{"id":22047,"date":"2022-09-14T17:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1707461"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:37:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:37:42","slug":"friday-night-dinner-and-eastenders-actor-harry-landis-dies-aged-90","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/friday-night-dinner-and-eastenders-actor-harry-landis-dies-aged-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Dinner and EastEnders actor Harry Landis dies, aged 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Friday Night Dinner star Harry Landis has died at the age of 90, his agent has confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and director, who played Mr Morris in the Channel 4 comedy, passed away on Monday (12th September).<\/p>\n<p>A statement on Facebook read: \u201cSad news. Our lovely client Harry Landis has passed to spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarry had an amazing career and gained a new following in later life as Mr Morris in Friday Night Dinner. It was a privilege to have worked with him as a client. Harry you will be sadly missed. RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fellow Friday Night Dinner cast member Tracy-Ann Oberman, who played Auntie Val on the show, took to Twitter to pay tribute following the sad news of his passing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBloody loved #HarryLandis. I am so sorry to hear of his passing,\u201d she penned.<\/p>\n<p>Landis\u2019 first TV role was in the pilot episode of Dixon of Dock Green in 1955. He went on to appear in a number of further episodes, including the final one 25 years later.<\/p>\n<p>The actor appeared in several more TV shows over the course of his career including EastEnders, Goodnight Sweetheart, Minder and Casualty.<\/p>\n<p><em>More to follow\u2026<\/em><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Molly Moss Published: Wednesday, 14 September 2022 at 12:00 am Friday Night Dinner star Harry Landis has died at the age of 90, his agent has confirmed. The actor and director, who played Mr Morris in the Channel 4 comedy, passed away on Monday (12th September). A statement on Facebook read: \u201cSad news. 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