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Ron Smith – (Captain Hudson) -was born in Fort Knox, KY and grew up in Athens, Georgia.
For the last 25 years as a professional performing , Ron has appeared in numerous shows including musicals, industrials,
films, and television. He won a 1993 Drama-Logue Award for Adam Pontipee in 7 BRIDES FOR 7 BROTHERS, at Fullerton CLO and
a 1998 Bobbi Award for Jud in OKLAHOMA. Ron also took home a 1998 Los Angeles Area Emmy Award for work on the instructional
program "Dollars and Sense." Most recently he appeared in the 2001-2002 National Touring Company of THE MUSIC MAN in the roles
of Charlie Cowell/Harold Hill. See resume for details. Currently Ron performing as a singing Gondolier at the Venetian Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas, as well as, occasional performing gigs and convention work around Las Vegas and California Ron's hobbies
include Collecting Black panthers, reading, travel, camping and hiking, composing music and poetry, woodworking and inventing.
Ron is also a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner . He is married to a beautiful and very talented young lady named Lisa.
She is an amazing singer specializing in jazz and
standards.
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Steve Toth - ( Mac Decker) Since 1982 Steve has done close to thirty theatrical productions starting
in high school playing Bobby Van Husen in, "The Boyfriend". Fifteen years later he sang and danced his way into the chorus for
"Lil' Abner" at Westminster Community Theater. Among his favorite shows, "Guys and Dolls", "The Mikado", and "Stalag 13". He is
a member in good standing of the Shenanigans Comedy Troupe and has appeared in the films "Apollo 13", "Waterworld", and "Hanoi
Hilton". Steve is an avid surfer and musician having played with the folk rock group "Ring". He is married to Erin Almond an
accomplished ballet dancer and has three children Allison, Andrew, and Mariah. He says, about 'Captain Hudson', "It definitely
was the most fun project I have ever worked on and I can't wait to get started on the next episode."
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Carolyn Van - (Sadie Cohen) - Born and raised in Los Angeles, Carolyn began her career as a child
actor in Hollywood during the Golden Era of radio. An experienced stage actress, Carolyn has appeared in dinner theatres around
the country in productions of "Mame", "Cactus Flower", "Arsenic and Old Lace" and many others. And over her 25-year career,
she has appeared in, or voiced, many radio and television commercials and industrial films for many premier companies such as
Kraft, Union Carbide, Motorola, General Electric, and Montgomery Ward. She also has appeared on network television co-starring
with Ralph Waite in "The Mississippi" and "Superior Court". With her varied career, however, her first love has always been
voice-over work. For the past 8 years, Carolyn has found another form of show business with which to be involved. She is a
convention services manager for the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau, working with the clients as they plan
their conventions in Southern California. She lives in Newport Beach with her husband, George, and is delighted that they have
become the proud grandparents of baby George!
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Clark Burson – (Gus O'Malley) - As an actor, Clark has performed in many local southern California
Theaters since the late 1970's, in shows ranging from Shakespeare to various comedies, dramas and musicals. While his acting has
brought much joy to audiences over the years, Clark has also Directed a number of plays and has written short stories and a
children's musical. He knows a ton of old songs from the 20's and 30's on the ukulele and he enjoys jamming with friends. He
was part of the Folk/Bluegrass band, EVERFAITHFUL, playing mandolin and was credited as a vocalist and songwriter as well. When
he's not performing, he enjoys spending time with his family.
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Tom Hardy - (Mr. Berry) is a multi-award winning actor/director. His Television appearances include
"It's A Miracle," "Extreme Gong Show," "Dollars And Sense," several appearances on "Touching Lives," "Talk Of The Town"
and "Thursday Night At The West End." He's done countless plays in Southern California and writes for his own
comedy troupe "Shenanigans", acting up in the area for 20 years. He is also known for his wild comedy roasts. Contact him at
hardy4laffs@hotmail.com
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Kent Johnson – (William Randolph Hearst) - began his theatrical career in 1944 as a photographic
model, acted in films and subsequently appeared in many television commercials. Over the years he has either produced, directed,
written, or appeared in 250 stage productions and over 1,000 television shows. On stage Mr. Johnson has created many memorable
shows for Orange County audiences. His productions of "Guys and Dolls", "Oklahoma!", "My Fair Lady", "Amadeus", "The Mikado",
"Zorba", and "Teahouse of the August Moon" (to name just a few) are fondly recalled by critics and audiences alike. Anthony
Newly and Leslie Bricusse gave Kent special permission to use their updated version of "Stop the World…." which made history
selling out for sixteen weeks. His production of "The Subject was Roses" for the Long Beach Playhouse won that year's Tempo
Award. The musical, "The White Arrow", which he wrote with Tim Nelson, won the Daily Pilot's Best Play of the Year honors.
Mr. Johnnson also wrote "The Inventive Benjamin Franklin, a one-man show that he has been performing for the past 10 years
as well as "Memories on the Wind", a psychological thriller that premiered this year. Kent has taught acting for stage,
commercial acting, and television production at many colleges and universities. Recently he directed "The Mikado" and "HMS
Pinafore" for The Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills. Currently, Kent is directing musicals at his new dinner theatre, The
WestEnd, in Los Alamitos. He is also developing a new musical, with partner Gale Baker, called "DooWop Daze". It will premiere
in March of 2004.
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Harry Ratner - (Mine Foreman) Harry retired after 30 years as a Producer-Director at KOCE-TV and
Coastline Community College District. He is the winner of 6 local L.A. Emmy Awards, 3 Telly Awards, the Ohio State Award, a Corporation
for Pubic Broadcasting Documentary Award and The Pacific Mountain Network Award of Excellence. His acting credits include, Arvide -"Guys
and Dolls", Huntington Beach Playhouse, Train Conductor -"The Music Man", Anaheim Playhouse, Wise old Man in " The Teahouse of the
August Moon" as well as Multiple Parts in "Sweet Charity" And in "Over There" a WWI soldier all at Westminster Community Theater.
Directed the enormously popular black and white 80’s film spoof “Ragging Elephantman”
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Ken Rugg - (Walsh-Airport manager) is an Emeritus professor of Theatre Arts at California State University,
Long Beach. Over the past 30 plus years he has directed productions from Electra of Sophocles to The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter.
He appeared as a guest artist (actor) with California Repertory in Long Beach as part of the Charles Marowitz production of Variations
on Measure for Measure. He created the role of Roma in the American première of the contemporary Russian play, Body Shop. He followed
with roles Night Rehearsal, Living After Midnight and Two Planks and a Passion. He appeared as Sir Orilus in the acclaimed CalRep
production of Merlin. He was awarded Outstanding Actor Award for a Lead Role at the Long Beach Community Playhouse for You Never Can
Tell and Best Supporting Performance for an Actor in Orange County for 2003 for his portrayal of Krapp in Beckett's, Krapp's Last Tape
at the Chance Theatre. His only other experience in radio production was at San Jose State University as an actor in a series about
life on a US combat destroyer during WWII.
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Elizabeth Dawson – (The Librarian) - Elizabeth is a native of Los Angeles, California and has been an
actor for more than 20 years. She also works as a writer and comedian. Elizabeth began her profession in the arts as a singer,
performing the sacred music of the great composers with such groups as Camerata of Los Angeles. Ms. Dawson is the author of the
newly published book "More Money, More Time -How To Reclaim Your Life and Make It Your Own."
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Ron Grigsby– (Vinny Corelli) - Ron began acting in Orange County Theater in 1980. For the next
6 years he performed in many plays including THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES, MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT and LIGHT UP THE SKY as well as a Los
Angeles Production of, A FEW GOOD MEN. In the late 1980s Ron became a member of the renowned West Hollywood Comedy Group, "THE
GROUNDLINGS", creating characters, writing and performing sketch comedy and playing improv to live audiences. Currently he often
appears as a guest artist with the renowned children's theater repertory group, MYART, acting in such shows as, THE SOUND OF
MUSIC, THE KING AND I and THE MUSIC MAN. Ron has also acted in a number of films by L.A. based film school graduates. He also
enjoys composing and playing music. "THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HUDSON" is Ron's first involvement as a writer producer on a
project intended for commercial release, but not his first collaboration with partner Tim Knofler. They met in an Orange County
college in 1979 studying Film and Television Production. They worked together on several class projects as well as a few post-
college productions. After about a 15 year departure doing their own things, "THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HUDSON" began to take
shape and the rest is history.
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"I finished Captain Hudson and wanted to give you my honest opinion. I thoroughly enjoyed the series, it was great! At first I had a tough time adjusting to the acting and the script, but once I got more acclimated with it, I couldn't stop listening. Of course the technology was top notch. The Musical score was beautiful, and just added to the overall effect of the performances. I don't know how you guys got the sound effects, but they were so real and life like I felt like I was standing there with the characters. It was more of an experience, than just entertainment. I have a feeling you guys were trying to accomplish that and you succeeded above expectations."
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“I thought that the actor who did Hudson and the writing for the part were really superb. Shades of Gary Cooper and Harrison Ford, among others, but a very distinctive, original feel. Artistically, the character could certainly remain fresh and interesting through multiple episodes/sequels. If the kind of exposure you are describing materializes, you really have something with staying power here.”
Rob Kaplan - Actor |
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"… I am simply taken back to when I was a kid listening to Radio Shows like Amos and Andy, George Goble, Midnight Mystery, Lil Orphan Annie, Lone Ranger and so on. And I'm only the first CD. This is suburb in my opinion and if you get to my age bracket and older you should sell a million. I'm telling every one I know about this so count me as one of your FAN's.... Consider me a one man marketing guru for you and more importantly to those like me you get an immediate flashback from this. It's us who should be saying Thank You!"
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