![]() Orchestrating the silly madness on "Supermarket Sweep" is a terrific gig for this character actor whose mandate is to keep his feet on the ground. He was discovered by Eve Arden ("Our Miss Brooks") who convinced the preacher's son to leave the Windy City and try his luck in Tinseltown. Having studied acting in Coventry, England, Ruprecht began building his acting resume during six years in Chicago. The big difference is that David's Dad had better writers… he had the Apostles. – an actor! Amazingly similar, both Preachers and Actors wear costumes, speak in front of audiences, use music… and both have a little wine after the show. His father, a Lutheran minister, wanted Ruprecht to follow in his footsteps, but he adamantly refused and then decided to become the next best thing. Louis and raised in Florida, Ruprecht's career path has been completely unpredictable. He also sold two screenplays, "Finding Home," due in theatres Spring 2003, and "Charlie's Wake".īorn in St. His screenplay of "Tripoli" was recently bought by Hallmark and he is expanding it into a two-part miniseries to begin filming in January. As for the radio voice in "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," that's Ruprecht too!Ī member of the Writer's Guild of America, Ruprecht is also a Hollywood scribe with five episodes of the sitcom "Small Wonder" to his credit. He starred opposite John Huston in "A Minor Miracle", with Cloris Leachman in "Perfectly Frank" for Showtime and also the Broadway version of that show, and as Thurston Howell IV in the classic art-house film, "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island". ![]() Elsewhere" and "Moonlighting" for starters. Television audiences also know Ruprecht from his frequent Guest Star appearances on a number of top-rated series, "Drew Carey" (People magazine called his performance, "One of the season's comic gems"), "Family Law", "Family Matters", "Sisters", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Full House", "St. The host of the popular game show since its debut in 1990, Ruprecht is the same guy who spent two years as Dan Ryan on "Days of Our Lives," before sweet-talking Joyce Dewitt in the recurring role as her boyfriend/husband on the hit sitcom of the eighties, "Three's Company." If you think a grocery-aisle is an unlikely place to find a Hollywood actor-screenwriter, think again! Meet David Ruprecht, former co-host of NBC's "Real People", currently best known to the collective television mind as host of PAX TV's "Supermarket Sweep" and "Mrs. "The Face That Launched a Thousand Carts" 1ġ This seems to be David's favorite as he repeats this out loud on S2000E20. ![]() Throughout the PAX version, David was given an alias during his introduction, and it usually involved products found throughout the market.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |