The Bruce Boxleitner Handbook - Everything you need to know about Bruce Boxleitner

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Bruce William Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950) is an American actor, and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King (with Kate Jackson), and Babylon 5 (as John Sheridan in seasons 2–5, 1994–1998). He is also known for his dual role as the characters Alan Bradley and Tron in the 1982 Walt Disney Pictures film Tron, a role which he reprised in the 2010 sequel, Tron: Legacy and the animated series Tron: Uprising.

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 25 février 2013
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• EAN13: 9781486474400
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Bruce Boxleitner Babylon 5 Babylon 5: A Call to Arms Babylon 5: In the Beginning Babylon 5: The Lost Tales Babylon 5: Thirdspace Bare Essence Blondes vs. Brunettes (TV Special)

Brilliant (film)

Bring 'Em Back Alive Dead Space: Downfall Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door Free Fall (film) GCB (TV series) Gods and Generals (film) Guardians of Luna Gunsmoke Hope Ranch (TV film) How the West Was Won (TV series) Ian Ogilvy James Longstreet John Sheridan (Babylon 5) Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again Kate Jackson King of the Lost World Kuffs Legion of the Dead (film) Melissa Gilbert Pandemic (TV miniseries) Prospect High School (Illinois) Scarecrow and Mrs. King Snakehead Terror Spec Ops: The Line The Babe

1 6 30 33 36 42 45 47 48 50 52 55 57 58 69 74 75 92

94 96 99 117 123 124 130 133 135 137 144 146 151 154 155 164

The Baltimore Bullet The Gambler (TV movie series) The Great Secret The Secret (1992 film) The Theatre School at DePaul University Transmorphers: Fall of Man Tron Tron: Evolution Tron: Legacy Tron: Uprising Tron 2.0 William H. Keith, Jr.

Young Blades

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Bruce Boxleitner

Born

Bruce Boxleitner

Bruce Boxleitner, May 2011

Occupation

Years active

Known for

Spouse(s)

Bruce William Boxleitner May 12, 1950 Elgin, Illinois, U.S.

Actor

1973–present

Luke Macahan Alan Bradley/Tron Lee Stetson a.k.a. Scarecrow Captain John Sheridan

Kathryn Holcomb (1977–1987) Melissa Gilbert (1995–2011)

Bruce William Boxleitner(born May 12, 1950) is an American actor, and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television seriesHow the West Was Won,Bring 'Em Back Alive,Scarecrow and Mrs. King(with Kate Jackson), andBabylon 5(as John Sheridan in seasons 2–5, 1994–1998). He is also known for his dual role as the characters Alan Bradley and Tron in the 1982 Walt Disney Pictures filmTron, a role which he [1] reprised in the 2010 sequel,Tron: Legacyand the animated seriesTron: Uprising.

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Bruce Boxleitner

Early life [2] Boxleitner was born in Elgin, Illinois, the son of a certified public accountant. He attended Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois, and the Goodman Theater School of Drama of the Art Institute of Chicago (later renamed The Theatre School at DePaul University).

Career

Television Boxleitner is best known for his leading roles in the television seriesHow the West Was Won,Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King(with Kate Jackson), andBabylon 5(as John Sheridan in seasons 2–5, 1994–1998). He also starred inThe GamblerTV film series (asBilly Montana, alongside Kenny Rogers: 1980, 1983 and 1987). In 2005, he co-starred as Captain Martin Duvall inYoung Blades. He has also starred in several films within the Babylon 5universe, includingBabylon 5: In the Beginning(TV, 1998),Babylon 5: Thirdspace(TV, 1998),Babylon 5: A Call to Arms(TV, 1999) and the direct-to-DVDBabylon 5: The Lost Tales(2007) and on CHAOS (Glory Days episode). He has made appearances in many other TV shows, such asThe Mary Tyler Moore Show,Gunsmoke,Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again,Tales from the Crypt,Touched by an Angel,The Outer LimitsandShe Spies, and in 1982, he played Chase Marshall in the TV filmBare Essence, with Genie Francis. He also was a member of the cast of Heroesfor seasons three and four, playing New York Governor Robert Malden in three episodes. He also appears on the television seriesChuckas the father of Devon Woodcomb. He has also been in the made-for-television filmsThe Secret,Hope Ranch,Falling in Love with the Girl Next Door, Pandemic,The Bone Eater,SharpshooterandAces 'n Eights. Boxleitner was a guest-star onNCISin the fall of 2010. He played Vice Admiral C. Clifford Chase, a high-ranking [3] Navy official. Boxleitner also lends his voice to the animated version of his iconic character Tron in the animated seriesTron: Uprising. The series premiered on Disney XD on June 7, 2012. He also reprises the character Alan Bradley/Tron from the filmsTronandTron: Legacy. He is currently appearing on GCB on ABC as Burl Lourd, Gigi's, Annie Potts, love interest.

Film

Bruce Boxleitner at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.

He has also appeared in several films, includingTron(in which he played the title role) andThe Baltimore Bullet(1980) with James Coburn. He reprised his role in theTronsequelTron: Legacyand in the video game Tron: Evolutionwhich was released alongside the filmTron: Legacy, as he did for sequel video game namedTron 2.0, and Disney/Square Enix crossover video gameKingdom Hearts II. Boxleitner also voice as Col. John Konrad in video gameSpec Ops: The Line. He also starred as Confederate General James Longstreet in the 2003 filmGods and Generals. He provides the voice of Colin Barrow in the animated science fiction horror filmDead Space: Downfall, based on the video gameDead Space. Other films he has been in includeKuffs,The Babe,Brilliant, Snakehead Terror,Legion of the Dead,King of the Lost World,Shadows in ParadiseandTransmorphers: Fall of Man. In 2011 he officially announced that he will reprise his role as Alan Bradley/ Tron inTron 3in 2013.

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Bruce Boxleitner

Modeling From 1986-1989, Boxleitner appeared in advertisements for Estee Lauder's "Lauder For Men".

Novels [4] Boxleitner has written two science fiction novels with a Western setting:Frontier Earth(1999) andSearcher [5] (2001). William H. Keith, Jr. claims ghostwriting both novels on his web site page titled "Frontier Earth": http:/ / whkeith. com/frontier-earth.html .

Audio books Boxleitner played a major role in the audio dramatization ofThe Great Secret, part of theGolden Age of Fiction series by L. Ron Hubbard.

Personal life

Boxleitner's first marriage (1977–1987) was to American actress Kathryn Holcomb, who had previously co-starred with him on The Macahans and How The West Was Won. They had two sons together: Sam (born 1980) and Lee (born 1985). Holcomb went on to marry English actor Ian Ogilvy. Ogilvy also guest-starred on Boxleitner's seriesBabylon 5.

Boxleitner's second marriage (1995-2011) was to American actress Melissa Gilbert. They had one son together: Michael (born 1995). Gilbert also guest-starred as Boxleitner's on-screen wife, Anna Sheridan, during Season 3 ofBabylon 5.

In 2003, Boxleitner was appointed to the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, a nonprofit, educational space advocacy organization founded by Dr. Wernher von Braun.

On March 1, 2011, Melissa Gilbert announced that she and Bruce had separated [6] after 16 years of marriage. On August 25 of the same year the Associated Press [7] reported that, based on court records, Gilbert had filed for divorce.

Filmography

Year

1974The Chadwick Family

1975A Cry for Help

1975

Sixpack Annie

1976The Macahans

1976Kiss Me, Kill Me

1977Murder at the World Series

1978Happily Ever After

1980

The Baltimore Bullet

Title

1980Kenny Rogers as the Gambler

Film

Danny

Role

Richie Danko

Bobby Joe

Seth Macahan

Douglas Lane

Cisco

Jack

Billie Joe Robbins

Billy Montana

Bruce in 2008

Notes

TV movie

TV movie

TV mini-series

TV movie

TV movie

TV movie

TV movie

3

The Maharaja's Daughter

Diplomatic Immunity

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Kuffs

Free Fall

Hope Ranch

Contagion

Passion Flower

Angel in Green

Babylon 5: A Call to Arms

Babylon 5: The Lost Tales

Tron 3

1994

2014

1998

1994

2011

Tron: The Next Day

2011

51

2012

Guardians of Luna

Gambler V: Playing for Keeps

Tron: Legacy

2010

Perfect Family

The Secret

The Babe

Murderous Vision

Breakaway

Babylon 5: Thirdspace

Gods and Generals

2003

1992

1998

Dr. Dietrich

Cole Hickel

1987

1991

President Howard

Billy Montana

Wyatt Earp

Kenny Rogers as the Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues

Billy Montana

Allan Bodine

TV movie

J.T. Hope

TV movie

Filming, Voice Role

1983

Blondes vs. Brunettes

I Married Wyatt Earp

1982

Tron

1984

Fly Away Home

1981

Bruce Boxleitner

1983

Tron/Alan Bradley

Sheriff Patrick James

James Longstreet

Kurru

Alan Bradley

President John J. Sheridan

Hadley Ryan

Tron/Rinzler/Alan Bradley

Col. Martin

Brad Kuffs

Kenny Rogers as the Gambler: The Adventure Continues

Joey

Patrick Dunmore

Captain William Wicker

Detective Kyle Robeshaw

Jumpin' Joe Dugan

Capt. John J. Sheridan

TV movie

4

TV special

TV mini-series

Larry Janson

Patrick O'Riley

Mark Ettinger

TV movie

Billy Montana

Tron/Alan Bradley

Uncredited

President John J. Sheridan

Capt. John J. Sheridan

1990

1992

1992

2007

1987

1987

1992

1991

Himself

Transmorphers: Fall of Man

2008

2002

1999

1999

2002

Snakehead Terror

2004

Brilliant

2004

References

5

CHAOS

Young Blades

Ray Bishop

Himself

Robert Malden

Winton Robbins

Capt. John J. Sheridan

Lloyd Davis

Captain Martin Duvall

Dr. Woody Woodcomb

Tucker Bayes

TV mini-series

TV mini-series

Luke Macahan

TV mini-series

Television

Role

1980

1981

1979

1982–1983

Tron: Uprising

Tron

13 episodes

89 episodes

Wild Times

1991

1989

1998

Babylon 5

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

Tales from the Crypt

1994–1998

East of Eden

Touched by an Angel

Bring 'Em Back Alive

She Spies

How the West Was Won

The Chairman

1977–1979

1983–1987

Scott Tanner

Jock Hampton

Mary Tyler Moore Show

Gunsmoke

1975

1974–1976

Hawaii Five-O

Police Woman

1976

1975

88 episodes Nominated—Saturn Award for Best TV Actor

TV mini-series

Notes

Recurring role

2003

Chuck

episode "Glory Days" on June 25, 2011

2005

2012-present

Heroes

2008–2009

Commander in Chief

2005

2011

2008–2009

American Dad!

2011

Love's Everlasting Courage

2006

[1] "Tron Legacy Star Bruce Boxleitner on the Rivalry Between Star Trek and Babylon 5" (http:/ /trekweb.com/articles/2010/03/13/ Tron-Legacy-Star-Bruce-Boxleitner-on-the-Rivalry-Between-Star-Trek-and-Babylon-5. shtml). . Retrieved June 5, 2010. [2] "Bruce Boxleitner Biography" (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/59/Bruce-Boxleitner.html). filmreference.com. . Retrieved June 5, 2010. [3] "Exclusive: NCIS Enlists Scarecrow and Mrs. King's Bruce Boxleitner" (http:/ /www.tvguide.com/News/ NCIS-Bruce-Boxleitner-1024308.aspx). TVGuide.com. . Retrieved October 13, 2010. [4] Boxleitner, Bruce (1999).Frontier earth hcrdcoeHa.Ac5.9-1-44580079aN-0-8.revBSI [5] Boxleitner, Bruce (2001).Frontier Earth: searcher140-0-4-8-.7099ks.Booa978ISBNYweN.ecA:kro [6] Eng, Joyce. "Melissa Gilbert and Bruce Boxleitner Split" (http:/ /www.tvguide.com/News/Melissa-Gilbert-Boxleitner-1030237.aspx). TVGuide. . [7] "Actress Melissa Gilbert Files for Divorce in LA" (http:/ /www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/08/25/arts/AP-US-People-Melissa-Gilbert. html?_r=1&hp).New York Times. August 25, 2011. . Bruce also appeared on stage in a play in Chicago in the 1970s called "Status Quo Vadis" in theater in the round.

Year

1973

Baretta

Bruce Boxleitner

Lee Stetson

Vern Tyree

Charles Trask

The Last Convertible

George Virdon

Ed Krohl

Frank Buck

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Cam Farraday/Kevin Caulder/Paul Colburn

Tom

Rick

Toby Hogue

Title

Bruce Boxleitner

External links  Bruce Boxleitner (https://twitter.com/Boxleitnerbruce) on Twitter  Bruce Boxleitner (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm310/) at the Internet Movie Database  Bruce Boxleitner (http://www.allrovi.com/name/p7782) at AllRovi  Bruce Boxleitner (http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Bruce_Boxleitner) at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

Babylon 5

Genre

Created by

Developed by

Starring

Composer(s)

Country of origin

Language(s)

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

Executive producer(s)

Cinematography

Running time

Production company(s)

Babylon 5

Season 4 poster

Space opera Drama

J. Michael Straczynski

J. Michael Straczynski

Bruce Boxleitner Michael O'Hare Claudia Christian Jerry Doyle Mira Furlan Richard Biggs Andrea Thompson Bill Mumy Jason Carter Tracy Scoggins Stephen Furst Patricia Tallman Peter Jurasik Andreas Katsulas Jeff Conaway Robert Rusler

Christopher Franke Stewart Copeland (pilot)

United States

English

5

110 (+ 6 TV Films) (List of episodes)

Production

Douglas Netter J. Michael Straczynski

John C. Flinn III(102 episodes, 1994-1998) Fred V. Murphy (8 episodes, 1995-1998)

43 minutes

Babylonian Productions Synthetic Worlds, Ltd.

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Babylon 5

Distributor

Original channel

Picture format

Audio format

Original run

Preceded by

Followed by

Related shows

Warner Bros. Television

Broadcast

PTEN (1994–1997) TNT (1998)

4:3 (broadcast) 16:9 (DVD)

Dolby Surround 2.0 Dolby Digital 5.1 (DVD)

Februarya22,a1993–embera25Nova,9189

Chronology

Babylon 5: The Gathering

Crusade (TV series)

The Legend Of The Rangers The Lost Tales

External links

[1] Website

Babylon 5is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd. and Warner Bros. Domestic Television. After the successful airing of a backdoor pilot movie, Warner Bros. commissioned the series as [2] part of the second-year schedule of programs provided by its Prime Time Entertainment Network (PTEN). It premiered in the United States on January 26, 1994, and ran for the intended five seasons. Describing it as having "always been conceived as, fundamentally, a five-year story, a novel for television," Straczynski wrote 92 of the 110 [3] episodes, and served as executive producer, along with Douglas Netter.

Set between the years 2258 and 2262, it depicts a future where Earth has sovereign states, and a unifying Earthgov. Colonies within the solar system, and beyond, make up the Earth Alliance, and contact has been made with other spacefaring races. The ensemble cast portray alien ambassadorial staff and humans assigned to the five-mile-long Babylon 5 space station, a centre for trade and diplomacy. Described as "one of the most complex programs on television," the various story arcs drew upon the prophesies, religious zealotry, racial tensions, social pressures, and political rivalries which existed within each of their cultures, to create a contextual framework for the motivations [4] and consequences of the protagonists' actions. With a strong emphasis on character development set against a backdrop of conflicting ideologies on multiple levels, Straczynski wanted "to take an adult approach to SF, and [5] attempt to do for television SF whatHill Street Bluesdid for cop shows." [6] Generally viewed as having "launched the new era of television CGI visual effects," it received multiple awards [7][8] during its initial run, including two consecutive Hugo Awards for best dramatic presentation, and continues to [9][10][11] regularly feature prominently in various polls and listings highlighting top-rated science fiction series. Not appearing on American television since 2003, it continues to be shown in international markets such as Fox in the [12] UK, the TV4-ScifFi Channel in Sweden, and the FBC TV channel in Fiji. Initially written by Straczynski, DC began publishing Babylon 5 comics in 1994, with stories that closely tied in with events depicted in the show, with [13] events in the comics eventually being referenced onscreen in the actual television series. The franchise continued to expand into short stories, RPG games, and novels, with the Technomage trilogy of books being the last to be published in 2001, shortly after the spin-off television series,Crusade, was cancelled. Due to Warner corporate structure, the franchise is currently in production limbo, with Warner refusing to release the show for syndicated showings. All rights except for a possible movie are controlled by Warner (movie rights are retained by Straczynski).

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