Mark Harmon’s career experienced a few ups and downs before he secured his role as Gibbs in NCIS. One filmmaker wondered if other directors overlooked the actor because of his appearance.
This filmmaker felt that Mark Harmon was too conventionally good looking Mark Harmon | Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Harmon didn’t start out wanting to be a famous actor. Rather, the NCIS star was introduced to the profession through an old acquaintance. In a 2011 interview Harmon did with the Av Club, Harmon confided that he met actor Ozzie Nelson through his job as a lifeguard. Ozzie starred in the classic television series Ozzie’s Girls at the time. One of Nelson’s actors and co-stars who was scheduled to be on the series couldn’t make it, so Ozzie asked Harmon to replace him.
“It was the spring of my senior year at UCLA, and he called and said,...
This filmmaker felt that Mark Harmon was too conventionally good looking Mark Harmon | Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images
Harmon didn’t start out wanting to be a famous actor. Rather, the NCIS star was introduced to the profession through an old acquaintance. In a 2011 interview Harmon did with the Av Club, Harmon confided that he met actor Ozzie Nelson through his job as a lifeguard. Ozzie starred in the classic television series Ozzie’s Girls at the time. One of Nelson’s actors and co-stars who was scheduled to be on the series couldn’t make it, so Ozzie asked Harmon to replace him.
“It was the spring of my senior year at UCLA, and he called and said,...
- 1/1/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
It would have been impossible for Mark Harmon to have been born anything less than gorgeous. His father was University of Michigan football All-American and Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon. His mother, Elyse Knox, was an actress and artist. With this combination of looks, beauty and brains, he couldn't miss. Thomas Mark Harmon was born September 2, 1951 in Burbank, California. He has two older sisters, actress and painter Kristin Nelson, formerly married to singer Ricky Nelson, and Kelly Harmon, actress-model who was once married to auto magnate John DeLorean. Mark attended Los Angeles Pierce College, then transferred to the University of California, Los Angeles where he became the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins football team in 1972 and 1973. He received the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in 1973. In his two years as quarterback in coach Pepper Rodger's wishbone offense, UCLA won 17 games and lost only 5. He graduated from UCLA with a B.
- 8/8/2012
- by jbonadona@corp.popstar.com (Julia Bonadona)
- PopStar
Los Angeles — David Nelson, who starred on his parents' popular television show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," has died, a family spokesman said. He was 74.
Nelson, who was battling complications of colon cancer, died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home, said family spokesman and longtime Hollywood publicist Dale Olson.
Nelson was the last remaining member of the Nelsons TV family, which included actor/bandleader Ozzie, his singer wife, Harriet Hilliard and his teen idol brother Rick. The show originated on radio in 1952 as "Here Come the Nelsons," then ran for 320 episodes on TV from 1952 to 1966 as "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" with some of the story lines taken from the stars' own lives. David Nelson also directed and produced numerous episodes of the show throughout its run.
Singer Gunnar Nelson, a son of Rick Nelson, issued a statement Wednesday, saying his uncle's death was "a great loss to the Nelson family.
Nelson, who was battling complications of colon cancer, died Tuesday at his Los Angeles home, said family spokesman and longtime Hollywood publicist Dale Olson.
Nelson was the last remaining member of the Nelsons TV family, which included actor/bandleader Ozzie, his singer wife, Harriet Hilliard and his teen idol brother Rick. The show originated on radio in 1952 as "Here Come the Nelsons," then ran for 320 episodes on TV from 1952 to 1966 as "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" with some of the story lines taken from the stars' own lives. David Nelson also directed and produced numerous episodes of the show throughout its run.
Singer Gunnar Nelson, a son of Rick Nelson, issued a statement Wednesday, saying his uncle's death was "a great loss to the Nelson family.
- 1/12/2011
- by AP
- Huffington Post
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