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Gary Busey : About the cable Guy

Posted by Taha Ali Adil on Sunday, March 15, 2009

Gary Busey : About the cable Guy
With Famous Film [ Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Buddy Holly Story, Big Wednesday, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, The Firm, Gingerdead Man, Black Sheep, and Under Siege. ]

Busey began his show-business career as a drummer in "The Rubber Band." He appears on several Leon Russell recordings, credited as playing drums under the names "Teddy Jack Eddy" and "Sprunk", a character he created when he was a cast member of a local television comedy show in Tulsa, Oklahoma called The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting (which starred fellow Tulsan Gailard Sartain as "Dr. Mazeppa Pompazoidi")

Spouse
Tiani Warden (23 September 1996 - 2001) (divorced)
Judy Busey (30 December 1968 - 1990) (divorced) 1 child

Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1979 Nominated Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role
for: The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
BAFTA Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1980 Won BAFTA Film Award Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Role
for: The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
CableACE Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1987 Won ACE Actor in a Dramatic Series
for: "The Hitchhiker" (1983)
For episode "WGOD".
Tied with Peter O'Toole for "The Ray Bradbury Theater" (1985), episode "Banshee".
DVD Exclusive Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
2003 Nominated DVD Premiere Award Best Supporting Actor
for: Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) (V)
Golden Globes, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1979 Nominated Golden Globe Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
for: The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1978 Won New Generation Award
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1979 Won NSFC Award Best Actor
for: The Buddy Holly Story (1978)


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