Mark Harmon's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) NCIS Leroy Jethr… Chicago Hope Dr. Jack Mc… Centennial Captain Joh… Reasonable Doubts Det. Dicky … Flamingo Road Fielding Ca… Charlie Grace Charlie Grace Sam Officer Mik…

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BIOGRAPHY:

With an athletic father and an actress mother, it is no surprise Harmon played college football and has found success as one of TV's hunkiest actors. While most of his roles have relied on little more than good looks, Harmon was impressive as the suave doctor on St. Elsewhere (1982) who contracted AIDS.


TRIVIA:

• Grandson of William Franklin Knox, United States Secretary of the Navy during World War II and Republican candidate for Vice President in 1936.
• Father, 'Tom Harmon (I)' (qv), played for the University of Michigan Wolverines and won the 1940 Heisman Trophy emblematic of the best player in the nation.
• Graduated cum laude from UCLA, 1974, with degree in communications. Also played quarterback for UCLA Bruins, 1972-73 winning National Football Foundation Award for all-round excellence.
• His godfather 'Forest Evashevski (I)' (qv) is in the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame.
• (1986) Chosen as People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.
• Risked his life to save two teenage boys who were involved in a car accident outside of his home. Harmon used a sledge hammer from his garage to break the window out of their car then pulled them free so they wouldn't be burned to death, while his wife 'Pam Dawber' (qv) called 911. He made every effort to downplay his role in saving their lives. [1996].
• His uncle, 'Ron Knox' (qv) (his mother's brother), was also a college football star and played one season as a professional quarterback for the Chicago Bears.
• Harmon and 'Pam Dawber' (qv) have two children: 'Sean Harmon (I)' (qv) born 25 April 1988 and Ty Christian Harmon born 25 June 1992.