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Actor Graham P. Jarvis had role in ``Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman''
Saturday April 19, 2003LOS ANGELES (AP) Graham P. Jarvis, a character actor perhaps best known as neighbor Charlie Haggers in the 1970s TV series ``Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,'' has died, it was reported Saturday. He was 72.
Jarvis, who made dozens of television, theater and movie appearances in a five-decade career, died Wednesday of multiple myeloma at his home in Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles Times reported.
He had a recurring role as Charles Jackson in more than a dozen episodes of the TV show ``7th Heaven'' and had appeared in series as diverse as ``The Drew Carey Show'' and ``Six Feet Under.''
His film appearances included roles in ``Alice's Restaurant'' and ``Silkwood.''
Jarvis, who was born in Toronto, began acting at 19 in a production of ``The Seven Year Itch'' with a small theater company in Virginia. He attended Williams College before moving to New York City in the early 1950s to pursue a career in theater.
Jarvis studied acting at the American Theater Wing and was an original member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater.
His theater career included roles in ``Much Ado About Nothing'' and ``The Rocky Horror Show.''
Active in community affairs, Jarvis spent time teaching English at Camp Holton, a juvenile rehabilitation and probation center in the San Fernando Valley.
Jarvis is survived by his wife, JoAnna Rader; two children, Matthew and Alex; and a sister, Kitty Blair.
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