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Lawrence Casey
Lawrence Casey is an America actor who has appeared in film and on television.
He was born William P. Casey at New York City in 1940,the son of William and Florence Casey, one of eight other siblings.
He has appeared on film and television from 1966 until 1992 with 44 credits in these two medium.
While he lived in New York as a youngster he played baseball and originally wanted to become a professional baseball player.
With the death of his father, 15 year old Casey gave up the idea of becoming a ball player and instead went to work to support the family. Casey did graduate from high school.
His first appearance on television was in 1966 where he appeared on the TV series Ben Casey.
His film debut came in 1968 in the film Massacre Harbor as Pvt. Hitchcock. The film was based on the TV series Rat Patrol.
Casey starred in the Rat Patrol from 1966 to 1968 as Private Mark Hitchcock.
Lawrence Casey's film roles were:
Massacre Harbor (1968) as Pvt. Mark Hitchcock
The Gay Deceivers (1869) as Elliott Crane
Sole Survivor (1970-TV) as Gant
The Aquarians (1970-TV) as Bob Exeter
The Student Nurses (1979) as Jim Caspar
Lisa, Bright And Dark (1973-TV) as Buddy King
Rex Harrison Presents Stories Of Love (1974-TV) as Charlie Simpson
The Daughter of Emanuelle ( 1975) as George Anderson/Roger Lang
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975) as German Star
The Erotic Adventures Of Robinson Crusoe (1975) as Robinson Crusoe
The Dark Side Of Innocence ( 1976-TV) as Skip Breton
Acapulco Gold (1976) as Agent Gordon
The Hunted Lady (1977-TV) as Robert Armstrong
Black Tigers (1978) as Mike Potter
Borderline (1980) as Andy Davis
Weekends (1981) as Roland
Unholy Matrimony (1988-TV) as Follett
Night Walk (1989-TV) as Timothy Alfieri
In addition to being one of the stars of the Rat Patrol TV series, he also appeared on television in such programs as Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke, Mod Squad, Bonanza, Ironside, Cade's County,Return To Peyton Place, The Snoop Sisters, Barbary Coast, Petrocelli, Hunter, Man From Atlantis, Logan's Run, The Next Step Beyond, The Love Boat, The Amazing Spider Man, Barnaby Jones, The Rockford Files, Beyond Westworld, Nero Wolfe, The Phoenix, MacGyver, Falcon Crest, Knots Landing and L A Law.
Mr. Casey has been married to Katha Patricia Dees since 1965 and the couple have three children.
His wife was one of a set of triplets who modeled together in the 1960's.
I really enjoyed this actor in his role as Pvt Hitchcock on The Rat Patrol TV series as well as the films Borderline and The Dark Side Of Innocence.
Louie The Movie Buff