Harris and Company
Encyclopedia
Harris and Company is an American
television drama series which aired on NBC
during March and April of 1979. The series starred Bernie Casey
as Mike Harris, a working-class African American
father of five who relocates his family from Detroit, Michigan
to Los Angeles
, California
after the death of his wife. The series is based upon Love Is Not Enough, a TV movie which aired on NBC on June 12, 1978.
Although the series aired for only four episodes, it was the first weekly American TV drama series centered around an African American family.
United States
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television drama series which aired on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
during March and April of 1979. The series starred Bernie Casey
Bernie Casey
Bernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
as Mike Harris, a working-class African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
father of five who relocates his family from Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
to Los Angeles
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, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
after the death of his wife. The series is based upon Love Is Not Enough, a TV movie which aired on NBC on June 12, 1978.
Although the series aired for only four episodes, it was the first weekly American TV drama series centered around an African American family.
Cast
- Bernie CaseyBernie CaseyBernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
as Mike Harris - Lois Walden as Louise Foreman
- Carol Tillery Banks as Angie Adams
- Stu Gilliam as Charlie Adams
- Dain Turner as Richard Harris
- Eddie Singleton as Tommy Harris
- Lia Jackson as Juanita "J.P." Harris
- Renee Brown as Liz Harris
- David Raynr as David Harris
- James LuisiJames LuisiJames A. Luisi was an American professional basketball player and actor. Luisi is perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Doug Chapman during Seasons 3 through 6 of the television series The Rockford Files.-Career:...
as Harry Foreman