Profile
Noel Harrison
Olympic Athlete + Singer + Actor
Male
Born
Jan 29, 1934
Age
79
Hometown
London
Nationality
English People
Noel Harrison is an English Olympic athlete, actor and singer. He is the son of British actor Sir Rex Harrison.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1934
Birth
Born on January 29, 1934.
TEENAGE
1953
19 Years Old
As a teenager he joined the Ipswich repertory theatre group and taught himself guitar, but his main interest was sport and most of his spare time was spent skiing in Switzerland. At an early age he was a member of the British ski team, becoming its first giant-slalom champion in 1953, and representing Great Britain at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway and at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
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THIRTIES
1965
31 Years Old
He left for the United States in 1965, working as a nightclub entertainer at such venues as San Francisco's Hungry I, and at the Persian Room in New York.
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In 1966-1967, Harrison appeared as Mark Slate in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., as the co-star of Stefanie Powers (April Dancer).
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Two years later, he recorded "The Windmills of Your Mind", the theme tune from the film The Thomas Crown Affair, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968, and was also a Top 10 hit in the UK Singles Chart.
1972
38 Years Old
In 1972, Harrison left the US for Nova Scotia in Canada, and built a house from scratch with no electricity, inspired by the fashionable pioneers Helen and Scott Nearing and their self-help bible, Living The Good Life.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2002
68 Years Old
An admirer of Jacques Brel, Harrison later created a one-man musical, Adieu, Jacques, and in 2002 released an album of songs from the show.
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2003
69 Years Old
A compilation album of his work for Reprise called Life is a Dream was released in 2003, and his debut album, Noel Harrison, was re-released in 2008.
2011
77 Years Old
In June 2011, Harrison played the Glastonbury Festival's "Spirit of '71" stage, marking 40 years since his appearance at the second staging of the then new festival.
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