Roland Edward Harrah was an American

United States

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 film and television child actor

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, actor

Actor

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, songwriter

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, musician

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, singer, and artist

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Biography

Harrah co-starred in adventure dramas, particularly related to Vietnam

Vietnam

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, which included Braddock: Missing in Action III

Braddock: Missing in Action III

Braddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy. The film stars Chuck Norris, who co-wrote the...

(1988) with Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do...

 and in two episodes of the television series Airwolf

Airwolf

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(1984–1987) with Jan-Michael Vincent

Jan-Michael Vincent

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.

Screen name of Roland Harrah III. Born in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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. Harrah moved and lived in Riverside, California

Riverside, California

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, and the county seat of the eponymous county. Named for its location beside the Santa Ana River, it is the largest city in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan area of Southern California, 4th largest inland California...

 for 15 years and acted for 12 years. He died at home in Riverside, allegedly by suicide. Interred at Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial Park, Riverside, California.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1986	Kung Fu: The Movie	Old One's grandson
1988	Braddock: Missing in Action III Braddock: Missing in Action III Braddock: Missing in Action III is a 1988 action/adventure film, and a sequel to Missing in Action, following the second film, Missing in Action 2: The Beginning, which was a prequel. It is the third and final film in the Missing in Action Trilogy. The film stars Chuck Norris, who co-wrote the...	Van Tan Cang
1990	Shadow of China	Xiao Niu	aka China Shadow.
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Magnum, P.I. Magnum, P.I. Magnum, P.I. is an American television series starring Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator living on Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from 1980 to 1988 in first-run broadcast on the American CBS television network....	Tran Quoc Jones	1 episode: "Tran Quoc Jones"
1985–1986	Airwolf Airwolf Airwolf is an American television series that ran from 1984 until 1987. The program centers on a high-tech military helicopter, code named Airwolf, and its crew as they undertake various missions, many involving espionage, with a Cold War theme....	Le Van Hawke, age 12; "Half-Pint Half-Pint (disambiguation) -Persons:* Half Pint, the stage name of the Jamaican reggae singer Lindon Roberts.* "Half-Pint", the affectionate nickname of the character Le Van Hawke, age 12, portrayed by the American boy actor Roland Harrah III in 2 episodes of the television series Airwolf.* "Half-Pint", the affectionate... "	2 episodes: "Half-Pint" 1985, "Birds of Paradise" 1986
1986	Scarecrow and Mrs. King Scarecrow and Mrs. King Scarecrow and Mrs. King is an American television series that aired from October 3, 1983, to May 28, 1987 on CBS. The show starred Kate Jackson and Bruce Boxleitner as divorced housewife Amanda King and top-level "Agency" operative Lee Stetson who begin a strange association, and eventual romance,...	Khai's Kid "Roland Harrah"	1 episode: "The Man Who Died Twice"

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1987	Young Artist Award Young Artist Award The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...	Nominated	Exceptional Performance by a Young Actor, Guest Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series	Airwolf
1989		Nominated	Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture - Drama	Braddock: Missing in Action III

Memberships and affiliations

Type	Organization
Member	American Federation of Television and Radio Artists American Federation of Television and Radio Artists The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists is a performers' union that represents a wide variety of talent, including actors in radio and television, as well as radio and television announcers and newspersons, singers and recording artists , promo and voice-over announcers and other...  (AFTRA)
Member	Screen Actors Guild Screen Actors Guild The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...  (SAG)

External links

— television movie pilot (1984)

• • — seasons 1–3 (1984–86)
  • — season 4 (1987)