Julius Harris

Biography

Julius W. Harris (August 17, 1923 – October 17, 2004) was an American actor who appeared in more than 70 movies and numerous television series in a career that spanned four decades. Harris is best known for his roles in 1970s films such as Live and Let Die and the blaxploitation films Super Fly, Black Caesar and Hell Up in Harlem.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

Jack Lee Johnson

ER

Gramps

The Love Boat

Minister

The Golden Girls

Mr. Lewis

Hart to Hart

The Incredible Hulk

Cannon

St. Elsewhere

Earl

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Carnage Collection: Vicious Violence & Vengeance	(archive footage)
1999	Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1994	Shrunken Heads	Mr. Sumatra
1993	The Gifted	Pa
1992	Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence	Houngan
1992	Grave Secrets: The Legacy of Hilltop Drive	Elderly Farmer
1991	Prayer of the Rollerboys	Speedbagger
1991	Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man	Old Man
1990	To Sleep with Anger	Herman
1990	Darkman	Gravedigger
1987	A Gathering of Old Men	Coot
1986	My Chauffeur	Johnson
1986	Hollywood Vice Squad	Jesse
1985	Crimewave	Hardened Convict
1984	The Enchanted	Booker
1983	Missing Pieces	Spencer Harris
1983	Going Berserk	Judge
1981	Thornwell	Frisco
1981	Full Moon High	Hijacker (uncredited)
1980	First Family	Ambassador Longo
1980	Gorp	Fred the Chef
1979	Delta Fox	Tiny
1978	B.J. and the Bear	Colonel Whitmore
1978	Ring of Passion	Chappie Jackson
1978	To Kill a Cop	Det. Baker
1977	Alambrista!	2nd Drunk
1977	Looking for Mr. Goodbar	Black Cat
1977	Islands in the Stream	Joseph
1977	The Fat Albert Christmas Special	Mr. Tyrone (voice)
1976	King Kong	Boan
1976	Victory at Entebbe	President Idi Amin
1975	Let's Do It Again	Bubbletop Woodson
1975	A Cry for Help	George Rigney
1975	Friday Foster	Monk Riley
1974	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three	Inspector Daniels
1973	Live and Let Die	Tee Hee
1973	Black Caesar	Mr. Gibbs
1973	Hell Up In Harlem	Papa Gibbs
1973	Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary	Self
1973	Shock-A-Bye Baby
1973	Salty	Clancy Ames
1973	Blade	Card Player
1972	Shaft's Big Score!	Capt. Bollin
1972	Super Fly	Scatter
1972	Trouble Man	Big
1971	Incident in San Francisco	Henry Carter
1971	The Plot Against Harry	Julie
1969	Slaves	Shadrach
1964	Nothing But a Man	Will Anderson

Year	TV Show	Role
1994	ER	Gramps
1991	Eerie, Indiana	Prop Man
1990	Shannon's Deal	Darryl
1987	Friday the 13th: The Series	Simpson
1987	Jake and the Fatman
1985	The Golden Girls	Mr. Lewis
1985	Amazing Stories	Joe
1985	Hollywood Wives	Reverend Daniel
1984	WonderWorks	Lee
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Jack Lee Johnson
1982	St. Elsewhere	Earl
1982	Cagney & Lacey	Bardo
1982	Voyagers!
1982	The Blue and the Gray	Preacher
1979	Benson
1979	Hart to Hart
1977	The Incredible Hulk
1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977	The Love Boat	Minister
1975	The Jeffersons
1975	Doctors' Hospital
1975	Ellery Queen
1974	Good Times
1974	Harry O
1974	Salty	Clancy
1973	Kojak	Joe Addison
1972	The Bob Newhart Show
1972	Sanford and Son
1971	Cannon