{"id":2493,"date":"2025-04-05T16:43:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2025-04-05T16:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T16:43:43","slug":"ncis-star-mark-harmon-shared-the-unique-way-he-first-asked-out-wife-pam-dawber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncisnews.com\/?p=2493","title":{"rendered":"NCIS\u2019 Star Mark Harmon Shared the Unique Way He First Asked Out Wife Pam Dawber"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Throughout his time on NCIS, Mark Harmon made a memorable impression on fans as he portrayed Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Although his character had some heartbreaking experiences when it came to love and family, he was lucky to have quite a different experience with his wife of 37 years, actress Pam Dawber.<\/p>\n

While Pam appeared on her husband\u2019s former TV show when playing a \u201cseasoned investigative journalist\u201d named Marcie Warren back in 2021, longtime TV sitcom fans know that the actress was queen of the small screen back in the 1980s. Pam starred alongside Robin Williams in the Happy Days spinoff Mork & Mindy and was later on the sitcom My Sister Sam. Around the same time, Mark was also gaining popularity thanks to roles on the prime time soap opera Flamingo Road and medical drama St. Elsewhere. Mark was also named People\u2019s \u201cSexiest Man Alive\u201d in 1986<\/p>\n

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As for how the couple met, Closer Weekly reported the two were introduced by a mutual friend in the mid-80s \u2014 and the rest, as they say, is history. Mark later revealed to People in November 2023 how said friend initially wanted to have them meet in a group setting, but that didn\u2019t exactly sit well with him. Instead, he chose to cold call Pam and ask her out directly, leading to a lifetime of love.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Can I just call? Can I get a number and just cold call?\u2019 And so I did,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI got the number, and I called, and I got an answering machine. And I started to leave a message that said, \u2018We don\u2019t have to all go out. We could get a cup of coffee or something.\u2019 And then she was monitoring and she picked up. We went out that night and we\u2019re together ever since.\u201d<\/p>\n

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