Early life Harris was born at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in the New York City suburb of Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Margaret (née Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert L. "Bob" Harris (1922–2014), who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ed has an older brother, Robert and a younger brother, Paul. Ed grew up in a middle-class Presbyterian family. His parents were from Oklahoma. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969, where he had played on the football team and served as the team's captain in his senior year.
Early life Harris was born at Englewood Hospital in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up in the New York City suburb of Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Margaret (née Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert L. "Bob" Harris (1922–2014), who sang with the Fred Waring chorus and worked at the bookstore of the Art Institute of Chicag,o. Ed has an older brother, Robert and a younger brother, Paul. Ed grew up in a middle-class Presbyterian family. His parents were from Oklahoma. He graduated from Tenafly High School in 1969 where he had played on the football team and served as the team's captain in his senior year.