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Craig Wasson

Highest Rated: 86% Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

Lowest Rated: Under Pressure (1999)

Birthday: Mar 15, 1954

Birthplace: Eugene, Oregon, USA

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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Highest rated movies

86% 81% Akeelah and the Bee
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79% 65% Body Double
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78% 72% Four Friends
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68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
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67% 57% Go Tell the Spartans
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57% 51% Carny
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38% 27% The Pornographer
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28% 46% Ghost Story
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0% Under Pressure
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
86% 81% Akeelah and the Bee Ted Saunders (Character) $18.8M 2006
No Score Yet 30% Puerto Vallarta Squeeze Unknown (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 36% Ghost Rock Cherokee Bill (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet 20% New Alcatraz Warden Fred Riley (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 0% Under Pressure Elgin Bates (Character) - 1999
38% 27% The Pornographer Spano (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 33% The Last Best Sunday Deputy sheriff (Character) - 1999
No Score Yet 24% Velocity Trap John Dawson (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Deep Family Secrets Unknown (Character) - 1997
No Score Yet 71% 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 82% Strapped Ben (Character) - 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Midnight Fear Paul (Character),
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- 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bum Rap Paul Colson (Character) - 1989
68% 68% A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Dr. Neil Gordon (Character) $44.1M 1987
No Score Yet 25% The Men's Club Paul (Character) $1.9M 1986
79% 65% 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
28% 46% Ghost Story Don Wanderley/David Wanderley (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thornwell Busher (Character) - 1981
78% 72% Four Friends Danilo (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 19% Schizoid Doug (Character) - 1980
57% 51% Carny Mickey (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Skag David Skagska (Character) - 1980
No Score Yet 57% The Outsider Michael Flaherty (Character) - 1979
67% 57% Go Tell the Spartans Cpl. Courcey (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet 77% 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