Webster
ABC (ended 1989)
Cast & Crew
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Eugene Roche
Bill Parker (1984-1986)
Atended Emerson College after serving in the military in both World War II and the Korean War. Father of nine children, including actors Brogan Roche, Eamonn Roche, and Sean Roche. -
Cathryn Damon
Cassie Parker (1984-1986)
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Corin Nemec
Nicky Papadapolis (1987-1988)
Joseph Charles Nemec IV entered the world on November 5, 1971 in Little Rock, Arkansas to parents who were and still are involved in the performing arts. His mother, who originates from Liverpool in the U.K is a graphics artist, painter, writer and poet, and his father, Joseph C. Nemec III (Fourth down on the right) a well known and very successful Art and Production Designer. Corin has an older sister called Anastacia (Stacia), who is 18 months older than him (pictured third down on the right with their mom Janis, at Corin's eighteenth birthday party, and also fifth down on the right) His father's long list of credits include working as Art Director on such movies as Fatal Beauty (1987), The Abyss (1989) and the TV show Midnight Caller (1988). He's also worked in the Art Department for such movies as American Flyer (1985), The Color Purple (1985) and the mini-series 'V' (1983). He was also Production Designer for Terminator 2 - Judgement Day (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Twister (1996) and Speed 2: Cruise Control to name but a few of the many. The list of movies are phenomenal. So, as you can see getting into the acting business was relatively easy for the youngster and his parents definitely had an influential part to play. As a young boy, Joseph was known as Corin by everyone who loved him. As a baby, his grandmother used to say that he was a 'real corker', this turned into Corky. From then on, everyone called him Corky. From Corky sprung Corin, the name we all know him as. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Corin grew up like any other neighbourhood kid, attending school and doing what boys like to do best, doing dangerous dare devil stunts well beyond what they are capable of. He was in and out of hospital for stitches and became a popular face there. The emergency room knew him by name. His first encounter was at the tender age of Three after falling off a swing. "I had tons of stitches, I was always getting hurt." The hospital he attended as a kid is called SAINT JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, not named after Corin, but almost could have been. It was at the tender age of Seven when Corin first realized he wanted to become an actor. He was watching television and turned to his mother and announced that he wanted to be an actor before he grew up. It was the movie The Goonies that was the big catalist for Corin.. His father worked as the Art Director on that movie, and designed all the sets. Shortly afterwards he moved to L.A with his mum and sister to make his dream a reality. Corin joined the Center Stage in L.A when he was eleven and then started to perform in theatre companies at the tender age of twelve. Between Twelve and Fifteen Corin did a lot of creative improv at many comedy venues in California. He was soon picked up by an agent and went on to acting in TV commercials soon afterwards. His first break was for a Suzuki car commercial. His first TV show was back in 1986 on an episode of Sidekicks, but it was the hit show Webster that gave him his first major breakthrough in 1987. He learned a lot from that experience. He played Nicky Papadropolis and was with the show until it ended in the following year. In 1988 he made his first feature movie playing Noble Tucker in the movie Tucker - The Man And His Dream about the car maker of the same name. The actor playing the lead was Jeff Bridges. In 1990 Corin who was then billed as Corin 'Corky' Nemec was noticed by TV critics for his powerful portrayal of Steven Stayner in the mini-series based on a true story I Know My First Name is Steven. At the prestigious Emmy's he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the ripe old age of sixteen, and won the Youth In Film Award for the very same performance. He was now an actor people were taking notice of. He signed with Eddie Murphy Productions to star in What's Alan Watching and in the same year he gained cult status for playing the title role in the hit teen sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose, a show inspired by John Hughes popular '86 movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Corin has since gone on to star in many movies including Solar Crisis(1990), For The Very First Time(1991), 'Til I Kissed Ya (1991), Drop Zone(1994) and Operation Drop Dumbo(1995) to name but a few. He also starred in the very popular Stephen King mini-series The Stand as Harold Lauder. He has starred alongside some of the finest actors in the business including Corin's personal favourite Jack Palance. They starred together in the big budget sci-fi movie Solar Crisis. The most recent movies Corin has starred in include the horror Mansquito and comedy Nice Guys. (For a full list of acting roles please check out the Filmography section) He keeps his stage roots and is a member of the American Repertory Company where he practices method acting along with more creative methods of acting. Corin is a man of many talents. Not only does he act, but he also writes poetry, short stories, screenplays and children's books. He has been writing poetry since elementary school and became a published poet in a book called The Best Poets Of The Year 2000. He has done a number of readings in poetry lounges in both Vancouver and Los Angeles. He has been an artist from the start. He has never stopped drawing or painting since the time he began as a child and has ventured in all the mediums there is available, but enjoys drawing cartoons and graffiti art the most and using water colours. He has recently become keen in photography and enjoys taking photos of anything at different angles. He's taken photographs all over the world. He learned the art of Rhyming over music at the age of thirteen. Corin is a firm believer in Scientology. More information can be found here. Although he has not directly been involved in it for a number of years now, He believes in and supports the philosophy immensely and has experienced the benefits of it in his own life. Corin married his high school sweetheart Jami (pictured on the right) in May 2002. They are proud parents to a daughter Sadie Joy born in February 1993, and to a son, Lukas Manu, March 2005. Manu (Tapou) was the name of Corin's late acting teacher. The family reside in Houston, Texas. Corin has gained many new fans for his portrayal of the Kelownan Jonas Quinn in the hit TV Show Stargate SG-1. Although only appearing in one season (Season 6), he made his mark on the show, bringing humour and freshness and many great stories.moreless -
Henry Polic II
Jerry Silver
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Emmanuel Lewis
Webster Long
Three-time People's Choice Award winner Emmanuel Lewis returns to primetime television in The WB's The Surreal Life, starring as a series regular for the first time since he played the title role in the 1980s hit series Webster. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Lewis began his career at the age of 9, when he started doing national and regional commercials. Among his first jobs was a Jell-O Pudding commercial, part of the successful campaign featuring Bill Cosby. He had already appeared in over 50 commercials when he was tapped to do a series of national spots for Burger King. Those spots won him a CLIO award for Best Male Actor and also landed him the leading role on Webster. In 1985, 1986 and 1987, Lewis won the People's Choice Award for Best Young Television Performer for his work on Webster. After Webster, Lewis enrolled in Clark Atlanta University and earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in Theatre Arts. He also continued working in television throughout the '90s, making guest appearances on various series including Family Matters, In the House, Moesha, Malcolm & Eddie and Good vs. Evil. Lewis next appears in the upcoming David Spade feature Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, where he will star alongside The WB's Alyssa Milano. Lewis splits his time between Atlanta and Los Angeles. When not working, he enjoys fishing and loves music. In addition, he is a Black Belt in karatemoreless -
Alex Karras
George Papadapolis
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Susan Clark
Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis
Susan Clark began her acting career when she was only 12 years old in her hometown of Sarnia, Ontario where she had been born March 8, 1940. When her family moved to Toronto, Susan became part of the cast at the Toronto Children's Players Theater and when she was 15, she made her professional debut in a stage production of the musical Silk Stockings, which starred the veteran film actor Don Ameche. But Susan had her sights set on higher goals and with a certain degree of determination she needled her parents until they relented and allowed her to study at the famed Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England. Two years later Susan was acting with an English repertory theater group and found roles in a number of cal and modern plays. She made her debut on the London stage in Poor Bitos. The play and Susan received good reviews but news from home about her father, who had fallen ill, led Susan back to Canada. Her acting career now on a solid professional footing, Susan auditioned for a CBC television production and was cast in the first of many dramas during the so-called "golden age" of television drama production. One such role, a production of Abelard and Heloise, led to an offer from Universal Studios which Susan accepted by signing an exclusive ten-year contract. One of her first screen roles was opposite Richard Widmark in the powerful feature, Madigan which also had a role for fellow Canadian Steve Ihnat. Next came Coogan's Bluff with Clint Eastwood, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here with Robert Redford, Night Moves with Gene Hackman, Valdez Is Coming with Burt Lancaster, and Airport '76 with George Kennedy. Active as a film actress and producer into the 1980s, Susan Clark has also starred on the weekly TV sitcom Webster, playing opposite her husband and production partner, actor/athlete Alex Karras. Susan received a second Emmy nomination for her work in the made-for-TV film Amelia Earhart; then had starring roles in The North Avenue Irregulars for Walt Disney Studios; Murder by Decree which costarred Donald Sutherland, Genevieve Bujold, James Mason and the great John Gielgud. She also had solid roles in Promises in the Dark with Marsha Mason; Double Negative with Anthony Perkins; The Choice, which won a CAC dramatic special award; and the popular comedy Porky's. In 1996 Susan Clark was nominated for a Genie as Best Actress in the critically acclaimed movie Butterbox Babies and more recently worked on the 1998 tv series, Emily of New Moon.moreless -
Chad Allen
Rob
Born June 5, 1974 in Cerritos, California, Chad Allen, whose full name is Chad Allen Lazzari, grew up in Long Beach, CA. He's the youngest of four boys, and his parents were hoping for a girl. They got one, in the shape of Chad's twin sister, Charity. Chad was the "extra change", as he puts it. Chad got his start in show business when his mother started entering him and his twin sister Charity in "twin contests" at fairs, and they won quite a few times. People kept telling his mother how cute the twins looked together, and that she should try to get the them into acting. Charity didn't much like show business at all, but Chad was bitten by the acting bug. It was decided that Chad Lazzari sounded like a name for a dark-haired Italian, not a blond, blue-eyed boy, and he started out on his acting career as Chad Allen instead. His first job was in a McDonalds television commercial, at age four. His first dramatic work came at age six, in a pilot for a television series that never went into production, Cutter to Houston. His first big break in a television series happened when he was eight and joined the cast of St. Elsewhere as Tommy Westphall, an autistic boy. He played that character literally until the very end, when he was the last actor on-screen in the final scene of the final episode of St. Elsewhere in 1988. During that period, he worked continuously (and sometimes simultaneously) on a succession of other successful TV shows: Webster (1985-1986), Our House (1986-1988) and My Two Dads (1989-1990). Chad filled his "spare time" by guest-starring in a whole host of other television shows, such as Airwolf, Hunter, The Wonder Years, Star Trek, The Next Generation, In the Heat of the Night, Highway to Heaven, Simon and Simon, and appeared in ten television movies. He also appeared in several stage productions, as a guest on TV game shows and in a series of public service anti-drug programs. During these years, he became one of the biggest and most popular teen idols of the day, thanks to, as he later said, "a mega publicist, who put out an image of me that seemed ideal." He couldn't go anywhere in public without being pursued by his numerous fans. As Chad later put it, "It was difficult going to the malls, or trying to do the things I wanted to do. I felt bad in that the teen magazines portrayed me as a perfect teenager." Elsewhere he commented, "I was in teen magazines all the time and in reality, what was I? A 13-year-old who's as f***ed up as every other 13-year-old across the country." By the time My Two Dads ended in 1990, Chad was unsure about whether he wanted to go on with acting. He was 16 years old, and even though he had gone to a normal primary school, he hadn't been to a regular school since age 12, instead being taught by private tutors on the set. He felt he was missing out on a lot of normal life. "I left the business, went back to high school, joined the swim team, became vice-president of my class, did everything. I tried to be a normal teenager." He now describes it as "probably one of the best decisions I ever made", even though his fame initially made life difficult for him in school. "In high school I was sneered at a lot. I was the teen magazine guy, half the kids followed me around like disciples and the other half were going to kick my ass". After high school, Chad was accepted as a student at New York University, however he decided to put off college when he was offered the part of Matthew Cooper on Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman. With this new role he became one of the few former child stars to successfully make the transition to a career as an adult. When Dr. Quinn was canceled after its sixth season, Chad said, "When we shut down I wasn't so sure that we were going to come back, I wasn't so sure I was wanting to come back. In six years, we had done ten months out of every year -- which is a lot of work -- in a remote location with a lot of dirt. But over the course of our hiatus everybody had been planning on it. They'd been writing scripts and stuff. So it was just a surprise. I'll miss the people. It was a fun part for me. I had a great damn time. We put so much into it for so long, and to not have the opportunity, as actors, to say good-bye to each other has been really gut wrenching. And to not be able to say good-bye to the fans has been hard, too." Despite being busy on Dr. Quinn, Chad was one of the co-founders of The Creative Outlet theater company in 1995, and has appeared in several theater productions during the summer breaks. He considers theater to be "my first love, without a doubt." Chad has continued focusing his career on the theater since the end of Dr. Quinn, appearing in well received theatrical productions of Change at Babylon, in Los Angeles, Temporary Help, in Seattle and Westport, Connecticut and Sons of Lincoln, in L.A. Courageously, in the October 9, 2001 issue of The Advocate, Chad came out as a gay man. He also acknowledged past problems with drugs and alcohol. He also has spoken to a number of groups and at events about gay rights issues including taking part in a forum on Larry King Live on the issue of gay marriage. He has also lent his support to a large number of charities over the years, including The American Diabetes Association, The March of Dimes, Project Angel Food, the Autistic Children's Foundation, the American Cancer Society, the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, AIDS Project Arizona, and AIDS Project Los Angeles.moreless -
Ben Vereen
Uncle Phillip
The multi-talented Ben Vereen was born Benjamin Augustus Middleton in 1946 in Laurinburg, NC and was raised in Miami, Florida and Brooklyn, NY after his adoption as an infant. He attended New York's famed High School of Performing Arts and Emerson College, which prepared him for a lifetime in theater. After several parts in small off-Broadway productions during the late 1960s, he had the opportunity to appear in 2 lead roles in the 1969 Broadway musical Hair. Several years later, his acclaimed performances in the Broadway productions of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1972 and Pippin in 1973, garnered him a Tony nomination and eventually a Tony award, propelling his career to new heights on the stage, in film, and on television. He has made numerous guest star appearances throughout the 1970s to the present time, including the unforgettable role as "Chicken George" Moore in the ABC miniseries Roots broadcast in 1977.moreless -
Clyde Kusatsu
Doctor
Clyde Kusatsu was born September 13, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Iloani School. He later studied theater at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is married to Gayle Kusatsu, and they have two sons: Kevin and Andrew. -
Patrick Ewing
Himself
When he was eleven, Ewing's family moved from Jamaica to the United States, where he learned to play basketball. By the time he was a senior at Cambridge, MA, Latin School, he was 7 feet tall, weighed 240 pounds, and was sought by a lot of college coaches. He elected to go to Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
At Georgetown, he became one of the few players ever to win consensus All-America honors three times, in 1983, 1984, and 1985. Ewing was named the tournament's outstanding player when Georgetown won the 1984 NCAA championship, and he was presented with the 1985 Naismith Award, Eastman Award, and Rupp Trophy as college player of the year in 1985. He scored a total of 2,184 points and had 1,316 rebounds during his college career.
Ewing starred for the U. S. Olympic team that won the gold medal in 1984, blocking 18 shots during the Olympic tournament. The first player chosen in the 1985 NBA draft, by the New York Knicks, Ewing won the league's rookie of the year award by averaging 20.4 points a game.
He was a starter for the next 14 seasons, although he missed quite a few games, beginning in 1997, because of knee problems. Ewing left the Knicks and signed with the Seattle Supersonics as a free agent in 2000. After a season as a backup, he played for the Orlando Magic in 2001-2002, then announced his retirement.
In 1996, Ewing was named one of the top 50 players in league history. He's the Knicks' all-time leader in scoring, rebounding, steals, and blocked shots, and in 1999 he became the 10th player in NBA history to record 22,000 points and 10,000 rebounds.moreless -
Ernie Hudson
Rudy
Ernie Hudson was born on 17th December 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA. He never knew his father and his mother, Maggie Donald, died of TB when he was just 4 years old. His grandmother, Arrana Donald, raised him. He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson. For some time he was in the Marine Corps then he moved to Detroit where he started writing plays for the Concept East theatre company. He attended to Wayne State University to improve is acting abilities and then graduated from Yale School of Drama. He also founded the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where young black writers like himself directed and performed in their own plays. He is perhaps best known as Winston Zeddemore, one of the Ghostbusters in the 1984 film Ghostbusters. He was in the 1994 film The Crow as Sergeant Albrecht and in the 1995 film Congo. In year 2000 he starred as Harry McDonald in the comedy Miss Congeniality with Sandra Bullock and Michael Caine. He has also appeared as a guest star in many famous TV series like Desperate Housewives (as Det. Ridley), Cold Case, E.R., Stargate SG-1, Everwood, Without a Trace and Oz (as Warden Leo Glynn).moreless -
Mie Hunt
Ms. Young
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Allyn Ann McLerie
Theo
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Roy Firestone
Chuck
Roy Firestone is a sports broadcaster who has hosted shows on ESPN and HDNet. He commentated one season of Sunday Night Football in 1987. Firestone has also guest starred as himself on a number of TV shows.
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James Avery
judge
James is an American TV actor best known for providing the voice of Shredder, in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and for his portrayal of the patriarch and attorney, (later judge) Philip Banks in the TV show, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, whom Will Smith's character affectionately called "Uncle Phil." This character was ranked #34 in TV Guide's "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time."moreless -
Diahann Carroll
Herself
Diahann Carroll began her career as a model for Ebony magazine when she was 15 years old. She was a student at Manhattan's School of Performing Arts when she began entering talent shows. After graduation, she sang in New York's vital nightclubs before her first appearance on Broadway in The House of Flowers. She received her first Tony Award nomination for her role in the 1954 play. In the same year, she had her first film role in Carmen Jones.
Diahann had numerous film and Broadway roles and released several albums in the last 50's and early 60's. She won a Tony Award for her Broadway role in the musical No Strings in 1962. Also in 1962, she was nominated for her first Emmy as a guest star in the TV series,
Naked City. She then became the second African-American woman to star in her own TV series,
Julia, from 1968 to 1971. She won a Golden Globe award in 1968 and was nominated for an Emmy in 1969 for her starring role. She continued to work in films, including Claudine in 1974 with James Earl Jones for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.
Diahann has been married and divorced or widowed four times to the following men: Monte Kay, Freddie Glausman, Robert DeLeon (widowed), and Vic Damone. She also had a long affair with Sidney Poiter and a broken engagement with talk show host, David Frost. She has one child, Suzanne Kay, who was born in 1960. Diahann is well-known for her TV roles as Dominique Deveraux in
Dynasty and as Whitley Gilbert's mother in
A Different World for which she was again nominated for an Emmy. Diahann is a breast cancer survivor and now promotes cancer awareness and early screenings. She continues to act, sing, and promote her line of wigs, clothing and accessories.moreless -
Bumper Robinson
Curtis
This African American actor has and continues to make many appearances throughout his acting career. As a young child he appeared in the Jell-o commercial starring Bill Cosby, The Jeffersons, Night Court, Days of Our Lives, and the movie Enemy Mine. In most of his career his roles were minor roles but were recurring characters. He played on television shows like Amen, Family Matters, A Different World, and Living Single. Robinson also played a young O.J Simpson in the miniseries, The O.J. Simpson Story and a young Jackie Jackson in The Jacksons: An American Dream. Some other works that Robinson has done include him being a vocal artist. Those shows include Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School, Static Shock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Futurama.moreless -
Harold Gould
Pee-Wee Walnutto
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Reid Shelton
Dr. D'Amori
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Christopher Burton
Danny
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James Karen
Dr. Rosencrantz
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Hoke Howell
Charlie
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Earl Boen
Fritz
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Ron Masak
Woody
Actor Ron Masak guest starred in many comedy shows of the 1960's likeI Dream Of Jeannie and he did movies in the 1970's like Harper Valley P.T.A. and he is now doing alot of stage plays. He is probably best known for his recurring role of Sheriff Mort Metzger onMurder, She Wrote. He has credits long and varied in stage, TV, and movies. A member of Actor's Equity, he came to Hollywood in the 1960s.
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Married to Kay Frances Knebes since 23 September 1961, they share six children: daughters Tammy Lee, Deborah Lyn (Debbie), Kathryn (Kathy), and Christine, and twin sons Michael (Mike) and Bobby. Through Debbie, he is the father-in-law of actor Jimi DeFilippis, and grandfather to Kaylie McKenna DeFilippis and Isabella Macy DeFilippis. Cousin of Michael and Mary Gross. -
Brandon Call
Ricky
Nickname: Bodi Height: 5'10" Brandon gained a lot of popularity with portrayal of David hasselhoff, Mitch Buchannon's son Hobie Buchannon. He appeared on it's first season (1989-1990). Brandon call lives in the South Bay area of Los Angeles country, with his parents Richard and Elyse. Brandon has 2 sisters called, Tandi and Dee-Anne. He also has a brother call Dustin. Brandon drives a dark green '96 Honda Civic. In his spare time he enjoys boogie boarding, playing basketball and listening to music. Brandon Call studies with several acting coachesmoreless -
Phil Morris
Calvin
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Todd Susman
fireman
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Meredith MacRae
Amanda
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