| Bill Harris | |
| Birth Date: | 1943 |
| Known For: | Co-host of At the Movies |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
Bill Harris (1943 - September 5, 2019) was a Hollywood broadcast journalist known for being co-host with Rex Reed the syndicated program At the Movies.
Harris had two sisters. He attended Claremont High School.[1]
Harris was one of the first reporters for Entertainment Tonight.[2] He was head writer/reviewer on Rona Barrett's segments for the Today show and Good Morning America.[3] He began his career as a writer on The Ralph Story Morning Show on KABC-TV in Los Angeles. He went on to review movies for the syndicated show PM Magazine. He did celebrity interviews for Showtime that ran alongside movies airing on that channel.[4] He wrote for the Victor Awards and the Mrs. America and Mrs. World pageants. He started hosting At the Movies with Rex Reed after the departure of Siskel and Ebert.[5] The two were described as having "no chemistry" and Harris only worked for the program from 1986 through 1988.[6]
Harris was nominated for two Emmy Awards for items he was executive producer on. His nominations were for Outstanding Informational Series category for the A&E Biography series (1996) and Outstanding Classic Music-Dance Program category for POPS Goes The Fourth! (2003).[7]
Harris collected checks written out by famous people as a hobby. His collections included checks from Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland and Marvin Gaye.
He was with his partner Gregg Barnette for 43 years.[8] The two of them regularly performed in "Lagunatics", a theatrical fundraiser and satirical look at Laguna Beach.[9] [10]
Harris died of cancer at the City of Hope hospital in Los Angeles on September 5, 2019.[11]