Leigh McCloskey
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| Leigh McCloskey | |
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| Born | Leigh Joseph McCloskey June 21, 1955 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other names | Leigh J. McCloskey |
| Occupation | Actor, artist, author, teacher, visual philosopher |
| Years active | 1975-present |
| Spouse | Carla Reinke McCloskey (m. 1978) |
Leigh Joseph McCloskey (born June 21, 1955) is an American actor.
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[edit] Career
Born in Los Angeles, California, McCloskey was classically trained as an actor at the Juilliard School in Lincoln Center, New York. He began his professional acting career playing Billy Abbott in the original Rich Man, Poor Man miniseries starring Nick Nolte and Peter Strauss. He went on to star in three nighttime television series: Executive Suite, Married: The First Year, and is perhaps most widely known for his role as Mitch Cooper (husband of Lucy Ewing Cooper) on the CBS nighttime soap opera Dallas. McCloskey was a series regular from 1980–1982, and made brief appearances in 1985 and 1988.
McCloskey starred in numerous made for television films and miniseries including Bermuda Depths, Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway and its sequel Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn in which he played the title role. He starred with Kris Kristofferson in Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth and with Linda Gray (Dallas) in Accidental Meeting. He also co-starred with Brooke Shields and Scott Glenn in the miniseries Gone But Not Forgotten in 2004. McCloskey has also had made numerous films including Just One of the Guys, Cameron's Closet, Fraternity Vacation with Tim Robbins, and the cult classic Inferno directed by Dario Argento among others.
McCloskey has guest-starred on numerous television series and pilots including Bones, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Jake and the Fatman, JAG, Life Goes On, Chicago Hope, Medical Center, and many others. He has played villains on four sci-fi television series: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager, as well as Babylon 5 (2 parts) and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century with Dorothy Stratten. He has also appeared in a number of daytime soap operas, including Santa Barbara, General Hospital, The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live. McCloskey played two unrelated characters on both Santa Barbara (Zack Kelton and Ethan Asher) and on General Hospital as Dr. Baranski and later as Damian Smith.
[edit] Artist, author and visual philosopher
McCloskey’s art work premiered publicly with the Rolling Stones on their 2005-2007, Bigger Bang Tour. McCloskey’s original painted “Grimoire” book was selected by Keith Richards to accompany him and the Rolling Stones in performance. In 2010, Flying Lotus (Steve Ellison) selected works from McCloskey’s illuminated books, the Codex Tor*, as the album art for his highly acclaimed Cosmogramma.
[edit] McCloskey’s Major Art Works and Books - Codex Tor Illuminated Books: Three Volumes
McCloskey’s Codex Tor illuminated books, Volume One, Winter Solstice, Volume Two, Summer Solstice and Volume Three, Equinox comprise over 500 hand drawn and painted images in three volumes and was created over a 21 year period beginning in 1982. The Codex Tor books were published in three volumes between 2006 to 2008.
[edit] Tarot ReVisioned Book and Original Tarot Drawings
Beginning in 1985, McCloskey spent seventeen years creating an entirely new series of 22 pen and ink, black and white drawings, representing the Major Arcana of the Tarot. He also wrote and illuminated his first book, Tarot ReVisioned which was first released in 2003. The book Tarot ReVisioned is considered an important contribution to the Hermetic and Alchemical Tarot Tradition. The books foreword was written by Stanislas Klossowski de Rola.
[edit] The Hieroglyph of the Human Soul - 3-D painted environment
Beginning on September 11, 2001, McCloskey began an enormous undertaking, a 3-D painting and painted environment called The Hieroglyph of the Human Soul. This multidimensional “cave” painting now covers the floor, walls, ceiling, furniture and books of the library studio at Olandar, in Malibu, California. The Hieroglyph of the Human Soul is written and painted in what McCloskey refers to as the “Watcher” language (graphic-language copyright issued Oct. 17, 2003 VAu604-963).
[edit] The Painting Phoenix Arise and the Mandala-DNA - Double Helix Effect
Phoenix Arise is a 5x7ft. oil painting that McCloskey completed after four years in 1997. The image of his Phoenix Arise painting was printed as post cards in 2003. Accidental dropping of the cards lead to a discovery that when the painting is mirrored with itself a DNA double helix image appears. This discovery lead to another that revealed the Phoenix Arise cards also create mandala-medicine wheels when they are formed into a circle. The first three Phoenix Arise mandalas McCloskey discovered revealed visually the mythic story of the Phoenix Bird of Immortality and Rebirth, in card form. The first Phoenix Arise mandala creates a nest, the second mandala shows the nest erupting into flames, the third mandala reveals the flames transforming into a blossom.
See McCloskey’s visual Essay, “Mandala & Holographic DNA Patterns Emerging from the Original Oil Painting Phoenix Arise” (2006) http://www.leighmccloskey.com/Artist/MandalaVisualEssay.htm McCloskey gave a TEDx Talk on Nov. 13, 2011 on “The Painting Phoenix Arise and the Blossoming of Creation.”
McCloskey has published seven books:
- Tarot Revisioned Book & Cards
- In the Splendor
- Adam Reborn & Eve Restored: A Romance in Two Parts
- Codex Tor, Book One Winter Solstice
- Codex Tor, Book One Summer Solstice
- Codex Tor, Book Two Equinox: Mysterium Magnum
- Grimoire: Book of Magickal Spells
[edit] Personal life
McCloskey married Carla Reinke, director, assistant director, author and production executive in 1978, and they have two children.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1975 | Phyllis | Donald Ralson | 1 episode "Bess, Is You a Woman Now?" |
| 1975 | The Secrets of Isis | Bill Cady | 1 episode "The Sound of Silence" |
| 1976 | Medical Center | Mihail Zankov | 1 episode "A Very Private War" |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man | Billy Abbott | 1 episode "Part VIII: Chapters 11 and 12" |
| 1976 | The Streets of San Francisco | Gil | 1 episode "Most Likely to Succeed" |
| 1976 | ABC Afterschool Specials - Blind Sunday | Jeff | TV movie |
| 1976 | Rich Man, Poor Man Book II | Billy Abbott | TV miniseries |
| 1976 | Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway | Alexander Duncan | TV movie |
| 1976-1977 | Executive Suite | Brian Walling | Series regular |
| 1977 | Alexander: The Other Side of Dawn | Alexander Duncan | TV movie |
| 1977 | Hawaii Five-O | Ted Bonner | 1 episode "Tsunami" |
| 1978 | The Bermuda Depths | Magnus Dens | TV movie |
| 1978 | Doctors' Private Lives | Kenny | TV movie |
| 1979 | The Paper Chase | Paul Chandler | 1 episode "The Man in the Chair" |
| 1979 | Married: The First Year | Billy Baker | 4 episodes |
| 1979 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Jalor Davin | 1 episode "Cruise Ship to the Stars" |
| 1980 | Inferno | Mark Elliot | |
| 1980-1988 | Dallas | Mitch Cooper | 46 episodes Series regular (1980-1982) Recurring; (1985, 1988) |
| 1981 | Hart to Hart | Vernon Casper | 1 episode "Hartland Express" |
| 1983 | I Paladini - storia d'armi e d'amori | Rinaldo | |
| 1983 | The Fall Guy | Webb Covington, Jr. | 1 episode "Pirates of Nashville" |
| 1983-1985 | The Love Boat | Peter / Ralph Burrows / Charles 'Chip' Reynolds | Multiple episodes |
| 1983–1986 | Hotel | Hank Miller / Joel Shubert / Lou Valentine | 3 episodes "Scapegoats", "Passports", "Secrets" |
| 1984 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | 1 episode "Vickie's Song" | |
| 1984 | Fantasy Island | Paul Spenser | "Sing Melancholy Baby/The Last Dogfight" |
| 1984 | Velvet | James Barstow | TV movie |
| 1984 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime | Casey Quinn | 1 episode "Murder in the Museum" |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Travis Burke | 1 episode "White Lies" |
| 1985 | Fraternity Vacation | Charles 'Chas' Lawlor III | |
| 1985 | Just One of the Guys | Kevin | |
| 1986 | Hamburger... The Motion Picture | Russell | |
| 1986 | Murder, She Wrote | Todd Amberson | 1 episode "Murder by Appointment Only" |
| 1986 | Blacke's Magic | Paul Thompson | 1 episode "The Revenge of the Esperanza" |
| 1986 | Crazy Like a Fox | 1 episode "The Duke is Dead" | |
| 1987–1992 | Jake and the Fatman | 2 episodes "The Man I Love", "Nightmare" | |
| 1988 | Sonny Spoon | Dick Darling | 1 episode "Wizard of Odds" |
| 1988 | Dirty Laundry | Jay | |
| 1988 | The Bronx Zoo | Richard | |
| 1988 | Cameron's Closet | Pete Groom | |
| 1988 | Double Revenge | Mick Taylor | |
| 1988 | Lucky Stiff | Eric West | |
| 1988–1989 | Santa Barbara | Dr. Zach Kelton / Ethan Asher | 18 episodes |
| 1990 | Shades of LA | Dr. Ernest Lindstrom | 1 episode "The Teacher from Hell" |
| 1992 | Life Goes On | Phillip Jorgens | 1 episode "The Whole Truth" |
| 1993 | Raven | Pirate / Randall | 2 episodes "Rip-Off", "Bloody Beach" |
| 1993 | Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth | Frank Mather | TV movie |
| 1993–1996 | General Hospital | Damian Smith | Multiple episodes |
| 1994 | Accidental Meeting | Richard | TV movie |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | Soap Doctor | 1 episode "Death Be Proud" |
| 1995 | Terror in the Shadows | Alex Williams | TV movie |
| 1996 | Star Trek: Voyager | Tieran | 1 episode "Warlord" |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Matthew | 1 episode "Tricky Dick" |
| 1997 | Almost Perfect | Tommy | 1 episode "The Laws" |
| 1997 | The Young and the Restless | Kurt Curtis | |
| 1998 | Babylon 5 | Thomas | 2 episodes "A Tragedy of Telepaths", "Phoenix Rising" |
| 1998 | I Might Even Love You | Hank Price | |
| 1999 | JAG | Dan Lander | 1 episode "War Stories" |
| 1999 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Joran Belar | 1 episode "Field of Fire" |
| 1999 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Bigelow | 1 episode "Fortune Cookie" |
| 2000 | Brutally Normal | Corey | 1 episode "Stretching Ethics" |
| 2000 | One Life to Live | Drake Faraday | |
| 2005 | Gone But Not Forgotten | Detective Ross Barrow | TV miniseries |
| 2009 | An Elaborate Plan | Donald Cavanaugh | Short |
| 2011 | Bones | Lee Coleman | 1 episode "The Truth in the Myth" |
