Harry Holcombe

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Harry Holcombe
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Holcombe in King Kong vs. Godzilla , 1963
Born
Harry John Holcombe

(1906-11-11)November 11, 1906
DiedSeptember 15, 1987(1987-09-15) (aged 80)
OccupationCommercial, film, radio, television, theatre actor and radio director
Spouse
Betty Nielsen Holcombe
(died. 1982)
[1]
Children2 [1]

Harry John Holcombe (November 11, 1906 - September 15, 1987) [2] was an American actor and radio director. [3] He was perhaps best remembered as the grandfather in the Country Time commercials, [4] playing the role for almost a decade. [5] Holcombe also played the recurring role of the doctor in the western television series Bonanza . [6]

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Life and career

Holcombe was born in Malta, Ohio. [6] He began his career in Chicago, Illinois, directing radio programs including Benny Goodman's program Camel Caravan . [5] He also worked as a poetry reader for the radio program Moon River at WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. [1] After that, he moved to California, where he began his film and television career, [1] appearing in the 1943 film The Purple V . [6]

Holcombe guest-starred in numerous television programs including The Andy Griffith Show , Harbor Command , 77 Sunset Strip , Perry Mason , The Farmer's Daughter , That Girl , The Law and Mr. Jones , Leave It to Beaver , Here's Lucy and Bewitched , and appeared in films such as The Fortune Cookie , Birdman of Alcatraz , [7] King Kong vs. Godzilla , [4] The Unsinkable Molly Brown , [7] Kisses for My President , [7] When the Boys Meet the Girls and Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round . Holcombe also starred in the television sitcom Barefoot in the Park , where he played Arthur Kendricks. [6]

Death

Holcombe died in September 1987 at his son's home in Valencia, California, at the age of 80. [5]

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