Greg Evigan

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Gregory Ralph Evigan (born October 14, 1953) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He began his career in theater, appearing in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar, followed by a stage production of the musical Grease, in which he portrayed the lead, Danny Zuko. Evigan made his feature film debut in Scorchy (1976), then was cast as the lead in the comedy series B. J. and the Bear, in which he starred between 1979 and 1981.

Evigan continued to appear as a guest star on numerous television series throughout the 1980s before being cast as the lead Joey Harris in the comedy series My Two Dads (1987–1990). He later appeared on the science fiction series TekWar (1995–1996), and had guest-starring roles on Melrose Place (1996–1997) and 7th Heaven (1997). He subsequently had starring roles on the soap opera Pacific Palisades (also 1997), and portrayed a record executive in the Canadian series Big Sound from 2001 to 2002.

Evigan's other film credits include the Joey Travolta–directed drama films Mel (1998) and Arizona Summer (2004), the Western film 6 Guns (2010), and the Hallmark Channel film Once Upon a Holiday (2015). In 2018, he guest-starred in a multi-episode arc as Jim Harvey on the soap opera General Hospital.

Early years

Evigan was born October 14, 1953, in South Amboy, New Jersey,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> the son of Ralph Milan Evigan, an electrician,<ref name=people/> and his wife, Barbara Elizabeth Evigan, a homemaker.<ref>Greg Evigan profile, filmreference.com; accessed August 15, 2017.</ref> Beginning at age 8, Evigan was classically trained in piano, and went on to play the organ and saxophone.<ref name=people/> As a teenager, he played in several rock bands.<ref name=people/> Evigan grew up in Sayreville, New Jersey, and attended Sayreville War Memorial High School, graduating in 1971.<ref name=acker>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2007 he was inducted into the school's Alumni Hall of Fame for his contributions to the arts.<ref name=acker/>

Career

Evigan began his career after graduating high school, appearing as a replacement in small ensemble roles in the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1971,<ref name=bww/> as well as the touring production.<ref name=people/> Between 1972 and 1973, he starred as Danny Zuko in the Broadway production of Grease, reprising the role for the show's residency in Chicago, alongside Marilu Henner.<ref name=people/> Evigan moved to Los Angeles and was cast in his feature film debut in the exploitation film Scorchy (1976), starring Connie Stevens.<ref name=afi>Template:Cite web</ref>

Evigan at the time of B.J. and the Bear TV show, 1979

In 1978, he was cast as Billie Joe "B.J." McKay, a truck driver whose best friend was a chimpanzee named Bear, in the series B.J. and the Bear.<ref name=people>Template:Cite web</ref> Following the series' conclusion in 1981, Evigan continued to work in television, with recurring guest roles on Masquerade (1984) and Murder, She Wrote (1986), then was cast in the comedy series My Two Dads (1987–1990), in which he portrayed a man who co-parents the daughter of his deceased girlfriend alongside her ex-boyfriend.<ref name=terrace>Template:Cite book</ref>

In 1989, he starred in the sci-fi film DeepStar Six,<ref name=afi/> and later appeared opposite William Shatner in the sci-fi series TekWar, based on a series of books by Shatner. TekWar originated as a series of two-hour television movies in 1994, and then became a series of hour-long episodes that ran in 1995 and 1996.<ref name=tek>Template:Cite book</ref> Between 1996 and 1997, Evigan guest-starred as Dr. Dan Hathaway on the soap opera Melrose Place,<ref name=tvg>Template:Cite web</ref> followed by a main role on Pacific Palisades, in which he portrayed one of several friends who relocate from the Midwest to California.<ref name=tvg/> Evigan had a lead role in Joey Travolta's directorial debut, the drama Mel (1998).<ref name=amg/> In 2001, he starred in the psychological thriller film Spirit opposite Elisabeth Moss, playing the father of a teenage girl who believes their home is haunted.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He reunited with director Joey Travolta, appearing in his family drama Arizona Summer (2004),<ref name=amg/> followed by a supporting part in River's End (2005).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Evigan returned to theater in 2008, appearing as Gar in a stage adaptation of Mask at the Pasadena Playhouse.<ref name=mask/>

In Britain, Evigan is especially well known for the humorous and educational film clips under the name of When Insects Attack, which he fronted and were shown as part of BBC schools programming during This Morning With Richard Not Judy in the 1990s.

In 2015, Evigan had a supporting role in the Hallmark Channel film Once Upon a Holiday, co-starring his daughter Briana.<ref name=tvg/> He had a guest-starring role on the network crime series Bones in 2017,<ref name=tvg/> followed by a multi-episode character arc as Jim Harvey on General Hospital in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

On June 3, 1979, Evigan married dancer Pamela C. Serpe.<ref name=people/> The couple has three children. Their daughters, Briana (born 1986) and Vanessa (born 1981) are actresses, while their son Jason (born 1983) is a musician and former frontman of a Los Angeles-based band After Midnight Project.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Tooltip
1976	Scorchy	Alan		<ref name=afi/>
1987	Stripped to Kill	Detective Heineman		<ref name=afi/>
1988	Private Road: No Trespassing	Brad Carlton		<ref name=amg/>
1987	Echoes in Crimson	Grant Dunovan		<ref name=amg/>
1989	DeepStar Six	Kevin McBride		<ref name=afi/>
1996	Spectre	Will South	Alternate titles: House of the Damned; Escape to Nowhere	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998	Mel	Peter		<ref name=amg/>
1998	The Pawn	Ray		<ref name=amg/>
2000	Die! Die! Die!	Matt	Alternate title: Sweet Revenge	<ref name=amg/>
2002	Pets	Patrick O'Brian		<ref name=amg/>
2004	Arizona Summer	Rick		<ref name=amg/>
2005	River's End	Chuck Kramer		<ref name=amg/>
2008	100 Million BC	LCDR Ellis Dorn		<ref name=amg/>
2008	Journey to the Center of the Earth	Joseph Harnet		<ref name=amg/>
2009	Megaconda	Parker
2009	Split Second	Christian
2010	6 Guns	Sheriff Barr		<ref name=amg/>
2011	Cinnamon	Kevin Fallon	Alternate title: My Dog's Christmas Miracle	<ref name=amg/>
2015	Only God Can	Pastor Rodney		<ref name=amg>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	16 and Missing	Monte
2016	Terror Birds	Harvey Sullivan
2019	A Thousand Miles Behind	Gary
2020	The Christmas Listing	Herb Erickson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Tooltip
1976	Good Heavens	Duane	Episode: "Funny Fellow"
1976	The Six Million Dollar Man	Joe Hamilton	Episode: "The Bionic Boy"
1977	A Year at the Top	Greg	6 episodes
1978	The Runaways	Eddie Couch	Episode: "The Lies We Live In"
1978–1981	B.J. and the Bear	Billie Joe 'B.J.' McKay	47 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1978	Dallas	Willie Guest	Episode: "Runaway"	<ref name=tvg/>
1978	One Day at a Time	Doug	2 episodes
1979	Barnaby Jones	Blue Simpson	Episode: "Target for a Wedding"
1983	Fame	Will Gunther	Episode: "Relationships"	<ref name=tvg/>
1983–1984	Masquerade	Danny Doyle	13 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1984	The Yellow Rose	Trey Champion	Episode: "Debt of Honor"
1986	Northstar	Jack North	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1986	Murder, She Wrote	Brad Kaneally	2 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1986	Hotel	Tony Patterson	Episode: "Hornet's Nest"
1987	Matlock	Eric Gordon / Josh Sinclair	2 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1987	Deadly Nightmares	Johnnie	Episode: "In the Name of Love"
1987–1990	My Two Dads	Joey Harris	60 episodes	<ref name=terrace/>
1989	The Lady Forgets	Tony Clay	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1989	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	David Whitmore	Episode: "In the Driver's Seat"
1991	P.S. I Luv U	Cody Powell / Joey Paciorek	13 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1991	Lies Before Kisses	Ross	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1992	Columbo: A Bird in the Hand	Harold McCain	TV movie
1992	Just Deserts	Ted Thorn	TV movie
1993	Jack's Place	Mitch Adams	Episode: "The Seventh Meal"
1994	One of Her Own	Charlie Lloyd	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1994–1996	TekWar	Jake Cardigan	18 episodes	<ref name=tek/>
1995	Deadly Family Secrets	Eddie	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1996–1997	Melrose Place	Dr. Dan Hathaway	12 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1997	7th Heaven	Ron Kramer	Episode: "Faith, Hope and the Bottom Line"	<ref name=tvg/>
1997	Pacific Palisades	Robert Russo	13 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
1998	Nobody Lives Forever	Detective Rick Barrish	TV movie
1998	Earthquake in New York	John Rykker	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1999	Survivor	Adam King	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
1999	Family Rules	Nate Harrison	6 episodes
1999	Touched by an Angel	Bo Beaumont	Episode: "Then Sings My Soul"
1999	Veronica's Closet	Justin	2 episodes
2000	Oh Baby	Billy	2 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
2000–2001	Big Sound	Bill Sutton	22 episodes	<ref name=tvg/>
2001	Spirit	Jesse	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2001	Reba	Bill Haden	Episode: "The Man and the Moon"	<ref name=tvg/>
2002	He Sees You When You're Sleeping	Joe	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2003	Straight From the Heart	Edward Morgan	TV movie	<ref name=tvg/>
2003	JAG	Master Chief Shattuck	Episode: "Empty Quiver"
2004	Found	Charles Drake	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2005	CSI: Miami	Sean Walsh	Episode: "Money Plane"	<ref name=tvg/>
2005	Cerberus	Marcus Cutter	TV movie	<ref name=tvg/>
2006	Our House	Todd Preston	TV movie	<ref name=tvg/>
2006	Hoboken Hollow	Tom Stockwell	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2006	My Silent Partner	Steven Webber	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2007	Desperate Housewives	Charles McLain	Episode: "Into the Woods"	<ref name=tvg/>
2008	Poison Ivy: The Secret Society	Professor Andrew Graves	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2008	Mail Order Bride	Tom Rourke	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2008	Phantom Racer	JJ Sawyer	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2008	Cold Case	Chuck Pierce	Episode: "One Small Step"	<ref name=tvg/>
2009	Heat Wave	Ed Dobbs	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2011	Metal Tornado	Jonathan Kane	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2012	The Glades	Bruce Phillips	Episode: "Fountain of Youth"	<ref name=tvg/>
2012	The Finder	Bronski	Episode: "Bullets"	<ref name=tvg/>
2013	Invasion Roswell	Patrick	TV movie
2013	Shadow on the Mesa	Peter Dowdy	TV movie	<ref name=amg/>
2015	Once Upon a Holiday	George	TV movie	<ref name=tvg/>
2015	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Bruce Waters	Episode: "Merchants of Menace"	<ref name=tvg/>
2017	Bones	Rick Tobine	Episode: "The Final Chapter: The Grief and the Girl"	<ref name=tvg/>
2018	General Hospital	Jim Harvey	26 episodes
2018	9-1-1	Roger	2 episodes

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Template:Tooltip
1971	Jesus Christ Superstar	Annas<ref name=people/>	Mark Hellinger Theatre	<ref name=bww>Template:Cite web</ref>
1972–1973	Grease	Danny Zuko	Broadway; Chicago tour	<ref name=people/>
2008	Mask	Gar	Pasadena Playhouse	<ref name=mask>Template:Cite web</ref>

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