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Gregory Harrison

Gregory Neale Harrison (born May 31, 1950) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Chandler in the 1987 cult favorite North Shore and as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John MacIntyre (played by Pernell Roberts) on the CBS series Trapper John, M.D. (1979–86). Since 2015, he has played Joe O'Toole, father of Oliver, in the Hallmark Channel expansion films of Signed, Sealed and Delivered.

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I learned to play guitar at a young age and converted poems and stuff that I had written to songs.

Guitar, Play, Song, Stuff, Written

So I got interested in singing and I have always used my voice. Not professionally as much, but around the living room, the campfire, that kind of thing.

Professionally, Rooms, Singing, Thing, Voice

Then when I got to Hollywood, the first musical I did was Festival in 1977.

Festival, Festivals, Hollywood, Musical

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs.

Hollywood, Honestly, Sell, Song, Trying

I have four kids; three girls and a boy. The oldest girl is 13, and has her own social life now, so there's a bit of begrudging cooperation there. It's tough.

Boys, Cooperation, Girl, Kids, Life, Three

I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting.

Angel, Couple, Directed, Interesting

Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship.

Cigarette Smoke, Looked, Rocket, Ship, Stars, War

I got a series with the WB next year. We start shooting in July. It's going to be called Safe Harbor, and it's an hour show. It's a Spelling show and will follow 7th Heaven.

Harbor, Heaven, July, Series, Show, Years

I have to be very careful about how often I drag my family to places. They need some stability in their lives.

Careful, Drag, Family, Lives, My Family, Needs

I had done a lot of plays, particularly at my own theater in LA, and it was the first time in my theatrical life where I didn't feel that my role was also to keep everybody else working hard.

Everybody, Play, Role, Roles, Theater, Work

I have to own something before I can say it, and I have to own it before I can sing it as well, emotionally. I only enjoy acting and singing if I am believing what I am doing.

Acting, Believe, Believing, Enjoy, Sight, Singing

But we were doing plays and movies which I had nothing to do with other than being a producer, and I don't have that kind of interest or time any more.

Interest, Kind, Play, Plays, Producer, Producers

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

Albums, Compromise, Hundreds, Protected, Song, Worth

What I ended up doing was becoming an actor who didn't mind doing other people's words.

Actor, Actors, Ended, Mind, People

I love to sing and I do think that my strength as a singer is. . . I think I have a voice that is certainly sufficient under most any circumstances. . . but I think my strength is that I really am an actor and I really do have to own what I am saying.

Actor, Actors, Sufficient, Thinking, Under, Voice

Actually I have been singing since I was a kid.

Actually, Has Beens, Kid, Kids, Singing