Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actor, Peter Gallagher

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Peter Gallagher, is a renowned, multi-award-winning actor who’s given us dozens of unforgettable performances.

On Broadway, he received a Tony Award nomination for his performance in “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance in “A Doll’s Life”. And his portrayal of “Sky Masterson” in “Guys and Dolls” earned him a Drama Desk Award nomination. He’s been in 9 other Broadway shows including “Grease”, “Hair”, “The Real Thing”, “On the Twentieth Century” and most recently, “Left on Tenth”.

On the big screen, you’ve seen him in many iconic movies like “Summer Lovers”, “Sex, Lies and Videotape”, “American Beauty”, “The Player”, “Malice”, “While You Were Sleeping’, “Burlesque”, “Submission” and “Short Cuts”, for which he and his fellow cast members won a Golden Globe Award and a Venice Film Festival Award for best ensemble.

On television, we remember him as “Sandy Cohen” on “The O.C.”, for which he was nominated for a Prism Award and 2 Teen Choice Awards. Some of his other memorable television roles are “Dean Stacey Koons” on “Californication”, “Father Phil” on “Rescue Me”, “Director of Clandestine Services, Arthur Campbell” on “Covert Affairs”, “Deputy Chief Dodds” on “Law & Order: SVU”, “Dr. David Hamilton” on “Grey’s Anatomy”, and “Nick Skolka”, Jane Fonda’s boyfriend and eventual husband on “Grace and Frankie”. He’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV shows including “Family Guy”, “How I Met Your Mother”, “The Good Wife”, “Murphy Brown” and “Togetherness” for which he was nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Guest Performer in a comedy series.

And he’s appeared in many highly acclaimed TV movies and miniseries including “Long Day’s Journey Into Night”, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial”, “Titanic”, “Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing”, “Brave New World”, “The Gathering”, “Cruel Intentions” and many more.

In 2005, our guest received the P.T. Barnum Award from his alma mater, Tufts University for his exceptional work in the field of media and entertainment. And 2 years later, he received the "Light on the Hill" award at Tufts University, which is given to distinguished alumni who have demonstrated ambition, achievement, and active citizenship.

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, Burton Gilliam

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Burton Gilliam, is a highly popular actor who’s been immortalized for his hilarious performance as “Lyle” the railroad supervisor in the classic Mel Brooks movie, “Blazing Saddles”. We also remember him as “Floyd” the desk clerk in “Paper Moon”. And he played the Colt gun salesman in “Back to the Future Part III”. And he was “Roy Bacon” in “Honeymoon in Vegas”.

He’s also appeared in many more great movies, and some of my favourites are “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot”, “At Long Last Love”, “Farewell my Lovely”, “Hearts of the West”, “Fletch”, “The Getaway”, “88 Hits”, “Drop Dead Sexy”, “Killing Down” and “Return to Vengeance”. On television, he played “Virgil” on “Evening Shade”, and he’s guest starred in dozens of classic TV series including “Cannon”, “The Waltons”, “Charlie’s Angels”, “Alice”, “How the West was Won”, “Soap”, “The Dukes of Hazzard”, “Knight Rider” and “Mama’s Family”, to name just a few. And he’s appeared in a number of terrific TV movies and miniseries including “Remember When”, “The Night That Panicked America”, “The Ransom of Red Chief”, “Dream West”, “North & South: Book 2”, “The Love Bug” and many more. Before he became an actor, he was a very well-known boxer, and he served as a firefighter in Dallas for 14 years. But for over 50 years, he’s been entertaining audiences with that big smile and unforgettable personality that makes every role he plays so memorable.

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Steve Dorff, Legendary Music Composer & Songwriter

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s special guest, Steve Dorff, is one of the most popular, prolific and successful songwriters and composers of our time. His music is part of the soundtrack of our lives.

He’s written over 20 iconic top 10 hits recorded by some of the greatest music artists in the world, including “I Cross my Heart” by George Strait, “Through the Years” by Kenny Rogers, “Take Good Care of my Heart” by Whitney Houston, “Higher Ground” by Barbra Streisand, “Miracle” by Celine Dion, “I Just Fall in Love Again” by Anne Murray, “Something Bigger than Me” by Dolly Parton, “You’ve Been Leaving me for Years” by Willie Nelson – and believe me, I’m just scratching the surface.

In addition to the stars I’ve just mentioned, his songs have been recorded by even more legends like Anthony Newley, Smokey Robinson, Ray Charles, Ringo Starr, Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones, Cher, Dusty Springfield, Melissa Manchester, Garth Brooks and dozens more.

He’s composed over 40 movie scores including 5 Clint Eastwood movies – and yes, he wrote the title songs from “Every Which Way but Loose” recorded by Eddie Rabbit and “Any Which Way you Can” recorded by Glen Campbell. Some of his other big movies are “Pure Country”, “Tin Cup”, “Honky Tonk Man” and “Babe Ruth”. And he wrote the score for the 2005 TV miniseries, “Elvis” starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

He’s written theme songs and music for classic TV shows including “Growing Pains”, “Murphy Brown”, “Murder, She Wrote” and “Reba”, to name only a few. He’s also composed the music for musical theatre productions including “Josephine: The Josephine Baker Story”, “Lunch”, “Pure Country” and “Say Goodnight”, which is based on the love story of George Burns and Gracie Allen.

He’s also released 3 wonderful albums: “You Set My Dreams to Music”, “It’s Personal” and “Pacific Sunrise”. The list of awards and accolades our guest has received is jaw dropping. 42 BMI Awards, 11 Billboard Awards, an American Music Award, 3 Grammy Award nominations, 6 Emmy Award nominations, the 2017 NSAI Songwriter of the Year Award, numerous lifetime achievement awards, and in 2018, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

And if all of that weren’t enough, he also wrote a highly compelling and insightful memoir entitled, “I Wrote That One, Too: A Life in Songwriting, from Willie to Whitney”. This book is a must-read for every music lover. It’s an eye opening, poignant, intensely personal and inspirational journey of perseverance, resilience and the uplifting, healing power of creativity and music.

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https://www.stevedorff.com/

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