Award-winning actor John O’Hurley has catapulted into one of television’s busiest and most versatile actor/show host, Broadway star, advertising hero as well as being a New York Times best-selling author and Billboard chart-topping composer. O’Hurley is best known as “J. Peterman” on “Seinfeld” which is now the #1 syndicated show in the world and can be seen in 85 countries. John won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his work on “Seinfeld.” It was O’Hurley’s unique portrayal of the wry and witty “J. Peterman” that led to dozens of advertising campaigns for companies earning him multiple advertising and marketing industry awards. Most recently he won Best Actor at the NY Television Festival for his performance in the title role of “ The Tramp”. He captured America’s heart with his turn on Season 1 of “Dancing with the Stars,” where he officially won the ABC series with the highly contested “Dance Off “ and was named one of People Magazine’s, “Sexiest Men Alive”. O’Hurley is now the regular host of NBC Sports highest-rated yearly show, “The National Dog Show presented by Purina,” a twenty-year-old Thanksgiving tradition to more than 30 million viewers, as well as The Beverly Hills Dog Show airing on NBC in Spring. He was also host of the long-time popular game shows “Family Feud” and To Tell The Truth”. One of the most recognizable voices in entertainment, he is the voice of many animated characters like King Neptune on “SpongeBob Square Pants” and the Mayor on Disney’s hit “Phineas and Ferb.” On Broadway and on stages across the country, he is best known for his many performances as King Arthur on Monty Python’s “Spamalot” and his continuing portrayal of slick lawyer, Billy Flynn in the Broadway legend “Chicago”, which earned him Best Actor status in the city of Chicago in 2011. His current one-man touring show, “A Man With Standards” was nominated as Broadway World’s Best Celebrity Show. As a composer/pianist, both of his albums “Secrets From The Lake” and “Peace Of Our Minds” have reached the Billboard charts. His three books have all been Amazon and New York Times Best Sellers. His unusual versatility as both entertainer and businessman continues to be the focus of many features in magazines like Business Week, Time and INC. Magazines. In addition, life imitates art for him as John is now the business partner of the J. Peterman Company, along with the real J. Peterman. He is the co-founder of Energy-Inc., which has created a unique waste-to-energy technology used internationally. In 2012, he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in recognition for his accomplishments in the Arts and Philanthropy John lives in Beverly Hills with his wife Lisa and their son, William.
Noah Leslie Hathaway is an American actor and a former teen idol. He is best known for his roles as Atreyu in the 1984 film The NeverEnding Story and for portraying Boxey on the original television series Battlestar Galactica.
Rob Ryder played both the Purple Baseball Fury and a Punk in “The Warriors.” He moved to Hollywood as soon as the movie wrapped, and has had a long, varied career as a screenwriter and sports director. He has written screenplays at Paramount, Warner Bros., 21st Century Fox et al, for A-list directors including Walter Hill, John Hughes and Ron Shelton. Ryder played basketball at Princeton and parlayed his sports experience into consulting/directing jobs on White Men Can’t Jump, Blue Chips, Celtic Pride, Father of the Bride and more – working with stars such as Steve Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, Shaquille O’Neal and Tommy Lee Jones. Ryder has also worked on videogames for EA Sports, including NBA Street, Madden NFL, EA FIFA and more. Ryder’s memoir, “Hollywood Jock,” was published by Harper Collins. His newest book, “Purple Fury – The Warriors Remembered,” will be available in March 2022.
Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh is an American actress best known for her screen debut as Mercy in the 1979 cult film The Warriors, and her role as Jackie Rush for five seasons on the television situation comedy Too Close for Comfort.
Thomas G. Waites is an American actor and acting instructor born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Waites runs an acting studio in New York City which is named for him. He has been a member of the Actors Studio since 1984. After very strong critical notices Waites auditioned for and got a part in Walter Hill’s TheWarriors (1979) playing the character Fox.
Terence (Terry) Michos enjoyed a successful Broadway, film and television acting career which included lead roles in “Grease” both on Broadway and the National Touring Company, Paramount Picture’s “The Warriors”, a CBS Movie of the Week, The Great Skycopter Rescue, the Universal Pictures / CBS miniseries “The Contender”, various guest starring roles in television series such as McClain’s Law, Simon and Simon and Romeo and Juliet for Public Television.
His first role came in the 1976 televisionfilm Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys, in which he co-starred as Haywood Patterson. He followed this up with a number of supporting roles until 1979, when he appeared as Cochise in The Warriors, the role for which he is best remembered. He also appeared in the RobertRedford film Brubaker the following year. Throughout the 1980s, he appeared in a number of fairly high-profile films, and in the 1990s, he did mostly television work. He lent his voice to TheWarriors video game in 2005, reprising his role as Cochise. In 2012, he appeared in Law & Order: SpecialVictimsUnit as Warden.
John Michael Beck Taylor (born February 4, 1949), commonly known as Michael Beck, is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Swan in The Warriors (1979) and Sonny Malone in Xanadu (1980) As well as Dallas in Megaforce (1982)
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