Craig Wasson
Unassuming, stage-trained performer who made his film acting debut in "The Boys in Company C" (1978--he also contributed a song), was featured in the fine adaptation of Peter Straub's "Ghost Story" (1981) and was widely seen as the voyeur-in-over-his-head in Brian De Palma's lurid thriller "Body Double" (1984). Craig Wasson has been combining an acting career with his music since the outset of his professional endeavors. He toured the U.S. in the musical "Godspell" from 1973-74, and made his Broadway debut playing the harmonica and singing in "All God's Chillun Got Wings" (1975), and also played the second waiter in the Circle in the Square's production of "Death of a Salesman" that same year, providing the incidental music as well. Wasson first won notice on TV when he joined the cast of the CBS series "Phyllis" in 1977 as the guy who married Bess Lindstrom. He also provided music for the series, as he did on his second series, "Skag," in which he was the Serbian-Jewish son of factory worker Karl Malden in the 1980 effort and 1979 TV movie pilot. Wasson has also been appearing in TV movies since 1975, when he co-starred in "The Silence" (NBC). He was particularly memorable as Glynnis O'Connor's husband in "Why Me?" (1984), and he also starred in "Trapped in Space," one of the first movies made specifically for the Sci-Fi Channel (1995). On the big screen, Wasson played a bit as a hippie in "Rollercoaster" (1977), and first won a substantial role in "Boys in Company C" (1978), as well a rave reviews for "Ghost Story" (1981) as the object of evil from a 50-year old secret, and for "Four Friends," also released in 1981, in which he was a Yugoslavian immigrant adjusting to life in rollicking America. Wasson also provided music for "Second Thoughts" (1983) and also co-starred as the still-living-in-the-sixties beau of Lucie Arnaz. In "Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors" (1987), he helped Heather Langenkamp battle Freddy. More recently, he had a small role as a TV host in "Malcolm X" (1992).
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Craig Wasson
Filmography
Movies
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86% |
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Akeelah and the Bee | Ted Saunders (Character) | $18.8M | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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Puerto Vallarta Squeeze | Unknown (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Ghost Rock | Cherokee Bill (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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New Alcatraz | Warden Fred Riley (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Under Pressure | Elgin Bates (Character) | - | 1999 |
38% |
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The Pornographer | Spano (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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The Last Best Sunday | Deputy sheriff (Character) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Velocity Trap | John Dawson (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deep Family Secrets | Unknown (Character) | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet |
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Harvest of Fire | Philip Dixon (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tomorrow Man | Dr. Galloway (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapped in Space | Palmer (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sister-In-Law | Andy Warner (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Strapped | Ben (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Midnight Fear |
Paul (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bum Rap | Paul Colson (Character) | - | 1989 |
68% |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors | Dr. Neil Gordon (Character) | $44.1M | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Men's Club | Paul (Character) | $1.9M | 1986 |
79% |
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Body Double | Jake Scully (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Why Me? | Brian Harmon (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Thoughts | Will (Character) | - | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Innocents Abroad | Mark Twain (Character) | - | 1982 |
29% |
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Ghost Story |
Don Wanderley/ |
- | 1981 |
78% |
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Four Friends | Danilo (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Thornwell | Busher (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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Schizoid | Doug (Character) | - | 1980 |
57% |
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Carny | Mickey (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Skag | David Skagska (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet |
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The Outsider | Michael Flaherty (Character) | - | 1979 |
67% |
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Go Tell the Spartans | Cpl. Courcey (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet |
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The Boys in Company C | Dave Bisbee (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Silence | Hal (Character) | - | 1975 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 7 Days | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
53% | No Score Yet | Dangerous Minds | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walker, Texas Ranger | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Ee'char (Guest Star) | 1996 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cybill | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Hank Walden (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Quinn | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1994 |
No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Pvt. Kurland (Guest Star) | 1983 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bob Newhart Show | Chuck Morgan (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Gare Jordan (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secrets of Isis | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |