Harry Caesar
Pittsburgh-born character actor Harry Caesar's first brush with show business came in the in the early 1950s, when he tried his luck as an R&B singer after moving to California. First working as a solo artist, he garnered some attention with the eerie 1952 hit single "Goodbye Baby" and the offbeat novelty number "Atomic Love" in 1953. By the beginning of the 1960s, Caesar was recording with the Doo-wop backing group the Romans, and together they released the popular track "Those Oldies But Goodies (Remind Me of You)." As Caesar's music career declined, he moved on to acting, first finding minor television roles in 1970. He soon began appearing in feature films, including the 1972 Billie Holiday biopic "Lady Sings the Blues" and the 1973 Great Depression-set adventure "Emperor of the North," directed by Hollywood vet Robert Aldrich. Caesar shared the screen with stars Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine in the latter film. The next year, he worked with Aldrich again, acting in the filmmaker's popular sports comedy "The Longest Yard." Caesar then started to gravitate toward television series and TV movies, guesting on popular programs of the 1970s and '80s, such as "Baretta," "Hillstreet Blues" and "L.A. Law." He later scored some of his most memorable supporting film roles in the 1990s, including parts in the Mel Gibson-Goldie Hawn hit "Bird on a Wire" and the Oscar-nominated courtroom drama "A Few Good Men."
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Harry Caesar
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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25% |
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Bird on a Wire | Marvin (Character) | $68.8M | 1990 |
No Score Yet |
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Ghetto Blaster | Mr. Dobson (Character) | - | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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From a Whisper to a Scream | Felder Evans (Character) | - | 1987 |
29% |
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Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo | Byron (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Joe Dancer III | Unknown (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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A Small Circle of Friends | Jimmy (Character) | - | 1980 |
80% |
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Casey's Shadow | Calvin Lebec (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Amazing Spider-Man | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened | Bonner (Character) | - | 1977 |
76% |
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The Longest Yard | Granville (Character) | - | 1974 |
63% |
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Emperor of the North | Coaly (Character) | - | 1973 |
71% |
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Lady Sings the Blues | The Rapist (Character) | - | 1972 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | North and South, Book II | Joseph (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | 70% | MacGyver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Dukes of Hazzard | Homer (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Times | Mr. Clements (Guest Star) | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Getting Together | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1971 |