Harry Gittes was born on May 6, 1936 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for The Girl Next Door (2004), About Schmidt (2002) and Last Flag Flying (2017). He was married to Christine Cuddy. He died on September 2, 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
He started his career as an advertising copywriter and photographer in New York, shooting such up-and-comers as Nicholson, Gould and Liza Minnelli and acts that played The Bottom Line, including Woody Allen, Cass Elliot and Bill Cosby.
Gittes was a longtime friend of Jack Nicholson, whose character in Chinatown (1974), "Jake Gittes," was named for the producer.