James_Harder_(actor)
James Harder (actor)
American actor (1931–2009)
James Harder (November 19, 1931 – January 9, 2009) was an American actor.
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Born | (1931-11-19)November 19, 1931 |
Died | January 9, 2009(2009-01-09) (aged 77) |
Years active | 1971–2001 |
Born to Titanic survivor George Achilles Harder and Elizabeth Peebles Rhodes, he was a graduate of Buckley School, St. Mark's School, and Princeton University.
He appeared in over 130 stage productions, as well as small roles in films like The Telephone Book, Paternity, and Author! Author!, and TV series like Spin City and Ed. He also appeared in commercials, most notably playing Big Fig in 1970s Fig Newton commercials,[1][2] and appearing in several of CTW's "Betcha Don't Know[3]" PSAs in the 1980s.
He died of natural causes on January 9, 2009. He is survived by his wife Dorothy and his daughter.
- Fig Newtons - “The Fig Newton Dance” (Commercial, 1975), retrieved 2023-11-06
- Nabisco Fig Newtons 1977 TV commercial, retrieved 2023-11-06
- SatAMBrainFood (2010-11-18), Why's the sky blue?, retrieved 2016-05-30
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