旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 � LogBook Master Index: Babylon 5 Biographies � 읕컴컴컴컴컴 compiled by Earl Green 컴컴컴컴컴켸 These nifty little resumes were prepared as part of the movie and series promo packages by Warner Bros. for publicity purposes. I have rearranged them into alphabetical order by the cast or crew members' names, and in the numerous cases where someone showed up in both publicity packages, I combined the bios to save space. The wording - in many cases very repetitious - is not mine! (Note - the Chris Franke bio is from the liner notes of his album "New Music For Films, Vol. 1," Varese Sarabande VSD-5393.) BLAIRE BARON - Carolyn Sykes Blaire Baron has an impressive list of film, television and stage credits. Her film background includes appearances in "A League of Their Own," "Privelege," and "The Sure Thing." On television, she guest starred on the series "Jake and the Fat Man" and "Happy Days" as well as the daytime serials "The Guiding Light" and "All My Children." She also had a role in the telefilm "Getting Up and Going Home." Baron's theater credits include "The Three Sisters," "Taming of the Shrew," "Wild Honey" and "Breath." RICHARD BIGGS - Dr. Stephen Franklin Richard Biggs played Dr. Marcus Hunter in "Days of Our Lives" and has had guest-starring roles in "Falcon Crest," "The Twilight Zone," "T.J. Hooker" and "It's Garry Shandling's Show." His theater credits include productions of "Romeo & Juliet," "The Tempest," "Shadow Box," "Look Back In Anger" and "Fanon's People." CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN - Lieutenant Commander Susan Ivanova Among Claudia Christian's numerous television credits are starring roles in Danielle Steele's "Kaleidoscope," "Columbo," "A Masterpiece of Murder," "The Woman Who Sinned" and "The Calendar Girl Murders," as well as the series "Blacke's Magic" and "Berenger." Her film credits include "Hexed," "Clean & Sober," "The Hidden" and "Never On Tuesday." She has made guest appearances on "L.A. Law," "Murder, She Wrote," "Matlock," "Jake and the Fat Man," "Quantum Leap" and "Space Rangers." RICHARD COMPTON - co-producer, director Richard Compton has established himself as one of the industry's most respected directors. He served as director/writer for the feature films "Macon County Line" and "Return to Macon County," and directed "The Ravager." His television credits include directing the films "Deadman's Curve," "Desperado," "Kojak," the six-hour mini-series "Wild Times" (starring Sam Elliott and Ben Johnson) and the "Babylon 5" telefilm. Compton has also directed episodes of numerous television series including "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "L.A. Law," "Hill Street Blues," "Miami Vice" and "The Equalizer." JOHN COPELAND - producer John Copeland began his filmmaking career in 1973 as assistant to producer Euan Lloyd at the Twickenham Studio in London, England. Two years later, he was assistant director of the feature film "Paper Tiger" starring David Niven. In 1977, Copeland began his association with executive producer Douglas Netter and together they have produced the mini-series "Wild Times," "Roughnecks" and the Emmy Award-winning "The Sacketts." The two also joined forces on the pilot for Louis L'Amour's "The Cherokee Trail," the series "Five Mile Creek" and the pilot "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Copeland also served as producer of the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary mini-series "The Wild West," and was co-producer of the "Babylon 5" telefilm. JERRY DOYLE - Security Chief Michael Garibaldi Jerry Doyle has appeared in numerous films, television and theater productions. His film credits include "Kidnapped" and "Being In Time." Doyle's television appearances include "Reasonable Doubts," "Homefront" and "Moonlighting," as well as the daytime serial "The Bold and the Beautiful." His stage work includes "Death Knocks," "Thousand Clowns," "The Country Girl," "Dance Theatre of Harlem" and "Rock-a-Bye Hamlet," as well as the Second City Comedy Troupe's "Searching for Good Dough." CHRISTOPHER FRANKE - composer Composer Christopher Franke was born in Berlin and studied classical music and composition at the Berlin Conservatory. During that time he was actively involved in music as a rock and jazz musician in the group Agitation Free. Franke, together with his teacher in composition set up a sound studio within the music school. The improvisation courses they conducted resulted in a project that became the Berlin School of Electronic Music. It was there that Franke met Edgar Froese and Peter Baumann and became a member of the group Tangerine Dream. Between 1970 and 1988 they released 36 albums and composed the scores for more than 30 feature films. Franke then left the group and released his first solo album, "Pacific Coast Highway." He also founded the Berlin Symphonic Film Orchestra and opened a new studio in Hollywood. Franke's involvement in recent film scores include "Sorceror," "Thief," "Risky Business," "Firestarter," "Vision Quest," "Near Dark" and "Legend." His most releases [ed. note - as of 1993] include "The London Concert" and the soundtrack to "Universal Soldier." MIRA FURLAN - Ambassador Delenn Yugoslavian native Mura Furlan is one of her country's leading talents. Her film credits include the Oscar-nominated "When Father Was Away On Business," "Three For Happiness" (Gran Prix Award at the Valencia Film Festival), "Beauty of Vice" and "The Loves of Blanka Kolak." On stage, she has appeared in "Helen," "Hamlet," "Three Sisters" and "Mother Courage." Her Yugoslavian television appearances include "Tales from Sarajevo," "A Better Life," "The Proud City" and "The Little Big Town." Furlan was honored by her country with two "Golden Arenas" (Yugoslavian Oscars) for Best Actress. "Babylon 5" is Furlan's first American television series. PAUL HAMPTON - The Senator Paul Hampton has compiled an acting history that spans three decades. His television work includes roles in the legendary series "The Phil Silvers Show," "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour," "The Doris Day Show" and "Ironside." He also had a starring role in the television movie "Never Forget." [ed. note: this movie also starred Leonard Nimoy.] In film, Hampton has appeared in "More Dead Than Alive," "Lady Sings the Blues," "Hit" and "Winner Takes All." His stage credits include "Gethsemane Springs," "Death of a Salesman" and "Father of the Bride." PETER JURASIK - Ambassador Londo Mollari Peter Jurasik's resume is chock-full of film, television and theater work. He has appeared in the films "Mr. Jones," "Problem Child," "Nightclub," "Enemy Mine," "Tron," "Straight Time" and "Born Again." Jurasik's television roles include the television movies "McBride and Groom." "Running Wilde," "Murder By The Book," "Peter Gunn," "Columbo" and "Perry Mason," as well as the series "Hill Street Blues," "Dear John," "Growing Pains," "Night Court," "Midnight Caller," "Family Ties," "Taxi," "M*A*S*H" and "Barney Miller." His stage work includes "Other People's Money," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Jules," "Godspell," "Wings" and "Werewolf." ANDREAS KATSULAS - Ambassador G'Kar Andreas Katsulas has amassed a wealth of film, television and stage credits. His movie roles include the role of the "One-Armed Man" in the hit thriller "The Fugitive," appearances in "Blame It On The Bellboy," "True Identity," "With Intent to Kill," "Next of Kin," "Communion," "Sunset," "Someone To Watch Over Me" and "Milo Milo." Katsulas' television credits include "Inner Sanctum," "The Human Factor," "FBI: The Untold Stories," "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Hunter," "Jake and the Far Man" and "Alien Nation." His extensive theater background includes a 15-year run with Peter Brook's International Company, appearing in such productions as "The Mahabharata," "La Tragedie de Carman," "The Conference of the Birds" and "Measure For Measure." DOUGLAS NETTER - executive producer Douglas Netter is an accomplished television executive and producer. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at MGM Studios from 1970-1975. During that time, he produced over 75 feature films, numerous television programs and was instrumental in the construction of the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. He was involved in the production of "Lawrence of Arabia," the Dean Martin-starring "Matt Helm" films, Jack Lemmon's "How To Murder Your Wife," "April Fools" and "Porgy and Bess." In 1978, Netter formed Rattlesnake Productions, specializing in independent theatrical and television productions. Among Netter's most recent executive producer credits are the Emmy Award-nominated 10-hour documentary mini-series "The Wild West," the "Babylon 5" telefilm (winner of an Emmy Award), "The Spirit of Flight" and "Black Wing" (promotional films for Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force), the television movie "The Legend of Captain Power" and the syndicated television series "Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future." Other projects include the series "Five Mile Creek," the pilot "Cherokee Trail" and the mini-series "Roughnecks" and "Wild Times." Netter also executive produced the award-winning mini-series "The Sacketts," based on Louis L'Amour's novels. MICHAEL O' HARE - Commander Jeffrey Sinclair Michael O' Hare has accumulated an extensive list of theater, television and film credits. On stage he starred in "Players," "Man and Superman," "Galileo" and "Shades of Brown." O' Hare's television work includes guest roles in the series "Kate and Allie," "Trapper John, M.D.," "T.J. Hooker," "The Equalizer" and "L.A. Law," as well as the mini-series "Case of Deadly Force" and "Rage of Angels." He has appeared in the films "By a Thread," "Short Term Bonds," "Into Thin Air," "Pursuit," "The Promise" and "Honeymoon Cottage." JOHNNY SEKKA - Dr. Benjamin Kyle African-born Johnny Sekka has established an extensive acting career that inlcudes roles in the films "Flame in the Street," "Uptown Saturday Night," "Khartoum," "Mohammed the Messenger of God" and "A Warm December." His television credits include the series "Good Times" and "The Hardy Boys" as well as the mini-series "Passion in Paradise," "Master of the Game" and "Roots, the Second Generation." On stage Sekka has appeared in "Mister Johnson," "A Taste of Honey," "The Road" and "Hot Summer Night." J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI - executive producer, creator J. Michael Straczynski has a long relationship with science fiction and related genres. He has previously been the story editor and primary writer for the syndicated "The Twilight Zone" series and his adaptation of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" for Showtime earned him both ACE and Writers Guild Award nominations. He worked as a story editor on two animated series "Captain Power" and "Real Ghostbusters," as well as the live-action series "Jake and the Fat Man." Recently, he served as producer on the hit series "Murder, She Wrote," the "Babylon 5" telefilm and created the "Babylon 5" series. He has also written short stories, an anthology and two dark fantasy/horror novels. PATRICIA TALLMAN - Lyta Alexander Patricia Tallman has appeared in a wide variety of film, television and stage productions. Her feature film work includes "Sweet Justice," "Night of the Living Dead," "Roadhouse" and "Monsignor." Her television credits include guest starring roles in "Tales from the Darkside" and "Miracles," as well as recurring roles in the daytime serials "Generations," "Texas" and "Action Cabaret." She also possesses an impressive background as a stuntwoman, with credits in the features "Another 48 Hrs.," "Shocker," "Last Rites" and "Creepshow II." ANDREA THOMPSON - Talia Winters Andrea Thompson's television credits include a starring role as Jasmine during the final season of "Falcon Crest" and guest-starring roles in "Civil Wars," "Murder, She Wrote," "Baywatch," "Quantum Leap" and "Spenser: For Hire." Her feature film credits include "Wall Street," "Delirious" and "Doin' Time on Planet Earth." TAMLYN TOMITA - Lieutenant Commander Laurel Takashima An accomplished actress, Tamlyn Tomita's feature films include "Karate Kid II," "Come See The Paradise," "Orange Curtain" and "Hawaiian Dream." Her television credits include guest starring roles in "Quantum Leap," "The Trials of Rosie O' Neill," "Tour of Duty," "Raven," "Hiroshima," "Hiroshima Maidens" and "To Heal a Nation." Tomita was also a regular in the daytime serial "Santa Barbara," and her theater credits include "Nagasaki Dust" and "Don Juan." (c) 1992, 1993 Warner Bros. Domestic Television gleefully filched without so much as a word of consent! #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# | This file is part of the LogBook Master Index and is not to be uploaded | | separately from the other files comprising LBMI0195.ZIP. | | (c)1994, 1995 GFP Productions Ltd. | | Last revision was on 9 November 1994. | #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#