Wallace Langham

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Biography

He showed the nicer side in his feature debut, John Hughes' "Weird Science" (1985), as well as in "The Invisible Kid" (1988) and the "ABC Afterschool Special" entitled "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story" (1987) but was equally effective as a young bigot in "Soul Man" (1986) and a hard-edged gang leader in the impressive low-budgeter "The Chocolate War" (1988). Langham dropped the Ward moniker in the 1990s as he moved to more adult roles, …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

March 11, 1965

Career Milestones

2001

Co-starred in the ABC sitcom "What About Joan?"

Co-starred as Josh, the sexually ambiguous secretary, in the NBC sitcom "Veronica's Closet"

1997

Best feature exposure to date, his small but showy role as the unctuous tabloid assistant in the John Travolta hit "Michael"

1992

Featured as Phil, the writer, on the HBO comedy series "The Larry Sanders Show"

1990

Regular role as Willis in CBS series "WIOU"

1990

First feature as Wallace Langham, "Vital Signs"

1989

Last credit as Wally Ward, the ABC movie "A Deadly Silence"

1987

Played the best friend of the boy with AIDS in the "ABC Afterschool Special" entitled "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"

1986

Portrayed Mark Ratner in short-lived CBS series "Fast Times"

1985

TV-movie debut in "Children of the Night" (CBS)

1985

TV debut in CBS Schoolbreak Special "Ace Hits the Big Time"

1985

Feature debut in John Hughes' "Weird Science", billed as Wally Ward

Appeared in first commercial for an English brand of yogurt

1975

Began to study acting at age 10 (date approximate)

Moved to Los Angeles with mother in the mid-1970s; Mom had got a job as assistant costume designer for the "Donny and Marie" (ABC, 1976-1979) show