''Raising Waylon'' is a 2004 American
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
television film
A television film, alternatively known as a television movie, made-for-TV film/movie, telefilm, telemovie or TV film/movie, is a film with a running time similar to a feature film that is produced and originally distributed by or to a Terrestr ...
directed by
Sam Pillsbury
Sam Pillsbury is an American film director, producer, and winemaker.
Life and Career
Massachusetts-raised Sam Pillsbury emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 14. At age 23 he began working for the government-owned National Film Unit of New ...
. The film premiered on
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS (an abbreviation of its original name, Columbia Broadcasting System), is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...
on February 22, 2004.
Synopsis
Reginald and Julia are obliged to raise the son of their friends who have died in an accident, because they are his godfather and godmother.
Cast
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Thomas Gibson
Thomas Ellis Gibson (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and director best known for his roles as Aaron Hotchner on ''Criminal Minds'' (2005–16), Greg Montgomery on '' Dharma & Greg'' (1997–2002) and Daniel Nyland on '' Chicago Hope'' ...
: Reginald Robellati
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Poppy Montgomery
Poppy Montgomery (born Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donahue; June 19, 1972) is an Australian-American actress. She played FBI agent Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama ''Without a Trace'' and Detective Carrie Wells on the CBS/ A&E p ...
: Julia Bellows
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Doris Roberts
Doris May Roberts ( Green; November 4, 1925 – April 17, 2016) was an American actress whose career spanned seven decades of television and film. She received five Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild award during her acting career, which bega ...
: Marie
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Catherine Boniface: Tracy
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Jeremy Bergman: Waylon Moore
*Ross Anderson: M. Myers
*Susan Brady: Terry Allen
*Katrina Browne: Valerie
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Latham Gaines: Paul
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Craig Hall: Alex
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Elizabeth Hawthorne
Elizabeth Hawthorne (born 30 April 1947) is a New Zealand actress who is known for her role as Mrs. Macready in the 2005 film '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' and the Peter Jackson supernatural comedy ''Th ...
: Judge Harriet Caldwell
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John Leigh: Jeremy
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Jim McLarty: Craig Stanfill
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Ingrid Park
Ingrid Park (born February 1971) is a New Zealand television actress. She began her acting career in 1998 appearing in the New Zealand television soap opera series ''Shortland Street''.
Early life and career breakthrough
Ingrid was born in 19 ...
: Kim
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Jennifer Rucker: Receptionist
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Michael Saccente: Jay Hessler
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Roy Snow: Randell
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Xavier Strom
Xavier or Xabier may refer to:
Place
* Xavier, Spain
People
* Xavier (surname)
* Xavier (given name)
* Francis Xavier (1506–1552), Catholic saint
** St. Francis Xavier (disambiguation)
* St. Xavier (disambiguation)
* Xavier (footballer, born J ...
: Sam Stanfill
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Jared Tobin: Jimmy
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Tandi Wright
Tandi Wright (born 4 May 1970) is a New Zealand actress. She first gained recognition for portraying Nurse Caroline Buxton on the long running New Zealand soap opera ''Shortland Street''.
She is best known for her roles as Fenn Partington on '' ...
: Tina Stanfill
References
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2004 television films
2004 films
2004 romantic comedy films
2000s English-language films
American comedy television films
American romantic comedy films
CBS films
Films directed by Sam Pillsbury
Romance television films
2000s American films
English-language romantic comedy films
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