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Bradford Harris (born July 16, 1933) is an American actor, stuntman, and executive producer. He appeared in a variety of roles in over 50 films, mostly in European productions. He is a member of the Stuntman's Hall of Fame. == Life and career == Born in St. Anthony, Idaho, his family moved to California where he attended Burbank High School, 〔http://imbodybuilding.com/articles/brad-harrisvery-alive-at-75/〕 then received an athletic scholarship to UCLA where he studied economics. When he injured his knee playing football he was advised to take up weightlifting to strengthen the injury that developed his interest in bodybuilding.〔(Brad Harris | IronOnline Health and Fitness Database )〕 Harris entered films as a stand-in, stuntman, and later an actor. His first roles were in André de Toth's ''Monkey on My Back'' and ''Li'l Abner''. With his athletic physique, Harris travelled to Rome to watch the 1960 Summer Olympics and perform stunts in Stanley Kubrick's ''Spartacus.'' He stayed in Europe for the boom in European sword and sandal, Eurospy, and spaghetti western genres.〔Matt Blake and David Deal, ''The Eurospy Guide,'' Luminary Press 2004, p.279〕 Harris discovered, when working in Germany, that stunt coordinators were nonexistent in that country and he often did extra duties as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, and second unit director as well as an actor. Harris made his debut as a leading man in 1961 in the title role of Gianfranco Parolini's ''Goliath Against the Giants'' and ''Samson.'' He would have a long, continuing relationship in several films written and directed by Parolini. Harris also began to be teamed with Tony Kendall starting with the Western ''Black Eagle of Santa Fe'', and he later married his co-star in that film, Czech actress Olga Schoberová. They were married on November 16, 1967 and divorced in 1969. They had a daughter named Babrinka (Sabrina). Harris teamed again with Kendall and Parolini in the Kommissar X series,〔Tim Bergfelder, ''International Adventures:German Popular Cinema and European Co-Productions'' Berghahn Books 2006〕 and ''The Three Fantastic Supermen''/''I Fantastici Tre Supermen'' (1967) series. He also served as executive producer on several of his films including ''King of Kong Island'' (which he also starred in) and Jack Cardiff's ''The Mutations''. He later made seven appearances on the American soap opera ''Falcon Crest'' as "Deputy Duffy". His most recent film was the Andrea Zaccariello's comedy ''Boom'', released in 1999, Harris invented and markets exercise products called "AB-OrigOnals." He owns a company called Modern Body Design. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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