John Dye

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John Carroll Dye (born January 31, 1963 in Amory , Mississippi , † January 10, 2011 in San Francisco , California ) was an American actor .

Life

Dye was born the eldest son of James Dye and his wife Lynn; his father worked as a cabinet maker, his mother was a housewife. Dye made his first acting experiences as a child during his school days. In a school play at Cleveland High School in Cleveland , Tennessee , he played the youngest child of the famous Trapp family in a performance of the musical The Sound of Music . Dye also played the trombone in the school band there. He attended Tupelo High School in Tupelo , where he graduated from high school in 1981. While at Tupelo High School , he again appeared in a school performance of The Sound of Music ; this time he played the eldest son of the Trapp family, Friedrich von Trapp. There he also directed a school production of Grease .

After graduating from high school, Dye first attended Mississippi State University , majoring in law , with the aim of pursuing a career as a lawyer specializing in civil law . After a year, however, he moved to Memphis State University , where he studied drama and theater at the College of Communication .

In 1984 he got his first film role as Skip in the comedy Zoff at the Hoover Academy , opposite Judd Nelson . In the television series Shadow of Passion , he played the role of Jason Carter in several episodes. In 1986 the film Bumblebees in the Butt followed , a trivial comedy in which he played together with Virginia Madsen and Cynthia Gibb . He had his first leading role in 1987 in the comedy The Secret of My Career . In 1989 he was seen alongside James Earl Jones and Eric Roberts as the computer geek Virgil Keller in the martial arts film Karate Tiger IV - Best of the Best .

From the late 1980s on, Dye worked almost exclusively for television . After an episode role in the crime series Murder is Her Hobby , he appeared in the war series NAM - Dienst in Vietnam and in the short-lived television series Jack's Place and Hotel Malibu (with Jennifer Lopez ).

Dye gained particular prominence among television audiences through the role of Andrew in the series A Touch of Heaven , which he played from 1996 to 2003. He had previously embodied the recurring series role of Andrew for a few episodes in the series spin-off , Ein Wink des Himmels . In A Touch of Heaven , he was part of the main cast of the series until the end.

Private

Dye had two other brothers, Jerry and Jamie Dye. He was a member of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America , whose services he attended regularly. Dye died of a heart attack in his San Francisco home .

Films (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mississippi born actor dies ( Memento of the original from July 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. WTVA.com of January 11, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wtva.com
  2. ↑ a b John Dye New York Times (biography)
  3. ↑ a b c Touched by an Angel star John Dye has died; what former Memphian obituary in: Memphis Commercial Appeal dated January 13, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Dye, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dye, John Carroll
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Amory , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 2011
Place of death San Francisco , California