Graham Jarvis | |
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Born | Graham Powley Jarvis[1] (1930-08-25)August 25, 1930 |
Died | April 16, 2003(2003-04-16) (aged 72) Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
Resting place | Valley Oaks Memorial Park |
Years active | 1952–2003 |
Spouse | JoAnne Rader Jarvis |
Children | 2 |
Graham Powley Jarvis (August 25, 1930 – April 16, 2003) was a Canadiancharacter actor in Americanfilms andtelevision from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
Jarvis was born inToronto,Ontario, the son of Margaret Biddulph (Scratcherd) and William Henry Reginald Jarvis, an investment banker and president ofJohn Labatt Ltd.[2][3] His maternal great-grandfather was businessman and brewerJohn Labatt, whose own father was Labatt founderJohn Kinder Labatt.[4]
Jarvis starred in the television soap opera parodyMary Hartman, Mary Hartman as Charlie "Baby Boy" Haggers, the much older husband of wanna-be country music star Loretta Haggers, played byMary Kay Place. He also appeared on other television programs such asMurder, She Wrote,Naked City,Route 66,N.Y.P.D.,All in the Family,M*A*S*H,The Bob Newhart Show,Mork & Mindy,Starsky and Hutch,Hart To Hart,Cagney and Lacey,Mama's Family,Fame,Married... with Children,Star Trek: The Next Generation,Get a Life,The X Files,ER,Home Improvement, andSix Feet Under. He played character roles in several films. His last major part was as "Charles Jackson", father of Annie Jackson Camden in theWB Network TV drama7th Heaven, a role that he filled until his death.
Jarvis acted in the role of Elliot Sinclair inThe Journeyman Project trilogy of video games and was also the narrator in the first American production ofThe Rocky Horror Show at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, playing alongsideMeat Loaf andTim Curry.
Jarvis lived inLos Angeles with his wife Joanna Jarvis. He had two sons, Lex and Matt.[5] On April 16, 2003, he died frommultiple myeloma and was interred at Pierce Brothers Valley Oaks Memorial Park inWestlake Village, California.[6]
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