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Rolf Harris (born 30 March 1930) is an Australian entertainer whose career encompassed work as a musician, singer-songwriter, composer, comedian, actor, painter and television personality. Harris is widely known for his musical compositions "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport", which later became a Top 10 hit in Australia, the UK, and the United States, and "Jake the Peg". He often used unusual instruments in his performances: he plays the didgeridoo; is credited with the invention of the wobble board; and is associated with the Stylophone. During the 1960s and 1970s, Harris became a popular television personality in the UK, later presenting shows such as ''Rolf's Cartoon Club'' and ''Animal Hospital''. In 2005, he painted an official portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. He lived in Bray, Berkshire, England, for more than six decades. Harris's career as a popular entertainer was ended by his conviction and imprisonment for sexual offences. In 2014, at the age of 84, he was jailed on twelve counts of indecent assault that took place between 1968 and 1986, on four female victims then aged between eight and nineteen. As a result, he was stripped of many of the honours which he had been awarded during his career, including the OA and CBE.〔(Harris stripped of honours as purge begins ) at news.com.au, 1 July 2014; retrieved 21 July 2014〕 As of 2015, Harris is serving a prison sentence of 5 years and 9 months at HMP Stafford. ==Early life== Harris was born on 30 March 1930 in Bassendean, Perth, Western Australia to Agnes Margaret (née Robbins) and Cromwell ("Crom") Harris, who had both emigrated from Cardiff, Wales. He grew up in Wembley, Western Australia. He was named after Rolf Boldrewood, the pseudonym of an Australian writer whom his mother admired.〔 After his later fame, Harris was often referred to as "the boy from Bassendean" within Australia. As a child he owned a dog called Buster Fleabags, about whom he later wrote a book (for the UK Quick Reads Initiative). Harris attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco, later gaining a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Western Australia and a Diploma of Education from Claremont Teachers' College (now Edith Cowan University).〔Hill, Amelia. (1 January 2006). "(Wizard of Oz )". ''The Observer''; retrieved 19 April 2013.〕〔Phillips, Yasmine. (11 September 2011). ("Rolf Harris reveals the secret to his success" ), perthnow.com; retrieved 19 April 2013.〕 While he was just 16, and still a student at Perth Modern School, his self-portrait in oils was one of the 80 works (out of 200 submitted) accepted to be hung in the Art Gallery of New South Wales as an entry in the 1947 Archibald Prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=26 January 1947: AT HOME IN WATER & OILS )〕 He painted a portrait of the then Lieutenant Governor of Western Australia, Sir James Mitchell, for the 1948 Archibald Prize. He won the 1949 Claude Hotchin prize for oil colours with his landscape "On a May Morning, Guildford". As an adolescent and young adult Harris was a champion swimmer. In 1946, he was the Australian Junior 110 yards Backstroke Champion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=04 Feb 1946 – JUNIOR BACKSTROKE CHAMPION. )〕 He was also the Western Australian state champion over a variety of distances and strokes during the period from 1948 to 1952. 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「Rolf Harris」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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