Mark Harmon Biography
Born: September 02, 1951
Actor Mark Harmon is the son of football great Tom Harmon and 1940s film star Elyse_Knox; he is the brother of Kris Harmon -- ex-wife of Ricky Nelson -- and uncle of Kris and Ricky's actress daughter Tracy_Nelson; and finally, Harmon is the husband of Mork and Mindy star Pam_Dawber. Harmon emulated his dad by playing football at UCLA, then followed in mom's footsteps by turning to acting; his first movie was 1978's Comes a Horseman. Most of Harmon's starring film appearances are easy to take but unmemorable, such as his lackadaisical high-school teacher in Summer_School (1988). A baseball fan, Harmon was once part-owner of the minor-league San Bernardino Spirit, a team which figured prominently in his 1988 film vehicle Stealing_Home. Harmon is best known for his work on 1980s series TV: he has co-starred in Flamingo_Road and Moonlighting, and played the lead role of AIDs-stricken Dr. Bob Calswell on St. Elsewhere. In mid-1995, promotional ads on the NBC television network proudly trumpeted that "Mark Harmon is back!" for a tire-screeching private eye series. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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