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University of Cincinnati alumni on television

Classic TV shows, videos

Earl Hamner, CCM '48
Emmy-winning producer, creator, writer, narrator, author. See his movie credits, too.

  • "The Waltons" ('72-81, 210 episodes + 5 specials; Emmy-winning autobiographical show)
  • "Falcon Crest" ('81-83, 228 episodes w/Jane Wyman, creator of series, writer of 32 episodes)
  • "Night Visions" ('01)
  • "The Wild Thornberrys" ('00, writer)
  • "The Education of Little Tree" ('97, writer of teleplay)

See compilation of exclusive Hamner stories, videos and photos.


Dan Guntzelman, CCM '70
Writer, producer, director who received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for "WKRP in Cincinnati."

  • "WKRP in Cincinnati" ('78-82; wrote and directed 13 episodes, directed 2, produced 1) (Shown at right.)
  • "Growing Pains" ('85-92, executive producer of 62 episodes, writer of 15)
  • "Just the Ten of Us" ('88-90, creator and executive producer of 47 episodes, directed 10)
  • "Gloria" ('82, w/Sally Struthers, executive producer of 2 episodes, writer of 4)
  • "Thunder Alley" ('94, w/Edward Asner, executive producer)

Al Hague at the piano

Albert Hague, CCM '42
(1920-2001)
Tony-winner composer and lyricist. Also an actor. See his movie and Broadway credits, and also his bio on the musicians page.

  • "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" ('66 TV, '00 film, composed the score)
  • "Fame" ('82-87, playing Benjamin Shorofsky, the music teacher, in 126 episodes)
  • "Glee" ('10, Fox series, "A Very Glee Christmas" episode, composer of music for "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch")
  • "37th Annual Miss USA Pageant" ('88, one of the judges)
  • "Beauty and Beast" ('87)
  • Faerie Tale Theatre’s "Rip Van Winkle" (’87, playing Nicholas Vedder)
  • "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" (’66, composed a musical number)
  • "Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall" (’60, composed a musical number)
  • "Mr. Belvedere" (’85)

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford, att. CCM '30s (aka Ernest Ford as a student)
(1919–91)
Grammy-winning singer, composer and TV series host. Received an Emmy nomination in '55 for Most Outstanding New Personality. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1990. Appeared on more than 100 TV programs and recorded 18 soundtrack titles. His biggest hit "Sixteen Tons" has been credited for kicking off the Rock and Roll era of the 1950s.

  • Tennessee Ernie Ford variety shows ('56-65)
  • "Dolly Parton and Friends" ('76)
  • "Hee Haw" ('74-83, 6 episodes)
  • "The Merv Griffin Show" ('77)
  • "Hollywood Squares" ('74-76)
  • "Dinah" ('76, 2 episodes)
  • "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" ('73-74, 3 episodes)
  • "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" ('71)
  • "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" ('69-70)
  • "The Peapicker in Piccadilly" ('69 TV movie)
  • "Mouse on the Mayflower" ('68, narrator for this TV movie)
  • "Here's Lucy" ('69, w/Lucille Ball)
  • "The Lucy Show" ('67)
  • "I Love Lucy" ('54-55, playing Cousin Ernie)
  • "The Joey Bishop Show" ('76)
  • "The Andy Williams Show" ('62-66)
  • "The Dean Martin Comedy Hour" ('66)
  • "The Jack Benny Program" ('61)\
  • "The Danny Thomas Show" ('59)
  • "The George Gobel Show" ('55-60, 7 episodes)
  • "The Steve Allen Plymouth Show" ('57)
  • "New American Bandstand 1965" ('57)
  • "This Is Your Life" ('56 & '57)
  • "The Rosemary Clooney Show" ('56)
  • "The Red Skelton Hour" ('54)
  • "Hometown Jamboree " ('49)

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian, att. '42-43 (left to join the Marine Corps)
Actor who appeared in 104 TV shows. Also recorded an album of popular songs and sang on the Ed Sullivan, Dinah Shore and Jackie Gleason variety shows. Once staged and directed a company of "Guys and Dolls" that toured Vietnam, Thailand and Japan for the troops. Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in 1992. Born Hugh Charles Krampe. See his movie credits, too.

  • "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" ('55-61, 225 episodes, Emmy nomination for Best Actor)
  • "L.A. Law" ('93)
  • "Murder She Wrote" ('90)
  • "The Love Boat" ('82)
  • "Fantasy Island" ('77-82, 5 episodes, including the pilot)
  • "Search" ('72-73, 8 episodes)
  • "Charlie's Angels" ('76)
  • "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" ('72)
  • "Dean Martin Comedy Hour" ('72)
  • "Hollywood Squares" (70-73. 13 episodes)
  • "Hallmark Hall of Fame" ('54 & '68, 2 episodes)
  • "Dial M for Murder" ('67)
  • "The Red Skelton Hour" ('65)
  • "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" ('64-65, 2 episodes)
  • "Kraft Suspense Theatre" ('65, 2 episodes)
  • "The Greatest Show on Earth" ('63)
  • "Perry Mason" ('63)
  • "The Alfred Hitchock Hour" ('62)
  • "The Virginian" ('62)
  • "I've Got a Secret" ('62-66, 5 episodes)
  • "Dick Powell Theatre" ('61)
  • "What's My Line?" (61-67, 4 episodes)
  • "The Joey Bishop Show" ('67)
  • "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" ('59-60, 2 episodes)
  • "The Ed Sullivan Show" ('57-58, 2 episodes)
  • "The Jackie Gleason Show" ('57)
  • "The Millionaire" ('55)
  • "The Loretta Young Show" ('54-55, 4 episodes)
  • "Fireside Theatre" ('50-51, 4 episodes)


Jane Froman in the 1940s

Jane Froman in the 1940s

Jane Froman, att. CCM late ‘20s
(1907–80)
Popular singing and TV guest star. A ’52 movie was made of her life, starring Susan Hayward. (See a video of her on “What’s My Line?”)

  • "The Bell Telephone Hour" ('60)
  • "The Ed Sullivan Show" (6 episodes, '50-60)
  • "The Walter Winchell Show" ('56)
  • "The NBC Comedy Hour" ('56)
  • "The Jimmy Durante Show" ('55)
  • "What's My Line?" ('53)
  • "The Jackie Gleason Show " (3 episodes, '52)
  • "The Jane Froman Show" ('52-55)
  • "The Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue" (10 episodes, '50-51)
  • "The Voice of Firestone" ('50-51)

Links
Read more about her life and career.
See her Broadway credits, movie credits, opera listing.


Douglas Cramer, A&S '53
Producer

  • "Wonder Woman" ('76-77)
  • "The Love Boat" ('76-86)
  • "The Odd Couple" ('70-75)
  • "The Brady Bunch" ('69-74)
  • "Star Trek" ('66)
  • "Peyton Place" ('64-69)

David Canary

David Canary, A&S '60
Actor won five Emmys awards and 16 Emmy nominations.

  • "Bonanza" ('67-73, played the role of "Candy")
  • "All My Children" (ABC soap opera, 1983-2010, retired April '10. Played twins Adam and Stuart Chandler for 664 episodes.)

 


Album cover for ''Green Hornet''

Al Hirt, CCM '41, HonDoc '68

A legendary Dixieland trumpeter, often called "King of the Trumpet." Grammy winner. See his bio under musicians.

  • “Super Bowl XII” (’78, halftime performer)
  • “Super Bowl VI” (’72, halftime performer)
  • “Super Bowl IV” (’70, National Anthem performer)
  • “AFL-NFL World Championship Game (’67, National Anthem performer)
  • “Saturday Night Live” (’08, Hirt music used in soundtrack)
  • “Six Feet Under” (’04, HBO, Hirt music used in soundtrack)
  • “Touched by an Angel” (’96, guest appearance)
  • “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” (’70-82, guest appearance five times)
  • “The Merv Griffin Show” (’79, guest appearance)
  • “The David Frost Show” (’71, guest appearance)
  • “The Johnny Cash Show” (’70, guest appearance)
  • “The Jonathan Winters Show” (’68, guest appearance)
  • “The Mike Douglas Show” (’68, guest appearance)
  • “The Ed Sullivan Show” (’61-67, 12 episodes)
  • “The Green Hornet” (’66-67, 3 episodes, musician playing theme song)
  • “The Andy Williams Show” (’63-66, six episodes)
  • “Hollywood Talent Scouts” (’65, guest appearance)s
  • “The Red Skelton Hour” (’65, played Tiny Tex)
  • "The Bell Telephone Hour” (’64, performed)
  • “The Dinah Shore Chevy Show” (’60-63, guest appearance six times)
  • “The Lawrence Welk Show” (’58, performed)

Star Trek album

George Duning, CCM '33
(1908–2000)
Composer. More than 400 film credits in all. See his movie credits, and his bio information under musicians. He scored the following TV shows:

  • "The Partridge Family" ('71)
  • "Star Trek" (8 episodes, '67-68)
  • "The Big Valley" (28 episodes, '65-68)
  • "Dennis the Menace" ('59)

scene from Hogan's Heroes

"Hogan's Heroes"

Richard Powell, A&S '41
(1916-96)
Writer who served as president of the Television Writers of America and the Television Branch of the Writers Guild of America.

  • "Hogan's Heroes" ('65-71, 29 episodes, including the pilot script)
  • "The Doris Day Show" ('71-72, 4 episodes)
  • "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" ('69, the TV pilot script)
  • "Mash" ('73)
  • "Andy Griffith Show" ('64-65, 4 episodes)
  • "Gomer Pyle" ('64-65, 4 episodes)
  • "The Farmer's Daughter" ('64, 2 episodes)
  • "Mary Tyler Moore" ('76)
  • "Charlie's Angels" ('77)


Marcia Lewis, CCM '64
Actress and singer who passed away in December 2010. See her complete biography in the Broadway section.

  • "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" ('97)
  • "Mr. Belvedere" ('89)
  • "Kate & Allie" ('88)
  • "Happy Days" ('77-79)
  • "The Bionic Woman" ('76)
  • "The Bob Newhart Show" ('74-75)
  • “Hollywood Squares”
  • “Sesame Street”

Pamela Myers, CCM '69
Actress. Read "UC Magazine" stories about Myers. See her Broadway credits, too.

  • "Major Dad" ('93)
  • "Alice" ('79-84)
  • "CHiPS" ('82)
  • "Starsky and Hutch" ('77)
  • "Sha Na Na" ('77)
  • "Happy Days" ('75)

Lehman Engel (1910-82), CCM '27, HonDoc '71

Composer, arranger, musical director, orchestrator, arranger and musical supervisor for 20 television productions and more than 50 Broadway productions, including the original "Streetcar Named Desire" with Marlon Brando ('47). He was the Tony Award's most nominated person in the Best Conductor and Musical Director category. He also founded and served as the first director of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop in New York City, cConsidered the foremost training ground for new writing voices. Engel also wrote musical-theater books, conducted recordings for Columbia Records and RCA Victor, and served as dean of American Musical Theatre. See his Broadway credits.

  • "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (composer of productions of "The Tempest," '60; "The Taming of the Shrew," '56; and "Macbeth," '54)
  • "The Tempest" ('60, composer of the TV move starring Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall and Maurice Evans from the Broadway production)
  • "Li'l Abner" ('59, vocal arranger for this TV movie of the Broadway musical for which he was also the vocal arranger)
  • "Wonderful Town" ('58, conductor of this TV movie of the play for which he won the Tony Award as Best Conductor and Musical Director, starring Rosalind Russell)
  • "Twelfth Night" ('57, conductor, composer of play starring Maurice Evans from the Broadway production)
  • "The Taming of the Shrew" ('56, composer of playing starring Maurice Evans from the Broadway production)


Bill Nimmo

Bill Nimmo (1917-2011), A&S ’39, M (A&S) ’73
Actor and announcer. Well-known radio and TV celebrity. Former UC community relations director.

  • “Powel Crosley and the 20th Century” (’88, documentary, host and narrator)
  • “For Love or Money” (’58, host)
  • “Keep It in the Family” (’57-58, host)
  • “Who Do You Trust?” (’56, announcer for ABC game show with emcee Johnny Carson)
  • "The Jackie Gleason Show" (’52-53, commercial announcer on 40 episodes)



Contemporary shows

John Riggi, A&S '78
Producer, director, writer. Read the "UC Magazine" story on Riggi.

  • "30 Rock" (co-executive producer, director, writer, '06-present, '08 & '07 Primetime Emmys for Outstanding Comedy Series)
  • "Will & Grace" (co-executive producer, '05-06)
  • "The Larry Sanders Show" (co-executive producer, director, writer, actor, 2 Emmy nominations, ’95)
  • "The Bernie Mac Show" (co-executive producer, '03)
  • "Family Guy" (consulting producer, actor, 7 episodes, '01-99)
  • "Seinfeld" (actor, '96)
  • "Ellen" (actor, '94)
  • "The Dennis Miller Show" (writer, '92)

Cooper Thornton

Cooper Thornton at a CCM master class

(Ray) Cooper Thornton, CCM '92
(known as Ray while a student)
Actor. See his movie credits, too.

  • "Parks and Recreation" ('09-11, NBC, recurring role as Dr. Harris)
  • "Justified" ('11, FX TV series)
  • "The Whole Truth" ('10, ABC)
  • "Brothers & Sisters" ('09, ABC)
  • "Three Rivers" ('09, CBS)
  • "Real Time with Bill Maher" ('09, HBO)
  • "My Name Is Earl" ('08 w/Jason Lee)
  • "House, M.D." ('06-07)
  • "The Office" ('07)
  • "Cold Case" ('07)
  • "Hanna Montana" ('06-07)
  • "Arrested Development" ('06)
  • "The Bernie Mac Show" ('05)
  • "The King of Queens" ('05)
  • "CSI" ('02, five episodes)
  • "The Practice" ('02)
  • "Scrubs" ('01)
  • "Judging Amy" ('01)

Read the lengthy story UC Magazine did on him in 2007.


''Hi-5'' cast

''Hi-5'' cast with Jenn on the right

Jenn Korbee, CCM '02 (aka Jennifer Peterson-Hind)
Actress. She has popularly appeared on 10 "Hi-5" videos, including the "Best of Jenn." Part of the pop trio "Korbee Jones" with her husband, Tom Korbee, and Daniel Jones.

  • "CSI: Miami " ('11)"
  • Accidentally on Purpose" ('10, as Penelope)
  • "Live with Regis" ('07)
  • "Hi-5" ('03-06 on the Discovery Channel and the Learning Channel, playing the part of Jenn on 70 episodes of this musical kids show, which was nominated for daytime Emmys in '05, '06 and '07)
  • "Today" (w/Katie Couric and Matt Lauer, '05-06, 3 episodes)

See Jenn in a "Hi-5" video.


Brad Look, MFA (CCM) '88
Emmy-winning makeup artist (one win and nine other nominations). See his movie credits, too.

  • "How I Met Your Mother" ('11 Emmy nomination)
  • "StarStruck" ('10, Disney Channel movie)
  • "Enterprise" ('01-05)
  • "Pushing Daisies" (earned an Emmy nomination for makeup in '08)
  • "Enterprise" ('01-05, Emmy nominations in '05, '03, '02)
  • "Star Trek: Voyager" ('97-01, won an Emmy for makeup in '96, nominated in '01)
  • "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" ('93-99, earned Emmy nominations in '99, '97, '96)

Travis Hagenbuch, CCM '07
Two-time Emmy-winning lighting designer for television productions and live events. Read interview here.

  • 53rd Grammy Awards (2011, lighting director whose team of four won the 2011 Emmy for Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction for a Variety, Music or Comedy Special)
  • 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver (associate lighting director, opening and closing ceremonies, which received the '10 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lighting Direction; plus lighting director for the nightly "Victory Ceremonies" when medals were awarded)
  • Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial ('09, lighting director)
  • 45th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards ('10, lighting director)
  • 60th Primetime Emmy Awards ('08, lighting director)
  • Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ('10, lighting director)
  • 80th Annual Academy Awards ('08, assistant lighting director)
  • 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards ('09, lighting director)
  • 44th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards ('09, associate lighting director)
  • "Celine Dion: That's Just the Woman in Me" TV special ('08, associate lighting director)

The opening ceremonies in Vancouver were viewed by an estimated 3 billion people worldwide.


Karen Olivo

Karen Olivo, CCM '97
Actress. See this Tony Award winner's Broadway credits and her movie credit.

  • "Harry’s Law" ('11, NBC TV series set in Cincinnati; Olivo plays Cassie Reynolds, a recurring role)
  • "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" ('11, CBS series)
  • "Chase" ('11, NBC series)
  • "Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular" ('11 and '09)
  • "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" ('10, NBC series)
  • "Dancing with the Stars" ('09, ABC series)
  • "Late Show with David Letterman" ('09)
  • "In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams" ('09 PBS documentary)
  • "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" ('07, NBC series)
  • "Conviction" ('06, NBC series)
  • "All My Children" ('05, ABAC soap opera)

Jennifer Honn-Rennie, CCM ’92
New York City-based editor, specializing in TV documentaries.

  • "Rising Rebuilding Ground Zero" (2011, Steven Spielberg's documentary on the Discovery Channel, commercial-free, 6-hour special)
  • "Expedition Week: Ben Franklin's Pirate Fleet" (2011, one episode in National Geographhic Channel's documentary TV series)
  • "Naked Science: Ancient Sea Monsters" (2010, one episode in National Geographhic Channel's documentary TV series)
  • "God's Wrath" (2010, Discover Channel documentary)
  • "MysteryQuest: Return of the Amityville Horror" (2009, one episode in the History Channel's documentary TV series)
  • "2012 Apocalypse" (2009, Discovery Channel documentary) Watch part of the show.
  • "Clash of the Gods" (2009, 3 episodes of the History Channel TV series)
    Beowulf (2009)
    Medusa (2009)
    Hercules (2009)
  • "Apocalypse How" (2008, Discovery Channel documentary)
  • "MonsterQuest" (2008, History Channel series)
  • "Clash of the Cave Men" (2008, History Channel documentary)
  • "Quest for Sunken Warships" (2007, Military Channel documentary)
  • "The Dark Ages" (2007, History Channel documentary)
  • "Egypt: Engineering an Empire" (2006, History Channel documentary)
  • "Rome: Engineering an Empire" (2005, History Channel documentary)
  • "Weird U.S." (2004, History Channel series)
  • "Bravo Profiles: Johnny Depp" (2003, Bravo Channel documentary)
  • "America Loves... Star Trek" (2001, TNN documentary) Watch part of the show. 

Diana Maria Riva, CCM ’91, MFA (CCM) ’95
(called Deanna Uhlenbrock when a UC student)
Actress. More than 60 TV shows in all. See her movie credits and her Alumni Dream Job submission.

  • "Rob!" ('11, CBS comedy series, playing Rosa, opposite Cheech Marin and Rob Schneider.
  • "The Good Guys" ('10, Fox series, playing a lead recurring role of Lt. Ana Ruiz w/Bradley Whitford, 20 episodes)
  • "Operating Instructions" (USA network pilot, '09, as Amani Banks)
  • "Castle" ('09, ABC drama, recurring role of Det. Roselyn Karpowski w/Nathan Fillion)
  • "The Ghost Whisperer" ('08, w/Jennifer Love Hewitt)
  • "Side Order of Life" ('07, w/Riva in a starring role as Vivy Porter)
  • "The Loop" ('07, Fox network, 13 episodes)
  • "West Wing" ('05-06, nine episodes, playing Jimmy Smits' deputy campaign manager during the last season)
  • "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip" (fall '06, USA network series)
  • "CSI" ('04, five episodes)
  • "Everybody Loves Raymond" ('99-01)
  • "Drew Carey Show" ('00)
  • "X-Files" ('99)
  • "NYPD Blues" ('97-99)
  • "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” (’02-03)

Links
Read Riva's comments about working on "The Good Guys."
Read the lengthy story UC Magazine did on her in 2007.


Keith Pillos

Keith Pillow

Keith Pillow, CCM '89
Actor.

  • "Danni Lowinki" (early '12, CW TV movie)
  • "The Closer" ('11, TNT series)
  • "Awkward" ('11, MTV series)
  • "Pretty Little Liars" ('10, ABC, 2 episodes)
  • "True Jackson, VP" ('10, Nickelodeon)
  • "Rules of Engagement" ('10, CBS)
  • "Eastwick" ('09, ABC)
  • "The Bold and the Beautiful" ('09, CBS)
  • "Hawthorne" ('09, TNT)
  • "Cold Case" ('09, CBS)
  • "Everybody Hates Chris" ('09, w/Chris Rock, Emmy-nominated show on CW)
  • "The Young and the Restless" ('09, CBS)
  • "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" ('08)
  • "Days of Our Lives" ('08)
  • "The Bold and the Beautiful" ('07)
  • "24" ('06)
  • "Desperate Housewives" ('04)
  • "The Shield" ('05)
  • "Judging Amy" ('04-05)
  • "Friends" ('03)
  • "CSI" ('03)
  • "West Wing" ('01)
  • "NYPD Blue" ('01)

Aaron Lazar

Aaron Lazar, MFA (CCM) '00
Actor. See his movie credits and his Broadway credits.

  • "A Gifted Man" ('11, CBS TV series)
  • "White Collar" ('09, CBS TV series)
  • "All My Children" ('09, ABC soap opera)
  • "Ugly Betty" ('08)
  • "New Amsterdam" ('08, FOX TV series)
  • "Live from the Lincoln Center" ('06 broadcast of "The Light in the Piazza")

Faith Prince

Faith Prince, CCM '79, HonDoc '09
Tony-winning actress. See her Broadway credits and movie credits, too.

  • "Drop Dead Diva" (Lifetime TV series, '09-10, playing Elaine Bingum)
  • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ('10 CBS)
  • "Ugly Betty" ('09)
  • "Medium" ('09)
  • "Grey's Anatomy" ('06)
  • "Huff" ('04-06, 17 episodes, w/Hank Azaria)
  • "Monk" ('05)
  • "House, M.D." ('04)
  • "Spin City" ('96-00, 20 episodes)
  • "Frasier" ('96)
  • "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" ('03)

Sara Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker, CCM Prep School
Actress. See her movie credits, too.

  • "Sex and the City" ('98-04)

Stephen Shore, CCM '11
Actor.

  • "Modern Family" ('10, ABC comedy, portraying a dinosaur)

He writes: “I am a knockoff Godzilla for a cheap Japanese-owned mattress store, spoofing the Godzilla movies. I came in as Save-zilla and slashed and knocked down prices (Styrofoam numbers on top of cut-outs of Manhattan-style buildings). It was hysterical, complete with over-the-top Japanese dialects. I could hardly see out of what were supposed to be eyeholes, so I really just waved and flapped my arms and hoped I hit the right stuff.  It may have been more of an interpretive dance more than anything.”

Stephen Shore in a Godzilla costume
Stephen Shore in a Godzilla costume

Dominic Bogart, CCM '00
Actor.

  • "FlashForward" ('10, recurring role of black ops soldier, Keith Conner"
  • Scope commercial ('10, played guitar, sang and did improv opposite Ryan Seacrest)
  • "Best of the Chris Rock Show" ('01, HBO)
  • "The Chris Rock Show" ('00, HBO)

Kevin McCollum, CCM '84
Executive producer. See his long list of Broadway credits.

  • "In the Heights: Chasing Broadway Dreams" ('09 documentary starring the cast of the Broadway show "In the Heights," which McCollum produced)

Samuel Stricklen, CCM '03
Actor. See his Broadway credit, too.

  • "Law and Order" ('09, NBC)
  • "Good Wife" (CBS pilot, fall '09, co-starring w/Julianna Margulies)
  • "M.O.N.Y." (played Aide in Spike Lee's TV drama, '08)
  • "As the World Turns" ('06)

Stephanie Brait

Stephanie Brait, CCM '10
Actress.

  • "Georgetown" ('11, Warner Brothers Television movie)
  • "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" ('11)

Lauren Ashley Carter, CCM '08
Actress.

  • "Law and Order SVU" (NBC, '11, playing a decoy who lures pedophiles)

Erik Altemus, CCM '10
Actor.

  • "The Miraculous Year" ('11 HBO movie ,playing Brandon w/Frank Langella)

Adrien Finkel, CCM '08
Actor. See her movie credit, too.

  • "Disney 365" (playing the entertainment news anchor in this news segment on Disney Channel)
  • "Hard Times of R.J. Berger" (played a freshman girl in the MTV pilot, '10)

Rodney Van Johnson, Ed '85
Actor.

  • "Without a Trace" ('08)
  • "Passions" ('99-07, as T.C. Russell, NBC soap opera)
  • "The Young and the Restless" (CBS, '98-99, series regular as Trey Stark)
  • "Pensacola: Wings of Gold" (12 episodes, '97-98, w/ James Brolin, series regular as 1st Lt. Wendell McCray)
  • "Jamie Foxx Show" ('97)
  • "Grace Under Fire" ('96)
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial

Lee Roy Reams, CCM ’64, MA (CCM) ’82, HonDoc ’98
Actor. See his numerous Broadway credits and his movie credit. Read "UC Magazine" story about Reams at the Muny.

  • "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age" (due out in '11, documentary)
  • "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" ('11 TV documentary)
  • "Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl" ('94 TV special)
  • "Great Performances" ('89)
  • "In Performance at the White House" ('88 TV movie)
  • "Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood" ('87 documentary)
  • "The 40th Annual Tony Awards" ('86)
  • "The 39th Annual Tony Awards" ('85)
  • "Night of 100 Stars II" ('85 TV movie)
  • "The Bob Hope Show" ('68)

Alton Fitzgerald White, CCM '86
Actor. See his Broadway credits, too.

  • "Law & Order" ('04-08)
  • "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" ('01)

Mueen Ahmad, CCM '95
Actor.

  • "Numb3rs" ('08, CBS)
  • "The Sopranos" ('06, HBO)
  • "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" ('04)
  • "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" ('02)

Althea Harper

Althea Harper, DAAP '08
Fashion designer. Judged for her ability to design fashions within certain restrictions, she was a finalist in "Project Runway." She now manages her own fashion line.

  • "Project Runway" ('09, Lifetime TV series)


Jennifer Honn, CCM '92
Picture editor. Won '06 Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming for the following:

  • History Channel's "Rome: Engineering an Empire"

Teddi Siddall, CCM '75
Actress. See her movie credit.

  • "Grey's Anatomy" ('06)
  • "Wings" ('96)
  • "LA Law" ('86)
  • "Hill Street Blues" ('81)
  • "Happy Days" ('74)

Jimmy Neutron

Jimmy Neutron

Mike Gasaway, DAAP ’93
Director, visual effects. Lead character animator. See his Oscar-nominated movie credit, too.

  • "Back at the Barnyard" ('07-09, Nickelodeon; Gasaway was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Directing in an Animated Program, ’08)
  • “The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour" ('06, directed specials 2 and 3)
  • "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” ('02-06, directed 25 episodes of the Nickelodeon TV series)
  • "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius" ('01, lead character animator)

Aaron Serotsky

Aaron Serotsky, CCM '97
Actor. See his Broadway credit, too.

  • national Trident commercial ('10, as the understanding father of two gum-launching children)
  • national ad for Homegoods ('10)
  • Subway's "$5 footlong" commercials that ran during the '10 Olympics (appeared as Shakespeare Man, down on one knee)
  • "The Beautiful Life" (recurring role as a fashion editor. new show on the CW, fall '09)
  • Law and Order" ('09)

Dorian Harewood, CCM '72
Actor, singer. 146 film credits in all. See his movie credits,too.

  • "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" ('08)
  • "Roots: The Next Generation" ('79)
  • "Jesse Owens Story" ('84)
  • "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ('87-95)
  • "California Raisins"

Vicki Lewis, att. CCM
Actress. See her movie credit, too.

  • "Bones" ('08)
  • "Dirt" ('08, w/Courteney Cox)
  • "Rugrats" ('97-02)
  • "Grey's Anatomy" ('07)
  • "News Radio" ('95-99, 96 episodes)
  • "Seinfeld" ('94)
  • "Home Improvement" ('92)

Jason Matthew Smith, CCM '96
Actor.

  • "Bones" ('06)
  • "CSI: Miami" ('06)
  • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ('05)
  • "Cold Case" ('05)
  • "24" ('02)
  • "ER" ('01)
  • "Six Feet Under" ('01, HBO)
  • "JAG" ('01)

Mikhail Roberts, CCM '08
Actor. See movie credits, too.

  • "Acting Normal" pilot ('11)
  • "CSI: NY" ('09)
  • Sunklst commercial ('09)

Daniel Wisler, CCM '04
Actor. See his movie credits, too.

  • Taco Bell commercial (eating a gordita "the right way," '09)
  • "A Gunfighter's Pledge" ('08, Hallmark Channel)
  • "The Unit" ('06-07, CBS)
  • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ('05)

Nicole Callender, CCM '92
Stuntwoman. See her movie credits, too.

  • "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" ('07)
  • "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" ('05)
  • "Law and Order" ('98 & '05)
  • "Third Watch" ('05)
  • "All My Children"
  • commercials for Barclay’s Bank. Wendy’s, Burger King, Jackson Hewitt

Sheree Greco, CCM '98
Set production work.

  • "How I Met Your Mother" ('08)
  • "My Name Is Earl" ('08)
  • "The Sopranos" ('06, HBO)
  • "Entourage" ('06-07, HBO)
  • "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" ('00)
  • "The West Wing" ('99)

Maria Miller, CCM '93
Actress. Graduate of Chicago’s Second City Conservatory Improv program. One of the founders of Top Dog Films in 2005.

  • "LA Forensics" ('07, Court TV)
  • work with MTV (1997-2004)
  • 2 national commercials for U.S. Health Department Center for Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Lucky Charm leprechaun

Jason Graae, CCM '80
Actor. See his Broadway and musician credits.

  • "Six Feet Under" ('03)
  • "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" ('00)
  • "Frasier" ('99)
  • "Friends" ('96)
  • voice of Lucky, the Leprechaun, for Lucky Charms Cereal for five years

Randy Harrison, CCM '00
Actor.

  • "Queer as Folk" ('00-05, 83 episodes of the Showtime series)

Robert Elhai, CCM '83
Noted arranger, orchestrator and music producer. See his Tony-nominated Broadway work and his extensive movie credits.

  • "Band of Brothers" ('01 mini-series, won an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series, plus 21 other awards and 20 nominations)
  • "South Pacific" ('01, w/Glenn Close, nominated for two Emmys)
  • "Children of Dune" ('03 Emmy-winning mini-series)

David Zelina, CCM '01
Actor.

  • "Mad Men" ('08, AMC TV series)

Dawn Swiderski, CCM ’89
Art director, assistant art director, set designer. See long list of movie credits.

  • Fail Safe ('00, CBS movie broadcast live, w/George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss & Walter Cronkite; Swiderski set designer)

Jason Packham, CCM '95
Production coordinator. See his movie credit, too.

  • "MADtv" ('06)
  • "The King of Queens" (32 episodes, '98-05)

Sara Vaught, CCM '06
Actress.

  • "Numb3rs" ('06)

Guy Miracle, DAAP '93
Costumer. See his movie credit, too.

  • "Numb3rs" ('05)
  • "That '70s Show" ('98)

Jonathan Kay, CCM '05
Actor.

  • "Unorthodox" ('08, Hallmark/CBS film)

Maryan Evans Infield, DAAP '78
Cameraman. See her movie credits and her Alumni Dream Job submission.

  • "St. Elsewhere"
  • "Star Trek"
  • "The Bob Newhart Show"
  • "Falcon Crest"
  • MTV/HBO live concerts of Billy Joel (live in Russia), Tina Turner, Metallica, Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Natalie Cole, Guns and Roses, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morissette

Scott Bridges, CCM ’96
Actor. See movie credits and Broadway credit.

  • "Peter Pan" (’00, w/Cathy Rigby; Bridges plays Slightly Soiled, one of the Lost Boys)

Catherine Wall, DAAP '83
Assistant costume designer. See her movie credits, too.

  • "Las Vegas" ('03 NBC/DreamWorks series w/James Caan)

Steve Percer, Ed '77
Dancer, director of a historical dance troupe.

  • "North and South" ('85 Civil War mini-series)

Larry Patterson, A&S '66
Producer. Won Emmy awards for the following:

  • First episode of NBC's "First Tuesday" news magazine

Read the UC Magazine feature on Larry Patterson. (See his other TV credit.)



-- page compiled by Deborah Rieselman