Gregory Kean Williams (born September 27, 1962) is a Canadian television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Clancy Lass in the television series ''

Dead Like Me ''Dead Like Me'' is an American comedy-drama television series starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers who reside and work in Seattle, Washington. Filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, the show was created by Bryan Fuller for ...

''.

Early life

Kean was born in

Oshawa Oshawa is a city in Ontario, Canada, on the Lake Ontario shoreline. It lies in Southern Ontario, approximately east of downtown Toronto. It is commonly viewed as the eastern anchor of the Greater Toronto Area and of the Golden Horseshoe. It ...

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, the son of Dorothy and Rex Williams. He earned an M.F.A. degree from

Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ...

Career

His first acting role was either a dancing rabbit named "Nibbles" in a grade 5 presentation of the

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

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" or as another bunny in an Easter play, both at

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in Oshawa, Ontario in 1973. As a stage actor, Kean has been a resident company member of the

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. He also has worked with the Los Angeles Theater Centre and the New Mexico Rep as well as the first

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sanctioned production of ''

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'' in Los Angeles. Kean is also an acting teacher and one of the owners of the William Davis Centre for Actors Study in

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along with ''Dead Like Me'' colleague Christine Willes. He is currently teaching drama at Southpointe Academy, a private school located in

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Filmography

Films

* ''Summer Dreams: The Story of the Beach Boys'' (1990), Brian Wilson * ''

Baby of the Bride ''Baby of the Bride'' is a 1991 American drama television film directed by Bill Bixby. It was filmed in July 1991 and It premiered on CBS on December 22, 1991, and was released on DVD in 2003. It was preceded by Children Of The Bride. Cast * Rue ...

'' (1991), Nick * '' Mother of the Bride'' (1993), Nick * '' Logan's War: Bound by Honor'' (1998), Chicky Bruno

Television

* ''

Saved by the Bell ''Saved by the Bell'' is an American television teen sitcom created by Sam Bobrick for NBC. The series premiered, in prime time, on August 20, 1989, a Sunday night. Targeted at kids and teens, ''Saved by the Bell'' was broadcast in the United ...

'' (1990), Adam Trask * ''

Designing Women ''Designing Women'' is an American television sitcom created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason that aired on CBS between September 29, 1986 and May 24, 1993, producing seven seasons and 163 episodes. It was a joint production of Bloodworth/Thomas ...

'' 7 May 1993 Season 7, Episode 720 "The Lying Game" Eric * '' Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story'' (1997), Ken Dudney (TV movie) * ''

The Chris Isaak Show ''The Chris Isaak Show'' is an American sitcom that follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems. The series was produced ...

'' (2001), Lou * '' Andromeda'' (2002) * ''

'' (2003–2004), Clancy Lass"'Dead Like Me' Does a Body Good" by Rob Owen, ''

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'', also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving Greater Pittsburgh, metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Descended from the ''Pittsburgh Gazette'', established in 1786 as the fi ...

'' (25 July 2004) Retrieved from * ''

Smallville ''Smallville'' is an American superhero fiction, superhero television series developed by writer-producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, based on the DC Comics character Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The series was produce ...

'' (2004) * '' The Dead Zone'' (2005) * '' Black Christmas'' (2006), Kelli's Father * '' The 12 Disasters of Christmas'' (2012), Sheriff * ''

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'' (2021), Bert Beeman

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kean, Greg 1962 births Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Cornell University alumni Living people Male actors from Oshawa