We use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) during our scanning and processing workflow to make the content of each page searchable. You can view the automatically generated text below as well as copy and paste individual pieces of text to quote in your own work.
Text recognition is never 100% accurate. Many parts of the scanned page may not be reflected in the OCR text output, including: images, page layout, certain fonts or handwriting.
who's who in
Harry Townes
Harry has had frequent leading roles
on Studio One. Here he portrays
Secretary Hock in "Abraham Lincoln."
Listening to Harry Townes as he appears ■ on any of the top TV dramatic shows, it's hard to believe he was raised in Alabama and once had a thick-as-cotton Southern accent. "I had to work awfully hard at getting rid of it," says Harry. In fact, he had to forsake his role in the record-breaking Broadway hit, "Tobacco Road," and move to Maine — where he spent four years at the famous Kennebunk Playhouse — before achieving the smooth, well-modulated accent he has today. Prior to launching his successful career as an actor, Harry had studied liberal arts at the University of Alabama, had taken five years out to serve with the Army Air Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater, then returned to studying and earned his B.A. at Columbia University. Having established himself firmly on the Broadway stage, in movies and TV, Harry points with pride and gratitude to his first big roles in each medium: He played the lovable leprechaun in "Finian's Rainbow"; his first major TV assignment was on Studio On6; and in movies he is now starring in his first role in "Operation Manhunt." Because TV keeps him constantly in demand, Harry maintains a bachelor apartment in New York City, but adds, "I have to have a home in the country." This is a modern house on Long Island. There, also, lives his dearly loved cocker spaniel, Patrick. For relaxation, Harry enjoys a busman's holiday at the theater or puttering around his garden. Above all, says he, "My home is my hobby."
64