Julius Harris
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Julius W. Harris, (August 17, 1923, Philadelphia - October 17, 2004 Woodland Hills, California) was an American actor who played in more than 70 movies and on TV in a career that spanned four decades.
Before becoming an actor he worked as a nurse and later as a bouncer in NYC Jazz clubs. After hanging out with many struggling actors, he took a dare and auditioned for his first role- and was cast as the father in Nothing But a Man, a critically acclaimed 1964 film about black life in the South starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln.
Some of his other famous roles included Tee Hee in the James Bond film Live and Let Die, Scatter in Superfly, Capt. Bollin in Shaft's Big Score, and Ugandan President Idi Amin in the TV movie Victory at Entebbe. He also appeared in "Trouble Man", "King Kong", "First Family","Black Caesar", "Hell Up in Harlem", "Shrunken Heads", "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man", and on TV in the series "Salty" and in guest starring roles on "Sanford and Son", "Good Times" and "Love Boat".
He was a member of the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City and appeared on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize winning play, "No Place to Be Somebody".
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