Greg Evigan
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Gregory Ralph "Greg" Evigan (born October 14, 1953) is an American actor. He was born in South Amboy, New Jersey.
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[edit] Career
He was a teen idol during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He auditioned for and landed roles in Jesus Christ Superstar and Grease (in which he played the leading character).
Evigan is best known for his work in three hit television series: 1979's B.J. and the Bear, where he starred as B.J. McKay, a truck driver whose best friend was a chimpanzee named Bear, 1987's My Two Dads in which a teenage girl is raised by two past boyfriends of her deceased mother together when it cannot be determined which is the father (My Two Dads lasted until 1990), and the mid-1990s sci-fi hit TekWar based on a series of books by Star Trek elder statesman William Shatner (who also co-starred). TekWar originated as a series of television movies in 1994 and then became a series in 1995.
It was with B.J. and the Bear (which actually began in 1978 as a made for television movie) that Evigan reached pop star status, and he began receiving cover from such magazines as Tiger Beat, Teen Beat and many other magazines geared towards teenaged girls. In 1980 he posed bare-chested for a pin-up wall poster.
Evigan was parodied on the British comedy television programme This Morning With Richard Not Judy during the When Insects Attack segment (in the second series, "When Things Get Knocked Over, Spill, Or Fall Out Of Cupboards"). This was a parody of shows such as When Animals Attack, with a voice-over supposedly from Evigan but in reality it was actually Mark Gatiss. According to Lee and Herring, attempts were made to get Evigan to do the voiceover for the second series, but his agent nixed the idea despte being initially receptive.
[edit] Personal life
Evigan is married and has three children.
[edit] Filmography
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[edit] TV filmography
- Dallas (1978) (Episode "Runaway") as Willie Guest
- B.J. and the Bear (1978) as Billy Joe 'BJ' McKay
- Pink Lady and Jeff (1980)
- Masquerade (1983) as Danny Doyle
- North Star (1985) as Jack North
- My Two Dads (1987) as Joey Harris
- P.S.I. Luv U (1991) as Cody Powell
- Tekwar (1994)
[edit] Filmography
- Arizona Summer (2006)
- Cerberus (2005)
- Arizona Summer (2003)
- He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002)
- Die! Die! Die! (2000)
- Everyone Loves Mel (1999)
- Pets to the Rescue (1999)
- Mel (1998) as Peter
- The Pawn (1998) as Ray
- Spectre (1997)
- House of the Damned (1996) as Will South
- Lies Before Kisses (1992)
- DeepStar Six (1989) as McBride
- Echoes in Crimson (1988)
- Private Road - No Trespassing (1987)
- Stripped to Kill (1987) as Detective Heineman
- Scorchy (1976) as Alan
[edit] Video filmography
- ''Private Road: No Trespassing (1987) (V) as Brad Carlton
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