Robert Harper mini-bio: Mr. Harper has his own website, at www.robertharper.net; RobertHarper.net
is a network of services involving the stage, film and television work of
the professional actor, Robert Harper. Mr. Harper is a member of Screen
Actors Guild (SAG), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
(AFTRA) and Actors Equity (AEA). He is a member of the Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) and one of 1400 actors worldwide
accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). He
is listed with Who's Who in America and is represented by James
Weissenbach of Weissenbach Management in Los Angeles, CA.
Mr. Harper has supporting roles in the motion pictures Creepshow, Once
Upon a Time in America, Final Analysis, Wanted Dead or Alive,
Deconstructing Harry, Gunmen, Molly, The Insider, and appears in Amazing
Grace and Chuck, Twins, Mommie Dearest and The War of the Roses.
He co-stars in the cable films Running Mates (HBO), Payoff, The Wrong Man,
and J. Edgar Hoover (all for Showtime); and Not Quite Human (Disney
Channel). In network telefilms, Mr. Harper starred in Dempsey, Deadly
Deception, Outback Bound, The Case of the Hillside Stranglers, Babies,
Held Hostage, Love and Lies, Paper Angels (for American Playhouse), and in
the Hallmark Hall of Fame's presentation of My Name is Bill W.
On television, he starred as the melancholic lawyer Si "Bubba" Weisberger
in the acclaimed CBS series Frank's Place (1987-1988) and as the acerbic
Judge Irwin Hawes in the ABC series Philly (2001-2002). He starred in two
true crime CBS miniseries: Ruby Ridge and Murder Ordained. He had
recurring roles as an attorney on L.A. LAW and as a Federal Agent on
Wiseguy. He has guest starred on episodes of NYPD Blue, Law & Order,
Picket Fences, Murphy Brown, Roseanne, Newhart, The Cosby Mysteries, The
Commish, Gabriel's Fire, Home Court, Matlock, Commander in Chief, Gilmore
Girls and Murder, She Wrote.
