9/28: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEL HIGGINS Theatre World Award: Shenandoah Birthplace: Bloomington, IL Mr. Higgins Broadway credits include: Shenandoah, Music Is, Angel (Drama Desk nomination), Oklahoma!, and City of Angels. He was also Drama Desk nominated for his music and lyrics for the Off Broadway musical Johnny Guitar. He appeared as Bruce Carson in the CBS soap opera Search For Tomorrow, had a starring role in the short-lived ABC television series Salvage 1 with Andy Griffith. Two years later, he starred in the ABC sitcom Best of the West as United States Marshal Sam Best. In 1982, Embassy Television and NBC created the TV series Silver Spoons. Higgins played Edward W. Stratton III, the childlike son of one of the countrys richest industrialists. In the shows opening he learned he has a twelve-year-old son, played by Ricky Schroeder, the product of his first marriage (lasting all of seven days). Joel most recently appeared in Dead Canaries, a crime drama.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Sep 2014 04:43:52 +0000