Jerry Hardin (born November 20, 1929) is an American actor. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he has had hundreds of film, television, and theater credits. Hardin is perhaps best known for his recurring role as Deep Throat on The X-Files. He is the father of actress Melora Hardin and producer Shawn Hardin.

Filmography

• 2025At the End of the Santa Fe Trail — Mark Twain
• The Middle — Old Farmer
• 2009You — Rex
• 2005Are We There Yet? — Pharmacist / Clown
• 2004Hidalgo — Nate Salisbury
• 2003Burl's — Mr Sally
• Nip/Tuck — Sumner Charles
• First Monday
• Still Standing — Grinds
• Crossing Jordan — Vernon Abbott
• 2001Island Prey — Sam Hayes
• The Division — Sam Hansen
• 1999Certain Guys — Mr. Sherman
• Family Law — Judge
• Brimstone — Thurston Driscoll
• From the Earth to the Moon — Ben Taylor
• The Magnificent Seven — Mr. Conklin
• Ally McBeal — Minister
• Orleans — Leon Gillenwater
• 1997The Second Civil War — Colonel McNally
• 1996Bermuda Triangle — Slick
• 1996Ghosts of Mississippi — Grandpa Barney DeLaughter
• Pandora's Clock — Garson Wilson
• 1996Soul of the Game — Happy Chandler
• 1996The Associate — Harley Mason
• 1995A Streetcar Named Desire — The Doctor
• Caroline in the City — Sheriff Dohdig
• Charlie Grace — Ed
• JAG — Mechanic
• Sliders — Isaac Clark
• Star Trek: Voyager — Dr. Neria
• 1994Where Are My Children? — T.K. Macready
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — Dr. Cassidy
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Wayne Irig
• 1993Murder of Innocence — Mort Webber
• 1993The Firm — Royce McKnight
• The X-Files — Deep Throat - Ronald
• Mad About You — Al
• Melrose Place — Dennis Carter
• Picket Fences — Dave Toovey
• Dark Justice
• 1991Hi Honey - I'm Dead — Cal
• 1991Lucky Luke — Cardplayer / Desperado #2
• 1991Plymouth — Lowell
• 1990Hometown Boy Makes Good — Mayor Bob
• 1990Pacific Heights — Bennett Fidlow
• 1990The Hot Spot — George Harshaw
• 1989Blaze — Thibodeaux
• Quantum Leap — Ed Saxton
• 1989Roe vs. Wade
• 1989Valentino Returns — Reverend Ray Horner
• Bluegrass — Brock Walters
• 1988Little Nikita — Brewer
• 1988Roots: The Gift — William Reynolds
• 1988The Milagro Beanfield War — Emerson Capps
• 1988The Town Bully
• 1988War Party — Sheriff
• Star Trek: The Next Generation — Radue, Samuel Clemens
• 1987Wanted: Dead or Alive — John Lipton
• 1986Big Trouble in Little China — Pinstripe Lawyer
• L.A. Law — Malcolm Gold
• 1986Let's Get Harry — Dean Reilly
• Matlock — Avery Campbell
• Throb
• 1985Do You Remember Love — Dave McDonough
• 1985The Falcon and the Snowman — Tony Owens
• The Golden Girls — Professor Cooper, Gary Tucker
• The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Warden
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "Profile in Silver")
• 1985Warning Sign — Vic Flint
• 1984Attack on Fear — Sheriff Bergus
• Celebrity — Jonah Job
• 1984Heartbreakers — Warren Williams
• Highway to Heaven — Tim Higgins
• 1984Mass Appeal — Mr. Dolson
• Miami Vice — C.I.A. Agent Hardin
• Murder, She Wrote — Hamish McPherson, Norman Gilford, Tom Sampson
• 1983Cujo — Masen
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — John C. Crandall
• Family Ties — Mr. Bidney
• Filthy Rich — Wild Bill Westchester
• 1982Honkytonk Man — Snuffy
• 1982In Love with an Older Woman — Uncredited
• 1982Missing — Colonel Sean Patrick
• 1982Mysterious Two
• Remington Steele — Lowell McKenzie
• 1982Tempest — Harry
• World War III — Gen. Philip Olafson
• 1981Angel Dusted
• 1981Heartland — Cattlebuyer
• 1981Reds — Harry
• Simon & Simon
• 1981The Children Nobody Wanted — Dr. Watson
• Bosom Buddies — Dr. Wilson
• 1980Friendly Fire
• 1980Gideon's Trumpet — Sheriff Mel Cobb
• 1980Wolf Lake — Wilbur
• 19791941 — Map Man
• 1979Chilly Scenes of Winter — Mr. Patterson
• Knots Landing — Bartender, Billy Reed
• Roots: The Next Generations — State Man
• 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid — Bud Dozier
• The White Shadow — Charlie Wade
• WKRP in Cincinnati — Officer Plyler
• 1977Alambrista! — Man in cafe
• 1977Foes — Gen. Mason
• Rafferty
• 1977The Gardener's Son — Mr. McEvoy
• Baretta
• 1975Mitchell — Desk Sergeant
• Starsky & Hutch — Psychiatrist
• 1974Earthquake — Man (uncredited)
• Harry O
• Little House on the Prairie — Hank Slade
• 1974Our Time — Mr. Keats
• The Rockford Files — Walter Link, Knute Jacobs, Mayor Sindell
• 1973Miracle on 34th Street — Bellevue Doctor (uncredited)
• 1973Sleeper — Cryogenic Lab Doctor (uncredited)
• The Streets of San Francisco
• Ironside
• 1958Thunder Road — Niles Penland (uncredited)
• Gunsmoke — Bob Ranger
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Mel Cobb

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 1998Inside The X-Files — Self
• 1996More Secrets of the X-Files — Self
• 1995Secrets of the X-Files — Self