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Harry Landers
Harry Landers
	Landers with Bettye Ackerman in Ben Casey (1961)
Born	Harry Sorokin; September 3, 1921; New York City, New York U.S.
Died	September 10, 2017 (aged 96)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1991

Harry Landers (born Harry Sorokin; September 3, 1921 – September 10, 2017)^[1]^[2] was an American character actor.

Early life and career

Harry Sorokin was born in New York City in 1921.^[2] His education came at Public School No. 202 and Thomas Jefferson High School in Brooklyn.^[3]

During World War II, Landers served in the United States Merchant Marine.^[4]

In the mid-1940s, he began his career as a worker at the Warner Bros. studio in California. An encounter with actress Bette Davis led to a membership of Screen Actors Guild and an acting career.^[4]

On Broadway, Landers appeared in A Flag is Born (1948) and Billy Budd. He gained additional theatrical experience in summer stock theatre.^[3]

Landers was the spokesman for Taster's Choice coffee in television commercials that aired in the 1970s. He played "Go Go" in the 1953 classic, The Wild One. He had a regular role as Dr. Ted Hoffman on the television series Ben Casey^[5] and co-starred in the TV movie The Return of Ben Casey (1988).^[6] He had a small role in the Alfred Hitchcock film Rear Window (1954). He played multiple roles in Cecil B. DeMille's epic The Ten Commandments (1956). In 1957, Landers played murder victim Donald Briggs in the Perry Mason episode The Case of the Drowning Duck. He also appeared in 1966 on Combat! in the 5th-season episode, "The Losers". He played Dr. Arthur Coleman, who aided Sandra Smith's Dr.Janice Lester, as she attempted to take over Kirk's body in Season 3 Episode 24 of the original Star Trek television series, "Turnabout Intruder", which aired June 3, 1969. It was the final episode of the original series.

Death

Landers died September 10, 2017, aged 96.^[2]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1947	Boomerang		Uncredited
1947	Kiss of Death	Convict	Uncredited
1949	C-Man	Owney Shor
1950	Guilty Bystander	Bert
1950	Undercover Girl	Tully Mertz Vista
1951	Mister Universe	Henchman
1953	Phantom from Space	Lieutenant Bowers
	Jack Slade	Danton Son	Uncredited
	The Wild One	GoGo	Uncredited
1954	Drive a Crooked Road	Ralph
	Prisoner of War	Lieutenant	Uncredited
	About Mrs. Leslie	Soldier	Uncredited
	Return from the Sea	Quartermaster McGivern
	Rear Window	Guest of Miss Lonelyhearts	Uncredited
1955	The Cobweb	Intern	Uncredited
1955	The Indian Fighter	Grey Wolf / Captain Trask Attaché
1956	The Ten Commandments	Architect's assistant / Hebrew at Rameses' gate
1956	The Black Whip	Fiddler
1957	Mister Cory	Andy
1957	The Walter Winchell File	Major Daley	TV series
1959	Up Periscope	Adams	Uncredited
1960	The Gallant Hours	Captain Joseph Foss
1968	In Enemy Country	Pilot
1968	Massacre Harbor	Colonel 'Spic' Landers USA
1969	Charro!	Heff
1990	Ragin' Cajun	Lacy
1990	Hollywood Heartbreak Hotel	Chuck Starrman
1991	Mom	Bartender	(final film role)

Selected television appearances

Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) (Season 1 Episode 7: "Breakdown") as Coroner
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) (Season 5 Episode 20: "The Day of the Bullet") as Joe
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961) (Season 6 Episode 38: "Ambition") as Ernie Stillinger

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Star Trek: The Original Series	Dr. Coleman	S3:E24, "Turnabout Intruder"

References

^ "SAG-AFTRA - Summer 2018". digital.copcomm.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Haring, Bruce (January 4, 2018). "Harry Landers Dies: 'Ben Casey' Co-Star Appeared On Many TV Classics, Was 96". Deadline. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, Erskine (January 3, 1965). "Did Cathleen Throw Tomato?". The Tennessean. Tennessee, Nashville. p. 105. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "Harry Landers, 96". Classic Images (513): 42. March 2018.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
^ "Movies". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. January 16, 1988. p. 17. Retrieved February 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.