Harry Northup

{{short description|American actor and poet (born 1940)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person |name = Harry E. Northup |image = Harry_northup.jpg |caption = Harry Northup |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|09|02|mf=y}} |birth_place = Amarillo, Texas, U.S. | years_active = 1949–present |occupation = Actor, poet }} '''Harry E. Northup''' (born September 2, 1940) is an American actor and poet. As an actor, he made frequent appearances in the films of Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme and Jonathan Kaplan.

==Personal life and career== Northup was born in Amarillo, Texas. He lived in 17 places by age 17, but mostly in Sidney, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1958. From 1958 to 1961 he served in the United States Navy, where he attained the rank of Second Class Radioman. From 1963 to 1968, he studied Method acting with Frank Corsaro in New York City.<ref name="thecinemastore.co.uk">[https://www.thecinemastore.co.uk/Magazines/Horror_Retro/_CINEMA_RETRO_UK_Magazine_Issue_14_Vol_5_2302.html Cinema Retro interview by Raymond Benson]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Northup received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied poetry with Ann Stanford. He has made a living as an actor for over 30 years and has been in 37 films, including Martin Scorsese's first six feature films: ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'', ''Boxcar Bertha'', ''Mean Streets'', ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', ''Taxi Driver'' and ''New York, New York''. He was Mr. Bimmel in Jonathan Demme's film ''The Silence of the Lambs'' and starred in ''Over the Edge'' and ''Fighting Mad''.<ref>in am/fm magazine, Mar 22, 2020:https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/harry-e-northup-from-acting-in-martin-scorsese-films-to-writing-poetry/</ref>

Northup has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976.<ref name="thecinemastore.co.uk"/> His second wife, poet and novelist Holly Prado, died on June 14, 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pineda |first=Dorany |date=25 June 2019 |title= Holly Prado, poet who championed L.A.'s literary scene, dies at 81|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-holly-prado-poet-dead-20190625-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2022-07-28}}</ref> He has a son, Dylan, by his first marriage.<ref>[http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0f59q1gm Northup's Archives]</ref> Poets such as Walt Whitman,<ref>LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, September 3, 1982, vol 4, No. 45, p. 12</ref> Leland Hickman,<ref>LA Reader, James Cushing, September 3, 1982, vol 4,#45, p. 12</ref> Paul Blackburn,<ref>Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005 p.4</ref> Ann Stanford,<ref>LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, September 3, 1982, vol 4, No. 45, p 13</ref> William Carlos Williams,<ref>Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005, p. 4 & 5</ref> and Holly Prado<ref>Lummox Journal, July 2001, p. 11</ref> have influenced Northup's poetry. He conceived and coordinated the weekly poetry reading series "Poetry on Melrose" at Gasoline Alley in Los Angeles, from 1986 to 1988. Poets who read at the venue include Robert Peters, Jack Hirschman and Lewis MacAdams.<ref>[http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library</ref>

==Awards and honors== The City of Los Angeles, as represented by the L.A. City Council, awarded Northup a Certificate of Recognition on November 15, 2006.<ref>Cinema Retro vol 5, Issue No. 14 2009 interview by Raymond Benson</ref>

==Poetry== *Amarillo Born, Victor Jiminez Press, 1966 *The Jon Voight Poems, Mt. Averno Press, 1973 *Eros Ash, Momentum Press, 1976 *Enough The Great Running Chapel, Momentum Press, 1982 *The Images We Possess Kill The Capturing, Jesse Press, 1988 *The Ragged Vertical, Cahuenga Press, 1996 *Reunions, Cahuenga Press, 2001 *Greatest Hits, 1966–2001, Pudding House Press, 2002 *Red Snow Fence, Cahuenga Press, 2006 *Where Bodies Again Recline, Cahuenga Press, 2011 *East Hollywood: Memorial To Reason, Cahuenga Press, 2015 *Love Poem to MPTF, Cahuenga Press, 2020

==Anthologies== * Venice Thirteen, Bayrock Press, 1971 * The Streets Inside: Ten Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1978 * Foreign Exchange, Biographics, 1979 * Poetry Loves Poetry, An Anthology of Los Angeles Poets, Momentum Press, 1985 * Gridlock: An anthology of Poetry About Southern California, Applezaba Press, 1990 * Grand Passion, The Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Red Wind Books, 1995 * Corners of the Mouth, A Celebration of Thirty Years at the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival, Deer Tree Press, 2014 * Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond, Pacific Coast Poetry Series/Beyond Baroque Books, 2015 * Coiled Serpent, Poets Arising from the Cultural Quakes & Shifts of Los Angeles, Tia Chucha Press, 2016 * Beat Not Beat anthology, Moon Tide Press, 2022 * Poetry Goes To The Movies, Pacific Coast Poetry Series, 2025

==Audio== *'''Personal Crime''', New Alliance Records, 1993 *'''Homes''', New Alliance Records, 1995 *'''As Long As I Tell The Truth What Difference Does It Make To You – An Interview with Harry Northup''', Alright, Dude Productions, 2010<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vimeo.com/15723210 |title=Private Video on Vimeo |access-date=January 26, 2011 |archive-date=November 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114070005/http://vimeo.com/15723210 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#B0C4DE;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1967 |''Who's That Knocking at My Door'' | Harry | |- | 1971 |''Alias Smith and Jones'' | Hank | TV Episode |- | 1972 |''Boxcar Bertha'' | Deputy Sheriff Harvey Hall | |- | rowspan=2 | 1973 | ''Mean Streets'' | Soldier | |- |''The All-American Boy'' | Parker | |- | rowspan=2 | 1974 | ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'' | Joe & Jim's Bartender | |- | ''Crazy Mama'' | FBI Agent | |- | rowspan=3 | 1976 | ''Fighting Mad'' | Sheriff Skerritt | starring role |- | ''Two-Minute Warning'' | Lieber (The S.W.A.T. Team) | |- | ''Taxi Driver'' | 'Doughboy' | 1976 Palme d'Or winner at Cannes |- | rowspan=3 | 1977 | ''New York, New York'' | 'Alabama' | |- | ''Handle With Care'' | The Red Baron | |- | ''Which Way Is Up?'' | Chief Goon

|| 1987 | ''Project X'' | Congressman | |- | 1988 | ''Kansas'' | Governor Dellit | |- | 1991 | ''The Silence of the Lambs'' | Mr. Bimmel | 1991 Oscar winner for Best Picture |- | rowspan=2 | 1992 | ''Unlawful Entry'' | McMurtry, Desk Sergeant | |- | ''Hero'' | Mr. Fletcher | |- | 1993 | ''Philadelphia'' | Juror No. 6 | |- | rowspan=2 | 1994 | ''Bad Girls'' | Preacher Sloan | |- | ''Reform School Girl'' | Uncle Charlie | |- | 1996 | ''In Cold Blood'' | Minister | TV MiniSeries |- | 1998 | ''Beloved'' | Sheriff | |- | 1998 | ''Four Corners'' | Tom Brothers | TV series |- | 1999 | ''Brokedown Palace'' | Leon Smith | |- | 2001 | ''ER'' | Competency Evaluator | TV Episode |- | 2002 | ''The Court'' | Justice Fitzsimmons | TV, recurring role |- | 2004 | ''The Manchurian Candidate'' | Congressman Flores | |- | 2014 | ''That Guy Dick Miller'' | Himself | |- | 2018 | ''Carry Tiger to Mountain'' | Isaac Solomon | |- |}

==References== {{Reflist|}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|636140}} * [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0598.html Harry Northup Papers] MSS 598. ** * [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library. * [http://www.cahuengapress.com/books.htm Cahuenga Press] * [http://www.filmreference.com/film/26/Harry-Northup.html Bio Sketch] * [http://poetry.la/page185.html Video of Harry Northup reading at the Word Benefit Poetry Marathon, Ave. 50 Studio in Highland Park, CA – as featured on www.Poetry.LA] * [http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2018/12/northup.html Getting in character with Harry Northup:an Interview] * [https://www.vice.com/en/article/over-the-edge-134-v16n9/] Over the Edge," by Mike Sachs * [https://www.greasykidstuffmagazine.com/harry-northup] extensive interview * [https://www.amfm-magazine.tv/harry-e-northup-from-acting-in-martin-scorsese-films-to-writing-poetry/] interview

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