Actor with Oklahoma ties elected to Screen Actors Guild Board of Directors
Actor Ed Harris says his most
embarrassing moment was modeling tuxedos at the Oklahoma State Fair in 1971.
Oklahoma is also where Harris was introduced to acting. He grew up playing sports in New Jersey, but he fell in love with acting while studying at the University of Oklahoma in 1972. He moved to Los Angeles the next year to pursue acting.
Now he is a four-time Oscar nominee (recognized for his performances in “Apollo 13,” “The Truman Show,” “Pollock” and “The Hours”) and newly elected to the National Board of Directors for the Screen Actors Guild’s Hollywood Division.
Starting today (Sept. 25), he will serve a three-year term on the board along with Martin Sheen (“The West Wing”), Elliott Gould (“Baby Bob”), Ed Asner (“Lou Grant”), Anne-Marie Johnson (“JAG”), Connie Stevens (“Hawaiian Eye”), Diane Ladd (“Alice”), Dulé Hill (“Psych”), Hill Harper (“CSI: NY”), Nancy Travis (“The Bill Engvall Show”) and Marcia Wallace (“The Bob Newhart Show”).
Ken Howard (“Crossing Jordan”) was elected as Screen Actors Guild president. He received 12,895 votes, with Anne-Marie Johnson coming in second with 8,906 votes.
“I am deeply honored to be chosen by the membership to lead the Screen Actors Guild,” said Howard, who will serve a two-year term. “I campaigned on the promise that I’d do everything in my power to strengthen our position at the bargaining table by building a greater unity with AFTRA and the other entertainment unions, and that’s exactly what I intend to do. Despite the sharp differences that those of us active in Guild affairs sometimes have over strategy and tactics, we need to continually remind ourselves that we’re all on the same team, fighting for the same thing — and by pulling together, we’ll only grow stronger.”
For complete results of the SAG elections, go to www.SAG.org.
–Penny TV
Pictured above: In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, actor Ed Harris poses for a portrait at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto during the International Film Festival. (AP Photo/Carlo Allegri, file)
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