Dale Midkiff

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Dale Midkiff
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Dale Alan Midkiff

(1959-07-01) July 1, 1959 (age 65)
OccupationActor
Years active1985–present

Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film Pet Sematary (1989) and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series Time Trax .

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Career

Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays like Mark Medoff's The Wager. His first movie role was in Roger Corman's Streetwalkin' playing a pimp named Duke. Dale's acting was called "grittily impressive" in what some consider a B-movie classic. He has said in interviews that while his family never quite understood his interest in acting, they never discouraged him: "I love them for allowing a kid to believe in his dreams."

His first major break came when he landed the role of the young Jock Ewing in Dallas: The Early Years . That was followed by what many consider his biggest role to date, Elvis Presley, in the four-hour miniseries, Elvis and Me , and by Dream Street , a short-lived "blue collar" series set in New Jersey. Midkiff's roles have run the gamut from the wife beater in A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story , to the "good old boy" cop who discovers his partner/best friend is a murderer in Vigilante Cop, to the heroic time-traveling fugitive retrieval cop in Time Trax , to the amiable ladies' man and town protector in The Magnificent Seven . [1] He is also well known for having played the lead role of Louis Creed in the 1989 film version of Stephen King's Pet Sematary . He also starred in the Hallmark movie classic Love Comes Softly with Katherine Heigl.

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
TBA21 OutsCoach Chris Forbes
2018 Hell's Kitty Rosemary Carrie
2014 Castle SheriffEpisode: "Once Upon a Time in the West"
2013 The Client List J.D. Whitman Sr.Episode: "Hell on Heels"
2011 Hell's Kitty Rosemary CarrieEpisode: "Rosemary Carrie"
2009 Lie to Me Samuel WynnEpisode: "Control Factor"
Criminal Minds Gil BonnerEpisode: "Roadkill"
2008 Lincoln Heights Harrison DeVriesEpisode: "Ode to Joy"
The Clean-Up CrewDan DahlerShort film
2012 Doomsday Dr. Frank Richards
2007 Dexter Mr. WilsonEpisode: "That Night, A Forest Grew"
Love's Unending Legacy Clark DavisTV film
Boxboarders! Bruce Rockwell
CSI: Miami Doug McClainEpisode: "Deep Freeze"
Love's Unfolding Dream Clark DavisTV film
Totally BakedDoug
Love's Unending Legacy Clark DavisTV film
Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane Dr. Lucas Thorp
2006 Love's Abiding Joy Clark DavisTV film
Crossing Jordan Jerry MillerEpisode: "Save Me"
2005Back to You and MeGus MartinTV film
Love's Long Journey Clark DavisTV film
Behind the magic of Knights of Impossingworth ParkPrince DarkindeedShort film
Deep RescueBen
Without a Trace Eddie FergusonEpisode: "Transitions"
2004 Love's Enduring Promise Clark DavisTV film
Torn ApartJerry Bender
Debating Robert LeeRobert Lee
2003 Love Comes Softly Clark DavisTV film
Maximum VelocityDr. Timothy Briggs
2002 Nancy Drew Jim "Jimbo" MitchellTV film
Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story Gary WilsonTV film
2001 Route 666 Deputy U.S. Marshal P.T.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Professor Robert WoodburyEpisode: "Chaos Theory"
The Warden MurphyTV film
2000 Twice in a Lifetime ReeseEpisode: "The Frat Pack"
Mysterious Ways Jack KestlerEpisode: "Spirit Junction"
Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion Bill TemplerTV film
Another Woman's Husband Johnny Miller / JakeTV film
The Crow: Salvation Detective Vincent Erlich
Air Bud: World Pup PatrickDirect-to-video
Falcon Down Captain Hank Thomas
1999 The Outer Limits Tom CooperEpisode: "Blank Slate"
1998Conversations in LimboUnknownShort film
The Magnificent Seven Buck Wilmington22 episodes
1997 Toothless Thomas JamesonTV film
Any Place But HomeCarl MillerTV film
Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave Detective Steve CarellaTV film
1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice Detective Steve CarellaTV film
1995Visitors of the NightSheriff Marcus AshleyTV film
A Child Is MissingPeter BarnesTV film
1994 Sweet Justice – The Power of Darkness: Part 1 & Part 2 Alex BoudreauMiniseries
A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story "Red"TV film
1993 Time Trax Darien Lambert44 episodes
1992 Love Potion No. 9 Gary Logan
1991Black MailScott MayfieldTV film
Plymouth Gil EatonTV film
Shoot First: A Cop's VengeanceFarrell TuckerTV film
Sins of the MotherKevin CoeTV film
The Marla Hanson Story – Face ValueEric WarnerTV film
1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story Charles "Buck" ThurmanTV film
Pet Sematary Dr. Louis Creed
Dream Street Denis DeBeau6 episodes
1988 Casual Sex? Attractive Stranger
Elvis and Me Elvis Presley TV film
1987Top Kids Clyde Barrow TV film
1986 Dallas: The Early Years John Ross "Jock" Ewing TV film
Nightmare Weekend Ken
1985 Streetwalkin' "Duke"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Cold River Detective Steve Carella

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References

  1. Garron, Barry (1993-04-21). "Time-traveling Role Keeps Actor Hopping". The Kansas City Star. South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2014-03-16.