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John Ole Voldstad (born February 20, 1951) is an American television and film actor best known for his role as one of the brothers Darryl on ''
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''. He played "my other brother Darryl", the one with the curlier, lighter colored hair.


Life and career

Born in
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, Voldstad moved with his mother to the United States when he was 10 months old, after his parents went their separate ways. His first role was in a play at age 8. After graduating from
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in
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, Voldstad studied acting in
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. He lived in
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and
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before moving to
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to pursue acting. His first role was in '' Switchblade Sisters''. Voldstad went to high school with the daughter of
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, who got him roles in ''Bluffers'' (with
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) and ''
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''. Voldstad also had roles in '' Stripes'' and '' The Blue and the Gray''. In 1993, he also appeared in ''
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'' with
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. In 2003 he had a small role in the Robert Duval and
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movie ''
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'' as a deputy Marshal. Of his role in ''Newhart'', Voldstad said he and Tony Papenfuss, who played the other brother who never talked, came up with imaginary scripts that represented what the brothers were thinking. The casting director "knew we could look like we weren't just standing there. We could look like we had something going on in our minds." After ''Newhart'', Voldstad toured with his co-stars
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and Papenfuss. Later he worked at
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radio station WQSB in
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. He moved to
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, with his son, hoping to benefit from a television series being filmed in the area. His friend Buz McKim is a historian at the
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in
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, where Voldstad currently works on the visitors service staff. Voldstad also continues to act and appear at conventions along with Papenfuss. Voldstad said, "I talk to him pretty regularly. Me and Tony are like brothers." Asked about what people want when they meet him, Voldstad said, "Just to see if Darryl talks." In 1990, Voldstad married Kellye Fowler in a ceremony attended by
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and his TV brothers along with 700 others. He has a son Christiaan, born in the early 1990s, who has made an oil painting of the three ''Newhart'' brothers.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Voldstad, John 1951 births 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors American male film actors American male television actors Living people Male actors from California Male actors from Charlotte, North Carolina Male actors from Oslo Norwegian emigrants to the United States