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I loved Paris.
I may have even loved whoever this is.



@ LA County Museum of Art in my old neighborhood.

 


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Official Version
Born in Sri Lanka to Missionary parents, Douglas served in the Diplomatic Corps until the age of 9, when he joined the U.S. Space program as one of the original Apollo Team. After determining that his math skills were not quite on par with the rest of the group, NASA replaced him with Neil Armstrong. Doug's contract was sold to the Cincinnati Royals, but he clashed with "star" Oscar Robertson and he was benched for the entire season. Disillusioned, he hung up his Chuck Taylors and drifted through a series of odd jobs, among them Oil Wildcatter, Penguin Shampooer, Mayor of Elgin, Illinois, and, briefly, a disastrous stint as a second for a Gentlemen's Dueling Club. While pursuing the one-armed man, Douglas took a job in a Summer Stock production of Paint Your Wagon, and decided that a life of greasepaint and referring to rain as Tess was for him. He was discovered by famed producer Jonathon "Johnny Knuckles" Dinelli in a subsequent show, and , after seven years of indentured servitude to a very nice family in Estonia, he moved to Los Angeles and began his now legendary career. He also acted occasionally.

Other Official Version
I began acting as a child in Miss Louise Seedorf's drama class. I performed in school plays, at local theatres, and made my midwestern television debut as an abused kid on Juvenile Court. I made my national TV debut a few months later, completely hidden in a QuickDraw McGraw costume on the ABC special Thanksgiving at Fantasy Park, notable only because it starred Soupy Sales and Kaptain Kool and The Kongs.

I'm a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (where my classmates included Diane Delano, Nick Cassavetes, and Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm), and started working in small theatres around Los Angeles, eventually finding home at The Variety arts Center, a theatre/nightclub/restaurant/private club/show-biz museum complex. (My co-workers and fellow performers at the VAC included Glenn Shadix, Robin Riker, and Joey D'Auria.) It was at the VAC that I had the extraordinary opportunity to work as an assistant to Orson Welles during a rather drawn out period when he was shooting a special for French television. Of course, not having access to a french television, I have no idea if the project ever aired...

Over the years in L.A., I worked in radio, television, film, and theatre with actors as varied as Martin Sheen, Woody Harrelson, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Corin Nemec, and Enrico Colantoni. At the script development theatre FirstStage, I served on the Board of Directors for several years, twice as President, and I'm still very much a part of Actors Art Theatre, though I now live on the other side of the continent.

Fast Facts

Birthday: February 3
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Pets: I spend a lot of time with 3 cats and a ball python. As a consequence of that, I also spend time with a lot of half-dead chipmunks and thawed out rat carcasses. Which leads us to...
Favorite Foods: Thai and Mexican, with a soft spot for Skyline Chili.
Awards: The Off-Off Broadway Review Award for Excellence for A Chain Of Summer Voices, a Drama-Logue Award for Co-Producing Adam & Eva-Marie, and a Back Stage Garland Honorable Mention for performance in Boiler Room.