Bob Harks

Bob Harks was an actor who worked as background actor on episodes of and . With a career spanning four decades, Harks worked as a background actor, photo double, and stand-in on around six hundred television and film productions.
One of his earliest recorded acting work was a minor background role in (1968, with Victor Tayback, Ed Peck, Barbara Bosson, Joanna Cassidy, Walker Edmiston, Dick Geary, Vic Perrin, and Charlene Polite).
In the 1970s, Harks worked as stand-in for Monte Markham on (1972, with James B. Sikking, Robert Lansing, and John S. Ragin), for on (1972), for on (1972) and (1974), for on (1973), for on (1973), for Robert Reed on (1973), for on (1974), for Richard Long on (1974), for Sid Gould in the comedy series Here's Lucy (1973-1974), for Chad Everett on the drama series Medical Center (1974), and for on (1978).
He doubled Arthur Hill in Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1972, with Joseph Campanella), in (1974, with Jason Wingreen and Harry Basch), and worked as stand-in and stunt double for William Shatner on (1974, with Julian Christopher, Keene Curtis, Brooke Bundy, and Byron Morrow).
Between 1978 and 1982, Harks worked as stand-in for lead actor Bill Bixby on . He also performed stunts in two episodes and appeared as background actor in over forty episodes of the series.
As a background actor and member of SEG he worked on the above listed projects and also appeared in episodes of Barefoot in the Park (1970, with Arthur Batanides), The Immortal (1970, with Jerry Ayres), The Bill Cosby Show (1971), (1971, with William Boyett), Storefront Lawyers (1970-1971), (1971), (1971), Dan August (1970-1971), (1971, with Arlene Martel), (1971, with Booth Colman), (1971, with William Schallert), (1971-1972), (1972), (1971-1972), The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971-1972), (1972), (1971-1972, with Darleen Carr), (1972, with Robert Ito), The Doris Day Show (1971-1972), (1972), Mission: Impossible (1971-1972), (1971-1973), Banacek (1972-1973), (1971-1973, with Clarence Williams III), (1971-1973), Love, American Style (1971-1973), The New Perry Mason (1973, with Monte Markham and Sharon Acker), Shaft (1973, with Percy Rodriguez), Here's Lucy (1971-1974, starring Lucille Ball), The F.B.I. (1971-1974), The Magician (1973-1974), (1971-1974), (1971-1974), Emergency! (1972-1975, starring Kevin Tighe), Happy Days (1975), Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-1975), (1970-1975), The Invisible Man (1975), (1975, starring William Shatner), Medical Center (1972-1975), The Rookies (1972-1975), Ironside (1971-1975), The Brady BunchThe Six Million Dollar Man}} (1975-1976, with Tim O'Connor, Nick Dimitri, and Richard Geary), (1975-1976, with Joan Collins), (1971-1976), The Streets of San Francisco (1972 and 1976, with John Rubinstein, Lawrence Dobkin, Kim Darby, Bill Quinn, and Robert Mandan), Marcus Welby, M.D. (1971-1976), (1976, with David L. Lander and Michael McKean), Columbo (1971-1976), (1975-1976), (1976-1977), (1972-1977), Most Wanted (1976-1977), The Amazing Spider-Man (1977, with Michael Pataki), (1976-1977), (1973-1977, with Lee Meriwether), (1973-1977), The Betty White Show (1978), (1974-1978), (1976-1978), (1974-1978), Baretta (1975-1978), Police Story (1973-1978), Switch (1975-1978), and (1975-1979, starring David Soul).
Among his film work in the 1970s were (1971, written by Gene Roddenberry), (1971), (1971), (1971), (1971), (1971, with Sid Haig), (1972, with Eugene Roche), (1972), (1972), (1972, with Ricardo Montalban), (1972), (1973), (1973), (1973, written by Gene Roddenberry and with Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodriguez, and Majel Barrett), (1973), (1973, with Bernie Casey), (1973), (1973), (1973), (1974), (1974), (1974), (1974), (1974), (1975), (1975), (1975, with Grainger Hines, Robert Pine, and Benjie Bancroft), (1975), (1975), (1975), (1976), (1976, with Joanne Linville), (1976), (1976), (1976), (1976, with John Beck), (1976), (1976), (1976), (1976), (1977), (1977), (1977), (1977), (1977), (1977), (1977), (1978).
In the 1980s, Harks worked as a stand-in for Cliff DeYoung on the drama Independence Day (1983, with Bert Remsen, Noble Willingham, and Anne Haney), for on (1983), for Victor Garber on (1985), and for on (1983-1984, with Mariette Hartley) and (1988, with Charles Napier and Carl Ciarfalio). Other projects on which he worked as a stand-in include (1982), The Best of Times (1983), V: The Final Battle (1984), V (1984-1985), Lime Street (1986), The Last Precinct (1986), (1986), Sidekicks (1987, with Keye Luke), and (1983-1989), and (1986) and (1989, with Eddie Murphy).
He had background roles in (1980, with Ronny Cox and Richard Lynch), (1980, with Gene LeBell, Shay Duffin, Chuck Hicks, David LeBell, and McKenzie Westmore), (1982), (1982), (1982, with Eddie Murphy, Jonathan Banks, Margot Rose, and Denise Crosby), (1982), (1983), (1983), (1983), (1983), (1983), (1983), (1983, with Yaphet Kotto), (1983), (1983), (1983), (1984), (1984, with Tom Hanks), (1984, with Zach Galligan and Dick Miller), (1984), (1986), (1986), (1987), (1987), (1987), (1987), (1988), and the drama Dad (1989).
Harks also appeared in episodes of Flamingo Road (1981, with John Beck), Mr. Merlin (1981), The Greatest American Hero (1982, with Warren Munson), The Fall Guy (1982, with Tracey Walter), Lou Grant (1977-1982), Fantasy Island (1982, with Ricardo Montalban), Alice (1982), (1976-1982), (1982, starring William Daniels and Patricia McPherson, with Lance LeGault, Lawrence Dobkin, and Jim Boeke), (1982, with Stan Ivar), (1982, with Robert Pine and Lou Wagner), (1982-1983), Voyagers! (1982-1983), Matt Houston (1982-1983), (1982-1983, with Stephen Collins), (1983, with Lee Bergere and Joan Collins), The Love Boat (1983), (1982-1983), (1983, with Robert Lansing, Sid Haig, and Gene LeBell), (1982-1983), AfterMASH (1983-1984), Mike Hammer (1984, with Claudia Christian), (1984, with Michael Spound, Phil Morris, and Renée Jones), V: The Final Battle (1984), (1984, with William Shatner, James Darren, Richard Herd, and Mike Genovese), V (1984-1985), (1985, with Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly), The Last Precinct (1986), Newhart (1987), Starman (1987, with Michael Cavanaugh and Castulo Guerra), (1982 and 1987), (1981-1987), The Bronx Zoo (1987), Highwayman (1987, with Tim Russ, Claudia Christian, Michael Berryman, Branscombe Richmond, and Clyde Kusatsu), The Oldest Rookie (1987), (1987, with Barbara Bosson), Ohara (1987-1988, with Madge Sinclair, Ed Lauter, Mark Moses, and Scott Burkholder), (1988, with Fran Bennett), (1987-1988), (1982-1988), (1989, with Mark Rolston, Glenn Morshower, and Conrad Hurtt), (1982-1990), (1986-1992, with Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake), and (1985-1994).
Between 1989 and 1990, Harks was a regular background actor, portraying a detective, in . He also worked as stand-in on this series and worked with Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli, and Ron Fassler. He reprised his role for the television movies (1995), (1996), and (1997) on which he also worked as a stand-in. Harks was also a regular background actor and stand-in on the drama series (1992-1994).
Other television and film work as a stand-in in the 1990s include (1990, with Sidney S. Liufau, Amanda Plummer, Carol Kane, and Branscombe Richmond) and episodes of Sons and Daughters (1991, with Brooke Bundy and Marj Dusay) and Civil Wars (1992-1993, with Martha Hackett, Jeff McCarthy, Matthew Faison, Wallace Shawn, Jennifer Hetrick, Robert Costanzo, Christopher Collins, Dion Anderson, Natalija Nogulich, and Richard McGonagle).
As an actor, Harks appeared in episodes of Grand (1990, with Michael McKean, John Neville, and Armin Shimerman), Nasty Boys (1990, with Craig Hurley), (1990, with Michelle Phillips), (1991, with Biff Manard and Carolyn Seymour), (1992, with Ashley Judd), Civil Wars (1992), (1993, with Justin Shenkarow, Kelly Connell, Don Keefer, Natalija Nogulich, Ray Walston, Roy Brocksmith, Michael Keenan, and John Harnagel), Reasonable Doubts (1992-1993, with Leslie Jordan, J.P. Hubbell, Michael McGrady, Susan Diol, and Tucker Smallwood), Life Goes On (1993, with Bill Smitrovich, Scott Jaeck, and Tina Lifford), (1991-1993, with Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell, Mimi Kuzyk, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Gregory Itzin), and Danger Theatre (1993, with Diedrich Bader, Amy Benedict, and Albie Selznick).
His 1990s film work include (1990, with David Clennon, Roger Aaron Brown, Ron Canada, Catherine MacNeal, Wren T. Brown, and Ron Taylor), (1990, with Kirstie Alley, Scott Bakula, Patrick Cronin, and Dan Sachoff), the television drama Daughter of the Streets (1990, with Harris Yulin, Peter White, Richard Gilbert-Hill, and Conrad Hurtt), (1990, with Marcelo Tubert, Natalija Nogulich, Conrad Hurtt, and Beau Lotterman), the drama Jack the Bear (1993, with Stefan Gierasch, Bert Remsen, Kevin McDermott, Kelly Connell, Scott Thomson, and Bryan Sapphire), (1993, with Patrick Stewart, Brian George, Clive Revill, Clement von Franckenstein, Tim Storms, and Chase Masterson), (1994, with Saul Rubinek, Dan Butler, Cindy Katz, Andy Milder, Kurt V. Hulett, and Lena Banks), (1994, with Tom Hanks, Sam Anderson, Don Fischer, Michael McFall, Steve DeRelian, Michael Jace, Geoffrey Blake, and Shawn Michael Perry), (1994, with Bob Gunton, Charles Hallahan, Eugene Roche, Doug Wert, Matthew Faison, John Hostetter, Michael Bofshever, Gary Bullock, Mark Phelan, Don Fischer, John Mahon, Warren Munson, Richard Fancy, Larry Dobkin, Parley Baer, Bruce Gray, Brian Cousins, and James G. MacDonald), and (1996, with Eric Pierpoint, Gary Graham, Michele Scarabelli, Ron Fassler, Tim de Zarn, Jeff Allin, Josh Cruze, Juan Garcia, Kevin Grevioux, Dan Rose, Stuart Nixon, Cullen Chambers, Scott Barry, Ivy Borg, Gene Cross, Steve Diamond, Scott L. Schwartz, Gary Morgan, Denney Pierce, and Maria Kelly).
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