Joy Harmon

Acting

Joy Harmon

Born 1940-05-01 · Flushing, New York, USA

Joy Patricia Harmon (May 1, 1940 — April 14, 2026) was an American baker and former actress. She was best known for the film Cool Hand Luke. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joy Harmon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Cool Hand Luke poster
7.7

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

Cool Hand Luke

1967

A Guide for the Married Man poster
5.9

A man gives his friend a series of lessons on how to cheat on one's wife without being caught.

A Guide for the Married Man

1967

The Loved One poster
6.2

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos. But he has three problems - the strict rules of owner Blessed Reverand Glenworthy, the rivalry of embalmer Mr Joyboy, and the shame of now working himself at The Happy Hunting Ground pets' memorial home.

The Loved One

1965

Roustabout poster
6.0

After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.

Roustabout

1964

Angel in My Pocket poster
6.2

The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.

Angel in My Pocket

1969

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit poster
6.7

Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

Mad Dog Coll poster
5.4

Killer Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll moves in on gangster Dutch Schultz in 1920s New York.

Mad Dog Coll

1961

Under the Yum Yum Tree poster
6.1

A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.

Under the Yum Yum Tree

1963

Young Dillinger poster
7.3

The 1930s outlaw teams up with Pretty Boy Floyd, Baby Face Nelson and Homer Van Meter.

Young Dillinger

1965

Village of the Giants poster
3.7

"Genius" accidentally invents "goo" which causes living things to rapidly grow to an enormous size. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, some delinquent teenagers steal the "goo" and, as a result of a sophomoric dare, consume it themselves and become thirty feet tall. They then take over control of the town by kidnapping the sheriff's daughter and dancing suggestively.

Village of the Giants

1965

Norwood poster
6.1

A Vietnam veteran returns to his Texas home but feels restless and decides to become a radio singer.

Norwood

1970

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4.5

A lounge singer tries to adjust to rock 'n' roll music.

Let's Rock!

1958

One Way Wahine poster
9.0

In Hawaii, a man convinces a couple of runaway teenagers to help him rip off a pair of bank robbers.

One Way Wahine

1965

From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story poster
NR

From her being discovered by Groucho Marx in NY to becoming one of the of most iconic bombshells of the 60s - including her memorable role in the Academy Award winning film 'Cool Hand Luke'- this film looks at the extraordinary life Joy Harmon, who went from being a film cheesecake to actually making them as the premiere dessert maker for the major studio's craft services. We'll interview her co-stars, follow her in her bakery and onto the sets of many major television shows and hear from her family and friends about this amazing woman.

From Cheesecake to Cheesecake: The Joy Harmon Story

2013