He pursued acting because he wanted to express a range of emotions, but Welling still models occasionally and appeared in the May 2008 issue of "Vogue", the so-called "Superhero Issue". In his first major acting role, Welling played karate teacher Rob "Karate Rob" Meltzer, a younger love interest of Amy Gray (Amy Brenneman) in the second season of the CBS legal drama "Judging Amy", which aired in 2001. Welling was originally signed for three episodes; after receiving enthusiastic fan reviews, the producers kept him for three more. Welling also had a small role in the UPN science fiction sitcom "Special Unit 2", and he appeared in the pilot episode of the FOX sitcom "Undeclared".
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Tom Welling | Early career
"Judging Amy", "Special Unit 2", "Undeclared". Lucifer "Lucifer" Yes, "Lucifer".
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Season 4
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who played the above mentioned characters?
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Tom Welling and Erica Durance, respectively.
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what features were given to the second mentioned character, when designing the character?
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She has "sophisticated, worldly experience", considered to be more of an adult than the rest of the cast, has a lot of "nervous energy" from trying to "find herself".
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who directed this series?
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how did the first mentioned actor, debut in the entertainment industry?
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Modeling for a Tommy Hilfiger campaign.
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can you name any other series that he has worked in?
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He pursued acting because he wanted to express a range of emotions, but Welling still models occasionally and appeared in the May 2008 issue of "Vogue", the so-called "Superhero Issue". In his first major acting role, Welling played karate teacher Rob "Karate Rob" Meltzer, a younger love interest of Amy Gray (Amy Brenneman) in the second season of the CBS legal drama "Judging Amy", which aired in 2001. Welling was originally signed for three episodes; after receiving enthusiastic fan reviews, the producers kept him for three more. Welling also had a small role in the UPN science fiction sitcom "Special Unit 2", and he appeared in the pilot episode of the FOX sitcom "Undeclared".
Tom Welling | Early career
Originally a construction worker, Welling was discovered in 1998 at a party in Nantucket by iconic casting director Jennifer Starr who was there finding fresh faces for a Tommy Hilfiger campaign and suggested he try modeling. Welling modeled for Louisa Modeling Agency until 2000, when he relocated to Los Angeles. There he modeled for Tommy Hilfiger, Abercrombie & Fitch, and Calvin Klein while pursuing an acting career. In 2000, Welling appeared in Angela Via's music video "Picture Perfect" where he played Vía's love interest. Welling has said that he did not like modeling and that he was not good at it because it was all on the outside or from an external point of view.
Tom Welling | Early career
In 2007, he joined a list of British actors, including Kate Winslet and Orlando Bloom, to have guest starred in the long-running medical drama "Casualty".
Tom Hiddleston | 2001–2010: Early work
He created a second career as a character actor, appearing in several films and television shows, including "Throw Momma from the Train", "Hoffa", and "Frasier". She studied drama at Hunter College in New York, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968.
Rhea Perlman | Early life and family
He was even compared to Paul Newman. And while he did not become famous, he worked regularly, appearing in a number of movies, as well as in some American television shows. Among the TV shows in which he acted were "Cannon", "The Waltons", "Baretta", and "Ironside". On American TV, he became well known for playing tough guy characters and villains: as he noted in an interview, if an actor is not the leading man, he generally plays a "heavy."
Scott Hylands | Career in the United States
Tommy continued to hone his acting skills appearing in local theatre productions and in sketch comedy at the HA! Comedy Club in New York.
Tommy Savas | Early life
He was also critical of the treatment and compensation of child actors of his day. He reportedly received no residual payments from his work in the "Lassie" series, even though it was later very popular in syndication, widely shown under the title "Jeff's Collie".
Tommy Rettig | Early life and acting career
His first television roles were in "Screen One" (1992) and "Taggart" (1993). Flanagan worked in Robert Carlyle's Raindog Theatre for three years before being cast in "Braveheart" (1995). He has had roles in "Face/Off" (1997), "The Game" (1997), "Sunset Strip" (2000), "Gladiator" (2000), "All About the Benjamins" (2002), "" (2003), "Alien vs. Predator" (2004), "Sin City" (2005), "Smokin' Aces" (2006), "When a Stranger Calls" (2006), "The Last Drop" (2006), "" (2010) and the TV mini-series "Attila". He portrayed arms dealer Gabriel Schecter in the first episode of "24"s seventh season and appeared in the episode "Headlock" of "Lie to Me", aired in the U.S.
Tommy Flanagan (actor) | Career
It ran for less than one season.
Tom Gammill and Max Pross | Early career
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee with the Professional Theatre Training Program's first class in 1981, Tom Hewitt worked with such regional powerhouses as Minneapolis's Guthrie Theatre, the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., and the Berkshire Theatre Festival in New England before heading to New York and the commercial stage.
Tom Hewitt (actor) | Early life and career
I wanted to do films. He wanted to do television." The pair reached the agreement that they would pursue a career in the medium that they first got a job offer in—whether it be film or television. They eventually ended up writing for television sitcoms such as "Hope and Gloria" (1995–1996) and "The Brian Benben Show" (1998). These sitcoms were short-lived and Payne has deemed them as failures.
John Frink | Early life and career
His show business career started as a child actor in the CBS western television series, "The Texan" starring Rory Calhoun, and in the recurring role of a schoolboy on ABC's sitcom, "The Donna Reed Show". In addition to television appearances, he has acted in and produced such feature films as "A Gun, A Car, A Blonde", starring Billy Bob Thornton and John Ritter, and "Sin-Jin Smyth", starring Jonathan Davis, Richard Tyson, Don Stroud, and Roddy Piper. His first record sessions included Ernie Freeman, and the then unknown Daryl Dragon, Charles Wright and Jimi Hendrix who was at the time working under the name Jimmy James.
Vincent Flaherty | Early entertainment career
Despite his mother throwing away the letter and telling him it would be a waste of time, he persisted. His mother relented and took the day off work and took Tom to the casting agency. Although unprepared, with only a wallet-sized photo in place of a portfolio with headshots, Tom auditioned for a number of roles including a young John F. Kennedy Jr. Eventually Tom was offered the role of a 9 to 12 year old John F. Kennedy Jr. which he accepted, going on to do the series.
Tom Krajewski | Early life
Although not a noteworthy actress, Clara Peller might be noted for having an even later start in entertainment, in her eighties. Richard Farnsworth became an actor after forty years as a stunt man, although he had had a few small uncredited roles when younger. Ellen Albertini Dow obtained her first screen credit when she was sixty-eight. Rodney Dangerfield was an actor/comedian who did not really start until he was forty-two. He had done clubs when he was younger, but stopped in order to work as a salesman. Zelda Rubinstein was forty-eight before she had her first role, a minor part in "Under the Rainbow", but is more known for her "debut" in the "Poltergeist" film series starting the following year.
Late bloomer | Acting
He was born in Los Angeles, California to tailor Thomas Johnson and his wife Alma, the youngest of five siblings. Johnson had a musical upbringing as his father was a baritone soloist in the choir at the Angelus Temple in Echo Park. He attended the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, studying under Robert Marsteller. He received a bachelor's degree in music in 1956. He played on his first film in 1958, the score for "Al Capone". He went on to become Hollywood's "first-call" tuba player, playing for television commercials and television series, such as "The Flintstones". In addition to "Jaws", his films included, "The Godfather", the "Indiana Jones" series, the "Star Trek" film series, "The Lion King", "Titanic", "The Thin Red Line" (1998 remake), "The Matrix", "Cats & Dogs", "Forrest Gump", "Air Force One", "Back to the Future", "A Bug's Life" and "Lethal Weapon".
Tommy Johnson (tubist) | Early life
Before working in Hollywood, he acted in various TV shows such as "E Street" (as Sam Farrel: 1992–1993), "Home and Away" (as James Hudson: 1993–1994), and "Heartbreak High" (as Tom Summers: 1996).
Simon Baker | Career
Redlich got his first job in the entertainment business in 1993 as ans actor in the short-lived series "Jenny". He then went on to voice acting in "Gary & Mike", following which he became the live-action for the television series "The Hughleys". He then went on to acting as he recurs on "According to Jim". He then acting, writer and produced for "100 Questions", followed by his stints with "Man Up!". He is also the creator and producer of "Marlon".
Christopher Moynihan | Career
He also worked as a bodyguard for businessman Howard Hughes, as well as a ranch hand, wrangler, and blacksmith. He then began shoeing horses for film and television. At the behest of his close friend and fellow actor Robert Duvall, he began acting in the 1960s as a riding extra and stunt man in Westerns. In 1979, he told the "Los Angeles Times" that the most he ever earned in a year as an actor was $20,000. He had no formal training as an actor, and his first experience in acting in front of a live audience was at the Los Angeles Actors' Theater.
Wilford Brimley | Early life
He has made guest appearances on many TV series including "Perry Mason", "Rawhide", "The Fugitive", "Bonanza", "The Outer Limits", "General Hospital", "The Rockford Files", "The Bob Newhart Show", "Hogan's Heroes", "Rich Man, Poor Man Book II", "Hunter" and "Batman Beyond".
James Sikking | Career
But once he saw his first screenplay produced – he devoted his undivided attention to writing. Since then his writing has attracted a diverse array of well-known actors, including Kevin Bacon, Ben Foster, Michael Caine, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Plummer, Til Schweiger, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Goode, Roy Scheider, Djimon Hounsou, Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Dolph Lundgren, John Lithgow, Tom Berenger, Peter Weller, Sylvester Stallone and Nick Nolte.
Kevin Bernhardt | Career
He did not enjoy working on television, and the show finished after only one series.
Roger Scott | Early career
Thomas J. Welling (born April 26, 1977) is an American actor, director, producer, and model best known for his role as Clark Kent in The WB/The CW superhero drama "Smallville" (2001–2011). He also co-starred in the third season of Fox fantasy comedy-drama "Lucifer" as Lt. Marcus Pierce (2017–2018). A high school athlete, Welling initially worked in construction and, in 1998, he successfully modeled men's clothing for several popular brands. In 2000, he made a successful transition to television. He has been nominated for and received several awards for his role as Clark Kent. In 2001, he had a recurring role as Rob "Karate Rob" Meltzer in the second season of the CBS legal drama "Judging Amy".
Tom Welling | Introduction
Born on October 30, 1915, in Newark, New Jersey, Reilly saw service in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and pursued a theater career following the war. His Broadway credits included "Fair Game" (1957), "Dear Charles" (1954), "Never Say Never" (1951), "Second Threshold" (1950), and "The Curious Savage" (1950). Reilly worked many early television anthology series. His first screen appearance was in the 1949 episode "The Flying Gerardos" of "Kraft Television Theatre". He subsequently was cast in "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950-1955), "The Ford Television Theatre" (1951), "Broadway Television Theatre" (1953), "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1953-1957), "Appointment with Adventure" (twice in 1955), "The Alcoa Hour" (1956), "Crossroads" (as host of the 1956 episode "Through the Window"), "The United States Steel Hour" (1958).
Hugh Reilly | Early years and career
His other television roles included "The Restless Gun", "General Electric Theater", "The Millionaire", "The Big Valley", and "The Joseph Cotten Show".
Tom Tryon | Paramount
MacCorkindale started his acting career in theatre, touring the United Kingdom with a repertory theatre group. His first professional stage performance was in a 1973 run of "A Bequest to the Nation" at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry. He made his West End theatre debut in a production of "Pygmalion" in 1974, appearing alongside Alec McCowen and Diana Rigg in the role of "Sarcastic Bystander". In 1973, the series "Hawkeye, The Pathfinder" had given MacCorkindale his first TV credit. He went on to appear in a number of other TV series, including "Within These Walls", "Sutherland's Law", "I, Claudius" (as Lucius Caesar) and "Jesus of Nazareth".
Simon MacCorkindale | Early work (1973–79)
Holness also had an occasional acting career in television shows including Thriller, Rex the Runt and The Impressionable Jon Culshaw.
Bob Holness | Television career
Behr's first writing job was on the dramatic series "Bret Maverick." Behr continued to work on television dramas, throughout the 1980s, among them:
Ira Steven Behr | Early work
Scharpling was born in New Jersey. He grew up in Dunellen, New Jersey. He was a fan of "Saturday Night Live" and "SCTV" from a young age. He attended Middlesex High School, Middlesex Community College, and Trenton State College. He graduated with a degree in English. Scharpling worked at a sheet music shop called World of Music in Summit, New Jersey from 1979 through 1999. He has cited his major comedy influences as Chris Elliott's "Get a Life", SCTV, "Saturday Night Live", and the 1994 absurdist comedy "Clifford" starring Martin Short. Scharpling later purchased the suit worn by Short in "Clifford" via an eBay auction.
Tom Scharpling | Early life
He wound up penniless and resumed his butchery trade in London where he gained a new interest in freak show entertainment.
Tom Norman | Early life
He gave actors such as Patrick Stewart, Martin Jarvis, and many other household names, their first jobs. Following minor television roles between 1948 and 1965, he began to act on a regular basis during the 1970s, beginning with an appearance in a 1972 episode of "Holly". Minor roles in shows including The Nearly Man, ITV Playhouse, Flambards and Fallen Hero followed later on in the decade.
David Scase | Introduction
Through the early and mid-1960s, Hoffman made appearances in television shows and movies, including "Naked City", "The Defenders" and "Hallmark Hall of Fame".
Dustin Hoffman | Early work
He eventually went on to win the role of Roger "Raj" Thomas on the show, which aired from 1976 to 1979. During the show's run, Thomas was involved in other acting film and TV projects including "Baretta", "Roots", "The Brady Bunch Hour" and the film "A Piece of the Action" starring Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby. Though the series rated well, "What's Happening!!" was cancelled after its third season in the early spring of 1979.
Ernest Lee Thomas | Early career and "What's Happening!!"
He did his national service in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving from 1955 until 1957. He took up acting around 1956, joining the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Sidcup, where he met his first wife. He went on to become a professional actor in the late 1960s after the marriage broke down.
Tom Baker | Early life
"The First" is one of the more popular episodes from the television series largely because of Townes' performance
Harry Townes | Career
After World War II, Hemsley made other radio shows like "Old Hearty" (1947) and "Hemsley's Hotel" (1949). He lived long enough to appear on early television.
Harry Hemsley | Later career
He has appeared on TV in "Honey Lane", "The Cedar Tree", "The Expert", and "Happy ever after". In 1969 he appeared with Tommy Steele and Mary Hopkins in "Dick Whittington" at The London Palladium and in 1970 was The Emperor of China in "Aladdin" with Cilla Black, Alfred Marks and Leslie Crowther, and with Alec Guinness in the play "Time out of Mind".
Tom Chatto | Early life and career
Afterward, he attended the Actors Studio, until his first television appearance in 1950 on an episode of "Studio One", alongside Charlton Heston, for which he was paid $75 ().
Leslie Nielsen | Early life
Welling was born in Putnam Valley, New York. His family moved frequently, making stops in Wisconsin, Delaware, and Michigan. Welling attended Okemos High School in Okemos, Michigan, where he started acting in plays, but then switched to sports. Welling played baseball and soccer, but his favorite sport is basketball. Welling is one of four children, with two older sisters, Rebecca and Jamie, and a younger brother, Mark Welling, who is also an actor.
Tom Welling | Early life
Stahl first started acting in 1976. He found fame for his role as Tom Kerr in the television series "High Road", in which he appeared as a series regular between 1982 and 2003. He also played the role of Rickard Karstark in HBO's "Game of Thrones", appearing in the second and third seasons. His other roles include Inspector Reed in the 1995 television series "Resort to Murder", and as Ewan in the 2011 Royal National Theatre production "Frankenstein".
John Stahl | Career
He wore a fez when performing after that, the prop later being described as "an icon of 20th-century comedy".
Tommy Cooper | Early life
While in Hollywood, he briefly took a middle name, "Hewes", to differentiate himself from another Patrick Stewart who was already a member of the Screen Actors Guild.
Patrick Stewart | Early acting career (1966–1987)
He appeared in eight episodes from 2014-2018.
Tom D. Crouch | Career
He continued on to Pembroke College at the University of Cambridge, where he earned a double first in Classics. During his second term at Cambridge, he was seen in a production of "A Streetcar Named Desire" by talent agent Lorraine Hamilton of Hamilton Hodell. He proceeded to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, from which he graduated in 2005.
Tom Hiddleston | Early life
This is a list of television series in which he has appeared.
Tom Hernández | TV series
His first show failed because the talent he booked failed to show up. Latham did not let this setback deter him. He went on to produce many highly successful comedy tours across the nation.
Walter Latham | Early life
In the mid-1970s, he started working with Rob Reiner on a pilot for ABC. The show, which starred Christopher Guest, Tom Leopold and McKean, was not picked up.
Harry Shearer | Early life
Landon's first starring appearance was on the television series "Telephone Time", in the episode "The Mystery of Casper Hauser" (1956) as the title character. Other parts came: movie roles in "I Was a Teenage Werewolf" (1957), "Maracaibo" (1958), "High School Confidential" (1958), the notorious "God's Little Acre" (1958), and "The Legend of Tom Dooley" (1959), as well as many roles on television, such as "Crossroads" (three episodes), "The Restless Gun" (pilot episode aired on "Schlitz Playhouse of Stars"), "Sheriff of Cochise" (in "Human Bomb"), "U.S. Marshal" (as Don Sayers in "The Champ"), "Crusader", "Frontier Doctor", "The Rifleman" (in "End of a Young Gun", 1958), "The Adventures of Jim Bowie", "Johnny Staccato", "Wire Service", "General Electric Theater", "The Court of Last Resort", "State Trooper" (two episodes), "Tales of Wells Fargo" (Three episodes), "The Texan" (in the 1958 episode "The Hemp Tree"), "The Tall Man", "Tombstone Territory" (in the episodes "The Man From Brewster" (credited as Tom Landon), with John Carradine and "Rose of the Rio Bravo", with Kathleen Nolan), "Trackdown" (two 1958 episodes), and "", starring Steve McQueen (in episodes "The Martin Poster", 1958, and "The Legend", 1959).
Michael Landon | Early work
One of the busiest character actors, he appeared in over 600 films. London made many guest appearances in television shows through the 1950s, such as "The Range Rider", with Jock Mahoney and Dick Jones. He also played Sam, the attendant of Helen Ramirez (Katy Jurado) in "High Noon". His last movie was "Underworld U.S.A." in 1961, and his final roles on TV were in "Lawman" and "The Dakotas".
Tom London | Life and career
"I started at the top. My first professional acting role was in a starring role in a Universal Studios film," he said. "I didn't even get the chance to get my feet wet. So after that film, it was sort of a downward path." After appearing in his second film, "Yellowbeard" (1983), in which he portrayed the son of Graham Chapman's character, Hewitt spent the 1980s shooting forgettable B movies and doing the occasional TV guest spot. Of the films he appeared in during the '80s included: "April Fool", later to be titled "Killer Party" (1986); "The Falling" (1987); and "Two Moon Junction" (1988).
Martin Hewitt (actor) | Later acting career
He began using the name "Nigel Kneale" for these professional credits, but continued to be known as "Tom" to his family and friends up until his death. After graduating from RADA, Kneale worked for a short time as a professional actor performing in small rôles at the Stratford Memorial Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. He continued to write in his spare time and in 1949 a collection of his work, entitled "Tomato Cain and Other Stories", was published. The book sufficiently impressed the writer Elizabeth Bowen that she wrote a foreword for it, and in 1950 the collection won the Somerset Maugham Award.
Nigel Kneale | Early life and career
The series has been met with a positive response from critics upon its premiere. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 68% with an average rating of 6.3 out of 10, based on 59 reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "Sean Penn gives an intensely poignant performance as the driven but conflicted Tom Hagerty in "The First"s rather slow-moving first season." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the series a score of 61 out of 100 based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." John Anderson of the "Wall Street Journal" wrote: "This is not a space show, or at least it won’t be till the end of the season.
The First (TV series) | Critical response
James Jebbia was born in the United States. When he was one year old, his parents relocated to Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. As a child actor Jebbia appeared in popular British television shows ITV's "Just William" (1977), BBC's "Grange Hill" (1978) (where he played "Tommy Watson" for five episodes in series 1), and the sitcom "Butterflies" (1979). His American father was in the United States Air Force, and his English mother was a homemaker and later a teacher. They divorced when he was around 10 years old.
James Jebbia | Early life
Atkins began his career in stage plays both on-and-off Broadway, before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. His first movie role was in "The Detective", which starred Frank Sinatra. Talking of his experience working on his first feature film – and with Sinatra – Atkins says: "It was great! It was intimidating and frightening and scary but Frank was great. He was very easy to work with. He didn't like to do a lot of takes. But then it's not like we were doing Shakespeare." After many appearances in TV series and movies, including notably as Lt.
Tom Atkins (actor) | Career
He left school before his A-levels because he "couldn't stand the idea of that" and thought he "wouldn't survive it". As soon as he left school at 17, he wrote to an acting agency and got the first role he ever auditioned for. He attended dance school before being accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London when he was 18.
Tom Burke (actor) | Early life
He appeared in more than 50 television series, including "Alice" and "After MASH".
Patrick Cranshaw | Career
Actors who have portrayed Tom Sawyer in films and TV:
Tom Sawyer | Portrayals
His breakthrough came when he showed Charlie Higson and Bob Mortimer some of his comedy tapes and Higson recruited Thomas as a supporting cast member on "The Fast Show", in which he made recurring appearances, notably as Paul, the young assistant to the Charlie Higson character, oily used-car-dealer "Swiss Toni". He became script editor on "Shooting Stars" in a later series.
Rhys Thomas (comedian) | Early life
to the other, and had built an impressive resume of glowing reviews of his performances in such roles as "Cyrano de Bergerac", "Abe Lincoln In Illinois", Sir Thomas More in "A Man For All Seasons", Henry Drummond in "Inherit The Wind", "Richard III" and the like, but he was never offered such lofty challenges in films or television.
Robert V. Barron | Career
Since the mid-1970s, Babson has been a "writer, teacher, actor and director of theatre, film and television". One of his first jobs in Hollywood was helping Paul Newman learn to play hockey for the film "Slap Shot". Also, since the early 1980s, he has made appearances in more than 250 films and television series, such as portraying a recurring character Tom, an aspiring lawyer in the television sitcom "Cheers". He also wrote a book "The Actor’s Choice", published by Heinemann in 1996.
Tom Babson | Acting
Thomas trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London and later at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts also in London. He grew up largely in Buckinghamshire, England. His first professional acting job came at the age of 8 when he played Kipper in a production of "Oliver!" in the West End. As a child, he also appeared as Simon in "Billy Elliot" and in "About a Boy", starring Hugh Grant. Additionally, Thomas made frequent appearances on numerous British television shows, including "Wonderful You", "The Bill", "Bad Girls", and Stephen Poliakoff's "The Lost Prince", among others.
Matthew James Thomas | Early life and education
This initial attempt failed, but helped to catapult him into fame and turned him into a local celebrity as a result of his performance in the show.
Grégory Lemarchal | 1983–2002: Early life
The following is a List of awards and nominations received by Tom Welling throughout his acting career.
List of awards and nominations received by Tom Welling | Introduction
His first television role was in the sitcom "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" in 1973. The following year he appeared in "Invasion of the Dinosaurs", a 1974 "Doctor Who" serial. His other early television roles included "Sam and the River" (1975), "Crown Court", "Wodehouse Playhouse" and "Target". During that time he also appeared in "Get Carter", "The Music Lovers", "Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World" and "Juggernaut". For three episodes, from 1980 to 1981, he played Mr Spalding in "To the Manor Born", and then in 1983, he portrayed Edmund Waller, one of Tom Lacey's friends at the court of Charles I, in "By the Sword Divided." In 1984, he made his first appearance in "Hi-de-Hi!" as Julian Dalrymple-Sykes, a dancer.
Ben Aris | Film and television career
Before his break in television, his first theatre appearances were in variety, where he appeared in venues throughout the country.
Des O'Connor | Early life
He followed this up with his role as Daz in the film "Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?" (1999) and then moved to the United States. His career expanded to include a recurring role as Gregor Ryder in the WB series "Young Americans". He then appeared in the short-lived Fox series "Undeclared" as an English drama student called Lloyd Haythe. Despite critical acclaim, the series was cancelled after one season. Hunnam then appeared on the large screen in "Abandon" (2002), "Nicholas Nickleby" (2002), and "Cold Mountain" (2003).
Charlie Hunnam | Early work
Christopher Hitchens suggested that Brandreth "set out to make himself into a Ken Tynan. Wore a cloak." He became a theatre producer, politician, journalist, author and publisher as well as, later, a TV presenter.
Gyles Brandreth | Early life
He starred in the West End show "Boeing-Boeing" and other West End productions.
Nicholas Parsons | Early career
Hinkley was born Hiram Thomas Hinkley on May 31, 1960 in El Centro, California. He attended Culver High School in Culver, Oregon. Hinkley's on-screen career began in the 1980s, including television guest roles, and periodic regular turns on TV series, including the short-lived Showtime series "Hard Knocks" (1987), that also featured Bill Maher. Having appeared in the Academy Award-winning "Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall", he has also been known for his roles in such popular box office draws as "The Cable Guy" (1996), "The Little Vampire" (2000), "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007) and "Leatherheads" (2008). He also made several appearances in the first season of the sitcom "Mad About You" as Jay Selby, the best friend of Paul Buchman (played by Paul Reiser).
Tommy Hinkley | Life and career
Farr began his career as a geologist before transitioning to acting. He appeared in "The Detectives"'' first season. His other television work from the 1950 to the 1970s also included appearances on "Perry Mason", "Bonanza", "Lassie", "", "The Rifleman", "Laramie", "Trackdown" and "M Squad". His film credits included "Thundering Jets" in 1958, "Tarawa Beachhead" in 1958, "Lone Texan" in 1959, and "Gunfighters of Abilene" in 1960.
Lee Farr | Career
The impression would later become the first of Hader's many recurring characters on the show: Vinny Vedecci. As a result of the audition, Hader got an agent and manager. Just before he was officially invited to begin work on "SNL", Hader was working as an assistant editor on "Iron Chef America".
Bill Hader | 1999–2004: Early career
Prior to his professional debut, Humphrey appeared in numerous school productions. Humphrey began his acting career in television, his first role on "Neighbours", where he appeared on four episodes. He made his film debut in the historical drama musical film "The Greatest Showman", he played Charles Stratton, a dwarf performer who is also known by his stage name of General Tom Thumb. As he was taller than the real Tom Thumb, he had to walk on his knees and his voice was digitally altered to sound deeper. In 2017, Humphrey starred in the television film "Jeremy the Dud".
Sam Humphrey | Career
The main part of his career was in television. Television series in which he made appearances include:
Douglas Henderson (actor) | TV Series
Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off." He gave up acting after two years because he "couldn't stand the politics in Hollywood". Brendon returned to school to study medicine, which didn't work out; he also tried his hand at a variety of odd jobs, including plumber's assistant, veterinary janitor, day care counselor, waiter, and production assistant for the television show "Dave's World".
Nicholas Brendon | Early life
List of television series in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor: List of films in which Maryam Hassouni performed as an actor:
Maryam Hassouni | Television series
In the 1963–64 season, he appeared in an episode of the ABC series "Channing". In 1963, he starred in the "Family Theater" production called "The Soldier" and received credits in other programs of "The Psalms" series. That same year, he guest-starred in "Route 66", in the episode "Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea."
William Shatner | Early stage, film, and television work
That was the number one draw for me. Then, after reading the script, I really liked this character, Charlie. I liked what he went through, what he had to go through, and I felt I understood where he was coming from. And I just wanted to be a part of it." Welling had always been a fan of Martin's and said that he "absolutely loved" working with him. In 2005, Welling co-starred in the horror film "The Fog", a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 film of the same name, as Nick Castle (a character originally played by Tom Atkins). At the same time "The Fog" was in production, Welling was still working on the last few episodes of the fourth season of "Smallville".
Tom Welling | Film
Ewell was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, the son of Martine (née Yewell) and Samuel William Tompkins. His family expected him to follow in their footsteps as lawyers or whiskey and tobacco dealers, but Ewell decided to pursue acting instead. He began acting in summer stock in 1928 with Don Ameche before moving to New York City in 1931. He enrolled in the Actors Studio. He made his Broadway debut in 1934 and his film debut in 1940, and for several years, he played comic supporting roles. His acting career was interrupted during World War II when he served in the United States Navy.
Tom Ewell | Early life and career
Marvin began appearing on television shows like "Escape", "The Big Story", and "Treasury Men in Action".
Lee Marvin | Early acting career
In 1958, at age seven, Thomas made his Broadway debut in "Sunrise at Campobello". In 1959, he appeared in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" NBC television presentation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House" with Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer, and Hume Cronyn. He then began acting in daytime TV. In 1960, he was in a leading role in NBC's "Bonanza" in an episode called "The Weary Willies". He then appeared in soap operas such as "The Edge of Night" (as Ben Schultz, 1961), "A Flame in the Wind", and "As the World Turns" (as Tom Hughes, 1966–67), which were broadcast from his native Manhattan.
Richard Thomas (actor) | Acting career
Thomas was born in Gary, Indiana and began his professional acting career as a Broadway actor, appearing in the 1974 revival production of "Love for Love" and in the 1975 revival of "The Member of the Wedding". Both shows starred actress Glenn Close. Shortly after he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a TV/film actor. In the fall of 1975 he received a role on an episode of "The Jeffersons". It was during the taping of the show that he learned of an audition for the upcoming comedy sitcom "What's Happening!!", loosely based on the 1975 film "Cooley High".
Ernest Lee Thomas | Early career and "What's Happening!!"
It was during the run of "Tommy" that Midler first appeared on "The Tonight Show."
Bette Midler | 1965–1971: Beginnings and early theatre work
Mike Walling appeared in the following TV shows and films:
Mike Walling | Filmography
Bruce Vilanch's first television appearance as himself was in 1988, when he was interviewed by Chris Aable, the host and producer of the cable show "Hollywood Today". He played himself in a 2001 episode of "The Simpsons" titled "Pokey Mom". Vilanch appeared in the third season of "Celebrity Fit Club" in 2006, losing 21 pounds over the course of the show.
Bruce Vilanch | Other film and television appearances
Born in Kildare, Hickey began his career in 1963 at Deirdre O'Connell's Stanislavski Studio in Dublin where he trained in Stanislavski's system of acting. He has said that he sees his choice of profession as a "vocation", having decided to become an actor when he was five or six years old.
Tom Hickey (actor) | Early life
He guest starred on shows like "The Millionaire" (1956), "Broken Arrow" (1957), "Have Gun – Will Travel" (1958), "Colgate Theatre" (1958), "Death Valley Days" (1960), and "Tales of Wells Fargo" (1962).
James Craig (actor) | Later career
Farina also played FBI Agent Jack Crawford in the first Hannibal Lecter crime film, Michael Mann's "Manhunter". Other movies he was cast in include Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan", "Striking Distance", "Another Stakeout", "Snatch", "The Mod Squad", "Reindeer Games", "Men of Respect", "Big Trouble" and "Out of Sight". He played a baseball manager in "Little Big League" and a nemesis basketball coach in "Eddie".
Dennis Farina | Career in show business
Of these early experiences, Kirk especially liked working on "Matinee Theatre": I did thirty-seven of those in the next five years. I think I did more than any other actor. That was a fantastic training ground. They were hour-long shows, telecast live from coast to coast. I worked with some fascinating people—Sarah Churchill and others — and I started getting known.
Tommy Kirk | Television
By the following year, that series, starring Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, had evolved into "Your Show of Shows".
Mel Tolkin | Early life and career
Roles on television shows such as "Days of Our Lives", "M*A*S*H" and "Remington Steele" soon followed.
Maryedith Burrell | Early life
Trent Bernard Durkin was born in New York City in 1915. He began his acting career in theater as a child. Durkin first appeared in films in 1930, playing the role of Huckleberry Finn in "Tom Sawyer" (1930) and in "Huckleberry Finn" (1931), both times with Jackie Coogan playing Tom Sawyer. Under contract to RKO Radio Pictures, he was cast in a series of "B" films in comedy roles that capitalized on his gangly appearance. He co-starred in "Hell's House" (1932) with then newcomer Bette Davis. RKO began grooming him for more adult roles. In his final film "Chasing Yesterday" (1935), he was billed as Trent Durkin.
Junior Durkin | Career
As an actor, Browne graduated from RADA. He has appeared in many films, including "Prudence and the Pill", "Decline and Fall" and "The Vampire Lovers". He has also performed throughout the UK in repertory theatres and in plays for both the BBC and ITV. He starred with Richard Todd in "The Winslow Boy" (1971) and then in "A Christmas Carol" also with Todd and Mervyn Johns. He appeared very briefly in the second series (set in 1945, the first series being set in 1928) of "The Flaxton Boys" playing the part of Captain Ewing in the episode called, "Is Your Journey Really Necessary?" shown on television on 25 March 1973.
Tom Browne (broadcaster) | Early acting career
Mark got his start in the entertainment business working in the Art Department, Props and Production on features, TV and commercial projects, while training as an actor and director at the Beverly Hills Playhouse under Milton Katselas. As an actor, he has worked with Brad Pitt in Ocean's Eleven and Burt Reynolds in The Hollywood Sign. He has also worked in the TV shows Alias, Without A Trace, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.
Mark Gantt | Early career
He began his career as an international model. During his time as a model, John became a friend of Andy Warhol. His first feature film as an actor came with a small role in 1981's "So Fine". His well-known roles came in the 1983 comedy film "Losin' It" as Spider; later that year, he starred in the John Carpenter horror film "Christine" as Dennis Guilder, and the 1985 comedy film, "My Science Project" as Michael Harlan. Also in 1985 he appeared in the poorly received "City Limits"; though unsuccessful at the box office, the film was later riffed in an episode of "Mystery Science Theater 3000".
John Stockwell (actor) | Career
In 1991 Guyer began acting in TV and films, with his first appearance as Tommy Gallagher in the "Law & Order" episode "Heaven." Between 1996 and 2003, Guyer served as Associate Artistic Director for Playwrighting at the Cleveland Play House.
Murphy Guyer | Career
He guest-starred on two episodes of "Diff'rent Strokes" and the soap opera "Santa Barbara" as himself in 1984.
David Hasselhoff | Early career
In the series he appeared with Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Autumn Reeser and Daisy Betts.
Daniel Lissing | Career
In 2003, Welling said he met with Brett Ratner about potentially playing Clark Kent/Superman in the superhero film "Superman Returns" (2006), but scheduling conflicted with "Smallville".
Tom Welling | Personal life
Underemployed as an actor for some years after graduating from college, Eccleston took a variety of odd jobs at a supermarket, on building sites, and as an artist's model.
Christopher Eccleston | Early life
He appeared in "The Magnificent Yankee" in 1950, which turned out to be his last of 19 films before ending his acting career. As with many other stars, the war years found Tommy in the U.S. Army; he served in the infantry rather than the USO, as did some other child stars. He fought in the European theater, participating in the critical campaign for the bridge at Remagen.
Tommy Kelly (actor) | Early life and career
Barker soon began working in film and television. His first acting job on television was in Melvyn's show "I'm Not Bothered". He appeared in various roles in the comedy series "The Seven Faces of Jim" from 1962, alongside Jimmy Edwards and June Whitfield, as well as parts in "Bold as Brass" and "Foreign Affairs" (as Russian embassy worker Grischa Petrovitch). This was followed with dramatic parts in "A Tale of Two Cities" as Jerry Cruncher in 1965 as well as single episode roles in "The Saint" and "The Avengers", in which he played Cheshire, a cat lover. He had an uncredited role in the 1956 film Hell Drivers.
Ronnie Barker | Early media career