Trapper John, M.D. (1979-1986) as Dr. George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates / Dr. George Alonz
Razorback (1984) as Carl Winters
Au Pair (1999) as Oliver Caldwell
The Family Man (1990-1991) as Jack Taylor
Short Info
Date Of Birth
May 31, 1950
Spouse
Randi Oakes
Fact
Took up the guitar while he was in the Army and also started composing songs.
Gregory Harrison is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Trapper John, M.D. in the medical drama of the same name and as Chandler in the television series Logan’s Run.
Harrison was born in Avalon, California, the son of Ed Harrison, a film editor, and his wife, Jane. He has two sisters, Jody and Dixie. He was raised in Malibu, California and graduated from Santa Monica High School in 1969. He attended San Diego State University, but dropped out after a year to pursue an acting career.
Harrison’s first acting role was in the 1971 film The Last Picture Show. He went on to appear in numerous television series, including The Waltons, Gunsmoke, Kojak and Roots: The Next Generations. In 1976, he landed the role of Trapper John, M.D., which he played for seven seasons.
In 1980, Harrison starred in the science fiction film Logan’s Run, playing the lead role of Logan 5. He also appeared in the films Taps (1981), The Beastmaster (1982) and The Forgotten One (1989).
Harrison married actress Randi Oakes in 1985. The couple have two sons, Dylan and Cody. Harrison is a member of the Republican Party.
General Info
Full Name
Gregory Harrison
Date Of Birth
May 31, 1950
Height
1.8 m
Profession
Television producer, Film producer, Actor, Television Director
Nationality
American
Family
Spouse
Randi Oakes
Children
Quinn Edgar Harrison, Lily Anne Harrison, Emma Lee Harrison, Kate Harrison
Parents
Donna Harrison, Ed Harrison
Siblings
Kate Harrison, Christopher Harrison
Accomplishments
Nominations
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Movies
Razorback, Air Bud: Golden Receiver, Trilogy of Terror, The Nine Lives of Christmas, It's My Party, Au Pair, Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise, A Christmas Romance, Give 'Em Hell, Malone, Au Pair II, Love N' Dancing, First Target, Summer of Fear, First Shot, Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger, No...
TV Shows
Trapper John, M.D., Reckless, Logan's Run, Falcon Crest, Centennial, 500 Nations, Ringer, Safe Harbor, Pee-wee's Playhouse, Reunion, Dark Skies, The Family Man, New York News, The Legend of Black Heaven (US)
[Of Pernell Roberts]: Pernell was a wonderfully talented man. He had a lot of demons, but when he wasn't fighting them, he was one of the most charming men I had even known. Incredibly bright. Things didn't work out the way he had hoped they would, and he had to deal with that on some days. ... He was sure he would have a good film career and stage career. But he wasn't cut out for compromise, and network television then required lots of compromise.
2
[on the death of Pernell Roberts]: Pernell was a wonderful man, a good friend, and a big part of my life, especially when I was just beginning as an actor. He was a true inspiration to me, as he was to many actors over the years. I was so lucky to have shared the screen with him for nearly eight seasons, and am deeply saddened at his passing. Fortunately, he lives on in the memories of his fans, and in the hearts of the lucky people, like you and me, that he touched personally. I'll be forever grateful to him.
3
[on his on- and off-screen relationship with Pernell Roberts, who played Dr. Trapper John McIntyre]: Early on he told me, 'Greg, the key to good acting is sincerity. And once you've learned to fake that, you've got it made.' He was joking, of course. We had a very close relationship. A series is like a family; you have spats and fights, but you also get incredibly close. I once tallied up how much time I'd spent with my own mother and how much time I spent six feet from Pernell Roberts. Pernell took that one.
4
[Who responded at the time why his future Trapper John, M.D. (1979) series' lead and best friend, Pernell Roberts, left the Bonanza (1959) series, at the end of the 1964-65 season]: Pernell told me the reason he quit Bonanza (1959), after the sixth or seventh year, was that he could no longer call a man 'Pa' who was only seven years older than he.
5
It wasn't easier, but being a successful working actor in the '70s and '80s was much more lucrative and much more rewarding. The industry has changed so much from then to now that even though I'm still working all the time, there is no middle class actor anymore. You're either a $20 million dollar player or it's a hobby.
6
Pretty much nothing can stop me now.
7
[Who knew it was nothing unusual for him to get recognized out in the lineup by surfers of a certain age]: They were all 16 or 17 years old when 'North Shore' came out. It was a seminal influence in their lives. If one of them recognizes me, it goes through the lineup immediately: 'Whoa, Chandler, dude, your wave!' I get more free waves out of that.
8
[When he was talking about the water]: I think if there were really good, surfable waves coming in, I might not be as relaxed and enjoying it as much. It would be a really staccato kind of interview.
9
I didn't study acting for nine years to become a hunk.
Facts
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Fact
1
Credits Pernell Roberts as his favorite acting mentor/best friend.
2
He was awarded the 1981 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Performance in Leading Role for the play, "The Hasty Heart" at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
3
June 2003 -- Plays Billy Flynn in the road company of 'Chicago'.
Best known by the public for his starring role as Chief of Surgery - Dr. George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates on Trapper John, M.D. (1979).
6
His parents, Ed and Donna (she was once an aspiring dancer), divorced when he was 14. A middle child of three, his older sister Kathleen and younger brother Christopher are both artists. He and his father were both born and raised on South Catalina Island, unlike the others in his family.
7
Spent his youth swimming, fishing, and diving for coins tossed by the tourists who lined the railings of the two-thousand passenger S.S. Catalina as it sailed into the bay during the summer.
8
Jobs varied during his salad years from delivery boy and window washer to handyman and construction worker. He also worked/performed at a bawdy Elizabethan-styled theatre/restaurant.
9
Played the role of slick lawyer Billy Flynn in the NY production of "Chicago" on and off between the years 2003 and 2006.
10
His over 25-year marriage to former model/actress Randi Oakes managed to survive Greg's early personal battles with alcohol and cocaine.
11
After serving for two years as a medic, he finally received an honorable discharge in 1971 from the Army as a non-religious conscientious objector.
12
Took up the guitar while he was in the Army and also started composing songs.
13
First big break came in 1976, when he was cast in a guest-star role in the CBS series "M*A*S*H".
14
In 1980, Gregory formed, with Franklin R. Levy, the Catalina Production Group. Over the next eleven years, they produced numerous stage projects and nearly two dozen television movies. Catalina Productions was an important force in the Los Angeles theater scene from 1981 to 1992, and the approximately 60 plays presented by the company were honored with over 150 local theater awards. Those plays included "The Hasty Heart" (1982), which won the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award as Best Production (including Best Actor for Gregory), and "Picnic" (1986), for which Gregory won a Dramalogue Award. In 1990, he was was the recipient of the L.A. Ovation Award for Outstanding Contribution to L.A. Theater.
15
Wife Randi Oakes is also an actress who played the character "Officer Bonnie Clark" on the TV series CHiPs (1977).
16
Has 3 daughters, Emma Lee Harrison (born December 10, 1985), Lily Anne Harrison (born February 6, 1989) and Kate Harrison (born 1991) with Randi Oakes. The couple also has an adopted son, Quinn Edgar Harrison.
17
He also enjoys swimming, kayaking and is a keen golfer.
18
He is also one of the original members of the Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit environmental organization that works to protect the coast that was founded in 1984. Harrison is an avid surfer. He claims to have ridden the waves of every surfable ocean on almost every continent in the world.
19
In 1980, he formed with Franklin R. Levy the "Catalina Production Group Ltd." producing numerous stage projects, more than two dozen televsion movies. Catalina was an important force in the Los Angeles theater scene, from 1981 to 1992, plays presented by Catalina were honored with over 150 theater awards, E.g. in 1982 for "The Hasty Heart".
20
Gregory served two years as a medic in the Army.
21
While working as a doorman at a nightclub, he met Jason Robards who offered him encouragement to become an actor. He quit his job and moved to L.A. immediately afterward.
22
Never saw snow until he was 19 years old.
23
Gregory was discovered on the musical theater stage and returns there now and again.
Pictures
Movies
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
CSI: NY
2010
TV Series
Roland Carson
Drop Dead Diva
2009
TV Series
Brandon Tharpe
Give 'em Hell Malone
2009
Whitmore
Maneater
2009
TV Mini-Series
Teddy Alpert
Love N' Dancing
2009
Uncle Carl
Au Pair 3: Adventure in Paradise
2009
TV Movie
Oliver Caldwell
Rodney
2008
TV Series
Duke Lewis
Nurses
2007
TV Movie
Dr. Richard Morrow
Reunion
2005-2006
TV Series
Russell Brewster
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2006
TV Series
Nathan Speer
Joey
2005-2006
TV Series
Dean
Untitled Susie Essman Project
2005
TV Movie
Jessica
2004/II
TV Short
Brett
Strong Medicine
2002-2003
TV Series
Dr. Randolf Kilner
Miracles
2003
TV Series
Sheriff Ed Prescott
St. Sass
2002
TV Movie
Adam Patrick
First Shot
2002
TV Movie
President Jonathan Hayes
Touched by an Angel
1995-2002
TV Series
Don / Richard / Pete Taylor
Au Pair II
2001
TV Movie
Oliver Caldwell
Judging Amy
2000-2001
TV Series
Tom Gillette
Ed
2000
TV Series
Nick Stanton
First Target
2000
TV Movie
President Jonathan Hayes
Canone inverso - Making Love
2000
Safe Harbor
1999
TV Series
John Loring
Au Pair
1999
TV Movie
Oliver Caldwell
First Daughter
1999
TV Movie
President Jonathan Hayes
Maggie Winters
1998
TV Series
Mr. Wiehe
Murder at 75 Birch
1998
TV Movie
Rick Todson
Dead Man's Gun
1998
TV Series
Boucher / Trapper
Air Bud: Golden Receiver
1998
Dr. Patrick Sullivan
Running Wild
1998
TV Movie
Matt Robinson
The Outer Limits
1998
TV Series
Dr. Larry Chambers
Dark Skies
1996-1997
TV Series
Old John Loengard
When Secrets Kill
1997
TV Movie
Greg Newhall
Summer of Fear
1996
TV Movie
Mr. Marshall
It's My Party
1996
Brandon Theis
Nothing Lasts Forever
1995
TV Movie
Dr. Benjamin 'Ben' Wallace
Hard Evidence
1995
Trent Turner
Sisters
1995
TV Series
Daniel Albright
A Dangerous Affair
1995
TV Movie
Robert Kenzer
New York News
1995
TV Series
Jack Reilly
Galaxy Beat
1994
TV Movie
Dack Steelbrow
A Christmas Romance
1994
TV Movie
Brian Harding
Mortal Fear
1994
TV Movie
Philip Montgomery
Tis a Gift to Be Simple
1994
Short
Daniel Hanover
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg
1994
TV Movie
Bruce Kellogg
A Family Torn Apart
1993
TV Movie
Tom Kelley
Caught in the Act
1993/I
TV Movie
Scott McNally
Cadillac Girls
1993
Sam
Split Images
1992
TV Movie
Robbie Daniels
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
1992
Dan
Duplicates
1992
TV Movie
Bob Boxletter
Breaking the Silence
1992
TV Movie
Paul Danner
Bare Essentials
1991
TV Movie
William 'Bill' Buzell owner of Luhana
The Family Man
1990-1991
TV Series
Jack Taylor
Angel of Death
1990
TV Movie
Gary Nicholson
Falcon Crest
1989-1990
TV Series
Michael Sharpe
Dangerous Pursuit
1990
TV Movie
Red River
1988
TV Movie
Cherry Valance
Hot Paint
1988
TV Movie
Willie
North Shore
1987
Chandler
The Nativity
1987
Video short
Joseph (voice)
Fresno
1986
TV Mini-Series
Torch
Picnic
1986
TV Movie
Hal Carter
Oceans of Fire
1986
TV Movie
Ben Laforche
Seduced
1985
TV Movie
Mike Riordan
Razorback
1984
Carl Winters
The Hasty Heart
1983
TV Movie
Sgt. Lachlen McLachlen
The Fighter
1983
TV Movie
Merle Banks
For Ladies Only
1981
TV Movie
John Phillips
Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb
1980
TV Movie
Captain Bob Lewis
The Women's Room
1980
TV Movie
Ben Volper
The Best Place to Be
1979
TV Movie
Rick Jawlosky
Centennial
1978-1979
TV Mini-Series
Levi Zendt
Logan's Run
1977-1978
TV Series
Logan
The Gathering
1977
TV Movie
Bud Jr.
Fraternity Row
1977
Zac Sterling
M*A*S*H
1976
TV Series
Lt. Tony Baker
Barnaby Jones
1976
TV Series
Ritchie Ridder
Jim, the World's Greatest
1976
Jim Nolan
Wonder Woman
1975
TV Series
First Lieutenant - Army Medical Corps
Trilogy of Terror
1975
TV Movie
Arthur Moore
The Harrad Experiment
1973
Student (uncredited)
My Christmas Love
2016
TV Movie post-production
Tom
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You
2016
TV Movie
Joe O'Toole
Rizzoli & Isles
2015-2016
TV Series
Ron Hanson
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: One in a Million
2016
TV Movie
Joe O'Toole
Fair Haven
2016
Doctor Gallagher
NCIS
2015
TV Series
Navy Captain Roland Ebbakey
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told
2015
TV Movie
Joe O'Toole
Castle
2015
TV Series
Danny Valentine
Cloudy with a Chance of Love
2015
TV Movie
Grant
The Nine Lives of Christmas
2014
TV Movie
Chief Sam
Reckless
2014
TV Series
Dec Fortnum
Decatur Fortnum
The M Word
2014
Mack Riley
Psych
2013
TV Series
Ted Lomax
After All These Years
2013
TV Movie
David Larabee
Ringer
2012
TV Series
Tim Arbogast
Undercover Bridesmaid
2012
TV Movie
Mr. Thompson
Outside the Box
2012
TV Series short
Thorn
Body of Proof
2011
TV Series
Dr. Cameron Fischer
Hot in Cleveland
2011
TV Series
Dave
One Tree Hill
2009-2011
TV Series
Paul Norris
The Fuzz
2010
TV Movie
Lt. Donovan
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Two Guys One Truck
2014
TV Series associate producer - 9 episodes
The Tower
1993
TV Movie executive producer
Red River
1988
TV Movie executive producer
Picnic
1986
TV Movie executive producer
Spot Marks the X
1986
TV Movie executive producer
Pleasures
1986
TV Movie executive producer
Seduced
1985
TV Movie executive producer
Samson and Delilah
1984
TV Movie executive producer
Legs
1983
TV Movie executive producer
Thursday's Child
1983
TV Movie executive producer
For Ladies Only
1981
TV Movie producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Touched by an Angel
1999
TV Series 1 episode
Trapper John, M.D.
1983-1985
TV Series 5 episodes
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Body Chemistry II: Voice of a Stranger
1992
second unit director
North Shore
1987
second unit director
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 51st Annual Tony Awards
1997
TV Special performer: "Everybody Dance"
Falcon Crest
1989
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
For Ladies Only
1981
TV Movie composer: songs "For Ladies Only", "On the Street" and "I've Got Dreams"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Interviews from the Dressing Room
2016
TV Series
Himself
Home & Family
2013-2015
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Wings Across the Channel: Catalina Island's Aviation HIstory, 1946-Present
2010
Documentary voice
Accidental Icon: The Real Gidget Story
2010
Himself
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008
Documentary
Himself
Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina
2003
Documentary
Himself - Actor / Third Generation Islander
Celebrity Profile
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
The 51st Annual Tony Awards
1997
TV Special
Himself - Performer
500 Nations
1995
TV Mini-Series
Himself - Narrator
CBS Schoolbreak Special
1992
TV Series
Himself
One on One with John Tesh
1992
TV Series
Himself
True Detectives
1990
TV Series documentary
Host
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
TV Movie
Himself
Live with Kelly and Michael
1989-1990
TV Series
Himself
The 3rd Annual American Comedy Awards
1989
TV Special
Himself
Hour Magazine
1981-1988
TV Series
Himself
Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood
1987
TV Special documentary
Himself
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
TV Movie
Himself
The Merv Griffin Show
1980-1981
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1981
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series & Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
