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Harrison Page

American television and film actor

Harrison Page is an American television and film actor who has appeared in many popular series, including Sledge Hammer!, Cold Case, JAG, ER, Ally McBeal, Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero, Melrose Place, Quantum Leap, The Wonder Years, 21 Jump Street, Midnight Caller, Murder, She Wrote, Fame, Gimme a Break!, Benson, Hill Street Blues, Webster, The Dukes of Hazzard, Kung Fu, Kojak, Mannix, Soap, Bonanza, and Columbo.

A life member of the Actors Studio, Page is best known for playing the ill-tempered Captain Trunk in the ABC's 1980s police satire Sledge Hammer! He was also a regular on C.P.O. Sharkey, starring Don Rickles. In 1977, Page was taping a scene with Rickles when Johnny Carson (who was recording The Tonight Show just down the hall) suddenly burst in and berated Rickles about breaking Carson's cigarette box, an all-time classic bit of late-night TV history.

Page also appeared in the cult film Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, and alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the box-office hit movie Lionheart (1990). In 1993, he appeared in Carnosaur.

01Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1968Vixen!Niles
1970Beyond the Valley of the DollsEmerson Thorne
1972Trouble ManBogus Cop
1990LionheartJoshua
1993Conflict of InterestCapt. Garland
1993CarnosaurSheriff Fowler
2009DeadlandRed
2012Bad AssKlondike
2016Watch ThisCliffordShort film
2023Magazine DreamsWilliam LattimoreReleased theatrically in 2025
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