Pollock (film) Pollock (film) Pollock is a 2000 biographical film which tells the life story of American painter Jackson Pollock. It stars Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden, Jennifer Connelly, Robert Knott, Bud Cort, Molly Regan and Sada Thompson, and was directed by Harris. Marcia Gay Harden won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Lee Krasner, Pollock's wife. Ed Harris received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of Pollock. The film was a long-term personal project for Harris based on his previous reading of Pollock's biography. The film opens "in medias res" to abstract expressionist painter
Channing Pollock (magician) predeceased him. Channing Pollock (magician) Channing Pollock (August 16, 1926 – March 19, 2006) was an American magician and film actor. Channing Pollock was the son of Robert Burns Pollock and Marjorie Leppert. His first marriage, to Naomi Phelps, produced one son, Russell. His second marriage was to Jozy, a woman born in England. He was named after the author Channing Pollock when Majorie met him whilst she was pregnant. He first became interested in magic at the age of 21. After serving in the US Navy, Pollock used his G.I. Bill to study at the Chavez School of Magic