Jerry Winsett (born July 19, 1950) is an actor, writer and singer who has appeared in numerous television shows including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''It’s

Garry Shandling Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as '' Sanford and Son'' and ''Welcome Back, Kotter''. He made a ...

's Show'' and ''

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'' as well as such films as ''

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'', ''

One Crazy Summer ''One Crazy Summer'' is a 1986 American romantic comedy film, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong and Joel Murray. The original film score was composed by Cory Le ...

'', ''

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'' and Woody Allen's ''

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''. He starred in the nightclub act Schoch and Jerry in

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with Tim Schoch, which was rated "Tops in Town" by ''

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'' magazine. His many theatre appearances include Toby Belch in ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Viola an ...

'' at Nevada Shakespeare in the Park, Epicure Mammon in Mark Ringer's production of ''

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'' at the

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in ''

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'' at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival,

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in ''

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'' and Sancho Panza in ''

Man of La Mancha ''Man of La Mancha'' is a 1965 musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, music by Mitch Leigh, and lyrics by Joe Darion. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay '' I, Don Quixote'', which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervan ...

'' with

Lane Davies Lane Davies (born July 31, 1951) is an American actor. Personal life Davies was born in Dalton, Georgia, the son of Emily and Bill Davies. He has three brothers—Bruce, George, and Whit. He graduated from Middle Tennessee State University with ...

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, the premiere production at the multimillion-dollar

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Civic Arts Plaza. Winsett's writing credits include the plays ''Who Killed Mayor Stratton?'' and its sequel, ''Who Murdered the Mayor?'', ''Gold's Fever'', the musical ''Pssst! Tell 'Em Joe Sent Ya!'', and an adaptation of ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens ...

'' in which he appeared as Renfield.

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