Biography
A hawk-nosed, light-haired character player with large hooded eyes, Gerrit Graham started his film acting career as a teenager in the early experimental anti-Establishment comedies of Brian De Palma (1968's "Greetings" and its sequel "Hi, Mom!" 1969) co-starring with the then unknown Robert De Niro. The NYC-born actor snared the role of a countercultural figure even more thoroughly obsessed with the assassination of JFK than with the pleasures …
Career Milestones
| Returned to series TV as a regular in the CBS drama series "Now & Again" | ||
1998 | Appeared as a renowned author and William Hurt's mentor in "One True Thing" | |
| Voiced the character of Franklin Sherman for "The Critic", a primetime animated series aired on ABC and later on Fox | ||
1992 | Performed the voice of Cat R Waul for "Fievel's American Tails", an animated children's series | |
1991 | Had regular role as a doctor in the medical comedy "STAT" (ABC) | |
| Played the recurring role of Dr. Norman Pankow, a dreaded school principal on "Parker Lewis Can't Lose!" | ||
1990 | Provided the story for an episode of "The Young Riders" (ABC) | |
1990 | Co-wrote the animation screenplay for Disney's animated "The Prince and the Pauper", which featured Mickey Mouse | |
1990 | Was a series regular on "Sugar and Spice", a blue-collar CBS sitcom | |
1989 | Contributed additional dialogue to Disney's "The Little Mermaid" | |
1989 | Had title role in the horror spoof "Chud II: Bud the Chud" | |
| Played the recurring role of Hughes on the hit primetime soap "Dallas" (CBS) | ||
1988 | Provided additional story material for "Oliver & Company", a Disney animated feature | |
| Played a recurring role on "Sidekicks" (ABC), a martial arts-flavored cop show | ||
| Wrote several teleplays for the revival of "The Twilight Zone" (CBS) | ||
1979 | Had recurring role of a kooky neighbor in the short-lived TV sitcom "Stockard Channing in Just Friends" (CBS) | |
1979 | Reteamed with De Palma for "Home Movies" | |
1974 | TV debut in the NBC movie "Strange Homecoming" | |
1974 | Moved to Los Angeles | |
1974 | Portrayed Beef, a glitter rocker parody, in De Palma's "Phantom of the Paradise" | |
| Worked on the NYC stage and did two more shows with Sills (date approximate) | ||
1971 | Joined Paul Sills' original Story Theater company; played in the initial productions of "Story Theatre" and "Metamorphosis" (date approximate) | |
| Performed another season with Chicago's Second City | ||
1970 | Co-starred in De Palma's follow-up feature "Hi, Mom!" | |
1969 | Played the lead in Sam Shepard's "Chicago" in a Los Angeles production (date approximate) | |
1968 | Left Columbia to act with Chicago's Second City (date approximate) | |
1968 | Feature debut, "Greetings"; first collaboration with writer-director De Palma | |
1967 | While a college sophomore, cast by writer-director Brian De Palma (himself a former general manager of the Columbia Players) to co-star in "Greetings" (date approximate) | |
| Attended Columbia University; became the general manager of the Columbia Players | ||
1962 | Attended The Groton School, one of the most prestigious private schools in the USA; served as president of the dramatic association (dates approximate) | |
1958 | Performed in Moliere's "Le Medecin malgre lui/Doctor Inspite of Himself" with his French class (date approximate) | |
1957 | Made acting debut at age eight in a Detroit Art Institute production of "Winnie the Pooh" (date approximate) | |
| Grew up in St Louis, Missouri, Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois | ||
1949 | Born in New York City | |