John Harwood

Harwood, John Edmund (1771–1809), comic actor. Although Harwood was indisputably among the ranking comedians of his time, there is some question whether he was American‐born or English‐born. His entire stage career was spent in America, where he made his professional debut in 1794 at Philadelphia's Southwark Theatre under Wignell's auspices as Gradus in the comic afterpiece Who's the Dupe? Later in the same season he played such roles as Sir Fretful Plagiary in The Critic and Stephano in The Tempest. Harwood also played for Wignell in Annapolis and New York before temporarily retiring from the stage to go into the bookselling business. Returning to acting when the venture failed, he was hired by Dunlap for the Park Theatre in 1803, where he enjoyed a huge success as Dennis Brulgruddery in John Bull; or, An Englishman's Fireside. Growing increasingly corpulent, he soon established himself as the finest Falstaff America had yet seen. While much of Harwood's reputation was established in low comedy roles, in his last years he was often acclaimed for his high comedy parts. He died at the height of his popularity.

This article is about the American journalist. For the Australian novelist, see John Harwood (writer).

John Harwood
John Harwood, 2007-06-24
Born	Louisville, Kentucky
Occupation	Journalist
Family	father: Richard Harwood
Ethnicity	Caucasian
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John Harwood (born 1956) is an American journalist who is currently the Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC^[1] and a writer for The New York Times. A 1978 magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, Harwood has also served as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He frequently appears on Washington Week, a public affairs program on PBS hosted by Gwen Ifill^[2], as well as NBC's Meet the Press, and MSNBC's Morning Joe.

Harwood's father, Richard Harwood, was a reporter and writer for The Washington Post. According to John Harwood's article in The Washington Post (April 30, 2000, page B4), Harwood's mother was an active campaigner for the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 and Harwood, at age 11, appeared in a TV ad for Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 campaign.

Harwood, along with co-author Jerry Seib, were Tim Russert's guests in Russert's last taped interview of "Meet the Press" which was to air the weekend of June 14, 2008, just hours before Russert's death.^[3]

Harwood lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.

References

1. ^ "JOHN HARWOOD, CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent". http://www.cnbc.com/id/15838123/. 
2. ^ "John Harwood - Chief Washington Correspondent, CNBC; Political Writer, The New York Times". http://www.pbs.org/weta/washingtonweek/aroundthetable/harwood.html. 
3. ^ ""Tim Russert Set Standards"". The Wall Street Journal. 2008-06-13. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/06/13/tim-russert-set-standards/. 

External links

• John Harwood On Obama School Speech Reaction

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