Harry Holcombe | |
|---|---|
 Holcombe in King Kong vs. Godzilla, 1963 | |
| Born | Harry John Holcombe November 11, 1906 Malta, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | September 15, 1987 (aged 80) Valencia, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Commercial, film, radio, television, theatre actor and radio director |
| Spouse |
Betty Nielsen Holcombe
(died. 1982) |
| Children | 2[1] |
Harry John Holcombe (November 11, 1906 – September 15, 1987)[2] was an American actor and radio director.[3] He was perhaps best remembered as the grandfather in the Country Time commercials,[4] playing the role for almost a decade.[5] Holcombe also played the recurring role of the doctor in the western television series Bonanza.[6]
- ^ a b "Betty Nielsen Holcombe". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Cincinnati, Ohio. October 13, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cox, Jim (2001). The Great Radio Audience Participation Shows: Seventeen Programs from the 1940s and 1950s. McFarland. p. 90. ISBN 9780786410712 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Holcombe Signed For Film". Montreal Gazette. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. May 29, 1961. p. 10. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ryfle, Steve (April 1998). Japan's Favorite Mon-star: The Unauthorized Biography of "The Big G". ECW Press. p. 88. ISBN 9781550223484.
- ^ "H. Holcombe; Radio, Stage, Movie Actor". Los Angeles Times. September 16, 1987. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
- ^ Cox, Jim (2007). Radio Speakers: Narrators, News Junkies, Sports Jockeys, Tattletales, Tipsters, Toastmasters and Coffee Klatch Couples who Verbalized the Jargon of the Aural Ether from the 1920s to the 1980s: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. pp. 140–141. ISBN 9780786427802 – via Google Books.
