Dear John: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas


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'Twas the Fight Before Christmas

Season 4, Episode 11

The Santa that John hired for the day-care center can't face kids. Charlie: Patrick Collins. Louise: Jane Carr. Ben: William O'Leary. John: Judd Hirsch. Kirk: Jere Burns.

repeat 1991 English
Comedy Sitcom Christmas Adaptation

Cast & Crew
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Judd Hirsch (Actor) .. John Lacey
Jane Carr (Actor) .. Louise
William O'Leary (Actor) .. Ben
Patrick Collins (Actor) .. Charlie
Jere Burns (Actor) .. Kirk

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Did You Know..
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Judd Hirsch (Actor) .. John Lacey
Born: March 15, 1935
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States
Trivia: Born March 15th, 1935, Bronx-native Judd Hirsch attended CCNY, where he majored in engineering and physics. A blossoming fascination in the theatre convinced Hirsch that his future lay in acting. He studied at the AADA and worked with a Colorado stock company before his 1966 Broadway debut in Barefoot in the Park. He spent many years at New York's Circle Repertory, where he appeared in the first-ever production of Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore. After an auspicious TV-movie bow in the well-received The Law (1974), Hirsch landed his first weekly-series assignment, playing the title character in the cop drama Delvecchio (1976-77). From 1978 to 1982, he was seen as Alex Reiger in the popular ensemble comedy Taxi, earning two Emmies in the process. While occupied with Taxi, Hirsch found time to act off-Broadway, winning an Obie award for the 1979 production Talley's Folly. In the following decade, he was honored with two Tony Awards for the Broadway efforts I'm Not Rappoport and Conversations with My Father. His post-Taxi TV series roles include Press Wyman in Detective in the House (1985) and his Golden Globe-winning turn as John Lacey in Dear John (1988-92). Judd Hirsch could also be seen playing Jeff Goldblum's father in the movie blockbuster Independence Day (1996). In 2001, Hirsch co-starred with Paul Bettany and Christopher Plummer in the multi-Award winning biopic A Beautiful Mind. The actor once again found success on the television screen in CBS' drama Numb3rs, in which he took on the role of Alan Eppes, father of FBI agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and Professor Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz). After appearing on all four seaons of Numb3rs, Hirsch took a small role in director Brett Ratner's crime comedy Tower Heist (2011).
Jane Carr (Actor) .. Louise
Born: January 01, 1908
Died: January 01, 1957
William O'Leary (Actor) .. Ben
Born: October 19, 1957
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Trivia: Chicago native William O'Leary was born in 1957 to an FBI operative and began acting at age seven. He embarked on an acting career in the 1980s, appearing on stage in Seattle productions of Da, The Adventures of Huck Finn, and Cloud 9 before making his Broadway debut in Precious Sons in 1986 opposite Ed Harris. He moved on to film and TV work with credits in Nice Girls Don't Explode (his movie debut), Bull Durham, Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, and Hot Shots! He's best remembered as Tim Allen's youngest brother, Marty Taylor, on Home Improvement. When the series concluded in 1999, O'Leary continued to act and landed parts in major films such as Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, as well as guest spots on various TV shows (NYPD Blue, CSI: Miami, Karen Sisco, 24). In 2009 he became the voice of the evil Gen. Xaviax on the animated series Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. He owns and operates the Los Angeles acting school The Actors Path.
Patrick Collins (Actor) .. Charlie
Born: April 25, 1951
Jere Burns (Actor) .. Kirk
Born: October 15, 1954
Birthplace: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Trivia: Worked as a taxi driver in Boston and as a lifeguard on Cape Cod during a two-year hiatus between high school and college. Before moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1980s, performed with the New York Shakespeare Festival, with Joseph Papp's Public Theatre and in a Steppenwolf Theatre off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's True West. Used CPR to save a heart-attack victim's life in a restaurant in 1997. Has run in marathons and competed in triathlons. Actress Abby Dalton (Falcon Crest) is his mother-in-law.

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