]]'' and ''Hey Look That's Me''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcsouth/bbcsouthprogrammes1.html |title=BBC South &#124; Programmes |publisher=TV ARK |accessdate=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303195128/http://www2.tv-ark.org.uk/bbcsouth/bbcsouthprogrammes1.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He also built a successful career in [[pantomime]], acting as a pantomime dame, as well as being a director and writer at the [[Bristol Old Vic]] and the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]]. He lived in [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]] in [[North Somerset]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Chris-Harris-died/story-21041864-detail/story.html |title=Chris Harris has died |date=1 May 2014 |work=[[Western Daily Press]] |accessdate=1 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005053/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Chris-Harris-died/story-21041864-detail/story.html |archive-date=2 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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He attended the [[Jacques Lecoq]]'s [[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]] in Paris, [[Ladislav Fialka]]'s Pantomime Company in Prague, and was for a short time at the [[Moscow State Circus]] School. In 1966 he was in his first [[pantomime]] at the [[Salisbury Playhouse]] with [[Stephanie Cole]]. From 1976 until his death, he performed his one-man comedy shows around the world.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}
He attended the [[Jacques Lecoq]]'s [[L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq]] in Paris, [[Ladislav Fialka]]'s Pantomime Company in Prague, and was for a short time at the [[Moscow State Circus]] School. In 1966 he was in his first [[pantomime]] at the [[Salisbury Playhouse]] with [[Stephanie Cole]]. From 1976 until his death, he performed his one-man comedy shows around the world.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}


Harris was a regular visiting lecturer for the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]], and was a former member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>Sleeping Beauty programme, Theatre Royal, Bath 2009</ref> He co-directed the opera ''Griselda'' for the [[Buxton Festival]], and appeared in two productions for Dutch Television with members of the [[Welsh National Opera]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridingsartscentre.co.uk/harris.htm|title=Riding Arts Centre UK|publisher=Ridingsartscentre.co.uk|accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
Harris was a regular visiting lecturer for the [[Bristol Old Vic Theatre School]], and was a former member of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>Sleeping Beauty programme, Theatre Royal, Bath 2009</ref> He co-directed the opera ''Griselda'' for the [[Buxton Festival]], and appeared in two productions for Dutch Television with members of the [[Welsh National Opera]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ridingsartscentre.co.uk/harris.htm|title=Riding Arts Centre UK|publisher=Ridingsartscentre.co.uk|accessdate=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185113/http://www.ridingsartscentre.co.uk/harris.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He spent nine years, up until 2000 writing, directing and starring in pantomimes for the [[Bristol Old Vic]] and since then had done the same for the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/10/01/panto_chrisharris_feature.shtml |title=There's nothing like a dame |last=Parsons |first=Caron |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2007 |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
He spent nine years, up until 2000 writing, directing and starring in pantomimes for the [[Bristol Old Vic]] and since then had done the same for the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bristol/content/articles/2007/10/01/panto_chrisharris_feature.shtml |title=There's nothing like a dame |last=Parsons |first=Caron |publisher=BBC |date=10 March 2007 |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Harris died of cancer at the age of 71 on 30 April 2014.<ref>http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Panto-star-Chris-Harris-died/story-21042149-detail/story.html</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-27236204 |title=Notice of death of Chris Harris |date=1 May 2014 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>
Harris died of cancer at the age of 71 on 30 April 2014.<ref>[http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Panto-star-Chris-Harris-died/story-21042149-detail/story.html Bristol Post] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503215144/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Panto-star-Chris-Harris-died/story-21042149-detail/story.html |date=2014-05-03 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-bristol-27236204 |title=Notice of death of Chris Harris |date=1 May 2014 |publisher=BBC |accessdate=1 May 2014}}</ref>


==Television appearances==
==Television appearances==
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==One man stage shows==
==One man stage shows==
*''Kemp's Jig
*''Kemp's Jig''
*''That's The Way To Do It!
*''That's The Way To Do It!''
*''[[Ally Sloper's Half Holiday]]''
*''[[Ally Sloper's Half Holiday]]''
*''Beemaster''
*''Beemaster''
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==Books written or co-written by Harris==
==Books written or co-written by Harris==
*''Will Kemp, Shakespeare's Forgotten Clown'' (1983), ISBN 0-907128-09-2
*''Will Kemp, Shakespeare's Forgotten Clown'' (1983), {{ISBN|0-907128-09-2}}
*''The Alphabet of Pantomime: There be Nothing Like a Dame'' (2000) ISBN 0-9539267-0-2
*''The Alphabet of Pantomime: There be Nothing Like a Dame'' (2000) {{ISBN|0-9539267-0-2}}
*''Cinderella'' (2002), ISBN 0-85676-251-2
*''Cinderella'' (2002), {{ISBN|0-85676-251-2}}
*''Aladdin'' (2002) ISBN 0-85676-252-0
*''Aladdin'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-85676-252-0}}
*''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (2002)ISBN 0-856-76255-5
*''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (2002){{ISBN|0-856-76255-5}}
*''Mother Goose'' (2002) ISBN 0-85676-256-3
*''Mother Goose'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-85676-256-3}}
*''Babes in the Wood'' (2002) ISBN 0-85676-257-1
*''Babes in the Wood'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-85676-257-1}}
*''Dick Whittington'' (2002) ISBN 0-85676-250-4
*''Dick Whittington'' (2002) {{ISBN|0-85676-250-4}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.chrisharrisproductions.co.uk/biography%201.htm Biography] at his production website
* [http://www.chrisharrisproductions.co.uk/biography%201.htm Biography] at his production website


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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = British actor, writer and director
| DATE OF BIRTH = August 30, 1942
| PLACE OF BIRTH = Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK
| DATE OF DEATH = 30 April 2014
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Portishead, Somerset|Portishead]], Somerset
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[[Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members]]
[[Category:Royal Shakespeare Company members]]
[[Category:Alumni of Rose Bruford College]]
[[Category:Alumni of Rose Bruford College]]
[[Category:Male actors from Somerset]]
[[Category:People from Bridgwater]]
[[Category:People from Bridgwater]]
[[Category:Pantomime dames]]
[[Category:Pantomime dames]]
[[Category:L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq alumni]]

Latest revision as of 11:28, 29 October 2023

Chris Harris
A man in a blue shirt in front of a black background
Harris in 2010
Born14 December 1942
Bridgwater, Somerset, England
Died (aged 71)
Portishead, Somerset, England
Alma materRose Bruford College
Occupation(s)Actor, director, writer
Known forPantomime
TelevisionInto the Labyrinth

Chris Harris (14 December 1942 – 30 April 2014) was an English actor, director and writer. He appeared in several UK TV series including Into the Labyrinth and Hey Look That's Me.[1] He also built a successful career in pantomime, acting as a pantomime dame, as well as being a director and writer at the Bristol Old Vic and the Theatre Royal, Bath. He lived in Portishead in North Somerset.[2]

Career

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Born in Bridgwater, Somerset, Harris studied drama at the Rose Bruford College, then went into rep., which culminated in two years with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company.[3]

He attended the Jacques Lecoq's L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Ladislav Fialka's Pantomime Company in Prague, and was for a short time at the Moscow State Circus School. In 1966 he was in his first pantomime at the Salisbury Playhouse with Stephanie Cole. From 1976 until his death, he performed his one-man comedy shows around the world.[citation needed]

Harris was a regular visiting lecturer for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and was a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4] He co-directed the opera Griselda for the Buxton Festival, and appeared in two productions for Dutch Television with members of the Welsh National Opera.[5] He spent nine years, up until 2000 writing, directing and starring in pantomimes for the Bristol Old Vic and since then had done the same for the Theatre Royal, Bath.[6]

Death

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Harris died of cancer at the age of 71 on 30 April 2014.[7][8]

Television appearances

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  • Hey Look That's Me - 1976-84
  • The Rocking Horse Winner - 1977
  • Into the Labyrinth – 1982
  • Chasing Rainbows – A Nation and Its Music - 1986

Radio appearances

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  • The Chris Harris Road Show, BBC Radio Bristol.
  • The Birds
  • Hiawatha
  • Harvey Angel

One man stage shows

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Books written or co-written by Harris

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  • Will Kemp, Shakespeare's Forgotten Clown (1983), ISBN 0-907128-09-2
  • The Alphabet of Pantomime: There be Nothing Like a Dame (2000) ISBN 0-9539267-0-2
  • Cinderella (2002), ISBN 0-85676-251-2
  • Aladdin (2002) ISBN 0-85676-252-0
  • Jack and the Beanstalk (2002)ISBN 0-856-76255-5
  • Mother Goose (2002) ISBN 0-85676-256-3
  • Babes in the Wood (2002) ISBN 0-85676-257-1
  • Dick Whittington (2002) ISBN 0-85676-250-4

References

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  1. ^ "BBC South | Programmes". TV ARK. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Chris Harris has died". Western Daily Press. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Actor". Chrisharrisproductions.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  4. ^ Sleeping Beauty programme, Theatre Royal, Bath 2009
  5. ^ "Riding Arts Centre UK". Ridingsartscentre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. ^ Parsons, Caron (10 March 2007). "There's nothing like a dame". BBC. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  7. ^ Bristol Post Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Notice of death of Chris Harris". BBC. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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