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Harry Northup (born September 2, 1940) is an American actor and poet. ==Life and career== Northup was born in Amarillo, Texas. He lived in seventeen places by the time he was seventeen, but mostly lived in Sidney, Nebraska, where he graduated from high-school in 1958. From 1958 to 1961, he served in the United States Navy, where he attained the rank of Second Class Radioman. From 1963 to 1968, he studied Method acting with Frank Corsaro, in New York City.〔(Cinema Retro interview by Raymond Benson )〕 Northup received his B.A. in English from California State University, Northridge, where he studied poetry with poet Ann Stanford. He has made a living as an actor for over thirty years and has been in thirty-seven films including Martin Scorsese's first six feature films: ''Who's That Knocking at My Door'', ''Boxcar Bertha'', ''Mean Streets'', ''Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore'', ''Taxi Driver'' and ''New York, New York''. He had a role in Jonathan Demme's film ''The Silence of the Lambs''. Harry starred in ''Over the Edge'' and ''Fighting Mad''. Northup has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 1976.〔 He has the rare distinction of being a notable poet as well as a successful career actor. Northup currently lives in East Hollywood with his poet and novelist wife Holly Prado. His son Dylan was born on January 29, 1969. Dylan's mother is Rita Northup, Harry's first wife.〔(Northup's Archives )〕 The poets Walt Whitman,〔LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, Sept 3, 1982, vol 4, #45, p. 12〕 Leland Hickman,〔LA Reader, James Cushing, Friday,.Sept 3, 1982, vol 4,#45, p.12〕 Paul Blackburn,〔Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005 p.4〕 Ann Stanford,〔LA Reader, article by James Cushing, Friday, Sept 3, 1982, vol 4, #45, p 13]〕 William Carlos Williams,〔Chiron Review, Issue 78, Spring, 2005, p. 4 & 5〕 and Holly Prado〔Lummox Journal, July 2001, p.11〕 have influenced Harry Northup's poetry. He conceived and coordinated the weekly poetry-reading-series, "Poetry on Melrose," at Gasoline Alley, in Los Angeles, from 1986 to 1988. Poets who read at the venue included Robert Peters, Jack Hirschman and Lewis MacAdams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Northup」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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