Ritch Brinkley

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Ritch Brinkley (born March 18, 1944 in Colorado City , Texas - † November 5, 2015 in Raleigh , North Carolina ), born Charles Richard Brinkley , was an American actor who spent 30 years in film and television 1972 to 2002 participated in over 50 films and numerous television formats.

Life

Brinkley grew up as the son of Sarah and Charles B. Brinkley in Kermit , a small town in Winkler County , Texas named after Kermit Roosevelt . He had an older sister named Janice.

During his time in junior high school , he earned a little extra as an assistant ("legman" or "gofer") to Roy Orbison and provided him with drinks during breaks in performances. After finishing school, he began to study communication science at the University of Texas , which he was able to complete with a bachelor's degree (BS), after which he initially failed.

After graduating, Brinkley began street theater and learned the craft of acting for over ten years, including in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and New York, but mainly at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Brinkley lived in Los Angeles between 1969 and 1973 ; During this time he earned his living with repertory theater and in event gastronomy (English dinner theater).

After his time in Los Angeles, he began to study at the Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training at Florida State University and received a Master of Fine Arts degree. His master's thesis was the one-man play Hemingway: In Ernest . The play was later expanded to include three characters. From 1982 he was looked after by an agency in Los Angeles and he returned to Southern California; he was living in a mountain community north of Los Angeles at the time.

After the end of his acting career, he taught for a year in Wisconsin and moved to Holt near Milton , Florida (“Florida's canoeing capitol”) in October 2000 . He spent the next five years there, kayaking as a member of the West Florida Canoe and Kayak Club. Later he moved to Navarre and started writing; for “The Beachcomber” he wrote the film criticism column Before the Lens and articles for various media. At that time he was an active member of a theater group and various writing groups such as the "Writers in Sandals". In his later years he got enthusiastic about dog shows through his dog, a continental miniature spaniel.

He left Florida in hopes of a kidney transplant and moved to Raleigh, North Carolina. Brinkley passed away in 2015 at the age of 71 after a long illness.

Career

Brinkley was a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), and the Actors' Equity Association (AEA); SAG and AFTRA have been trading as Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) since the merger in 2012 . By the time he joined the actors' union there was already a Rich Brinkley ; unable to use his own name, he added a "T" and became Ritch Brinkley.

He has taught as a senior lecturer at Sweet Briar College in Amherst County and as a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point .

Movie

His first film role was secondary Brinkley 1980 American US in the prison drama Brubaker alongside Robert Redford . He followed other roles in films such as the musical comedy Rhinestone (1984) with Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton , as Hulk in The Crazy with the Violin Case (1985) alongside Tom Hanks , in Houston: The Legend of Texas (1986) with Sam Elliott , in Die Zeitfalle (1987) with Klaus Kinski and in Jim Abraham's mistaken comedy Zwei Mal Zwei (1988).

He played the captain of the Filthy Whore, Greybar, in Adam Resnick's comedy Cabin Boy Ahoy ! (1994) with Chris Elliott and in Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell . Brinkley had his last film role in 2002 at the side of Sheryl Lee in the film Children on Their Birthdays , which is based on the short story of the same name by Truman Capote .

watch TV

Brinkley became known to a wide audience in Dolly Parton's television variety show Dolly , in which he regularly played the character of Charlie Boyle.

As a popular series star, he has had leading and supporting roles in television series such as A Duke Seldom Comes Alone , Hill Street Police Station , Falcon Crest , Harry's Wondrous Criminal Court , The Twilight Zone , Incredible Stories , Newhart , Walker, Texas Ranger , Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! , The California High School - spin-off Saved by the Bell: The New Class , as well as in two episodes of Twin Peaks as District Attorney Daryl Lodwick.

His other appearances in the sitcoms Thunder Alley , My Two Dads , get a life and as a cameraman Carl Wishnitski in 28 episodes of Murphy Brown on the side of Candice Bergen . Diane English, the creator of Murphy Brown , wrote on Brinkley's death on Twitter that she wrote the role of "Carl" directly for Brinkley after seeing him on another show she produced ( My Sister Sam with Pam Dawber ) and had got to know.

In German-speaking countries, Brinkley was best known for his role as William the Cook in the television adaptation of Beauty and the Beast with Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ritch Brinkley Dead: 'Murphy Brown' Cameraman Was 71 . Retrieved November 15, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Cooking for a Beast . Retrieved June 15, 2018.

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personal data
SURNAME Brinkley, Ritch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brinkley, Charles Richard; Brinkley, Rich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Colorado City , Texas
DATE OF DEATH 5th November 2015
Place of death Raleigh , North Carolina