Gary Busey

"All this in 1944" ...Perhaps fittingly for the man who would be "Buddy Holly," Busey was born just 23 days after composer-musician Edgar Froese (of Tangerine Dream fame); and just ten weeks before singer-songwriter Peter Cetera (of Chicago fame).

Height 5' 11½" (1.82 m) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spouse Tiani Warden (23 September 1996 - 2001) (divorced)-- Judy Helkenberg (30 December 1968 - 1990) (divorced) 1 child-- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia Arrested and released on bail after a fight with his wife. [25 January 1999]-- Had a plum-sized tumor removed from his sinus cavity. [May 1997]-- He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care."-- Father of Jake Busey.-- Nearly died of head injuries in a motorcycle accident in December 1988.-- Starred with Russell Wong in the unreleased 1997 pilot episode of Hawaii Five-O. This pilot episode was filmed in Hawaii, but was not released due to a decision from CBS-TV executives.-- Made a rare public appearance at the "Ray & Sharon Courts Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show" at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. He sold personally autographed pictures from his own collection and charged $15.00 to take a picture with him. [October 4, 1999]-- Was the last man killed on the TV show "Gunsmoke"-- Attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas in the Early 1960s.-- Filed for divorce from Tiani Warden; later withdrawn. [9 June 1998]-- Transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he quit school one class short of graduation.-- Had a successful local band, The Rubber Band, in Stillwater, OK. Moved to Hollywood to pursue his music career.-- Appeared on Tulsa television as character "Teddy Jack Eddy" along with host Gailard Sartain, in Mazeppa's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting.-- As of June, 2003, has started taking pilot lessons at a flight school at the Santa Monica airport. The same flight school where Jake Busey did his flight training.-- He was in a band called Carp (showed David Letterman an old LP of the band on Late Night with David Letterman)-- Member of the Promise Keepers, a Christian-based mens' organization.--