Mark Harmon Reveals Role on 'NCIS' Facilitated Family Time, Discusses 36-Year Marriage to Pam Dawber

Harmon believes his NCIS stint enabled a strong participation in his sons' upbringing, and he shares insights into his love story with Dawber, from a first date initiated via a cold call to maintaining a long-lasting marriage.

• Mark Harmon, former star of NCIS, credits the job for allowing him to spend more time with his family, particularly his sons, as the steady schedule enabled services like Saturday pancake breakfasts.
• Despite the long shifts, Harmon sees his decision to join NCIS as a beneficial one, giving him the opportunity to be more involved in his sons' upbringing.
• Harmon has been married to actress Pam Dawber for 36 years, who he met through a cold call after rejecting a proposed group date. They married one year after their first date.
• On marriage, Harmon says the key is to laugh, talk and communicate, and acknowledges that both he and Dawber share many things while also being very different.
• After leaving NCIS, Harmon has been focusing on his passion projects, including a historical non-fiction book called Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor, which traces the roots of the real naval counterintelligence agency.

3 Articles

People Fox News People