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==Anthologies==
==Anthologies==
* Venice Thirteen, Beyond Baroque, 1972
* Venice Thirteen, Bayrock Press, 1971
* The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1978
* The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1978
* Foreign Exchange, Biographics, 1979
* Foreign Exchange, Biographics, 1979

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Harry Northup
Harry Northup
Occupation(s)Poet, Actor

Harry Northup (born September 2, 1940, Amarillo, Texas) is an American actor and poet.

Biography

Harry Northup lived in seventeen places by the time he was seventeen, but mostly lived in Sidney, Nebraska, where he graduated from high-school in 1958. From 1958 to 1961, he served in the United States Navy, where he attained the rank of Second Class Radioman. From 1963 to 1968, he studied Method Acting with Frank Corsaro, in New York City.[1]

Northup received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied poetry with poet Ann Stanford. He has made a living as an actor for over thirty years and has been in thirty-seven films including Martin Scorsese's films Mean Streets and Taxi Driver. He had a role in Jonathan Demme's film The Silence of the Lambs. Harry starred in Over the Edge and Fighting Mad. Northup has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976.[2] He has the rare distinction of being a notable poet as well as a successful career actor. Northup currently lives in East Hollywood with his poet and novelist wife Holly Prado. His son Dylan was born on January 29, 1969.[3]

"Harry Northup is one of the actors I have worked with many times. I've worked with him for thirty years. He's a wonderful guy and a beautiful poet and a gifted actor." — Jonathan Demme "Latino Review" 2004--

The poets Walt Whitman[4],Leland Hickman,[5] Paul Blackburn,[6] Ann Stanford,[7] William Carlos Williams,[8] and Holly Prado[9] have influenced Harry Northup's poetry.

He conceived and coordinated the weekly poetry-reading-series, "Poetry on Melrose," at Gasoline Alley, in Los Angeles, from 1986 to 1988. Poets who read at at the venue included Robert Peters, Jack Hirschman and Lewis MacAdams.

Style of poetry

The main themes in Northup's poetry are family, love, loss, work — in particular, acting in movies, place — the plains where he grew up. Harry is a lyrical realist who also explores mysterious and forceful imagery. One of his major interests is the long poem. The eminent critic Robert Peters has written, "Harry Northup is a wild language explosioneer."

Awards and honors

The City of Los Angeles, as represented by the L.A. City Council, awarded Harry Northup a "Certificate of Recognition" on November 15, 2006.[10]

Poetry

  • Amarillo Born, Victor Jiminez Press, 1966
  • The Jon Voight Poems, Mt.Averno Press, 1973
  • Eros Ash, Momentum Press, 1976
  • Enough The Great Running Chapel, Momentum Press, 1982
  • The Images We Possess Kill The Capturing, Jesse Press, 1988
  • The Ragged Vertical, Cahuenga Press, 1996
  • Reunions, Cahuenga Press, 1996
  • Greatest Hits, 1966-2001, Pudding House Press, 2002
  • Red Snow Fence, Cahuenga Press, 2006

Anthologies

  • Venice Thirteen, Bayrock Press, 1971
  • The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1978
  • Foreign Exchange, Biographics, 1979
  • Poetry Loves Poetry, An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1985
  • Gridlock: An anthology of Poetry About Southern California, Applezaba Press, 1990
  • Grand Passion, The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Red Wind Books, 1995

Audio

  • Personal Crime, New Alliance Records, 1993
  • Homes, New Alliance Records, 1995

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
1968 Who's That Knocking at My Door The Rapist
1971 Alias Smith and Jones Hank TV Episode
1972 Boxcar Bertha Deputy Sheriff Harvey Hall
1973 Mean Streets Soldier
The All-American Boy Parker
1974 Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore Joe & Jim's Bartender
Crazy Mama FBI Agent
1976 Fighting Mad Sheriff Skerritt starring role
Taxi Driver Doughboy 1976 Palme D'Or winnner at Cannes
1977 New York, New York Alabama
Handle With Care The Red Baron
Which Way is Up? Chief Goon
1978 Blue Collar Hank
1979 Over the Edge Sergeant Doberman starring role
1979 North and South, Book II Major TV MiniSeries
1980 Tom Horn Thomas Burke
Used Cars Carmine
1982 The Day the Bubble Burst Andrew Arvay TV movie
Knot's Landing Wayne Harkness TV, recurring role
1984 Nickel Mountain Frank
1986 The Deliberate Stranger Tom Hargreaves TV MiniSeries
1988 Kansas Governor Dellit
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Mr Bimmel 1991 Oscar winner for Best Picture
1992 Unlawful Entry McMurtry, Desk Sergeant
Hero Mr. Fletcher
1993 Philadelphia Juror
1994 Bad Girls Preacher Sloan
Reform School Girl Uncle Charlie
1996 In Cold Blood Minister TV MiniSeries
1998 Beloved Sheriff
1998 Four Corners Tom Brothers TV series
1999 Brokendown Palace Leon Smith
2001 ER Competency Evaluator TV Episode
2002 The Court Justice Fitzimmons TV, recurring role
2004 The Manchurian Candidate Congressman Flores

References

  1. ^ Cinema Retro interview by Raymond Benson
  2. ^ Cinema Retro interview by Raymond Benson
  3. ^ Northup's Archives
  4. ^ LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, Sept 3, 1982, vol 4, #45, p. 12
  5. ^ LA Reader, James Cushing, Friday,.Sept 3, 1982, vol 4,#45, p.12
  6. ^ Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005 p.4
  7. ^ LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, Sept 3, 1982, vol 4, #45, p 13]
  8. ^ Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005, p. 4 & 5
  9. ^ Lummox Journal, July 2001, p.11
  10. ^ Cinema Retro vol 5, Issue #14 2009 interview by Raymond Benson


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