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Jim Beaver is an American character actor, best known for his leading
roles on the TV series
Deadwood (2004) and
Supernatural (2005). Born in
Laramie, Wyoming a minister's son, he was raised in and around Irving,
Texas, a suburb of Dallas. Following high school and a year of college,
he joined the Marines and served as a radioman with the 1st Marine
Division in Vietnam. He attended Oklahoma Christian College (now Oklahoma Christian University), Edmond, OK, where he
first became interested in acting as a career. After one year, he
transferred to Central State University (now the University of Central
Oklahoma), Edmond, OK, and while a student made his professional debut in a
production of "Rain" at the Oklahoma Theatre Center in 1972. He
obtained a degree in theatre and returned to the Dallas area where he
worked for five seasons with the Dallas Shakespeare Festival. He had
written several plays in college and afterward (as well as a biography
of actor John Garfield), and in
1979 he was commissioned for the first of three plays at Actors Theatre
of Louisville. He also began to make appearances in bit roles in films
and television shows shot in the Dallas area, including
Semi-Tough (1977) and
Dallas (1978). Moving to New York in
1979, he worked in stock and in dinner theatre tours, and also
maintained a side career as a critic, columnist, and feature writer for
Films in Review, the magazine of the National Board of Review. An
assignment for an article on TV Superman
George Reeves led him to Los
Angeles. During his research there, his play "Verdigris" was produced
to solid reviews at Theatre West in Hollywood, and he was signed as a
writer by Sam Adams, partner in the prestigious Triad Artists agency.
He began a successful period as a television writer, penning episodes
for shows such as
Vietnam War Story (1987),
Tour of Duty (1987), and
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985),
and was nominated for a CableAce Award for an episode of the latter. He
had continued to act on stage and in small film and TV roles, and in
1988 he landed a substantial supporting role as
Bruce Willis's best friend, an alcoholic
Vietnam veteran, in Norman Jewison's
production In Country (1989). He gave
up television writing and concentrated on acting. Slowly his roles grew
larger (and more varied). He was
Mark Harmon's chain-smoking
detective partner Earl Gaddis on
Reasonable Doubts (1991)
and Edward Asner's dim-witted mechanic
assistant Leland on
Thunder Alley (1994). He was
frequently cast in Westerns
(Geronimo: An American Legend (1993),
Bad Girls (1994), among many
others) or as detectives, sheriffs, or police officers
(Sister Act (1992),
Sliver (1993),
Joy Ride (2001)). After two seasons
on
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
as French Stewart's sullen bar-owner boss
Happy Doug, Beaver landed his most prominent and critically acclaimed
role, that of Ellsworth, the gruff but decent and beloved prospector in
the landmark Western series
Deadwood (2004). Nominated along
with other cast members for a 2006 Screen Actors Guild Award, he found
his career in high gear following that series. From it he moved to the
popular father-figure role of demon hunter Bobby Singer on
Supernatural (2005), a part that
brought him a worldwide fan base and a secondary career making personal
appearances. He was married to and had a daughter with
Cecily Adams, the actress-casting director
daughter of
Get Smart (1965)'s Don Adams.
Following her death from lung cancer in 2004, he wrote a best-selling
memoir, "Life's That Way." He has continued to write plays and, between
acting jobs, to work on the George Reeves project, now planned as a
book. He served as biographical consultant on Reeves for the
semi-biopic Hollywoodland (2006).- Kathryn (Kay) Loder, grew up in Nebraska and Texas, the daughter of a
drama professor and an elementary school principal. Her mother was
Frances Loder, who taught theater at the University of Texas at Austin
for many years. Her older brother was James Edwin Loder, a renowned
theologian who taught at Princeton Theological Seminary. Loder
discussed his younger sister in his book, "The Transforming Moment,"
saying that a religious experience at the age of 14 diverted her from
an emotionally troubled childhood towards a career in the theater. Her
distinctive voice and looks, as well as her operatic acting style, made
her perfectly suited to play memorable female villains in exploitation
pics such as "The Big Doll House" and "Foxy Brown." It is no small
irony that the genre itself was passing around the time of her death in
1978. - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Cinematographer
Kurt Wetherill was born on 14 February 1986 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for 12 Rounds (2009), Rock Bottom (2006) and Star Trek: Voyager (1995).- Producer
- Writer
- Actress
Jane Milmore was born on 25 March 1955 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. She was a producer and writer, known for Daddy Dearest (1993), Anything But Love (1989) and The Hughleys (1998). She was married to Richard Vaczy. She died on 4 February 2020 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Location Management
- Additional Crew
Cody Wetherill was born on 14 February 1986 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He is an actor, known for Star Trek: Voyager (1995), Garden of Weedin' (2007) and Lies & Illusions (2009).- Madeleine Le Roux was born on 28 May 1946 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. She is an actress, known for Cry Uncle (1971), Ryan's Hope (1975) and Behind Locked Doors (1968).
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
Jennifer L. Smith was born on 11 January 1971 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. Jennifer L. is a casting director, known for Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007) and The Core (2003).- Harriet Hageman was born on 5 October 1962 in Fort Laramie, Wyoming, USA. She is married to John Alan Sundahl.
- Gerry Spence was born on 8 January 1929 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He is an actor, known for Ghosts Can't Do It (1989), Trial and Error (1997) and First Monday (2002).
- Joyce Coad was born on 14 April 1917 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. She was an actress, known for The Scarlet Letter (1926), The Magic Garden (1927) and Drums of Love (1928). She died on 3 May 1987 in March Air Force Base, California, USA.
- Ralph McCullough was born on 2 September 1895 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He was an actor, known for What Shall I Do? (1924), Paradise Express (1937) and Seven Years Bad Luck (1921). He died on 25 December 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
Martin Vavra is known for Benehooy, Unwelcome Guests and The Department of Time Travel. He is a director, fly fisher, is owned by a husky and was the runner up as the Little Lebowski Urban Achiever Award three years in a row. He creates films that inspire the imagination, challenge your thoughts and subvert the dominant paradigm. He is committed to diversity and empowerment in front and behind the camera. Education, wanderlust and curiosity are the pillars by which Martin endeavors to live by with every film.- Dale Hoopes was born and raised in Laramie, Wyoming. He attended Western Wyoming Community College from 2009-2012 where he received his AFA in Musical Theatre Performance in May of 2012. Dale spent three summers performing in Garden Valley, Idaho at Starlight Mountain Theatre. He then worked for Brigham's Playhouse in Washington, Utah for five years where he was both a performer as well as the Production Manager. He is currently living in Salt Lake City, Utah with his husband and is pursuing a BA in History Education from the University of Utah.
- Writer
- Cinematographer
- Sound Department
Justin Bauer was born on 6 December 1988 in Laramie, Wyoming, USA. He is a writer and cinematographer, known for Freelancer (2010), Story of Erica (2008) and Radar Contact (2014).