Robert Wightman

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Robert Wightman (born December 29, 1952) is an American actor.

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Wightman often works in the theater, notably in the West Coast Premier of the Tennessee Williams' play Vieux Carré, produced with Williams' blessing by Karen Kondazian and starring Ray Stricklyn. [1] Critic Robert Osborne said both Stricklyn and Wightman gave "touching and heartbreaking performances". [2] Wightman has appeared in two other works of Williams produced by Kondazian, Sweet Bird of Youth with Ed Harris, and the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award-winning production of The Rose Tattoo , which was praised by Williams himself who said he had never seen the play better directed than by Clyde Ventura. [3] Sylvie Drake in the Los Angeles Times singled-out "the excellent Robert Wightman" as Edgar in LATC's King Lear , [4] and Hoyt Hilsman writing for Backstage praised his "lovely and mysterious" portrayal as Budge in the dark comedy The Day Room by Don DeLillo. [5]

Wightman replaced Richard Thomas in the role of John-Boy Walton in the TV series The Waltons . He played the role beginning with the show's eighth season in 1979 until the end of the series in 1981. [6] He also appeared in the role in the TV movie A Day of Thanks on Walton's Mountain in 1982. His movie credits include American Gigolo and the starring role in Stepfather III , taking over the role originally played by Terry O'Quinn.

Selected filmography

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References

  1. ↑ Backstage May 22, 2002
  2. ↑ Robert Osborne, TV review, Los Angeles, KTTV Channel 11 News Tonight, 1983
  3. ↑ Working in L.A., Living Tennessee With 'Orpheus Descending,' Karen Kondazian again tackles the often-overwhelming task of bringing a Tennessee Williams character to life. by Robert Koehler, Los Angeles Times. Calendar, October 20, 1996.
  4. ↑ Los Angeles Times, November 09, 1987 STAGE REVIEW: 'King Lear' Beset by Big Imaginations, by SYLVIE DRAKE Times Theater Writer
  5. ↑ Backstage June 20, 2001
  6. ↑ Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present (7th edition), page 1094, Ballantine, 1999


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