INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS
WHO APPEAR AS
ON-SCREEN CONSULTANTS
for
THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY for KIDS
and
THE ACTOR'S JOURNEY
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MELISSA GILBERT
Former Child & Teen Star, Actress PRESIDENT – THE SCREEN ACTOR’S GUILD (2001 - 2005)
(Emmy & Golden Globe Award Nominated Actor)
Little House on the Prairie ("Laura Ingalls"), Diary of Anne Frank,
The Miracle Worker.
RICHARD DONNER
Director, Producer, Executive Producer
X-Men, Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3, 4; Superman, The Omen, The Goonies,
Lady Hawk, Maverick, Conspiracy Theory, Free Willy 1, 2, The Toy,
Scrooged, Radio Flyer
JACK SHEA
Director, Producer PRESIDENT – THE DIRECTOR’S GUILD of AMERICA (1997 - 2001)
(Emmy Award Nominated Director)
Silver Spoons, Full House, Growing Pains, What's Happening,
Designing Women, The Jeffersons, The Waltons, Sister Sister,
The Golden Girls, Goode Behavior, The Ropers, Good Times,
Sanford & Son, Hawaii Five-O
SHERMAN HEMSLEY
Actor
(Emmy & Golden Globe Award Nominated Actor)
The Jeffersons ("George Jefferson"), All in the Family, Amen,
Goode Behavior
HENRY WINKLER
Actor, Director, Executive Producer
(Emmy & Golden Globe Award Winning Actor)
Happy Days ("Fonzi"), Click, The Waterboy, Arrested Development
Executive Producer – MacGyver
FRAN BASCOM, CSA
Veteran Casting Director
Days of Our Lives, Designing Women, Lou Grant, Evening Shade
MICHAEL YORK
Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Actor)
Romeo & Juliet, Logan's Run, Cabaret, Austin, Powers 1 & 2,
The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Three Musketeers, The Four Musketeers
BRANDON CRUZ
Former Child Star, Actor
Courtship of Eddie's Father ("Eddie"), Courtship of Eddie's Father (2004),
The Motorcycle Diaries, The Bad News Bears
Editor - South Park
Former Lead Singer with The Dead Kennedys
TONY DOW
Former Teen Star, Actor
Leave It To Beaver & Still The Beaver ("Wally")
Director & Producer
The New Lassie, Coach, Harry And The Hendersons,
Honey I Shrunk The Kids (TV), Child Stars – Their Story
RICHARD RUSH
Director, Producer, Writer
(Academy Award Nominated Director & Writer)
The Stuntman, The Color of Night, Freebie & The Bean, Getting Straight,
The Savage Seven, Psych-Out, Hell’s Angels on Wheels
BEVERLY GARLAND
Actress
(Emmy Award Nominated Actress)
My Three Sons ("Barbara"), Lois and Clark, Scarecrow &
Mrs. King, Port Charles, Seventh Heaven
KATHY GARVER
Former Teen Star, Actress
Family Affair ("Cissy"), Invisible Mom, Invisible Mom II
MARSHA POSNER-WILLIAMS
Executive Producer, Producer
(Multi-Emmy & Golden Globe Award Winning Producer)
The Golden Girls, Designing Women, Night Court, Soap,
Benson, Amen
BARRY LIVINGSTON
Former Child Star, Actor
My Three Sons ("Ernie"), Zodiac (2007), First Daughter (2006),
Invisible Mom, Invisible Mom 2, Judging Amy, Crossing Jordan,
The West Wing, ER, Will & Grace, Boston Public, Sliders
BILLY GRAY
Former Child & Teen Star. Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Actor)
Father Knows Best (“Bud”), The Day the Earth Stood Still
Performances in over 85 Movie and Television Shows
FRANK McRAE
Veteran Character Actor
Dillinger, Used Cars, F.I.S.T., 48 Hours, Another 48 Hours, Cannery Row,
Batteries Not Included, Norma Rae, 1941, Last Action Hero,
License to Kill, Red Dawn, Rocky 2, F.I.S.T., Paradise Alley
ROBERT ILLES
Executive Producer, Producer, Writer
(Multi-Emmy Award Winning Producer-Writer)
Silver Spoons, Amen, Goode Behavior, Sister-Sister, Family Matters,
Private Benjamin, The Carol Burnett Show, Flo, What's Happening,
Fernwood 2 Nite, One Day at a Time
JAY NORTH
Former Child Star
Dennis the Menace ("Dennis"), Maya, The Teacher
ANSON WILLIAMS
Former Teen Star, Actor
(Golden Globe Nominated Actor)
Happy Days ("Potsie")
TV Director, Executive Producer, Writer
Lizzie McGuire, Charmed, 7th Heaven, Beverly Hills - 90210,
Star Trek; Deep Space Nine, Sabrina - The Teenage Witch,
Skyward, Skyward Christmas
MARVIN PAIGE, CSA
Veteran Casting Director
Star Trek – The Motion Picture, Take the Money and Run,
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex,
Planet of the Apes (TV), General Hospital, Breakfast at Tiffanys
PAUL PETERSEN
Former Teen Star
Donna Reed Show ("Jeff Stone")
Founder: A Minor Consideration (Child's Rights Advocacy Group)
JON PROVOST
Former Child & Teen Star
Lassie, ("Timmy"), The New Lassie, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes,
This Property Is Condemned
FRED OLEN RAY
Director-Producer
Invisble Mom 1 & 2, Submerged, Sideshow, Critical Mass,
The Kid With X-Ray Eyes, Invisible Dad, Rapid Assault, Dinosaur Island
JOHN G. STEPHENS
Executive Producer, Producer
My Three Sons, Family Affair, Gunsmoke, Simon & Simon,
Major Dad, Whiz Kids, Marciano, How The West Was Won (TV),
Wonder Woman, The Smith Family
GARRISON TRUE
Veteran Casting Director
Annie, Pipi Longstockings, Brubaker
JOHNNY WHITAKER
Former Child Star
Family Affair ("Jody"), Tom Sawyer, Sigmond and the
Sea Monsters, Napoleon & Samantha, Snowball Express
JEANNE RUSSELL
Former Child Star CHAIRPERSON – The Screen Actor’s Guild
Young Performer’s Committee (1994 - 2000)
Dennis the Menace ("Margaret")
STEVE BARKETT
Director, Producer, Actor
The Aftermath, Empire of the Dark
L. RICHARD WICKLUND
Veteran Studio Teacher & Welfare Worker
CLINT HOWARD
Former Child Star, Veteran Character Actor
(Winner – MTV Movie Award)
Gentle Ben, Fun With Dick & Jane, My Big Fat Independent Movie,
Cinderella Man, Apollo 13, Austin Powers I & II,
Cocoon, Splash, Parenthood, Gung-Ho, Far & Away
RANCE HOWARD
Veteran Character Actor, Writer
(Emmy Award Nominated Writer)
Father of Ron Howard & Clint Howard
Performances in over 175 Movies and Television Shows
CHUCK McCANN
Veteran Character & Commercial Actor
(CLIO Award Winning Commercial Actor)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Performances in over 100 Movies and Television Shows
LARRY MATHEWS
Former Child Star
The Dick van Dyke Show ("Little Ritchie")
RON ZODKEVITCH, MD Psychiatrist
Counseling of Actors & Child Actors via S.A.G.
JOHN WALMSLEY
Former Teen Star, Composer
The Waltons ("Jason Walton")
ALAN YOUNG
Former Child Actor, Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Writer)
Mister. Ed ("Wilbur"), The Time Machine
Performances in over 80 Movies and Television Shows
BRENT MADDOCK
Writer, Executive Producer, Producer, Director -
Short Circuit; *batteries not included, Wild, Wild, West (with
Will Smith); Ghost Dad; Hearts & Souls, Tremors I, II, & III
Tremors (TV Series)
LAURA DASH
Premier Stunt-Person for Children & Teens
War of the Worlds, Amityville Horror, Jurassic Park, Van Helsing,
Collateral Damage, The Time Machine (2002), The Three Kings,
Halloween 5, Robocop 2, Kindergarten Cop, Matilda
TOMMY COLE
Former Child Star
The Mickey Mouse Club ("Mousketeer")
(Emmy Award Winning Make-up Artist)
"Backstairs at the White House"
ERNEST THOMAS
Former Teen Star, Actor
What's Happening ("Raj"), Roots, Malcolm X
MESHACH TAYLOR
Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Actor)\
Designing Women (Anthony Bouvier"), Dave's World, Damien: Omen II
Performances in over 50 Movies and Television Shows
STANZI STOKES
Veteran Casting Director
The Terminator, 1941, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,
Silent Night…Deadly Night, Casual Sex, Feds,
Return of the Living Dead
MARY McDONOUGH
Former Teen Star, Actress
The Waltons ("Erin Walton”), Boston Legal, Will & Grace,
The West Wing, ER, Picket Fences
Director, Producer, Writer
For The Love of May
CANDY CLARK
Actress -
(Academy Award Nominated Actress)
American Graffiti ("Debbie"), The Man Who Fell to Earth
Radioland Murders, The Blob (1988), The Big Sleep,
Blue Thunder, Fat City
MIKE McGREEVEY
Teen Star -
The Shaggy DA, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The
Impossible Years, Now You See Him – Now You Don’t,
Snowball Express
Writer, Producer, Director
Fame (TV), Born Free, Wonder Woman, The Waltons
MICHAEL ZANUCK
Veteran Talent Agent
GARY SHIMOKAWA
Veteran Director
(Multi- Director's Guild of America Award Winner)
Titus, Coach, The Golden Girls, Alf, Night Court, Archie
Bunker's Place, Laverne & Shirley, Welcome Back Kotter,
Saved by the Bell
DIANNE KAY
Former Teen Star, Actress
Eight Is Enough ("Nancy Bradford"), Steven Speilberg's 1941
TIM CONSIDINE
Former Child Star, Actor, Writer, Director
(Special Jury Prize Winner – Venice Film Festival)
My Three Sons ("Mike"), Spin & Marty ("Spin"), The Shaggy Dog,
Executive Suite, Sunrise at Campobello, Patton, Ray of Sunshine (2006)
MARY GRADY
Veteran Children's Agent
ROBERT CRAWFORD
Former Child Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Child Actor)
Producer & Associate Producer
The World According to Garp, A Little Romance,
Funny Farm, The Sting, The Great Waldo Pepper, Slap Shot
RON PALILLO
Former Teen Star, Actor, Stage Director
Welcome Back Kotter ("Horshak")
CHRISTOPHER ATKINS
Former Teen Star, Actor
(Golden Globe Nominated Actor)
The Blue Lagoon ("Richard"), Dallas
Performances in over 50 Movies and Television Shows
BILL MUMY
Former Child & Teen Star, Actor
Lost In Space ("Will"), Babylon 5, , Crossing Jordan,
Bless the Beasts and the Children, The Twilight Zone
Performances in over 50 Movies and Television Shows
Producer, Writer, Composer, Musician
ADRIA LATER
Veteran Studio Teacher & Welfare Worker
RON MICHAELSON
Veteran Commercial Actor, Acting Teacher
Star of "DiTech Mortgage" Commercials, Entourage, Carnivale,
Designing Women
BRAD LEMACK
Veteran Talent Manager
President - Lemack & Company.
Author - Book: "The Business of Acting"
TINA COLE
Former Teen Star, Actress, Singer
My Three Sons, ("Katie"), The King Family
Children's Acting Teacher
LARRY THOMAS
(Emmy Award Nominated Actor)
"Soup Nazi" on Seinfeld, Austin Powers, CSI, Law & Order
MARC COPAGE
Former Child Star
Julia ("Cory Baker"), The Kids, The Wave
BARNEY MARTIN
Veteran Character Actor
Seinfeld ("Morty Seinfeld"), Arthur, Arthur II - on the Rocks,
Mel Brook’s The Producers
Performances in over 60 Movies and Television Shows
DON GRADY
Former Teen Star, Actor
My Three Sons (-"Robbie"), Mouseketeer
Composer, Arranger
Skin Deep, Switch, Lucas Films, EFX (Las Vegas) Universal,
The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, Disney Channel
KELLY FORD KIDWELL
Co-Author - Book: "Your Kid Ought to Be in Pictures"
RUTH DEVORIN
Veteran Children’s Agent
Co-Author - Book: "Your Kid Ought to Be in Pictures"
STEVE RAILSBACK
Actor, Director & Producer
(Golden Globe Nominated Actor)
The Stuntman, Helter-Skelter ("Charles Manson"), Life Force,
The Golden Seal, Torchlight, From Here to Eternity (TV)
Performances in over 70 Movies and Television Shows
OLIVIA HUSSEY
Former Teen Star, Actress
(Golden Globe Winning Actress)
Romeo & Juliet ("Juliet”), Psycho IV, Death on the Nile,
The Man With Bogart's Face, Lost Horizon (1973),
Mother Theresa
BEVERLY WASHBURN
Former Child Star, Actress
Walt Disney's "Old Yeller", Star Trek, Spider Baby
Performances in over 50 Movies and Television Shows
MICHAEL HARRAH
CHAIRPERSON – THE SCREEN ACTOR’S GUILD
Young Performer's Committee (2001 - 2003),
Children's Talent Manager
PETER NOVICK
Commercial Talent Agent
BUTCH PATRICK
Former Child Star, Actor
The Munsters ("Little Eddie", Lidsville, the Phantom Tollbooth
Performances in over 40 Movies and Television Shows
APRIL WEBSTER, CSA
Veteran Casting Director
(Emmy Award Winning Casting Director)
Mission Impossible 3, The Day After Tomorrow, Lost, Alias,
C.S.I., The Patriot, Godzilla, Stargate, Night Court
FRED BERRY
Actor
What's Happening ("Rerun")
RICHARD HERD
Veteran Actor
Seinfeld ("Wilhelm"), - Star Trek: Voyager ("Admiral Owen Paris",
All the Presidents Men, China Syndrome, F.I.S.T.
Performances in over 110 Movies and Television Shows
RADAMES PERA
Child Actor
Kung Fu (“Caine” as youth)
(Former Member S.A.G. – Young Performer’s Committee)
POLLY BUSINGER
Veteran Studio Teacher & Welfare Worker
SARA ALTMAN
Casting Director
Tremors, Silk Stalkings, Motorcrossed, Red Skies,
Kate Brasher
JOHNNY CRAWFORD
Former Child Star &Actor
(Emmy Award Nominated Actor)
The Rifleman ("Mark McCain"), The Naked Ape, The Great
Texas Dynamite Chase, The Legend of Bronco Billy
Performances in over 60 Movies and Television Shows
DICK VAN PATTEN
Veteran Actor
Eight Is Enough, Spaceballs, Robin Hood - Men in Tights,
The Santa Trap
Performances in over 125 Movies and Television Shows
DEE WALLACE-STONE
Actress
E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, Cujo, The Howling,
The Frighteners, Sons & Daughters
Performances in over 130 Movies and Television Shows
MARGARET O’BRIEN
Former Child Star, Actress
(Academy Award Winning Child Actress)
Meet Me In St Louis, Jane Eyre, Madame Curie
Performances in over 60 Movies and Television Show
DAWN LYN
Former Child Star
My Three Sons ("Dodie"), Walking Tall 1, 2, 3
DANNY TREJO
Actor, Producer
Sin City 2, Con Air, Spy Kids I, II, III, From Dusk 'Til Dawn,
XxX, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Night Stalker, Reindeer
Games, Anaconda, From Dusk ‘til Dawn, Jacks Law, Animal Factory
DENNIS GALEGOS
Veteran Commercial Casting Director
Director
Welch’s Grape Juice Commercials
CHICK VENNERA
Actor
The Milagro Beanfield War, Yanks, Thank God It’s Friday,
Last Rites, Night Eyes,
SCOTT WILSON
Actor
(Golden Globe Nominated Actor)
In Cold Blood, The Right Stuff, In the Heat of the Night,
The Great Gatsby, June Bug, The Last Samurai,
Young Guns 2, Pearl Harbor, G.I. Jane, Dead Man Walking,
Pearl Harbor, Monster
