A retired actor who has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises was recently spotted out and about in Los Angeles.
The 86-year-old burst onto the scene in the ’60s and remained a fixture on television up until the late ’90s, before retiring to run a bookstore.
He appeared in small screen classics like The Love Boat, Wonder Woman, Seinfeld, Knight Rider, Family Ties, Dynasty, and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
On the film side, most people will remember him as the hunter from 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
He’s married to English actress Pamela Franklin, now 76, who is best known for being a 1970s scream queen thanks to her roles in horror hits like Necromancy and The Legend of Hell House.
Can you guess who he is?
A retired actor who has starred in some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises was recently spotted out and about in Los Angeles
The 86-year-old burst onto the scene in the ’60s and remained a fixture on television up until the late ’90s, when he retired to run a bookstore
It’s retired English actor Harvey Jason, who was recently spotted outside of his boutique bookstore Mystery Pier Books in West Hollywood.
The former thespian donned a floral shirt and khaki pants as he moved a traffic cone from the front of his shop on Thursday.
The Sunset Boulevard bookstore is known for carrying collectible literature in its first print.
It’s a favorite of A-listers like author James Ellroy, actors Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig, and director Guillermo del Toro.
He runs the store with his son Louis, which has been called ‘one of the most revered first edition book shops in America’.
One of the most expensive items in the store is a first print of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind, worth $35,000.
The biggest sale in the history of Mystery Pier Books was the original sheet music to God Bless America, signed by contralto Kate Smith. It was sold for $150,000.
Speaking to Spectrum News, Jason admitted that he enjoyed the spotlight during his time as an actor, but ultimately decided to leave the business because of the ‘egos’ and ‘superficial people’ in Hollywood.
It’s retired English actor Harvey Jason, who has starred in The Love Boat, Wonder Woman, Seinfeld and Star Trek: The Next Generation (pictured)
Most people will remember him as the hunter from 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The retired actor now runs the boutique bookstore Mystery Pier Books in West Hollywood
‘I’ve never been happier professionally,’ he said of his second career as a bookstore owner.
‘I’ve come to the point of my life where I realize what’s important and what’s superficial and what I want to do with the remaining time that God allots me here.’
Jason wed actress Pamela Franklin in 1970 after they met on the set of Necromancy, which they filmed that same year.
Franklin was successful in her own right, winning Best Supporting Actress at the National Board of Review Awards in 1970 for her role in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
She retired from the business in the early ’80s to focus on raising her two sons, while Jason continued acting until the ’90s, with his final on-screen role being one of his biggest, 1997’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
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