Rick has been performing all his life. He acted out a story he was just suppose to read in the third grade. The family moved from Utah to California when Rick was nine years old. He started playing drums at 13 years of age and was in all the bands in school and college. He was playing percussion for the play "Brigadoon" and looked on stage and ...
An Artist is not something you become. it's "Who You Are". God gave you these Gifts and it's your obligation to develop them and use them for the "Benefit of Mankind".
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Man who has no mind has no problems.
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Plays Drums and is a Lead Singer. Has played in and been the leader of many bands since of High School doing club work, occasions, concerts etc. Was the lead drummer in all the bands in school: Concert, Symphonic, Marching and Jazz Bands. His band Main Attraction had as Bass Player/ Vocalist Jonny Draper the pop singer Rusty Draper' son; Rusty Draper was good friends with Clint Eastwood!.
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Has done Standup Comedy in many club venues such as the Punchline, Improv, Tommy T's in Northern California and worked with many other well-known comedians such as Margaret Cho, Rob Schneider, Mark Curry etc. Was a finalist in the Napa Valley Comedy Competition. Has produced many Comedy Venues. MC'D many concert venues including the Legends of Motown at the Concord Pavilion (CA) as well as many Soul Acts and Country Acts.
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Was an athlete in high school having track records for the high hurdles. Also liked to snow ski and has been an avid golfer all his life.
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Was in the drama department in high school having supporting role in Charlie's Aunt and a lead role of Cromwell in a Man for all Seasons Pinole Valley High (CA) drama department headed by Dave Clark was an inspiration that led to his professional career!
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Has several other screenplays outlined and has specs for several Dramatic TV series.
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Was honored with the Best Actor Accolade for a competition of over 60 original Musical Melodramas in 1973.
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Was an air personality on FM 102 in Sacramento doing many character voices and was a notable air personality Ranger Rick: also as an air personality at many other Radio stations in Northern California,. Interviewed many Music Celebrities: James Brown, Mary Williams, Martha of the Vandellas, Lou Rawls, Barry White, The Temptations, The Spinners, The Four Tops, Band members of Sly and the Family Stone, Felton Pilate Singer-songwriter Con Funk Shun: Country Artists; Billy Ray Cyrus, Toby Keith, Trisha Yearwood, Marty Stewart, Clint Black, Susie Boggus, Rusty Draper: other celebrities: Peter Frampton, The Monkees, Kevin Bacon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Robin Williams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sylvester Stallone, Mario Andretti and many others!.
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Wrote Produced and was the On-Screen Narrator for a commercial competition for the Democratic National Convention 2004 and was a finalist in that competition.
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Has screenplay Destiny that is in development. Destiny is a Fantasy Romance Screenplay about Soul Mates, Karma. Reincarnation and Past lives.
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Majored in Dramatic Arts, Speech,Television Production and Film at Solano College in Northern California Was in five play productions at Solano College; Picnic lead role 'Hal'; Ordinary People lead role 'Cal'; Arsenic and Old Lace 'Teddy'; assistant director for the Miracle Worker and Sly Fox. Won many words on the Speech Team including a Gold Metal for Prose Interpretation for the College State Championships of California and went to the National Speech Championships in 1988.
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Related by marriage to Producer John Goldwyn and Actor Tony Goldwyn.
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Cousin of the actress/producer Colleen Camp and Photographer Don Camp also cousin of actor Keene Curtis (Tony Winner) (deceased).