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Omri Katz (born May 30, 1976) is an American actor, born and raised in Los Angeles, California. His TV and film credits include Eerie, Indiana; Matinee; Adventures in Dinosaur City; Hocus Pocus; and the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas, in which he played the role of "John Ross Ewing III", the son of J.R. Ewing (played series star Larry Hagman) and Sue Ellen Ewing (Linda Gray) for eight seasons from 1983 to 1991.

Omri's parents, Yoram and Rina, are both Israeli. Omri has an older brother, Michael, and an older sister, Lali. While Omri was young, he lived in Israel, but left to pursue a career in acting. Currently, Omri is taking a break from acting and is residing with his family in Israel. According to IMDB, circa October 2006, "He now works as a hairdresser in L.A."

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Created by dipity on Jan 24, 2008

Last updated: 03/11/10 at 09:14 AM

• Hocus Pocus
  Jul 15, 1993

  Hocus Pocus is a children's Halloween-themed film released by Disney. The movie started life as a script for a special original movie for the Disney Channel, to be produced by one of the smaller studios owned by The Walt Disney Company, but the script caught the eye of Walt Disney Studios who decided that the film was strong enough to carry well-known names and to attract a cinema audience. The movie was released in the United States and Canada in June 1993 (which may have been the major reason for its lackluster box office success). It was released in October 1994 across Australia and most of Europe and some Asian countries. The idea to cast Bette Midler was partly inspired by Midler's award-winning performance in a milestone motion picture for the Walt Disney Company on its Touchstone Pictures line, Down and Out in Beverly Hills. The movie begins in 17th century Salem, Massachusetts where three witch sisters—Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson—transformed Thachary Binks into an ...,
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• Omri Katz's Birthday
  May 29, 1976

  Omri Katz was born