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Harvey Jason is a Actor British born on 29 february 1940 at London (United-kingdom)

Harvey Jason

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Birth name Harvey Albert Jason
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 29 february 1940 (84 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Harvey Albert Jason (born 29 February 1940) is an English actor and the co-owner of Mystery Pier Books, an independent book store that sells first editions.

Jason was born in London, the son of Marie Goldblatt and actor Alec Jason. A character actor in films such as The Gumball Rally and The Lost World: Jurassic Park, he also played in dozens of TV roles in the 1970s and 1980s, including Pinky in Rich Man, Poor Man and Harry Zief in Captains and the Kings, both made in 1976.

He is married to actress Pamela Franklin, whom he met on the set of 1972's Necromancy, and with whom he has two sons. He is the proprietor of Mystery Pier Books in West Hollywood, California, which he operates with his son, Louis. They opened their shop and started listing on AbeBooks in 1998. A number of video interviews with Harvey Jason about his book store exist on YouTube, in particular a video made by film maker John D.

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Save the Tiger (1973)
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Filmography of Harvey Jason (18 films)

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park, 2h9
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Clonage, Dinosaur films, Films about computing, La préhistoire, Films based on science fiction novels, Animaux préhistoriques, Cyberpunk films
Actors Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Vince Vaughn, Richard Schiff, Peter Stormare
Roles Ajay Sidhu
Rating65% 3.250243.250243.250243.250243.25024
Four years after the disaster at Jurassic Park, the wealthy Bowman family makes an excursion to the island of Isla Sorna during a yachting cruise. Their young daughter wanders off and is attacked by a pack of Compsognathus, but survives. The incident allows Peter Ludlow, John Hammond's nephew, to gain control of his uncle's company InGen, which is in severe financial straits after the events at Jurassic Park. Hammond contacts Ian Malcolm and explains that Isla Sorna is the island where the dinosaurs were engineered and nurtured before being moved to Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park's location. He also explains that after the park was shut down, Isla Sorna was abandoned during a hurricane and the dinosaurs left to survive in the wild, where they have been inexplicably thriving. Hammond asks Malcolm to join a team that will travel to Isla Sorna to document the dinosaurs in order to rally public support against human interference on the island. Ian initially declines but, after learning that his girlfriend, paleontologist Sarah Harding, is part of the team and is already on the island, he agrees to go.
Hi Honey - I'm Dead, 1h32
Directed by Alan Myerson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Curtis Armstrong, Catherine Hicks, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kevin Conroy, Harvey Jason, Jerry Hardin
Roles Dr. Jahundi
Rating46% 2.348482.348482.348482.348482.34848
Brad Stadler is a dishonest real estate developer who spends too much time at work. He cheats on his wife and has no time for son Josh's baseball games. God decides that Brad's time has come. After an accident at his construction site, he is given a new body and identity as Arnold Pischkin. A wisecracking angel named Ralph explains everything to Brad and that he must make up for his sins to go to heaven. Brad has to get used to his new life without money and good looks. He becomes the housekeeper for his widow and son. He becomes a better man by doing many good deeds.
Air America, 1h52
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Mel Gibson, Robert Downey Jr., Nancy Travis, David Marshall Grant, Michael Dudikoffi, Ken Jenkins
Roles Nino
Rating58% 2.900092.900092.900092.900092.90009
In late 1969, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) works as a helicopter traffic pilot for a Los Angeles radio station, but after breaking several safety regulations on the job, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration suspends his pilot's license. His piloting skills, bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a mysterious government agent, who tells Billy that he can get his license back if he accepts a job in Laos, working for a "strictly civilian" company called Air America. The stranger indicates the air mission in Laos is "Top Secret" and the fact that American soldiers are stationed in Laos is a cover-up.
Oliver & Company, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Musical films, Buddy films, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Joseph Lawrence, Natalie Gregory, Dom DeLuise, Cheech Marin, Bette Midler, Robert Loggia
Rating66% 3.301663.301663.301663.301663.30166
On the streets of Fifth Avenue, an orphaned kitten named Oliver is left abandoned after his fellow orphaned kittens are adopted by passersby. Wandering the streets by himself in search of someone to adopt him, Oliver meets a laid-back dog named Dodger who assists the kitten in stealing food from a hot dog vendor named Louie. Dodger then flees the scene without sharing his bounty with Oliver. Oliver follows Dodger all throughout the streets until he eventually arrives at the barge of his owner, a pickpocket named Fagin, along with his meal, to give to his friends: Tito the Chihuahua, Einstein the Great Dane, Rita the Saluki and Francis the Bulldog. Oliver sneaks into their home, located below the city's docks, and is discovered by the dogs. After a moment of confusion, Oliver is then received with a warm welcome. Fagin, owner of the dogs, comes in and explains that he is running out of time to repay the money he borrowed from Sykes, a ruthless shipyard agent and loan shark. Sykes tells Fagin the money must be paid in three days, or else. Sykes' Dobermans Roscoe and DeSoto attack Oliver but the cat is defended by Fagin's dogs. Immediately thereafter, a depressed Fagin returns to the barge, lamenting that he has only three days to find the money he owes Sykes. After the dogs cheer him up, Fagin is introduced to Oliver, and, considering that they all need help, accepts him into the gang.
The Gumball Rally, 1h45
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Nicholas Pryor, Raúl Juliá, Gary Busey, Susan Flannery
Roles Lapchick the Mad Hungarian - Kawasaki
Rating61% 3.0990453.0990453.0990453.0990453.099045
Michael Bannon (Michael Sarrazin), a wealthy but bored businessman and candymaker, issues the code word "Gumball" to his fellow automobile enthusiasts, who gather in a garage in New York City to embark on a coast-to-coast race "with no catalytic converter and no 55-mile-per-hour speed limit," in the shortest amount of time and only one rule: "There are no rules." Their nemesis, LAPD Lieutenant Roscoe (Normann Burton), also learns of the race and most of the film is devoted to the adventures of the various driving teams and Roscoe's ineffectual attempts to apprehend them. A number of running gags ensue – the Jaguar that will not start; the silent Lapchik's (Harvey Jason) numerous mishaps; Italian race driver Franco Bertollini's (Raúl Juliá) frequent detours to seduce beautiful women – as well as some stunts and driving sequences. The race ends at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California where the finishers celebrate their adventures and the defeated Roscoe sulks off to one side – until a fleet of police cars and tow trucks, summoned by Roscoe, arrive to impound the Gumball vehicles. Roscoe had contrived to see to it that all of them were guaranteed to be illegally parked once the post-race party in the parking lot ran past 11 PM. Bannon congratulates Roscoe on his final victory (final because Roscoe, who has been after Bannon and Smith since they were in high school, has reached mandatory retirement) and again utters the command "Gumball" to initiate a race back to New York.
I Wonder Who's Killing Her Now?, 1h49
Directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bob Dishy, Joanna Barnes, Bill Dana, Bobby Ball, Angelo Rossitto, Harvey Jason
Roles Mr. Patlow
Rating36% 1.818621.818621.818621.818621.81862
Jordan Oliver (Dishy) is caught embezzling $250,000 from his employer but, as he is the boss' son-in-law, is given a chance to pay it back. Meanwhile, his wealthy wife Clarice (Barnes) is about to divorce him. He can only get the money by having his wife murdered for $1 million life insurance. He hires a hitman Bobo (Bill Dana) to kill his wife; Bobo subcontracts the job out to another hitman, who in turn subcontracts it out and so on until an actor is the hitman for just $6.95 When Oliver is told his wife's insurance is invalid, he must rescue his wife before she's murdered.
Oklahoma Crude, 1h48
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors George C. Scott, Faye Dunaway, John Mills, Jack Palance, William Lucking, Harvey Jason
Roles Wilcox
Rating62% 3.1480853.1480853.1480853.1480853.148085
Set in the early 20th century, the film is about a lone woman, Lena Doyle (Faye Dunaway) who finds herself threatened by tough businessmen who want to take her land which possesses shares of crude oil. Rather than settle and sell the land she rightfully owns, Lena decides to fight and to do this, she asks for the help of her father (John Mills) and a hired gun named Mason (George C. Scott).
Save the Tiger, 1h40
Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Norman Burton, Laurie Heineman, Patricia Smith, Thayer David
Roles Rico
Rating68% 3.4468553.4468553.4468553.4468553.446855
The film's main character is Harry Stoner (Jack Lemmon), an executive at an apparel company close to ruin. With no legal way to keep the company from going under, Stoner considers torching his warehouse for the insurance settlement. The arson is agreed to very reluctantly by his partner (Jack Gilford), a stable family man who watches Harry's decline with alarm. Through it all, Harry drinks, laments the state of the world, and tries his best to keep the business rolling as usual. This last task is complicated when a client has a heart attack in the arms of a prostitute provided by Stoner. With nerves still shaky, Stoner takes the stage at the premiere of his company's new line, only to be overcome by war memories. He ends the day spontaneously deciding to go home with a young, free-spirited girl hitchhiker, whose ignorance of his generation underscores his isolation from the world around him.
Genesis II
Genesis II (1973)
, 1h14
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodriguez, Harvey Jason, Titos Vandis
Roles Singh
Rating59% 2.9506352.9506352.9506352.9506352.950635
In 1979, NASA scientist Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord) is working on "Project Ganymede", a suspended animation system for astronauts on long-duration space flights. As chief of the project he volunteers for the first multi-day test. He places himself in chemically induced hibernation deep inside Carlsbad Caverns; while there, his lab is buried in an earthquake. The monitoring equipment is damaged and fails to awake him at the intended end of the test. He awakens instead in 2133, emerging into a chaotic post-apocalyptic world. An event called "The Great Conflict" (a third and final World War) destroyed the civilization of Hunt's time. Various new civilizations have emerged in a struggle for control of available resources. Those with the greatest military might and the will to use it have the greatest advantage.
Necromancy
Necromancy (1972)
, 1h23
Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Orson Welles, Pamela Franklin, Lee Purcell, Michael Ontkean, Harvey Jason, Susan Bernard
Roles Dr. Jay
Rating46% 2.3110752.3110752.3110752.3110752.311075
A strange and sinister man, Mr. Cato (Orson Welles), wields extraordinary power in the small town of Lilith. The townsfolk indulge in weird rituals in their pursuit of necromancy, bring the dead back to life. Against this disturbing background a beautiful young girl, Lori (Pamela Franklin), becomes the human catalyst. She is married to one of Cato's workers and holds the key between life and death: what Cato and his followers have in mind is using Lori to bring back Cato's dead son.
Cold Turkey, 1h39
Directed by Robert Downey Sr., Norman Lear
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Paul Benedict, Helen Page Camp, Bob Elliott, Vincent Gardenia
Roles Hypnotist
Rating65% 3.2975853.2975853.2975853.2975853.297585
As part of a public relations and marketing strategy to compare the empathy of Big Tobacco to the nobility of the Nobel Peace Prize, advertising executive Merwin Wren (Bob Newhart) convinces the Valiant Tobacco Company to propose a challenge: a tax-free check for $25,000,000 (equal to $160 775 862 today) to any city or town in America that can stop smoking, or go cold turkey, for thirty days.
Too Late the Hero, 2h13
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ken Takakura, Denholm Elliott, Ian Bannen
Roles Pvt. Scott
Rating65% 3.297373.297373.297373.297373.29737
In the 1942 Pacific War theater of World War II, Lieutenant Sam Lawson, USN (Robertson), is a Japanese language interpreter who — so far — has avoided combat. His commanding officer (Henry Fonda in a cameo role) unexpectedly cancels his leave and informs Lawson that he is to be assigned to a British infantry commando unit in the New Hebrides Islands for a combat mission.