Fox Harris
Fox Harris is known for Repo Man (1984), Sid and Nancy (1986), Forbidden World (1982).
Biography
Fox Harris (May 3, 1936 – December 27, 1988) was an American actor known for such films as Repo Man, Sid and Nancy, Straight to Hell, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers, The Underachievers and Dr. Caligari.
Harris worked frequently with film directors Alex Cox and Fred Olen Ray.
Harris appeared in three of Cox's films, most notably in Repo Man as the mad scientist J. Frank Parnell. Cox first met Harris when Cox was working as an unpaid caretaker at the Actors Studio in Hollywood, saying that "The only actor who was friendly was Fox Harris: He put on no airs, treated us as if we were human, and didn’t steal our food." He described Harris as "a generous, exciting actor" who "became the focus of any scene he was in", but also a "self-made character" who had run-ins with the law in his youth, and did not tell Cox that he could not drive even after being cast in Repo Man as a character who drives a Chevy Malibu, a fact Cox only learned when Harris drove the car straight into a gas pump.
Harris died of lung cancer in 1988 at age 52 in Century City, California. In his memoir X Films, Cox says that Harris had been diagnosed with AIDS around 1987, shortly before filming Walker.
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Known for
Full filmography
25 films — 22 in the catalogue
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3.6 Alienator
1990 · Burt
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The Alien Within
1990 · Harry (archive footage)
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6.0 Dark Romances Vol. 2
1990 · Dr. Howard
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5.0 Nerds of a Feather
1989 · Russian Scientist
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5.8 Dr. Caligari
1989 · Dr. Avol
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3.4 Terror Eyes
1989 · Ticket Man
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3.5 Warlords
1989 · Colonel Cox
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3.1 Mutant on the Bounty
1989 · Captain Ferris
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3.6 Terminal Force
1989 · Hendrix
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Perfect Alibi
1988 · Ticket Man
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Flapjack Floozie
1988 · Priest
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4.8 The Underachievers
1988 · Margrave
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4.5 Deep Space
1988 · Professor Whately
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5.7 Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers
1988 · Hermie
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6.5 Walker
1987 · District Attorney
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4.0 Evil Spawn
1987 · Harry Fox
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5.5 Straight to Hell
1987 · Kim Blousson
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5.2 Armed Response
1986 · Club Owner
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6.7 Sid and Nancy
1986 · Old Stain
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6.7 Repo Man
1984 · J. Frank Parnell
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5.1 Lookin' to Get Out
1982 · Harvey - The Elevator Operator
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6.6 My Favorite Year
1982 · Curt / Featured Player
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5.2 Human Highway
1982 · Sheik
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6.2 Hammett
1982 · Frank the News Vendor
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5.3 Forbidden World
1982 · Dr. Cal Timbergen
People data: TMDb.
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