Harris Yulin

Harris Bart Goldberg (November 5, 1937 – June 10, 2025), known professionally as Harris Yulin, was an American actor who appeared in over a hundred film and television series roles including Night Moves, St. Ives (1976), Scarface (1983), Ghostbusters II (1989), Clear and Present Danger (1994), Looking for Richard (1996), Bean (1997), The Hurricane (1999), Training Day (2001), Ozark (2017–2018) and Frasier, which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1996.

Early life and education Yulin was born in Los Angeles on November 5, 1937. Abandoned at an orphanage as an infant, he was adopted by dentist Isaac Goldberg and his wife Sylvia when he was four months old, and given the name Harris Bart Goldberg. When he began a performing career, he took the stage surname "Yulin" from his adoptive father's extended Russian Jewish family.

Yulin attended the University of Southern California, but did not graduate. He enlisted in the United States Army for a year His Broadway debut came in the 1980s Watch on the Rhine. He returned to Broadway multiple times in productions of The Visit, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Price, and Hedda Gabler. In 2010, he played Willy Loman in Death of A Salesman at the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland.

His first film role was his portrayal of Wyatt Earp in Doc (1971), starring Stacy Keach as Doc Holliday. He appeared in the Brian De Palma film Scarface (1983) as corrupt cop Mel Bernstein. In 1989, he played the role of Judge Stephen Wexler in Ghostbusters II. He portrayed a corrupt national security advisor in the 1994 Harrison Ford thriller Clear and Present Danger. In 1997, he played the role of George Grierson in Bean. He appeared as Leon Friedman, a lawyer of Rubin Carter, in the 1999 film, The Hurricane. In 2001, he portrayed Secret Service Agent Sterling in Rush Hour 2.

Film critic Jim Emerson once quipped that Yulin "should be in every movie ever made".

On television, Yulin appeared in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the episode "Duet". During the second season of the television series 24, he played the Director of the National Security Agency, Roger Stanton. He was nominated for a 1996 Emmy Award for his portrayal of crime boss Jerome Belasco in the sitcom Frasier. In the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, he played Quentin Travers, head of the Watchers' Council. Yulin also appeared in Season 3 of Entourage in the episode "Return of the King" as studio head Arthur Gadoff. In 2009, he performed in The People Speak, a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters, diaries, and speeches of everyday Americans, based on historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. In 2010 he appeared in the AMC series Rubicon. In 2017 to 2018 he appeared in 12 episodes of Ozark.

At the time of his death, Yulin had been cast in the MGM+ comedy series American Classic in the role of Linus; he died days before he was scheduled to begin filming his scenes.

Beyond acting Yulin won the Lucille Lortel Award for directing The Trip to Bountiful at the Signature Theatre in New York with Lois Smith. He directed and taught in New York City: at Juilliard for eight years; at Columbia University's The Graduate School of the Arts; and at HB Studio.

Personal life and death Yulin dated Faye Dunaway from 1971 to 1972. He and actress Gwen Welles were married until her death in 1993. Yulin's daughter, Claire Lucido, was the wife of artist Ted Mineo. Lucido died January 31, 2021. Yulin died from cardiac arrest in New York City, on June 10, 2025 at 87.

Filmography Film + Film appearances of Harris Yulin Year Title Role Notes 1970 Maidstone End of the Road Joe Morgan 1971 Doc Wyatt Earp 1972 The Legend of Hillbilly John Zebulon Yandro 1974 The Midnight Man Casey Watched! Gordon Rankey 1975 Night Moves Marty Heller 1976 St. Ives Detective Carl Oller 1977 Prime Time a.k.a. American Raspberry Charles Conlin 1979 Steel Eddie Cassidy 1983 Scarface Chief Detective Mel Bernstein 1986 Short Fuse Chief Harrigan 1987 Candy Mountain Elmore Silk The Believers Robert Calder Fatal Beauty Conrad Kroll 1988 Bad Dreams Dr. Berrisford Judgment in Berlin Bruno Ristau Another Woman Paul 1989 Ghostbusters II Judge Stephen Wexler 1990 Narrow Margin Leo Watts 1992 Final Analysis Prosecuting Attorney Uncredited There Goes the Neighborhood Marvin Goes 1994 Clear and Present Danger James Cutter 1995 Stuart Saves His Family Dad The Baby-Sitters Club Harold Cutthroat Island Black Harry 1996 Looking for Richard Himself / King Edward Documentary Loch Ness Dr. Bob Mercer Multiplicity Dr. Leeds 1997 Murder at 1600 General Clark Tully Bean George Grierson 1999 Cradle Will Rock Chairman Martin Dies The Hurricane Leon Friendman 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel Stanley Goldkiss 75 Degrees in July Rick Anderson 2001 Perfume Phillip Rush Hour 2 Agent Sterling American Outlaws Thaddeus Rains Training Day Detective Doug Roselli Chelsea Walls Bud's Editor The Emperor's Club Senator Bell 2004 King of the Corner Peter Hargrove 2005 Game 6 Peter Redmond 2006 The Treatment Dr. Arnold Singer Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus David Nemerov 2009 The People Speak Himself 2010 My Soul to Take Dr. Blake 2012 The Place Beyond the Pines Judge Albert Cross 2014 A Short History of Decay Bob Fisher 2015 The Family Fang Hobart Waxman 2016 The American Side Tom Soberin Norman Joe Wilf 2017 The Sounding Lionel 2018 All Square Bob Wanderland Charles 2024 Omni Loop Professor Duselberg

Television + Television appearances of Harris Yulin Year Title Role Notes 1970 Neither Are We Enemies Barabbas Television film 1973 Incident at Vichy Doctor Leduc The ABC Afternoon Playbreak John Connors Episode: "The Mask of Love" 1974 The American Short Story Parker Adderson Episode: "Parker Adderson, Philosopher" Kojak Bert Podis Episode: "Die Before They Wake" Barnaby Jones Porter Long Episode: "Conspiracy of Terror" Melvin Purvis: G-Man George "Machine Gun" Kelly Television film The Greatest Gift Hog Yancy The Missiles of October Alexander Fomin 1975 Ironside Sam North Episode: "A Matter of Life of Death" The Trial of Chaplain Jensen Lieutenant Kastner Television film Little House on the Prairie John Stewart Episode: "Child of Pain" Caribe Peter Brady Episode: "The Assassin" Baretta Detective Grissom Episode: "The Glory Game" The Kansas City Massacre John Lazia Television film S.W.A.T. Paul Julian Episode: "Vigilante" Police Woman Benny Hummel Episode: "The Hit" 1976 Dynasty John Blackwood Television film Insight Bradley Knight Episode: "His Feet Don't Stink" Most Wanted Billy Wilcox Episode: "The Skykiller" Victory at Entebbe General Dan Shomron Television film 1977 Wonder Woman Mark Bremer Episode: "Wonder Woman in Hollywood" 1978 When Every Day Was the Fourth of July Prosecutor Joseph T. Antonelli Television film 1978–1979 How the West Was Won Deek Peasley 6 episodes 1979 The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther Haman Television film 1979–1981 Meeting of Minds Leonardo da Vinci/William Shakespeare 4 episodes 1984–1985 As the World Turns Michael Christopher 1985 Robert Kennedy and His Times Senator Joseph McCarthy Episode: "#1.1" 1986 Cagney & Lacey Ross O'Brien Episode: "Revenge" 1989 Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy Gen. Tyson Television film 1990 Daughter of the Streets John Franco 1990–1991 WIOU Neal Frazier 16 episodes 1991 Face of a Strangers David Television film 1992 The Heart of Justice Keneally Civil Wars Nicolo Nicolai Episode: "Dan Boat House" 1993 The Last Hit Wilbur Bryant Television film Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Aamin Marritza Episode: "Duet" 1994, 2008 Law & Order Stanley Devon / Edward Manning Episode S4:E16: "Big Bang" Episode S19:E2: "Challenged" 1995 Truman General George C. Marshall Television film 1996 Frasier Jerome Belasco Episode: "A Word to the Wiseguy" If These Walls Could Talk Professor Speras Segment "1974" 1997 Murphy Brown The Jackal Episode: "You Don't Know Jackal" La Femme Nikita Gregory Kessler / Norris Gaines Episode: "Gambit" Hostile Waters Admiral Quinn Television film 1997–2001 American Experience Narrator Documentary; 2 episodes 1998 American Masters Episode: "Leonard Bernstein: Reaching for the Note" 1999 Vengeance Unlimited Judge Harold Wabash Episode: "Judgment" 1999–2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Quentin Travers 3 episodes 2000 The Virginian Judge Henry Television film The X-Files Cardinal O'Fallon Episode: "Hollywood A.D." 2002–2003 24 Roger Stanton 9 episodes 2003 Mister Sterling Chairman Wilson 3 episodes 2005 Third Watch Jonathan Turner 2 episodes 2007 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Thomas M. Grady Sr. Episode: "Players" Entourage Arthur Gatoff Episode: "The Return of the King" 2008 Cashmere Mafia Rafe Gropman 2 episodes Canterbury's Law Chris Canterbury Episode: "Trade-Off" 2009 Loving Leah Rabbi Belsky Television film Damages Claire's father Episode: "Uh Oh, Out Come the Skeletons" 2010 Rubicon Tom Rhumor 2 episodes Madso's War Jim O'Connor Television film 2011 Pan Am Henry Belsen Episode: "Unscheduled Departure" 2011–2012 Nikita Admiral Bruce Winnick 3 episodes 2013 Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight William O. Douglas Television film 2015 Forever Eli Swier Episode: "Hitler on the Half-Shell" The Blacklist Sir Crispin Crandall 1 episode 2016 Veep James Whitman 2 episodes 2016–2017 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Orson Snyder 5 episodes 2017–2018 Ozark Buddy Dieker 12 episodes 2018–2019 Billions Leonard Funt 3 episodes 2018 Murphy Brown Professor Talbot 2 episodes 2019 For the People Peter Daum Episode: "Minimum Continuing Legal Education" Divorce Gordon 4 episodes 2020 I Know This Much Is True Father LaVie 1 episode 2022FBI: Most Wanted Grant Moore Episode: "Karma" 2025And Just Like That... Pop Pop Episode: "Apples to Apples"