Harris Shore

Character actor and singer Harris Shore was born Harold Leroy Cherashore on September 22 in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, near Valley Forge. He attended local schools, excelled as an athlete and ultimately distinguished himself performing in plays and musicals. Shore takes his place in American Pop Culture as the original, live-action Mario of the Donkeykong commercials for ColecoVision, circa 1981; and as the first Mr. Lippman in the hit comedy series, "Seinfeld." Upon arrival in New York City in the fall of 1970, Shore soon garnered a position as singing waiter at the famed Pig N' Whistle. There his collaboration with five other young hopefuls produced the sensational show group, "Four On The Town," which played to standing ovations at some of the finest hotels throughout the Catskills and Poconos, and on cruise ships and countless club dates. "Perhaps the greatest moment in my career," stated Shore, "was the five weeks we spent entertaining our troops in Vietnam and Thailand in the spring of 1972."