Gerrit Graham | |
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Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | November 27, 1949
Education | Columbia University |
Occupation(s) | Actor, songwriter |
Years active | 1968–2012 |
Gerrit Graham (born November 27, 1949) is an American stage, television, and film actor as well as a scriptwriter and songwriter. [1] He is best known for his appearances in multiple films by Brian De Palma as well as appearances in two Star Trek series. He starred in Used Cars with Kurt Russell and voiced Franklin Sherman on The Critic .
Graham attended but did not graduate from Columbia University. At Columbia, he was the head of Columbia Players, the college theater company. [2] [3] [4] His future co-worker, Brian De Palma, was also a former manager of the student group during his undergraduate years. [5]
He has appeared in movies such as Used Cars , TerrorVision , National Lampoon's Class Reunion , Child's Play 2 and Greetings , [1] where he worked with Brian De Palma for the first time. He would again work with De Palma on Hi, Mom and Home Movies , as well as Phantom of the Paradise , where he played flamboyant glam-rocker Beef. Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times remarked that Graham and Jon Lovitz were the only actors in Last Resort who were "exempt from the bad-accent stigma." [6]
Graham was the voice of Franklin Sherman in the animated series The Critic as well as a recurring role as Dr. Norman Pankow on the sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose.
He has appeared in two different roles on the Star Trek television series: as the alien hunter of Tosk on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and as a member of the Q Continuum (adopting the name Quinn) in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish". He had been short listed to play the character of Odo, which went to René Auberjonois. [7]
Graham is a stage performer whose performances in the 1986 improvisational show Sills & Company [8] [9] and the 1987 play Bouncers by John Godber [10] [11] were positively reviewed by the New York Times. Julio Martinez of Variety.com called Graham "eerily evocative" of Allard Lowenstein in Dreams Die Hard in 1995. [12] Frank Rizzo of Variety.com wrote that Graham had "some of the best lines" in his performance as Father Charles Dunbar in The God Committee in 2004. [13] He also played Julian in Communicating Doors in 1998. [14]
Graham wrote the teleplays for the episodes "Still Life" and "Opening Day" of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone . [15] He did not write "Welcome to Winfield", the only episode in which he appeared as a member of the cast.
Graham has written songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. [16]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1968 | Greetings | Lloyd Clay | |
1970 | Hi, Mom | Gerrit Wood | |
1972 | Beware! The Blob | Joe, Ape-Suited Party Guest | |
1974 | Phantom of the Paradise | Beef | |
1975 | Strange New World | Daniel | TV movie |
1976 | Tunnel Vision | Freddie | |
Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw | Ray "Magic Ray" | ||
Special Delivery | Swivot | ||
Cannonball! | Perman Waters | ||
1977 | Demon Seed | Walter Gabler | |
1978 | Pretty Baby | "Highpockets" | |
1979 | Old Boyfriends | Sam, The Fisherman | |
Home Movies | James Byrd | ||
1980 | Used Cars | Jeff | |
1982 | Soup for One | Brian | |
National Lampoon's Class Reunion | Bob Spinnaker | ||
1983 | The Creature Wasn't Nice | Rodzinski | |
1985 | The Annihilators | Ray Track | |
The Man With One Red Shoe | Carson | ||
1986 | TerrorVision | Stan | |
Chopping Mall | Nessler, The Technician | ||
Last Resort | Curt | ||
Ratboy | Billy Morrison | ||
1987 | It's Alive III: Island of the Alive | Ralston | |
Walker | Norvell Walker | ||
The Search for Animal Chin | Skateboard Manufacturer | ||
1989 | Big Man on Campus | Stanley Hoyle | |
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege | "Ace" | ||
C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D. | Bud Oliver / Bud the C.H.U.D. | ||
Martians Go Home | Stan Garrett | ||
The Little Mermaid | voice | Uncredited | |
1990 | Night of the Cyclone | Lieutenant John France | |
Child's Play 2 | Phil Simpson | ||
1992 | Frozen Assets | Lewis Crandall | |
Sidekicks | Mr. Mapes | ||
1993 | This Boy's Life | Mr. Howard | |
Love Matters | Phillips | TV movie | |
Philadelphia Experiment II | Dr. William Mailer / Friedrich Mahler | ||
1994 | My Girl 2 | Dr. Sam Helburn | |
1995 | National Lampoon's Favorite Deadly Sins | The Devil | TV movie |
The Wasp Woman | Arthur | TV movie | |
Stuart Saves His Family | Male Diner | uncredited | |
The Break | Bill Cowens | ||
1996 | Magic in the Mirror: Fowl Play | Bloom | |
1998 | One True Thing | Oliver Most | |
2005 | Building Girl | Mr. Minard | |
2007 | Caótica Ana | Mr. Halcón | |
2008 | Stick It in Detroit | Captain John Willoughby | |
2012 | Cove Road | The Hitchhiker |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Starsky & Hutch | Nick Manning | |
1983 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Baldwin | Uncredited |
1986 | The Twilight Zone | Griffin St. George | Segment "Welcome to Winfield" |
1988 | Miami Vice | Calvin Teal | |
1988 | My Two Dads | Carlton Crow | Episode: "The Family in Question" |
1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Theodore Carne | Episode: "The Man Who Was Death" |
1990–1992 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Dr. Norman Pankow | Recurring role |
1992 | Seinfeld | Clown | Episode: "The Opera" (uncredited) |
Fievel's American Tails | Cat R. Waul | Voice, Recurring role; 10 Episodes | |
Family Matters | Landlord | Episode: "The Oddest Couple" | |
1993 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | The Hunter | Episode: "Captive Pursuit" |
The Pink Panther | Voice, Episode: "Pilgrim Panther/That Old Pink Magic" | ||
1994 | Babylon 5 | Lord Kiro | Episode: "Signs and Portents" |
1994–1995 | The Critic | Franklin Sherman | Voice, Recurring role; 23 Episodes |
1995 | The Tick | Milo | Voice, Episode: "Armless But Not Harmless" |
The Larry Sanders Show | Kevin | ||
1995–1996 | Gargoyles | Guardian | Voice, 4 Episodes |
1996 | Star Trek: Voyager | Quinn | Episode: "Death Wish" |
1998–2000 | Law & Order | Mr. Hutchins / Alan Bruder | 2 Episodes |
1999–2000 | Now and Again | Roger Bender | Recurring role; 22 Episodes |
2005 | Third Watch | Charles Benjamin |
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