Harry Hamlin Sails into Harper's Island

Harry Hamlin has sailed into a role on CBS' upcoming Harper's Island, a horror drama series expected to air midseason.The series will focus on a group of friends who are terrorized on an island off the Seattle coast, where they've met for a destination wedding. Hamlin will play the gregarious, womanizing uncle of the groom (Ugly Betty's Christopher Gorham), says the Reporter. (The role was played by Bill Pullman in the "drama presentation" originally shown at TCA, but you always had a feeling that was done as a favor to someone.)In addition to showing off his footwork on a season of Dancing with the Stars, Hamlin — an original L.A. Lawyer — had a run on Veronica Mars. — Anna DimondRelated:• Supernatural Beauty Gets Island Wedding• Ugly Betty's Henry Moves to Harper's Island

TV GuideNews Sept. 5, 2008 at 9:36 p.m. PT