Edward Leo "Shea" Farrell III is an American actor and producer best known for playing Mark Danning in

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's series, ''

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''. Shea Farrell was born October 21, 1957, in

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, to Edward Leo, Jr. and Mary Rose (née Drummey) Farrell. He attended

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. He originally planned to be a professional

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player. Shea switched from acting to production work in 1997. He worked on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', all produced by David E. Kelley. He now works in films and on television as an

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and

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. He has been a Unit Production Manager at Sony Entertainment's New Media Division/Crackle.com since 2008.

Filmography

As actor

* 1982: '' Capitol'' (Television series): ''Matt McCandless No. 1 (1982) (original cast)'' * 1983: ''

'' (TV): ''Mark Danning'' * 1984 "The Love Boat" S8 E13 as Noel Kane in the Christmas-themed vignette "Noel's Christmas Carol" * 1987: ''

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'' (TV series): ''Steve Lacey (1987–1988)'' * 1989: '' Major League'': ''Tolbert'' * 1990: '' Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn'' (TV): ''Lyle Newman'' * 1993: ''

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'' (TV series): ''Agent Sean Quinlan (1994)'' * 1995: '' While You Were Sleeping'': ''Ashley's Husband'' * 1995: ''

Murder She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The s ...

'': ''Reed Harding'' * 1995: Mord ist ihr (Staffel 12, Episode 11) * 1996: ''

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'': ''Guy Sharp'' * 1996: ''

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'': ''Stan'' * 1996: '' Mr. Wrong'': ''James'' * 1998: '' Tycus'' (video game): ''Lt. Garrison'' * 1999: ''

Valerie Flake ''Valerie Flake'' is a 1999 film directed by John Putch. Lead actress Susan Traylor was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance. Plot A supermarket cashier in her early thirties must deal with the deat ...

'': ''Thrusting Guy'' * 2006: ''Where There's a Will'' (TV): ''Older Doctor''

As producer

* 1998: ''

'' * 2009: '' Phil Cobb's Dinner for Four'' (post-production)

References

External links

* 1957 births Living people People from Cornwall, New York Male actors from New York (state) Film producers from New York (state) People from Portsmouth, Rhode Island Portsmouth Abbey School alumni {{US-screen-actor-1950s-stub