Bill Harris, Former 'At the Movies' Co-Host, Dies at 75

[Y2kTheNewOldies]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-harris-dead-at-movies-host-was-75-1237347

The reviewer and broadcast journalist also did interviews for Showtime and worked for 'Entertainment Tonight' and Rona Barrett.
Bill Harris, the veteran Hollywood broadcast journalist who served as a co-host on the syndicated program At the Movies, has died. He was 75.

Harris died Thursday at the City of Hope hospital after a short bout with cancer, family spokesman Rusty Citron announced.

Harris was hired as one of the first reporters for Entertainment Tonight, which premiered in 1981, and he served as head writer/reviewer on Rona Barrett's gossip segments for the Today show and Good Morning America.
In 1986, Harris and New York critic Rex Reed assumed the aisle seats occupied by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert on Tribune Broadcasting's nationally syndicated At the Movies program after the original pair had left for a similar Disney-produced show.

Harris started his showbiz career as a writer on The Ralph Story Morning Show on KABC-TV in Los Angeles.

And he was a former writer at KABC-TV Los Angeles for the Ralph Story Show.

 

[crainbebo]

I've got some of his stuff on VHS. May he RIP. Condolences to his family and friends, and I hope he's having a reunion with Gene and Roger right now in heaven.

 

[TheBigA]

The obit mentions his co-host Rex Reed, who is 80 years old and still reviews movies.