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Donald Harron Net Worth

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Donald Harron Net Worth


Donald Harron net worth is
$1.4 Million

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Donald Harron was born on September 19, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Donald Hugh Harron. He was an actor and writer, known for Hee Haw (1969), The Hospital (1971) and Really Weird Tales (1987). He was married to Claudette Gareau, Catherine McKinnon, Virginia Leith and Gloria Fisher. He died on January 17, 2015 in Toronto. 
Net Worth$1.4 Million
Date Of BirthSeptember 19, 1924
Place Of BirthToronto, Ontario, Canada
ProfessionActor, Writer, Director
SpouseVirginia Leith
Star SignVirgo
#Quote
1[on doing comedy] I'm addicted to the laughs. It's the strongest drug I've ever known. It makes heroin seem like aspirin. It wraps around you like love.
2I was born at home in bed with a naked woman, and hope to exit the same way.
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1His parents owned and operated 'Harron's Cleaners and Dyers' in Toronto.
2A prolific, chameleon-like character actor of 1960's sci-fi TV shows, seen to excellent effect in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) (as Kitt Kittridge), The Time Tunnel (1966) (as Robin Hood), The Outer Limits (1963) and The Invaders (1967).
3In 2007, he was given the Gemini Award for Lifetime Achievement in Radio and Television.
4He started out earning $10 a night doing 'chalk-talks' - drawing caricatures in chalk as he told stories to audiences during the Great Depression.
5He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1943.
6As a teenager, he worked as a farm hand in rural Ontario. He developed his Charlie Farquharson persona during this time.
7Toronto, Ontario, Canada [June 2007]
8Brother-in-law of Patrician McKinnon and Jackie Rae.
9He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on June 23, 1980 for his services to performing arts in Canada.
10Father-in-law of John Walsh.
11Did a 5 minute segment on CFRB1010 AM Toronto on weekends.
12Don Harron has published several books, bestsellers in Canada, using his Charlie Farquharson persona. These books include "Charlie Farquharson's Histry of Canada" and "Charlie Farquharson's Jogfree of Canda, the Whirld and Other Places", modelled after 1066: And All That (1939) (by W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman), as filtered through James Joyce, and written in Charlie's characteristic country bumpkin style. Charlie and his wife Valeda Drain Farquharson ("she was a Drain on her father's side") continue to reside in Parry Sound, Ontario.
13Father of Mary Harron and Kelley Harron.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Puppets Who Kill2005TV SeriesDalton Trumble
The Red Green Show2003-2004TV SeriesCharlie Farquharson / Charlie
Really Weird Tales1987TV MovieWade Jeffries (segment "All's Well that Ends Strange") (as Don Harron)
Adderly1986TV SeriesWoodside
Peep1984TV MovieProfessor Powell
Hee Haw1969-1982TV SeriesCharlie Farquharson
Riel1979TV MovieDonald Smith
The Human Collision1975
The Wayne & Shuster Comedy Special1975TV Series
And That's the News, Goodnight1974TV SeriesCharlie Farquharson / Valerie Rosedale / others
Norman Corwin Presents1972TV Series
The Hospital1971Milton Mead
The F.B.I.1965-1971TV SeriesGeorge Damien / Edward Boland / Paul Laurence
Play for Today1971TV SeriesReddick
Adventures in Rainbow Country1969TV SeriesInspector Saunders
The Invaders1968TV SeriesJeff Brower
Please Don't Eat the Daisies1967TV SeriesRichard Webster
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color1967TV SeriesGen. Edwin H. Stoughton
Mission: Impossible1967TV SeriesErnst Graff
One Hundred Years Young1967TV MovieCharlie Farquharson (as Don Harron)
The Time Tunnel1966TV SeriesRobin Hood / Earl of Huntington
I Deal in Danger1966Spauling
The Man Who Never Was1966TV Series
Armchair Theatre1966TV SeriesChuck Robinson
Blue Light1966TV SeriesGuy Spauling
Burke's Law1965TV SeriesPaul Kimbrell
12 O'Clock High1965TV SeriesGroup Capt. Maurice Brail / Master Sgt. Trask / Lieutenant Crain
The Fugitive1965TV SeriesMajor Christopher Beck
Profiles in Courage1965TV SeriesGovernor Randolph / John Cotton
Mr. Novak1965TV SeriesBud Walker
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.1965TV SeriesKitt Kittridge
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1965TV SeriesCorbett
The Outer Limits1964TV SeriesArt Harris
Dr. Kildare1964TV SeriesDr. Ian MacDuff
Espionage1964TV SeriesLocke
The Defenders1963-1964TV SeriesProfessor Wilson
Playdate1963TV SeriesHenry
Alcoa Premiere1962TV SeriesRobert Devon
Cyrano De Bergerac1962TV MovieChristian de Neuvillette
Festival1962TV SeriesAmos / Thomas Mendip
Look Up and Live1961TV Series
Encounter1952-1961TV SeriesMartin / Martin Williams / Jamie / ...
Shirley Temple's Storybook1961TV SeriesPrince
CBS Repertoire Workshop1960TV SeriesWerner
Moment of Fear1960TV Series
Play of the Week1959-1960TV SeriesHugo
One Step Beyond1959TV SeriesJamie / William
The Best of Everything1959Sidney Carter
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958-1959TV SeriesHarris / Booth
The Texan1958TV SeriesJulian Dowd
Studio One in Hollywood1958TV Series
Folio1958TV SeriesTegeus Chromis
Matinee Theatre1958TV Series
On Camera1956TV SeriesTim
Producers' Showcase1956TV SeriesOctavius
The Alcoa Hour1956TV SeriesMickey Doran / Jack
The United States Steel Hour1955TV SeriesBilly
Ruth1955TV Movie
Breaking the Sound Barrier1952ATA Officer (uncredited)
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1951TV SeriesHotel Receptionist

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hee HawTV Series written by - 51 episodes, 1972 - 1975 writer - 1 episode, 1979
Snow Job1974Documentary short
Anne of Green Gables1958TV Movie
Folio1957TV Series 1 episode
Anne of Green Gables1956TV Movie
Sunshine Sketches1952TV Series 1952-1953

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Anne of Green Gables1958TV Movie
Anne of Green Gables1956TV Movie

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Life and Times2002TV Series documentaryHimself
The Joke's on Us: 50 Years of CBC Satire2002TV MovieHimself
The 2000 Canadian Comedy Awards2000TV SpecialHimself - Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame Inductee
The Don Harron Show1984TV SeriesHimself - Host
The Alan Hamel Show1978TV SeriesHimself
Snow Job1974Documentary shortLocal farmer
Hee Haw1971-1973TV SeriesHimself
Anything You Can Do1971TV SeriesHost (1972)
The Big Revue1952TV SeriesCo-host / Charlie Farquharson

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Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2007Earle Grey AwardGemini Awards

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