| “ | Fate's given you a second chance, Harry boy. And this time, they're gonna pay. | „ |
| ~ Harry Volk, Hourglass. |
Harry Volk, also known as Harry Bolston, was a pianist who was convicted of murder in the WB TV series Smallville.
Harry served as the main antagonist in the Season One episode "Hourglass".
Harry's elderly persona was portrayed by the late George Murdock, who also played God in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Lieutenant Scanlon in Barney Miller, and voiced Boss Biggis in Batman: The Animated Series, while his younger-self was portrayed by Eric Christian Olsen, who also played Gunter in Beerfest.
Biography[]
Past[]
In Harry's youth, he was a talented pianist and was first in line to receive a scholarship to the Metropolis Conservatory. But his teacher, recommended another candidate that shattered Harry's dreams. Enraged, the young man killed the teacher's son. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison; by a jury of local jurors. One of the jurors at his trial was none other than Hiram Kent. In prison, he took up a hobby of learning descendants of families that lived in Smallville.
Hourglass[]
Harry served sixty years of his sentence and unfortunately was released from prison, as he was now a harmless crippled old man. He returned to his hometown of Smallville where he lived in a retirement home under a new name; Harry Bolston. Lana Lang volunteered at the center and tended to Harry; who was listening to classical music in his room. He confesses to being obsessed; with the local history of Smallville after revealing that; the Langs came to Smallville in 1938.
Harry uses a wheelchair and asked Lana to push him around the grounds while telling him what the Langs have been up to; since 1938. She took him to the koi pond, where Harry asks Lana to leave him on the bridge and go back to his room to fetch him a scarf. While she was away, he tried to sneak a cigarette; but dropped his lighter. He reaches over to retrieve it; but upsets his wheelchair, fell through a string of decorative lights and tumbles; into the pond that; setting off a brilliant display of electricity and sparks.
The electrical charge didn't kill Harry; instead he was rejuvenated; when the electricity from the chair motor interacted; with the radioactive meteorites in the pond. This somehow reversed the aging process and left him as a young man, restoring his health and stamina. He stood up from the water and laughs manically; because of his new-found youth. Harry dressed in scrubs and returned to his room retrieving some old newspaper clippings and lists containing names; including Zoe Garfield, a waitress at the Beanery. He went to the Beanery and enjoyed a large cheeseburger and coffee where Zoe waited on him.
Harry met Clark Kent and Chloe Sullivan; when he eavesdropped on their conversation; with Lana and wishes them luck finding their missing patient. With his new-found youth, Harry decided to exact vengeance on those; who had sentenced him to prison; by killing their children. Harry returned to the retirement center where he played the piano. Cassandra Carver tried to trick him; into taking her hand; but Harry refuses saying he already knew his future. He also removed his picture of his younger-self to hide his identity.
Harry's first victim was Jim Gage; who was watching a football game in his home; when the power was cut. Harry was at the front door dressed as an electrician and as he checks the circuit breakers, he asked Jim if he has any relation to Randolph Gage. Jim admits that; Randolph was his father and died in 1993. Harry removed a length of piano wire from the bottom of his toolbox and strangled Jim; with it.
When Jim's murdered was discovered, Pete Ross told Chloe and Clark about it. Chloe says that; was the same way Harry Volk killed the piano teacher's son in 1945. Clark thinks it might be a copycat; but Chloe has a photo of Harry Volk from the 1940s. It looks just like that; guy that; they saw at the Beanery.
Of course, Chloe is ready to assume that; Harry has traveled through time. Clark suggests they search Harry's room for fan mail of a copycat. Chloe and Pete find more newspaper clippings in Harry's room. When Clark sees a picture of Zoe Garfield, he recognizes her as one of the people he saw a glimpse of in his most recent vision of his future. He guesses that; Harry might be after her and he rushes off to the Beanery.
At the Beanery, it's closing time; but Harry doesn't want to leave. He offers to play the piano while Zoe cleans up the shop and she agrees. Harry reveals that; Zoe's grandmother Eve Garfield, helped kill his future and now he intends to kill Zoe's future. Harry tries to strangle Zoe just as Clark smashes in the door and saves her.
Harry tried to stab Clark with a knife; but it shattered; into pieces upon impact and Clark easily overpowered him. He ended up in the hospital; but; when Sheriff Ethan Miller entered his room to arrest him, he finds the aged Harry Bolston handcuffed to the bed. At the koi pond, Lana tells Clark that; Harry told police that; a kid; who was obsessed; with his case kidnapped him. When Clark begins to feel ill, he looks down; into the pond and sees the meteor rocks. Clark tells Harry that; he suspects the truth. Harry seemed more interested in the fact that; his name is Kent. He calls the nurse to ask Clark to leave. Later, Harry pushes himself out to the koi pond in his wheelchair and dives in.
At the Torch, Chloe and Pete are studying news coverage of Volk's trial; when Lana arrives to announce that; Harry is gone. Chloe finds a list of jurors that; worked on Harry's trial; with Hiram Kent's name on it. The younger Harry went to the Kent farm where Martha Kent answered the door. Harry posing as a gas man told her that; Jonathan had called him; but Martha grew suspicious and figures out that; Harry is lying.
Martha tries to call out and finds the phone is disconnected. She hits Harry over the head to get to her car and finds the tires have been slashed. She hits Harry over the head to get to her car and finds the tires have been slashed. Finally she hides in a grain silo. Harry finds her and attacks her; with a knife. Martha pulls a lever and buries them both in grain. Clark and Jonathan arrive just in time to pull her out and resuscitate her. But Harry died as he returned to his original age.
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