Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Iconic Actress and Singer, Linda Purl

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Linda Purl, is an iconic and highly popular actress and singer who’s been dazzling audiences for over 5 decades.

On the big screen, she’s appeared in many great movies including “Crazy Mama”, “W.C. Fields and Me”, “Leo and Loree”, “The High Country”, “Visiting Hours”, “Viper”, “The Perfect Tenant”, “Bender”, “Broken Halos”, and “Paul’s Promise”, for which she received numerous prestigious film festival awards. And on television, we all remember her as “Ashley”, Fonzie’s girlfriend in the mega-hit TV series, “Happy Days”.

She also played Ben Matlock's daughter “Charlene” in the first season of “Matlock”. And she played Pam Beesly's mother “Helene” in “The Office”. She’s also co-starred in many other TV shows including “Beacon Hill”, “Robin’s Hoods”, “Port Charles”, “First Monday”, “The Oath”, “General Hospital”, “After Forever”, “The Bold and the Beautiful”, and “Claire-ity”, for which she received an Indie Series Award as Best Supporting Actress in a comedy series.

In addition to dozens of guest starring roles in classic TV shows like “Hawaii Five-0”, “The Waltons”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Homeland”, “True Blood”, “Reckless” and many more, our guest has also appeared in a whole slew of TV movies and miniseries including “Young Pioneers”, “The Flame is Love”, “The Last Days of Pompeii”, “In Self Defense”, “Web of Deceit”, “Incident at Deception Ridge”, “The Story First: Behind the Unabomber”, “Stranger at the Door”, “Maid of Honor”, and “Doomsday Mom”, to name just a few. And on Broadway, our guest starred in “Getting and Spending”, and she played “Aunt Polly” in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”.

She’s also appeared onstage in “Seven Deadly Sins, Four Deadly Sinners”, “The Glass Menagerie”, and many other theatrical productions. And beyond all of that, our guest is a magnificent singer. She’s released 6 albums: “Alone Together”, “Midnight Caravan”, “Up Jumped Spring”, “Taking a Chance on Love”, “This Could be the Start”, and a wonderful live album called “Out of This World”. She appears in concert at the most prestigious music venues in America. And if all of that weren’t enough, she and her partner Patrick Duffy own and operate a company selling Sourdough Starter Kits called “Duffy’s Dough”, and 100% of the profits are donated to charities that are working to eradicate food scarcity and hunger.

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To learn more about Linda Purl, go to:

https://www.lindapurl.com/

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556608444175

https://www.instagram.com/lindapurl/

https://www.youtube.com/c/LindaPurl1

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, Writer, Producer & Director, Dan Butler

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Dan Butler, is a highly popular actor, writer, producer and director who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Bob Briscoe”, better known as “Bulldog”, the volatile, macho host of the “Gonzo Sports” radio show” on the blockbuster TV sitcom, “Frasier”.

And beyond that iconic role, you’ve seen him in many movies including “Longtime Companion”, “The Long Walk Home”, “The Silence of the Lambs”, “Captain Ron”, “I Love Trouble”, “The Fan”, “Enemy of the State”, “Crazy, Stupid Love”, “Blonde”, as well as the multi-award winning short film, “Courage Doesn’t Ask”, and “Karl Rove, I Love You”, which he co-wrote, co-directed, produced and starred in, and which won numerous prestigious film festival awards.

And on TV, you’ve seen him in many classic shows including “Roseanne”, “Quantum Leap”, “The X-Files”, “Star Trek: Voyager”, “Touched by an Angel”, “Ally McBeal”, “American Dreams”, “Malcolm in the Middle”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”, “The Mist” - and yes, last year he made a surprise return appearance as “Bulldog” in the reboot of “Frasier”.

He’s also appeared in some great TV movies and miniseries including “The Assassination File”, “From the Earth to the Moon”, “More Tales of the City”, “Prayers for Bobby”, to name only a few. Our guest is also a renowned voice actor. He was the voice of “Mr. Simmons” in the Nickelodeon animated TV series, “Hey Arnold” and in “Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie”. He was also one of the voices of those lovable canine poker players on “Poker Night”.

And beyond all of that, our guest has had a very impressive career on the stage. On Broadway, he appeared in “The Hothouse”, “Biloxi Blues”, “Twentieth Century” and “Travesties”. And off-Broadway, he wrote and starred in a highly acclaimed one-man show, “The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me”, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He’s also appeared in dozens of other stage productions including “Much Ado About Nothing”, “Waiting for Godot”, “Old Money”, “The Irish Curse”, “When Harry Met Rehab”, “Another Shot”, and many more.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Renowned Actor, Writer & Producer, Dan Lauria

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Dan Lauria, is a highly popular and beloved actor, writer and producer who became a household name for his portrayal of “Jack Arnold”, the stern, gruff but loving father of “Kevin”, played by Fred Savage, on the hit TV series “The Wonder Years”, for which he was nominated for an American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV series.

You also remember him as “Jack Sullivan”, Steve Byrne’s father in another great sitcom, “Sullivan & Son”. And of course, he played “Al Luongo”, manager of the San Diego Padres, in the best TV series ever made about major league baseball, “Pitch”. And he played “Leonard Fero” the angry head coach of the New England Knights basketball team, in yet another TV series about professional sports, “The Hoop Life”.

But beyond those iconic roles, our guest has brought us countless memorable performances on the stage and screen. You’ve seen him in many great movies including “Without a Trace”, “9 ½ Weeks”, “Stakeout”, “Another Stakeout”, “Independence Day”, “Wide Awake”, “Total Stranger”, “The Signs of the Cross”, “Miranda’s Victim”, and most recently, he played Tipp O’Neill in “Reagan”.

On television, in addition to the TV shows I already mentioned, he’s appeared in dozens of classic series including “Hill Street Blues”, “L.A. Law”, “Cagney & Lacey”, “NYPD Blue”, “Touched by an Angel”, “ER”, “Law and Order”, “JAG”, “The Good Wife”, “Shameless”, “This is Us” and many more.

He’s also starred in a number of terrific TV movies and miniseries including “At Mother’s Request”, “David”, “Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story”, “The Great Los Angeles Earthquake”, “Overexposed”, “Terror in the Family”, and “From the Earth to the Moon”, to name only a few.

And on the stage, he’s appeared on Broadway in “Lombardi” and “A Christmas Story: The Musical”. And off-Broadway, he’s appeared in many shows including “Game Plan”, “Dinner with the Boys” and “Just Another Day”, ALL of which he also wrote.

And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has also written 3 children’s books in a series called “The Godfather Tales”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Dan Lauria, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/DanLauriaOfficial/

https://www.instagram.com/realdanlauria/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Legendary Singer / Songwriter, Peabo Bryson

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Peabo Bryson, is a legendary singer and songwriter who is widely referred to as “the voice of love”.

In a career spanning 5 decades, this man’s rich, soulful voice has brought us 21 albums, 5 of which have been certified gold, in addition to 8 compilation albums. He’s released 57 hit singles including “Reaching for the Sky”, “I’m So Into You”, “Minute by Minute”, “Let the Feeling Flow”, “If Ever You’re In my Arms Again”, “Show & Tell”, “Can You Stop the Rain”, and of course, he’s recorded some of the greatest duets of the past century including “Gimme Some Time” and “What You Won’t Do for Love” with Natalie Cole, “Here We Go” with Minnie Ripperton, “Make the World Stand Still”, “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” and “You’re Lookin’ Like Love to Me” with Roberta Flack, “Lovers After All” with Melissa Manchester, “You Are My Home” with Linda Eder, “By the Time This Night Is Over” with Kenny G, “We Kiss in the Shadows” with Lea Salonga, and of course we all remember the mega-blockbuster classic duets which earned our guest TWO Grammy Awards: “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion, and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle, and BOTH of those songs won Academy Awards for the Disney animated feature films, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Aladdin”.

This man is so phenomenally successful, that he’s the first artist in music history to have separate songs topping FOUR different Billboard charts: pop, R & B, Classical Crossover and Contemporary Jazz. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest has also starred onstage in “Raisin”, and he played “The Wizard” in “The Wiz”, and he starred as “Sporting Life” in the Michigan Opera’s 100th Anniversary Production of “Porgy and Bess”.

He’s currently on a North American tour and then headed to Japan, but he’s taken time out of his very busy schedule to speak with me today.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Peabo Bryson, go to:

https://www.peabobryson2.com/

https://www.facebook.com/peabo.bryson.900

https://www.instagram.com/peabobryson2/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Christopher Atkins, Renowned Actor, Star of “The Blue Lagoon”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Christopher Atkins, is a actor, writer, producer and entrepreneur whose very first movie, “The Blue Lagoon”, made him a global sensation, and earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best New Male Star of the Year, as well as a nomination for a Young Artist Award for Best Young Actor in a Major Motion Picture.

He’s appeared in many other movies including “The Pirate Movie”, “A Night in Heaven”, “Listen to Me”, “Die Watching”, “It’s my Party”, “Lima: Breaking the Silence”, “True Legends of the West”, “The Color of Water”, “Stained Glass Windows”, “Lake of Fire”, “Attraction to Paris”, and many more.

And on television, he played “Peter Richards”, the camp counsellor who had a torrid affair with “Sue Ellen Ewing”, in Season 7 of the blockbuster TV series, “Dallas”. He’s appeared in many other TV shows including “Hotel”, “Red Shoe Diaries”, “Suddenly Susan”, “CSI”, and “The Eleventh”, to name a few. And he’s also appeared in numerous TV movies including “Secret Weapons”, “Guns of Honor”, “Dead Man’s Island”, “Angel Flight Down”, “Caved In”, “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening”, “Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas”, and many more.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Christopher Atkins, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/christopheratkins1/

https://twitter.com/RealChrisAtkins

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Renowned Actor, Co-Star, “Welcome Back Kotter”

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, is a renowned actor, writer, director and producer who is perhaps best known for his portrayal of “Freddie Washington”, better known as “Boom Boom”, one of the “Sweathogs”, in the classic TV sitcom “Welcome Back Kotter”, in which he co-starred with Gabe Kaplan and John Travolta.

He also played “Cameron Sanders Sr.” on the popular daytime drama, “A House Divided”, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor. And of course, we remember him as “Noah” on the groundbreaking 1977 TV miniseries, “Roots”. And he played Michael Jackson’s father, Joseph Jackson, in the 1992 miniseries, “The Jacksons: An American Dream”, for which he was nominated for an NAACP Image Award.

He’s also appeared in many other movies including “Claudine”, “Cooley High”, “Youngblood”, “The Annihilators”, “L.A. Heat”, “Southlander”, “A Chance in the World”, “The Perfect Mate”, “The Contract” and many more. And on TV, you’ve seen him in dozens of great shows including “Barnaby Jones”, “Hill Street Blues”, “Alien Nation”, “Diagnosis Murder”, “Roseanne”, “Gilmore Girls”, “Mind Your Business”, to name only a few. And who can ever forget his performance as “Brah Hardy” in the 2023 TV miniseries, “Legacy”?

And in the late 70s he conquered Broadway, starring in “I Love My Wife”. And if all of that weren’t enough, our guest is also a recording artist. In the late 70s, he released 2 albums, “Lawrence Hilton Jacobs” and “All the Way…Love”.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, go to:

https://www.facebook.com/lawrence.h.jacobs/

https://twitter.com/LHJOfficial

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Iconic Broadway, Movie and TV Star, Joanna Gleason

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Joanna Gleason, is a highly acclaimed, multi-award winning actress, writer and director whose stellar career and body of work has spanned 5 decades and is still going stronger than ever.

On the big screen, you’ve seen her in many great movies including “Hannah and her Sisters”, “Heartburn”, “Crimes and Misdemeanours”, “Mr. Holland’s Opus”, “Boogie Nights”, “The Wedding Planner”, “Sex and the City”, “The Women”, “Last Vegas” and many more.

On television, we remember her as “Morgan Winslow” on “Hello Larry”, “Nadine Berkus” in “Love and War”, “Charlotte St. John” in “Oh Baby”, “Connie Randolph” in Bette Midler’s TV sitcom entitled, “Bette”, “Attorney Jordan Kendall” on “The West Wing”, and “Veronica” in “Sensitive Skin”, in addition to a whole slew of guest starring roles in many TV shows including “Diff’rent Strokes”, “ER”, “Murphy Brown”, “Friends”, “King of the Hill”, “The Good Wife”, “The Affair” and “The Good Fight”, to name only a few.

And on the stage, our guest has appeared on Broadway in 7 shows including “I Love My Wife”, for which she won a Theatre World Award, “Social Security”, for which she won a Drama Desk Award, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics Circle Award, “A Day in the Death of Joe Egg”, for which she was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, and of course, her unforgettable performance in “Into the Woods”, for which she WON a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actress in a Musical. And off Broadway, she won a Drama Desk Award for her performance in “It’s Only a Play”, and she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in “Sons of the Prophet”. She’s also appeared in many other stage productions including “Fiddler on the Roof”, “Hamlet”, “On a Clear Day You Can See Forever”, and “The Normal Heart”, to name only a few.

And most recently, our guest has written and directed an excellent feature film called “The Grotto”, which has already won a number of prestigious film festival awards. The movie tells the story of a woman in the midst of an emotional upheaval, who inherits a half-interest in a struggling nightclub, where she encounters eccentric performers and discovers a heartbreaking secret.

The movie will be released in theatres and on major streaming platforms in the very near future, so please keep an eye out for it. Our guest is currently in New York preparing to star in the World Premiere of Joshua Harmon’s play entitled, “We Had a World”, which will be presented by the Manhattan Theatre Club at the New York City Center Stage 2 from February 25 to April 13, 2025. Our guest has taken time out of her very busy rehearsal schedule to speak with me today.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Joanna Gleason, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/therealjoannagleason/

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Acclaimed Actor, Producer & Director, Jonathan Silverman

About Harvey's guest:

Today’s guest, Jonathan Silverman, is a popular actor, producer and director who has brought us many great performances on the stage, as well as in movies and on television.

On Broadway, he starred in three classic Neil Simon plays: “Brighton Beach Memoirs”, “Biloxi Blues” and “Broadway Bound”. And he reprised his starring role as “Eugene Jerome” in the movie version of “Brighton Beach Memoirs”. He also played “Stanley Jerome” in the TV movie version of “Broadway Bound”.

His feature film credits include “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, “Caddyshack 2”, “Stealing Home”, “Weekend at Bernie’s One and Two”, “Class Action”, “Death Becomes Her”, “Breaking the Rules”, “Swinging with the Finkels”, and “Andover”, for which he won the Audience Choice Award at the Orlando Film Festival. And for his performance in “Snatched”, he was named Best Supporting Actor at the Hoboken International Film Festival.

And on television, we remember him as “Jonathan Maxwell” on “Gimme a Break”, “Jonathan Eliot” on “The Single Guy”, “Harry Kennison” on “In Case of Emergency”, “Harrison Marlowe” on “Significant Mother”, “Dave” on “Good Girls”, and “Daniel Bennett” on “Moonshine”, in addition to a whole slew of guest appearances on many other great TV shows like “ER”, “Friends”, “CSI Miami”, “Medium”, “Hot in Cleveland”, “Law & Order: SVU” and “Scandal”, to name only a few.

He’s also appeared in numerous TV movies including “Challenge of a Lifetime”, “For Richer, For Poorer”, “12:01”, “The Inspectors 1 and 2”, “These Old Broads”, “Bobbie’s Girl”, “Jack’s Family Adventure” and many more. And among the movies he’s directed, he was named Best Director at the L.A. Comedy Film Festival for his 2013 feature film, “Another Dirty Movie”.

And now he’s co-starring in a new movie called “Feeling Randy”, in which he plays the father of a teenager struggling to come to terms with his sexuality.

For more interviews and podcasts go to: https://www.harveybrownstoneinterviews.com/

To learn more about Jonathan Silverman, go to:

https://www.instagram.com/jonnysilverman/

https://x.com/jonny_silverman

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