Gerrit Graham
Gerrit Graham | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | November 27, 1949
Occupation(s) | Actor, songwriter |
Years active | 1968–present |
Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American actor and songwriter.[1] He has appeared in such films as Used Cars, TerrorVision, National Lampoon's Class Reunion and Greetings,[1] where he worked with Brian De Palma for the first time. He would again work with De Palma on Hi, Mom and Home Movies, as well as Phantom of the Paradise, where he played flamboyant glam-rocker Beef. He has also appeared in two different roles on the Star Trek television series; as the alien hunter of Tosk on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and as a member of the Q Continuum (adopting the name Quinn) in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish". He was also the voice of Franklin Sherman in the animated series The Critic as well as a recurring role as Dr. Norman Pankow on the sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
Graham attended but did not graduate from Columbia University—class of 1970. He has written songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.
He is an avid Winnebago enthusiast, and spent many hours "'bago-izing" while not on set. [2]
Selected TV and filmography
- Greetings (1968)
- Hi, Mom (1970)
- Beware! The Blob (1972)
- Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
- Strange New World (1975) (TV)
- Tunnel Vision (1976)
- Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976)
- Cannonball! (1976)
- Special Delivery (1976)
- Demon Seed (1977)
- Pretty Baby (1978)
- Home Movies (1980)
- Used Cars (1980)
- National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
- The Dukes of Hazzard (1983) (TV)
- The Man With One Red Shoe (1985)
- The Annihilators (1985)
- TerrorVision (1986)
- Last Resort (1986)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- The Twilight Zone (1986) (TV)
- The Search for Animal Chin (1987)
- Walker (film) (1987)
- Dallas (1988) (TV)
- C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. (1989)
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
- Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990) (TV)
- Child's Play 2 (1990)
- Sidekicks (1992)
- Fievel's American Tails (1992) (TV)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) (TV)
- Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)
- My Girl 2 (1994)
- Babylon 5 (1994) (TV)
- The Critic (1994) (TV)
- The Wasp Woman (1995) (TV)
- The Larry Sanders Show (1995) (TV)
- Gargoyles (1995) (TV)
- The Break (1995)
- Star Trek: Voyager (1996) (TV)
- One True Thing (1998)
- Law & Order (1998) (TV)
- Now and Again (1999) (TV)
- Third Watch (2005) (TV)
References
- ^ a b The New York Times
- ^ "Grateful Dead Family Discography: Gerrit Graham Discography". Deaddisc.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
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