Chris Wallace (entertainer)

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Chris Wallace is an American-Australian television producer and entertainer.

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Wallace was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1956, [1] majoring in radio-TV-theater. [2] He joined the Army and performed in plays while stationed in Germany, and produced programs for public television in Ohio after returning home. [2]

He recorded "The Baby Smile" for Morningside Records in 1968, a Christmas song that was released with a Spanish language version on the b-side. [3] He had previously written "Tide Comes In" which was recorded by Valentine Pringle. [4] Wallace followed this with an album of children's stories titled Uncle Wiggily and his Friends, released in 1970. [5]

His television career began as an announcer at WOSU-TV, [6] and later WBNS-TV. In 1968 he produced the Harlem Cultural Festival TV-series for WNEW-TV. [3]

He joined the cast of soap opera All My Children as police officer Mel Jacobi in 1978, [7] and made appearances in The Incredible Hulk and Trapper John MD, before starring in his first major motion picture role in 1980 as Lieutenant Ed Clayton in New Year's Evil. [1]

Wallace relocated to Australian in the 1990s, and created the musical Nothing to Wear which debuted at Arts Centre Melbourne in 1995. [8] [9] He became an Australian citizen the following year, [8] and has continued performing in his own works such as two based around Mark Twain, The Mark Twain You Don't Know (2007), [10] [11] and Huckleberry: A Musical Adventure (2018). [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 Glick, Ed (12 Nov 1980). "Stage Center". The Delaware Gazette. p. 5.
  2. 1 2 Reed, Jon-Michael (29 July 1978). "First soap opera exhibit to be staged in New York". The Morning Call. p. 53.
  3. 1 2 "Chris Wallace Writes, Records Christmas Song". The Delaware Gazette. 9 Dec 1968. p. 1.
  4. ↑ "TV's Wallace Cuts Christmas Single". Record World. 23 (1122): 133. 7 Dec 1968.
  5. ↑ "Chris Wallace Records Album For Children". The Delaware Gazette. 20 Jan 1970. p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Chris Wallace in daytime video series". The Delaware Gazette. 5 Oct 1977. p. 5.
  7. ↑ Reed, Jon-Mchael (10 May 1978). "New Heroines and Varlets Brighten Daytime Serials". Winston-Salem Journal. p. 41.
  8. 1 2 Anna King, Murdoch (22 Dec 1997). "A long way from LA". The Age . pp. C5.
  9. ↑ "Victorian Arts Centre - What's on this week". The Age . 1 July 1995. p. 112.
  10. ↑ Reviewer, Martin Ball (2007-05-16). "The Mark Twain You Don't Know". The Age. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  11. ↑ "The Mark Twain you don't know". ABC listen. 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  12. ↑ "Your weekend: our guide to what's on around Melbourne". The Age. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
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