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Jack H. Harris started out as a child performer in vaudeville and has done everything related to the movies including projectionist, usher, theatre manager, actor, distributor and producer. Whether talking about Burns and Allen, Mary Pickford, Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Kennedy, Natalie Wood or Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters, he’s got the stories. Some of those he helped to start in the business include Steve McQueen, Patty Duke, Ivan Reitman, John Carpenter, John Landis and so many more.
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ack H. Harris started out as a child performer in vaudeville and has done everything related to the movies including projectionist, usher, theatre manager, actor, distributor and producer. Whether talking about Burns and Allen, Mary Pickford, Laurel and Hardy, Howard Hughes, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Kennedy, Natalie Wood or Barbra Streisand and Jon Peters, he’s got the stories. Some of those he helped to start in the business include Steve McQueen, Patty Duke, Ivan Reitman, John Carpenter, John Landis and so many more.
A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Jack H. Harris first entered show business by way of vaudeville, singing and dancing with Cliff Edwards' (aka "Ukeleke Ike") Kiddie Revue at age six. Working his way up from an early job as a theater usher, Harris went into publicity and learned distribution, eventually opening his own offices. Dissatisfied with the minor black-and-white films foisted upon him, he quickly developed an itch to produce his own pictures. Linking up with the moviemaking ministers of Pennsylvania's Valley Forge Film Studios, Harris collaborated on The Blob (1958), a film that eventually grossed more than a hundred times its $240,000 cost. In the decades since, Harris has followed up on this early success with 4D Man (1959), Dinosaurus! (1960), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) and a "Blob" sequel (Beware! The Blob (1972)) and a remake (The Blob (1988)).
udith Parker Harris is the CEO and President of Worldwide Entertainment Corporation, the production and distribution company first started by her late husband, Jack H Harris, and home to the 1958 Sci-Fi classic film, The Blob. She presides over WEC's noteworthy film library of 24 films, is working on producing the highly anticipated remake of The Blob, and has landed a licensing deal with Bally's Hotel and Casino to manufacture Blob-themed slot machines to be placed throughout the world. Parker Harris kicked off her career as a successful commercial producer and director. After making over 3,000 commercials for clients such as Shell Oil, Sears, and Republic Health Corp, she quickly segued into advertising and marketing by starting her own multi-million dollar advertising agency. Honored with a commendation by the City and County of Los Angeles as a "Woman of Accomplishment," Judith has also been invited to the White House for acknowledgment of her public service as the Founding Chair of the Women in Film's Public Service Announcement Program.
