Harris Shore

Harris Shore takes his place in American Pop Culture as the original, live-action Mario of the Donkeykong commercials for ColecoVision, circa 1981; and as Mr. Lippman in the hit comedy series, Seinfel ...Show More

Harris Shore takes his place in American Pop Culture as the original, live-action Mario of the Donkeykong commercials for ColecoVision, circa 1981; and as Mr. Lippman in the hit comedy series, Seinfeld. He recently completed filming "August Creek" for Hallmark Feeln playing opposite Courtney Ford as her father.... for release in summer, 2017. Other recent movie roles include Jack in "I Remember You" and Fred in the film, "Chronic." On July 8, 2016 Harris crossed off "Sing the National Anthem" from his bucket list after receiving the honor to perform it in Dodger Stadium in celebration of Video Games Day. Born in the little town of Phoenixville in Southeastern Pennsylvania, he attended local schools, excelled as an athlete and ultimately distinguished himself performing in plays and musicals.At Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., he was Glee Club soloist for four years. Upon graduation and after a brief and successful career as a salesman for Dun & Bradstreet in Philadelphia, Harris moved to New York City where he soon garnered a spot as singing waiter at the famed Pig N' Whistle Restaurant in mid Manhattan. There he met and joined a troupe of talented, young hopefuls with whom he created the show group, "Four On The Town." They soon played to standing ovations at some of the finest hotels throughout the Eastern Seaboard, and performed on cruise ships and countless club dates. "Perhaps the greatest moment in my career," stated Shore," was the five weeks we spent entertaining our troops in Vietnam and Thailand in the Spring of 1972."When "Four On The Town" disbanded in the Fall of that year, Harris began his formal acting studies with the legendary Michael Howard. Thus began a decades long love affair with the craft of acting and the good fortune of creating a myriad of characters for stage and screen. For the next fourteen years, he worked under nearly every Equity contract in New York and throughout the United States. Working extensively in experimental theatre, he played Frederick of Hollywood in Wendy Wasserstein's "Montpelier Pazzazz" at Playwrights Horizons and won accolades for his portrayal of our thirty-third President, Harry S. Truman in the musical "The Buck Stops Here," the latter created at AMAS Repertory Theatre and culminating at the Smithsonian Institution as part of the centennial celebration of President Truman's birth. Shortly thereafter Harris filmed the TV series, "Just For Laughs," alongside impressionist Fred Travalena. Harris moved to Los Angeles in 1989, where he has since continued to work in television and film. Portraying an army psychiatrist, he produced and starred in the late Tom Cole's searing stage drama about a Vietnam vet with PTSD, "Medal of Honor Rag" at the Wadsworth Theater. As a playwright, Harris has completed "Killing Klaus," the latter based on a true account of the attempted assassination of infamous Nazi, Klaus Barbie. His novella, "The Phoenixville Phantom," is now ready for publication. Harris' favorite recurring role is as Dad to his 16-year-old daughter, with whom he lives in a neat old Craftsman house in Hollywood, California. Hide