Early roles – Stage acting and voice work Early acting work includes the Off-Broadway stage play
The Moon Dreamers (1969), and several roles (St. Augustine, Mailman, Dragon, Alvin) in the Broadway production
Gloria and Esperanza in the
ANTA Playhouse (1970). He provided the English voice of Lung Tai in
Blood of the Dragon (1971).
Television and film His feature film roles include playing Robert Campbell in
The Lincoln Conspiracy (1977), Mr. Wetzle in
Our Winning Season (1978), Jimmy in
The Prize Fighter (1979), Ted in
The First Turn-On! (1983), and Fabian Marks in
''Livin' Large! (1991). On television, he was a regular cast member on
Tush (also known as The Bill Tush Show
). Other roles included Chip Taylor in the unaired CBS sitcom The Elvira Show and Darrel Gordon in Port Charles''. His guest-starring roles on several series include
Guiding Light, CBS Summer Playhouse, Matlock, In Living Color, Northern Exposure, Babylon 5, Melrose Place, Murder, She Wrote, Crisis Center, The Burning Zone, Early Edition, and
The Pretender. TV movie roles include
Unconquered,
A Winner Never Quits,
Miss America: Behind the Crown, ''Lucky Ed's Tabloid News
, When Will I Be Loved?'', and the television adaptation of the children's book,
A Pocket for Corduroy. As a screenwriter, he wrote the 2008 movie
Uncross the Stars starring
Daniel Gillies,
Barbara Hershey,
Ron Perlman, and
Irma P. Hall He also co-wrote
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002) (earning him a DVD Exclusive Awards nomination in 2003), ''
Piglet's Big Movie (2003), and Winnie the Pooh: 123s
(2004). He was a director and writer on The Showtime 30-Minute Movie,'' earning him a CableACE Awards nominee in 1995, and produced the children's storybook CD,
Storytime Favorites. He was nominated for a Cable ACE award for
Two Over Easy and was associate producer on the
Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie adaptation of the novel
Calm at Sunset, Calm at Dawn. == Education and other work ==