Biography
During that period, he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. Getz dropped out of school and attended San Francisco's respected American Conservatory Theater. While working in a winery, he became involved with the Napa Valley Theater Company. Coincidentally, this distinctive locale led to the Iowa native's professional acting debut playing an attendant in "Killer Bees" (ABC, 1974), a made-for-TV thriller starring Gloria Swanson and …
Career Milestones
| Became active on the NY stage with appearances at Lincoln Center, La Mama and the Children's Theater | ||
| Co-founded the Center for New Performing Arts as a student at the University of Iowa | ||
| Moved to NYC | ||
| Played Neil Johnson, a recurring role for 18 months on "Another World", a long-running daytime soap | ||
| Played the recurring role of Lee Tripper on the hit sitcom, "Three's Company" | ||
| Successfully auditioned for the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; attended on scholarship for one year | ||
| Worked in a Napa Valley winery | ||
| Worked with the Napa Valley Theater Company producing, directing, acting and writing music for their original productions | ||
1969 | Dropped out of the University of Iowa | |
1974 | Professional acting and TV-movie debut, "Killer Bees", a thriller starring Gloria Swanson, directed by Curtis Harrington, and filmed in Napa Valley | |
1975 | Feature debut, "The Happy Hooker" (uncredited bit part) | |
1977 | Cast as a regular on "Rafferty", a short-lived CBS medical drama starring Patrick MacGoohan | |
1977 | Played another uncredited bit part in "The Sentinel", a slick horror outing | |
1984 | Cast as a regular on "Suzanne Pleshette Is Maggie Briggs", a short-lived journalistic sitcom | |
1984 | First starring role in a film, Joel Coen's "Blood Simple" | |
1985 | Co-starred as Detective Malcolm MacGruder on the romantic police drama, "MacGruder & Loud" | |
1987 | Cast in a leading role, deputy superintendent Ned Sheffield, on "Mariah", a short-lived ABC prison drama series | |
1988 | Appeared on Broadway in "M. Butterfly" | |
1998 | Co-starred in the Lifetime sitcom "Maggie" | |