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Don Harron -
Actor, Writer and Comedian

Canadian comic actor and writer Don Harron is well known for his TV and book character Charlie Farquharson, popular on the Hee Haw television show. Mr. Harron shared the following in his public service announcements for BHI: "My father was awarded the Military Cross at Cambrai in 1919 because he heard the enemy in trenches 200 yards away preparing for a surprise attack. I inherited that sensitive hearing system, but my razor-sharp, 20-20 hearing ended with an accident on the set of my television comedy series. I played an Olympic culler... More

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