The Life of a Blue Collar Actor: From Tobacco Road to Buckingham Palace by way of NY Theatre & Hollywood Films

In the Life of a Blue Collar Actor we follow Jordan through his early years, going on auditions with Dustin Hoffman and Joe Don Baker of "Walking Tall" fame, his early television appearances with E.G. Marshall on "The Defenders" and William Shatner on "For the People", working with guest stars like Jill St. John and Dyan Cannon, plus his first film with Sal Mineo and Juliet Prowse and his early legitimate theatre performances before moving onto Hollywood.

Once there, Jordan appeared on "Peyton Place" with Mia Farrow and Ryan O'Neal, which was followed by twenty-five years of working on television as a co-star or guest star on hit series, Bonanza, Quincy, Adam-12, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Marcus Welby, M.D., Battlestar Gallactica, and recurring roles on series, Streets of San Francisco, starring Karl Malden & Michael Douglas, and Matlock as Lt. Harmon Andrews, starring Andy Griffith. Jordan starred in legendary movies-of-the-week including, The Blue and The Gray, starring Gregory Peck & Stacy Keach, Once an Eagle, starring Sam Elliot, and the cult classic, The Nightstalker, starring Darren McGavin, just to mention a few. You'll discover behind-the-scenes stories from the block-buster films he appeared in, including Marooned, The Indian Runner (written and directed by his friend Sean Penn), All the Kings Men (starring Sean Penn), Mr. Majestyk (starring Charlies Bronson) and another cult classic, House of Good and Evil, where Jordan is the "Evil". Discover his close friendships with Sean Penn, Robert Wagner and Chuck Conners, and his work with some of the biggest names in film, including John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Gene Hackman, Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Rush, Stephanie Powers, Nick Nolte, Leslie Nielsen, Viggo Mortensen, David Morse, Patricia Arquette, Al Lettieri, and Linda Cristal, to mention a few. It's all detailed here, in THE LIFE OF A BLUE COLLAR ACTOR!

© 2022 Jordan Rhodes (Äänikirja): 9781669612292

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Äänikirja: 8. helmikuuta 2022