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{{short description|American actor and director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Timothy Busfield was a star of the television series thirtysomething.
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{{Infobox person
| name = Timothy Busfield
| image = Timothy Busfield 2016.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Busfield in 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|6|12}}
| birth_place = [[Lansing, Michigan]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[East Tennessee State University]]
| occupation = Actor, director
| children = 3{{efn|3 biological children and 2 stepchildren.}}
| years_active = 1981–present
| known_for = ''[[Thirtysomething]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]''
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Radha Delamarter|1982|1986|end=div}}
* {{marriage|Jennifer Merwin|1988|2007|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Melissa Gilbert]]|2013}}}}
}}

'''Timothy Busfield''' (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director. He played Elliot Weston on the television series ''[[thirtysomething]]''; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella ([[Kevin Costner]]), in ''[[Field of Dreams]]''; and [[Danny Concannon]] on the television series ''[[The West Wing]]''. In 1991 he received a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series]] for ''thirtysomething''. He is the founder of the 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization Theatre for Children, Inc. In 2024 he was inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame as a pitcher.

==Early life and education==
Busfield was born June 12, 1957, in [[Lansing, Michigan]], the son of drama professor Roger and [[Michigan State University Press]] Director Jean Busfield. He graduated from [[East Lansing High School]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite news |title=Today in history |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=June 12, 2014 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/today-history-24100059?singlePage=true |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref name="filmref">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/64/Timothy-Busfield.html |title=Timothy Busfield Biography (1957 - ) |website=FilmReference.com |access-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref><!--Busfield as a boy frequently visited the [[Michigan State University]] drama department, where his father, Roger, taught. His mother, Jean, taught literature and enjoyed the company of writers. Busfield said he remembers coming home from school and finding his mother and English novelist [[Graham Greene]] sharing a drink at the kitchen table. Busfield studied drama at [[East Tennessee State University]] and appeared with [[Actors Theatre of Louisville]] before traveling to New York and roles with [[Circle Repertory Company]]. Busfield also briefly served in the U.S. Naval Reserve. A baseball lover and amateur athlete, Busfield has moonlighted as a semi-pro pitcher for the [http://www.sacsmokeys.com Sacramento Smokeys]. He is the brother-in-law of fellow ''West Wing'' actor [[Joshua Malina]].
--> He received his first professional acting job at 18 in a children's theater adaptation of Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''. Busfield studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which took him to Europe and Israel. In 1981, he moved to [[New York City]], where he joined the Circle Repertory Company for their production of Lanford Wilson's ''Talley and Son''. That same year, he was cast in his first film role with a bit part as a mortar-bearing soldier in the comedy ''[[Stripes (film)|Stripes]]'' (1981).<ref name="theatre.msu.edu">{{cite web| title=Guest Artists & Scholars Series |url=http://theatre.msu.edu/people/guest-artists-series/timothy-busfield/ |website=Michigan State University Department of Theatre |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
More stage work followed, including a stint as understudy to Matthew Broderick in ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'' in 1982. The following year, Busfield relocated to Los Angeles to join the cast of ''[[Reggie (TV series)|Reggie]]'' (ABC, 1983), a short-lived comedy based on the British television series ''[[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]]'' (BBC, 1976–79). In 1984, Busfield received his first substantial film role as Arnold Poindexter, one of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity brothers in the comedy ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]'' (1984) and its 1987 sequel, and joined the cast of the medical drama ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' (CBS, 1979–1986), as the son of Pernell Roberts' Trapper John McIntyre, a role he held until the series' conclusion in 1986.

Following ''Trapper John, M.D.'', Busfield and his brother Buck created the Fantasy Theatre, a professional touring company for children's audiences—and later named Honorary State Children's Theater for California—based in his new hometown of Sacramento, California. The Busfields also established the [[B Street Theatre]] there in 1992, which was devoted to more adult productions.

In 1987, Busfield was cast as Elliot on ''[[thirtysomething]]''. The part was his first mature role to date, and the producers requested that Busfield, who was then clean shaven, grow a beard to help sell his image as a married man and father. Over the course of the show's four-season run, Elliot came to personify the best and worst aspects of the series: a successful advertising executive and father, Elliot also infuriated his friends and family (and viewers) with his marital infidelity and competitive streak with partner Michael Steadman ([[Ken Olin]]), all of which went on while his wife Nancy ([[Patricia Wettig]]) struggled with ovarian cancer. Despite his character's unpleasant tendencies, Busfield brought humor and honesty to the role, and was nominated three times for an Emmy before winning one in 1991, shortly before conflicts between the producers and cast brought the show to an abrupt conclusion.

In the summer of 1992, Busfield signed as a pitcher with the semi-pro [[Sacramento Smokeys]].<ref>{{cite news |date=August 21, 1992 |title=Now pitching for the Smokeys |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/638880436/ |work=Orlando Sentinel |location= |page=2A}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=June 1, 1996 |title=Sacto Smokeys Here Today Team Has Survived For 48 Years |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/627268991/ |work=Sacramento Bee |location=(California) |page=}}</ref> Busfield pitched for the Smokeys in between acting jobs through the 2000 season, amassed a pitching record of 30 wins and 12 losses over nine seasons.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 5, 1995 |title=Field of Dreams Actor Busfield lives out fantasy as thirtysomething pitcher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/862747884/ |work=Boca Raton News |location= |page=}}</ref>

Busfield appeared as the nominal villain in the popular Kevin Costner fantasy ''[[Field of Dreams]]'' in 1989, and in 1990, replacing [[Tom Hulce]] as the lead in ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]'', a Broadway production written by [[Aaron Sorkin]], with whom he would later enjoy fruitful collaborations. He also made his directorial debut with a 1990 episode of ''thirtysomething'', helming three episodes of the series. Roles in television features and theatrical films followed, including supporting turns in ''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]'' (1992), ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]'' (1994) and the children's fantasy ''[[Little Big League]]'' (1994), which allowed Busfield to show off his baseball skills as the first baseman for the [[Minnesota Twins]]. His character, Lou Collins, was loosely based on Twins legend [[Kent Hrbek]]. Hrbek served as a consultant on the film.

Busfield returned to network television several times during the late 1990s. He was the patriarch of the Byrd clan, which moved from [[Connecticut]] to [[Hawaii]] in the [[Steven Bochco]]-produced ''[[The Byrds of Paradise]]'' (ABC, 1993–94), and starred as one of a group of former high school jocks still clinging to their glory days in ''[[Champs (TV series)|Champs]]'' (ABC, 1996) for [[Ron Howard]].

By the late 1990s, Busfield was dividing his time between acting and directing for television, helming multiple episodes of several shows, including Sorkin's ''[[Sports Night]]'' (ABC, 1998–2000), as well as ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'' (NBC, 2000–04), for which he also served as co–executive producer and guest star (as Ed's down-on-his-luck brother Lloyd). During this period, Busfield also began his recurring role as Pulitzer Prize–winning White House correspondent—and love interest to [[Allison Janney|Allison Janney's]] C.J. Cregg—Danny Concannon on ''[[The West Wing]]''. He would appear sporadically on the show throughout its entire network run.<ref name="theatre.msu.edu"/>

Busfield kept a foot on both sides of the camera from 2000 on; directing and executive producing the successful CBS drama ''[[Without a Trace]]'' (2002–09) and appearing occasionally as the wheelchair-using divorce attorney for [[Anthony LaPaglia|Anthony LaPaglia's]] Jack Malone. He also directed episodes of ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' (NBC, 2003–08), ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' (FX, 2007–12), and ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''. On the latter, he also co-starred on the short-lived Aaron Sorkin series as Cal Shanley, the occasionally nerve-plagued control director for the program's self-titled show-within-a-show. That show was canceled in 2007. Busfield then served as executive producer of the [[Brooke Shields]]-led drama, ''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]'' (NBC, 2008–2009).

In 2019, ''[[Guest Artist]]'', directed by Busfield, premiered at the [[Santa Barbara International Film Festival]]. The film is written by and stars [[Jeff Daniels]]. ''Guest Artist'' was shot on location in New York City, and in Daniels' hometown of [[Chelsea, Michigan]]. This film marked the launch of Grand River Productions, a production company with Daniels, Busfield, and [[Melissa Gilbert]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2019/02/guest-artist-jeff-daniels-timothy-busfield-melissa-gilbert-grand-river-productions-company-1202551709/ |title=Jeff Daniels, Timothy Busfield & Melissa Gilbert Launch Grand River Productions |first1=Mike Jr. |last1=Fleming |first2=Patrick |last2=Hipes |date=2019-02-07 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |language=en |access-date=2022-12-30 }}</ref>

In 2020, Busfield appeared as a guest on the ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' marathon fundraiser episode of ''[[The George Lucas Talk Show]].''

Busfield voiced [[Star-Lord|the title character]] in [[Marvel Entertainment#Podcasts|Marvel New Media]]/[[SiriusXM]]'s [[radio drama]] [[podcast]] series [[Marvel's Wastelanders#Star-Lord|''Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord'']], appearing alongside [[Chris Elliott]], [[Patrick Page]], [[Vanessa Williams]] and [[Danny Glover]].

===Stage and theater===
Busfield remains a stage actor and director whose [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] credits include ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]'' and ''[[Brighton Beach Memoirs]]'', where he was star [[Matthew Broderick]]'s understudy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/brighton-beach-memoirs-4212 |title=Brighton Beach Memoirs – Broadway Play – Original |website=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref> Off-Broadway, he worked with [[Circle Repertory Company]] in 1982. With elder brother Buck Busfield, he is co-founder of the [[B Street Theatre]] in [[Sacramento, California]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bstreettheatre.org/about-b-street/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221104815/http://www.bstreettheatre.org/about-b-street |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |title=About B Street |website=B Street Theatre |access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> where he has appeared in and directed numerous contemporary works. The Busfield brothers also established Fantasy Theater, a touring troupe that plays to children. Busfield writes children's plays for the Fantasy troupe.
;Timothy Busfield professional theatre credits:
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* 1979 - Various roles, The Green Mountain Guild Theatre for Children (actor)
* 1979 - ''Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose'', Actor’s Theatre of Louisville-ATL (act)
* 1979 - ''A Christmas Carol'', ATL, (act)
* 1979 - ''Commencement'' (various roles), ATL (act)
* 1980 - ''They’re Coming To Make It Brighter'', ATL Humana Festival (act)
* 1980 - The Green Mountain Guild Theatre For Children (act/director)
* 1980 - ''Getting Out'', ATL International Tour w/Susan Kingsley (act)
* 1980 - ''Cyrano de Bergerac'', ATL (act)
* 1980 - ''Shorts'' (various roles), ATL (act)
* 1981 - ''Park City Midnight'', ATL Humana Festival (act)
* 1981 - ''Propinquity'', ATL Humana Festival (act)
* 1981 - ''Spades'', ATL Humana Festival (act)
* 1981 - ''A**hole Murder Case'', ATL Humana Festival (act)
* 1981 - ''A Life'', The Long Wharf Theatre (act)
* 1981 - ''A Tale Told'', The Mark Taper Forum (act)
* 1982 - ''Richard II'', Circle Repertory Company (act)
* 1982 - The First Annual Young Playwright’s Festival, Circle Rep (act, various roles)
* 1982 - ''The Holdup'', Circle Rep (act)
* 1982 - ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'', The Ahmanson
* 1983 - ''Brighton Beach Memoirs'', The Curren (SF) And The Alvin (Broadway) (act)
* 1986 - Theatre for Children, Inc., (Fantasy Theatre) (Producing Director 1986-2001)
* 1986 - Fantasy Fables, (dir/co-writer)
* 1987 - Fantasy Classics, (dir/co-Writer)
* 1987 - Fantasy Americana, (dir/co-Writer)
* 1988 - Fantasy of Horrors, (co-writer)
* 1988 - Fantasy Festival II, (dir)
* 1988 - Fantasy of Franks, (dir/co-writer)
* 1989 - William Shakespeare V The Fantasy Theatre (dir/co-writer)
* 1989 - ''By George!'' (co-writer)
* 1990 - ''The Bark of Zorro the Musical'' (co-writer book)
* 1990 - ''A Few Good Men'', Broadway (act)
* 1992 - B Street Theatre (Producing Director 1992–2001)
* 1992 - ''Mass Appeal'' (act), B St. Theatre
* 1992 - ''Hidden In This Picture'' w/Aaron Sorkin, (act/dir), B. St.
* 1992 - ''Talley’s Folly'' (act/dir), B. St
* 1993 - ''Fool For Love'' (act)
* 1993 - ''Private Wars'' (act)
* 1994 - ''A Couple of White Chicks'' (dir)
* 1994 - ''The Agent'' (act/dir)
* 1994 - ''The Holdup'' (dir)
* 1994 - ''Criminal Hearts'' (dir)
* 1995 - ''National Anthems'' (act/dir)
* 1996 - ''Below The Belt'' (act)
* 1997 - ''Vigil'' (act)
* 1998 - ''The Motor Trade'' (act/dir)
* 1998 - ''Vigil'' (act)
* 1999 - ''Boomtown'' (act/dir)
* 2000 - ''Escanaba in Da Moonlight'' (act)
* 2008 - ''Vigil'' (act), Westport Country Playhouse
* 2012 - ''Vigil'' (act, dir), Lansing Community College
* 2017 - 24 hour plays, Minneapolis
{{div col end}}

==Personal life==
Busfield’s first marriage was to actress and director Radha Delamarter, with whom he has a son, Willy. The couple divorced in 1986.<ref name=filmref /> In 1988 he married fashion designer Jennifer Merwin, with whom he has two children, Daisy and Samuel.<ref name=filmref /> He and Merwin filed for divorce in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title="Thirtysomething" Star Divorcing |url=https://www.tmz.com/2007/12/11/thirtysomething-star-divorcing/ |date=December 11, 2007 |website=[[TMZ]] |access-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref>

In January 2013, a Busfield representative announced that Busfield had become engaged to actress [[Melissa Gilbert]] during the holiday season;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/melissa-gilbert-engaged-to-timothy-busfield/ |title=Melissa Gilbert Engaged to Thirtysomething's Timothy Busfield |first1=Julie |last1=Jordan |first2=Dahvi |last2=Shira | magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=January 29, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> they were married on April 24, 2013, in a private ceremony at [[San Ysidro Ranch]] in [[Santa Barbara, California]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/celebrity/melissa-gilbert-weds-timothy-busfield/ |title=Melissa Gilbert Weds Timothy Busfield |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first1=Tim |last1=Nudd |first2=Julie |last2=Jordan |date=April 25, 2013 |access-date=April 25, 2013}}</ref> Busfield and Gilbert resided in [[Howell, Michigan]], from 2013 to 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thelivingstonpost.com/hollywood-comes-to-howell-gilbert-and-busfield-are-the-biggest-stars-weve-had-but-not-the-first |title=Hollywood comes to Howell: Gilbert and Busfield are the biggest stars we've had, but not the first |first=Buddy |last=Moorehouse |date=August 5, 2013 |website=The Livingston Post |access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref> and Busfield was an artist in residence at [[Michigan State University]] during the 2016–17 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/06/21/tim-busfield-msu-wkar-teaching/86169468/ |title=Actor Tim Busfield preparing MSU students for real life |date=June 21, 2016 |first=R J |last=Wolcott |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |access-date=April 9, 2019 |agency=[[Lansing State Journal]]}}</ref> The couple moved to [[New York City]] in late 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/07/09/melissa-gilbert-timothy-busfield-estate-sale/766570002/ |title=Estate sale planned as Melissa Gilbert, Timothy Busfield leave Michigan |date=July 9, 2018 |first=Christina |last=Hall |newspaper=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=December 30, 2022}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As actor===
====Film====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Stripes (film)|Stripes]]''
| Soldier With [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
|
|-
| 1984
| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds]]''
| Arnold Poindexter
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise]]''
| Arnold Poindexter
|
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Field of Dreams]]''
| Mark
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Sneakers (1992 film)|Sneakers]]''
| Dick Gordon
|
|-
| 1993
| ''The Skateboard Kid''
| Frank
|
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Striking Distance]]''
| Officer Sacco
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Murder Between Friends]]''
| District Attorney John Thorn
| <ref>Roberta Bernstein, "Murder Between Friends", in ''Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994'', January 11, 1994, [https://books.google.com/books?id=PS1g1rnX7rsC&pg=RA9-PA12 p. 12]</ref>
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Little Big League]]''
| Lou Collins
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
| Fred
|
|-
| 1996
| ''[[First Kid]]''
| Secret Service Agent Woods
|
|-
| 1998
| ''[[The Souler Opposite]]''
| Robert Levin
|
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Terminal Error]]''
| Elliot Nescher
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[National Security (2003 film)|National Security]]''
| Officer Charlie Reed
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie]]''
| Himself
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Save the Date]]''
| Benjie
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[23 Blast]]''
| Jasper A. Duncan
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[The Independent (2022 film)|The Independent]]''
| Tom Mayfield
|
|}

====Television ====
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Reggie (TV series)|Reggie]]''
| Mark Potter
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1984
| ''[[AfterMASH]]''
| Prentiss
| Episode: "[[C.Y.A. (AfterMASH)|C.Y.A.]]"
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]''
| Barrett
| Episode: "The Advocates"
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''[[Family Ties]]''
| Doug / Young Matt Gilbert
| 3 episodes
|-
| 1984–1986
| ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
| Dr. John "J.T." McIntyre Jr., M.D.
| 39 episodes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]''
| Robert Bianca
| Episode: "Imperfect Union"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]''
| Adam Gardner
| Episode: "The Rat Pack"
|-
| 1987–1991
| ''[[Thirtysomething]]''
| Elliot Weston
| 85 episodes
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Strays (1991 film)|Strays]]''
| Paul Jarrett
| Television film
|-
| 1992
| Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story
| Fred Schultz
| Television Film
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Screen One]]''
| Ephraim Lipshitz
| Episode: "Wall of Silence"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Byrds of Paradise]]''
| Sam Byrd
| 12 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty]]''
| Pete Honeycutt
| Television film
|-
| 1995
| ''[[The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''
| Dr. Jon Holland
| Episode: "[[Under the Bed (The Outer Limits)|Under the Bed]]"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
| Spy Guy
| Episode: "Seconds" uncredited
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Champs (TV series)|Champs]]''
| Tom McManus
| 12 episodes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Tracey Takes On...]]''
| Businessman #2
| Episode: "Food"
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Trucks (film)|Trucks]]''
| Ray Porter
| Television film
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Buffalo Soldiers (1997 film)|Buffalo Soldiers]]''
| Major Robert Carr
| Television film
|-
| 1997
| ''What's Right With America''
| Walter Gordon
| Television special
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Time at the Top]]''
| Frank Shawson
| Television film
|-
| 1999–2006
| ''[[The West Wing]]''
| [[Danny Concannon]]
| 28 episodes
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Rude Awakening (TV series)|Rude Awakening]]''
| John
| Episode: "If I Could See Me Now: Part 2"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Cover Me (American TV series)|Cover Me]]''
| Detective Mackowitz
| Episode: "Home for the Holidays"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Dead in a Heartbeat]]''
| Zachary Franklin
| Television film
|-
| 2002–2004
| ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]''
| Lloyd Stevens
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Without a Trace]]''
| Ed Felder
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2005–2009
| ''[[Entourage (American TV series)|Entourage]]''
| TV Director / Himself
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2006–2007
| ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]''
| [[List of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip characters#Cal Shanley|Cal Shanley]]
| 22 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Law & Order]]''
| Ray Backlund
| Episode: "Brilliant Disguise"
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Outlaw (TV series)|Outlaw]]''
| District Attorney Mereta
| Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin"
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Beyond the Blackboard]]''
| School District HR Representative
| Television film
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Daniel Carter
| Episode: "[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 13)#ep7|Russian Brides]]"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]]''
| Charles Bynes
| Episode: "[[Blue Bloods (season 2)#ep35|Leap of Faith]]"
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Childrens Hospital]]''
| Dr. Bloomfield
| Episode: "Behind the Scenes"
|-
| 2012–2013
| ''[[The Mob Doctor]]''
| David Ellis
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]]''
| Dr. Ethan Camp
| Episode: "The Love Boat"
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Perception (American TV series)|Perception]]''
| George
| Episode: "Neuropositive"
|-
| 2014–2015
| ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]''
| [[Benjamin Franklin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spoilertv.com/2014/05/sleepy-hollow-season-2-casting-news.html |title=Sleepy Hollow - Season 2 - Casting News - Timothy Busfield to recur as Benjamin Franklin |author=Klutzy_girl |website=spoilertv.com |access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref>
| 3 episodes
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]''
| Shane
| Episode: "Hold On"
|-
| 2015
| ''[[Secrets and Lies (American TV series)|Secrets and Lies]]''
| John Garner
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2018
| ''[[One Dollar (TV series)|One Dollar]]''
| Uncle Rich
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2018–2019
| ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]''
| Dr. Adam Louden
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Loudest Voice]]''
| Neil Mullin
| 2 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Dolly Parton's Heartstrings|Heartstrings]]''
| Logan Cantrell
| Episode: "Sugar Hill"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tvline.com/2019/02/11/dolly-partons-heartstrings-bellamy-young-sarah-shahi-netflix-cast/ |title=Sarah Shahi, ''Scandal''{{'}}s Bellamy Young, ''thirtysomething'' Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology |website=[[TVLine]] |first=Rebecca |last=Iannucci |date=February 11, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Almost Family]]''
| Ron Doyle
| 6 episodes
|-
| 2020–2021
| ''[[For Life (TV series)|For Life]]''
| Henry Roswell
| Main role; 19 episodes
|-
| 2020
| ''[[The George Lucas Talk Show]]''
| Himself
| Episode: "Stu-D2 1138 on the Binary Sunset Sith"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Billions (TV series)]]''
| Dr. Mark
| Season 7, Episode 7
|}

===As director===
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* ''[[Thirtysomething]]'' (1987–1991)
* ''[[Sports Night]]'' (1998–2000)
* ''[[Ed (TV series)|Ed]]'' (2000–2004)
* ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Without a Trace]]'' (2002–2009)
* ''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'' (2003–2004; 2007–2008)
* ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'' (2006–2007)
* ''[[Damages (TV series)|Damages]]'' (2007–2011)
* ''[[Lipstick Jungle (TV series)|Lipstick Jungle]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Lie to Me]]'' (2009)
* ''[[White Collar (TV series)|White Collar]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Deep End (2010 TV series)|The Deep End]]'' (2010)
* ''[[The Glades (TV series)|The Glades]]'' (2010)
* ''[[No Ordinary Family]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Psych]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'' (2012)
* ''[[Revolution (TV series)|Revolution]]'' (2013)
* ''[[The Fosters (2013 TV series)|The Fosters]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Childrens Hospital]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Secrets and Lies (American TV series)|Secrets and Lies]]'' (2015)
* ''[[The Night Shift (TV series)|The Night Shift]]'' (2015–2017)
* ''[[Second Chance (2016 TV series)|Second Chance]]'' (2016)
* ''[[Aquarius (American TV series)|Aquarius]]'' (2016)
* ''[[This Is Us]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Nashville (season 6)|Nashville]]'' (2017–2018)
* ''[[Designated Survivor (TV series)|Designated Survivor]]'' (2018–2019)
* ''[[One Dollar (TV series)|One Dollar]]'' (2018)
* ''[[The Rookie (TV series)|The Rookie]]'' (2018)
* ''[[Guest Artist]]'' (2019)
* ''[[Dolly Parton's Heartstrings (TV series)|Dolly Parton's Heartstrings]]'' (2019)
* ''[[The Conners]]'' (2020)
* ''[[FBI (TV series)|FBI]]'' (2021–2023)
* ''[[FBI: Most Wanted]]'' (2022)
* ''[[Chicago Med]]'' (2022–2023)
* ''[[The Cleaning Lady (American TV series)|The Cleaning Lady]]'' (2024)
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==Notes==
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Timothy Busfield
Busfield in 2016
Born (1957-06-12) June 12, 1957 (age 67)
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Alma materEast Tennessee State University
Occupation(s)Actor, director
Years active1981–present
Known forThirtysomething, The West Wing
Spouses
Radha Delamarter
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(m. 1982; div. 1986)​
Jennifer Merwin
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(m. 1988; div. 2007)​
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(m. 2013)​
Children3[a]

Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957) is an American actor and director. He played Elliot Weston on the television series thirtysomething; Mark, the brother-in-law of Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner), in Field of Dreams; and Danny Concannon on the television series The West Wing. In 1991 he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for thirtysomething. He is the founder of the 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization Theatre for Children, Inc. In 2024 he was inducted into the Sacramento Baseball Hall of Fame as a pitcher.

Early life and education

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Busfield was born June 12, 1957, in Lansing, Michigan, the son of drama professor Roger and Michigan State University Press Director Jean Busfield. He graduated from East Lansing High School in 1975.[1][2] He received his first professional acting job at 18 in a children's theater adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Busfield studied drama at East Tennessee State University and traveled frequently with the Actors Theater of Louisville, which took him to Europe and Israel. In 1981, he moved to New York City, where he joined the Circle Repertory Company for their production of Lanford Wilson's Talley and Son. That same year, he was cast in his first film role with a bit part as a mortar-bearing soldier in the comedy Stripes (1981).[3]

Career

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More stage work followed, including a stint as understudy to Matthew Broderick in Brighton Beach Memoirs in 1982. The following year, Busfield relocated to Los Angeles to join the cast of Reggie (ABC, 1983), a short-lived comedy based on the British television series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (BBC, 1976–79). In 1984, Busfield received his first substantial film role as Arnold Poindexter, one of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity brothers in the comedy Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and its 1987 sequel, and joined the cast of the medical drama Trapper John, M.D. (CBS, 1979–1986), as the son of Pernell Roberts' Trapper John McIntyre, a role he held until the series' conclusion in 1986.

Following Trapper John, M.D., Busfield and his brother Buck created the Fantasy Theatre, a professional touring company for children's audiences—and later named Honorary State Children's Theater for California—based in his new hometown of Sacramento, California. The Busfields also established the B Street Theatre there in 1992, which was devoted to more adult productions.

In 1987, Busfield was cast as Elliot on thirtysomething. The part was his first mature role to date, and the producers requested that Busfield, who was then clean shaven, grow a beard to help sell his image as a married man and father. Over the course of the show's four-season run, Elliot came to personify the best and worst aspects of the series: a successful advertising executive and father, Elliot also infuriated his friends and family (and viewers) with his marital infidelity and competitive streak with partner Michael Steadman (Ken Olin), all of which went on while his wife Nancy (Patricia Wettig) struggled with ovarian cancer. Despite his character's unpleasant tendencies, Busfield brought humor and honesty to the role, and was nominated three times for an Emmy before winning one in 1991, shortly before conflicts between the producers and cast brought the show to an abrupt conclusion.

In the summer of 1992, Busfield signed as a pitcher with the semi-pro Sacramento Smokeys.[4][5] Busfield pitched for the Smokeys in between acting jobs through the 2000 season, amassed a pitching record of 30 wins and 12 losses over nine seasons.[6]

Busfield appeared as the nominal villain in the popular Kevin Costner fantasy Field of Dreams in 1989, and in 1990, replacing Tom Hulce as the lead in A Few Good Men, a Broadway production written by Aaron Sorkin, with whom he would later enjoy fruitful collaborations. He also made his directorial debut with a 1990 episode of thirtysomething, helming three episodes of the series. Roles in television features and theatrical films followed, including supporting turns in Sneakers (1992), Quiz Show (1994) and the children's fantasy Little Big League (1994), which allowed Busfield to show off his baseball skills as the first baseman for the Minnesota Twins. His character, Lou Collins, was loosely based on Twins legend Kent Hrbek. Hrbek served as a consultant on the film.

Busfield returned to network television several times during the late 1990s. He was the patriarch of the Byrd clan, which moved from Connecticut to Hawaii in the Steven Bochco-produced The Byrds of Paradise (ABC, 1993–94), and starred as one of a group of former high school jocks still clinging to their glory days in Champs (ABC, 1996) for Ron Howard.

By the late 1990s, Busfield was dividing his time between acting and directing for television, helming multiple episodes of several shows, including Sorkin's Sports Night (ABC, 1998–2000), as well as Ed (NBC, 2000–04), for which he also served as co–executive producer and guest star (as Ed's down-on-his-luck brother Lloyd). During this period, Busfield also began his recurring role as Pulitzer Prize–winning White House correspondent—and love interest to Allison Janney's C.J. Cregg—Danny Concannon on The West Wing. He would appear sporadically on the show throughout its entire network run.[3]

Busfield kept a foot on both sides of the camera from 2000 on; directing and executive producing the successful CBS drama Without a Trace (2002–09) and appearing occasionally as the wheelchair-using divorce attorney for Anthony LaPaglia's Jack Malone. He also directed episodes of Las Vegas (NBC, 2003–08), Damages (FX, 2007–12), and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. On the latter, he also co-starred on the short-lived Aaron Sorkin series as Cal Shanley, the occasionally nerve-plagued control director for the program's self-titled show-within-a-show. That show was canceled in 2007. Busfield then served as executive producer of the Brooke Shields-led drama, Lipstick Jungle (NBC, 2008–2009).

In 2019, Guest Artist, directed by Busfield, premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The film is written by and stars Jeff Daniels. Guest Artist was shot on location in New York City, and in Daniels' hometown of Chelsea, Michigan. This film marked the launch of Grand River Productions, a production company with Daniels, Busfield, and Melissa Gilbert.[7]

In 2020, Busfield appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.

Busfield voiced the title character in Marvel New Media/SiriusXM's radio drama podcast series Marvel's Wastelanders: Star-Lord, appearing alongside Chris Elliott, Patrick Page, Vanessa Williams and Danny Glover.

Stage and theater

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Busfield remains a stage actor and director whose Broadway credits include A Few Good Men and Brighton Beach Memoirs, where he was star Matthew Broderick's understudy.[8] Off-Broadway, he worked with Circle Repertory Company in 1982. With elder brother Buck Busfield, he is co-founder of the B Street Theatre in Sacramento, California,[9] where he has appeared in and directed numerous contemporary works. The Busfield brothers also established Fantasy Theater, a touring troupe that plays to children. Busfield writes children's plays for the Fantasy troupe.

Timothy Busfield professional theatre credits
  • 1979 - Various roles, The Green Mountain Guild Theatre for Children (actor)
  • 1979 - Thidwick The Big Hearted Moose, Actor’s Theatre of Louisville-ATL (act)
  • 1979 - A Christmas Carol, ATL, (act)
  • 1979 - Commencement (various roles), ATL (act)
  • 1980 - They’re Coming To Make It Brighter, ATL Humana Festival (act)
  • 1980 - The Green Mountain Guild Theatre For Children (act/director)
  • 1980 - Getting Out, ATL International Tour w/Susan Kingsley (act)
  • 1980 - Cyrano de Bergerac, ATL (act)
  • 1980 - Shorts (various roles), ATL (act)
  • 1981 - Park City Midnight, ATL Humana Festival (act)
  • 1981 - Propinquity, ATL Humana Festival (act)
  • 1981 - Spades, ATL Humana Festival (act)
  • 1981 - A**hole Murder Case, ATL Humana Festival (act)
  • 1981 - A Life, The Long Wharf Theatre (act)
  • 1981 - A Tale Told, The Mark Taper Forum (act)
  • 1982 - Richard II, Circle Repertory Company (act)
  • 1982 - The First Annual Young Playwright’s Festival, Circle Rep (act, various roles)
  • 1982 - The Holdup, Circle Rep (act)
  • 1982 - Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Ahmanson
  • 1983 - Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Curren (SF) And The Alvin (Broadway) (act)
  • 1986 - Theatre for Children, Inc., (Fantasy Theatre) (Producing Director 1986-2001)
  • 1986 - Fantasy Fables, (dir/co-writer)
  • 1987 - Fantasy Classics, (dir/co-Writer)
  • 1987 - Fantasy Americana, (dir/co-Writer)
  • 1988 - Fantasy of Horrors, (co-writer)
  • 1988 - Fantasy Festival II, (dir)
  • 1988 - Fantasy of Franks, (dir/co-writer)
  • 1989 - William Shakespeare V The Fantasy Theatre (dir/co-writer)
  • 1989 - By George! (co-writer)
  • 1990 - The Bark of Zorro the Musical (co-writer book)
  • 1990 - A Few Good Men, Broadway (act)
  • 1992 - B Street Theatre (Producing Director 1992–2001)
  • 1992 - Mass Appeal (act), B St. Theatre
  • 1992 - Hidden In This Picture w/Aaron Sorkin, (act/dir), B. St.
  • 1992 - Talley’s Folly (act/dir), B. St
  • 1993 - Fool For Love (act)
  • 1993 - Private Wars (act)
  • 1994 - A Couple of White Chicks (dir)
  • 1994 - The Agent (act/dir)
  • 1994 - The Holdup (dir)
  • 1994 - Criminal Hearts (dir)
  • 1995 - National Anthems (act/dir)
  • 1996 - Below The Belt (act)
  • 1997 - Vigil (act)
  • 1998 - The Motor Trade (act/dir)
  • 1998 - Vigil (act)
  • 1999 - Boomtown (act/dir)
  • 2000 - Escanaba in Da Moonlight (act)
  • 2008 - Vigil (act), Westport Country Playhouse
  • 2012 - Vigil (act, dir), Lansing Community College
  • 2017 - 24 hour plays, Minneapolis

Personal life

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Busfield’s first marriage was to actress and director Radha Delamarter, with whom he has a son, Willy. The couple divorced in 1986.[2] In 1988 he married fashion designer Jennifer Merwin, with whom he has two children, Daisy and Samuel.[2] He and Merwin filed for divorce in 2007.[10]

In January 2013, a Busfield representative announced that Busfield had become engaged to actress Melissa Gilbert during the holiday season;[11] they were married on April 24, 2013, in a private ceremony at San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, California.[12] Busfield and Gilbert resided in Howell, Michigan, from 2013 to 2018,[13] and Busfield was an artist in residence at Michigan State University during the 2016–17 academic year.[14] The couple moved to New York City in late 2018.[15]

Filmography

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As actor

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Stripes Soldier With Mortar
1984 Revenge of the Nerds Arnold Poindexter
1987 Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise Arnold Poindexter
1989 Field of Dreams Mark
1992 Sneakers Dick Gordon
1993 The Skateboard Kid Frank
1993 Striking Distance Officer Sacco
1994 Murder Between Friends District Attorney John Thorn [16]
1994 Little Big League Lou Collins
1994 Quiz Show Fred
1996 First Kid Secret Service Agent Woods
1998 The Souler Opposite Robert Levin
2002 Terminal Error Elliot Nescher
2003 National Security Officer Charlie Reed
2005 The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie Himself
2012 Save the Date Benjie
2013 23 Blast Jasper A. Duncan
2022 The Independent Tom Mayfield

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1983 Reggie Mark Potter 6 episodes
1984 AfterMASH Prentiss Episode: "C.Y.A."
1984 The Paper Chase Barrett Episode: "The Advocates"
1984–1986 Family Ties Doug / Young Matt Gilbert 3 episodes
1984–1986 Trapper John, M.D. Dr. John "J.T." McIntyre Jr., M.D. 39 episodes
1985 Hotel Robert Bianca Episode: "Imperfect Union"
1987 Matlock Adam Gardner Episode: "The Rat Pack"
1987–1991 Thirtysomething Elliot Weston 85 episodes
1991 Strays Paul Jarrett Television film
1992 Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story Fred Schultz Television Film
1993 Screen One Ephraim Lipshitz Episode: "Wall of Silence"
1994 The Byrds of Paradise Sam Byrd 12 episodes
1995 Kidnapped: In the Line of Duty Pete Honeycutt Television film
1995 The Outer Limits Dr. Jon Holland Episode: "Under the Bed"
1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Spy Guy Episode: "Seconds" uncredited
1996 Champs Tom McManus 12 episodes
1997 Tracey Takes On... Businessman #2 Episode: "Food"
1997 Trucks Ray Porter Television film
1997 Buffalo Soldiers Major Robert Carr Television film
1997 What's Right With America Walter Gordon Television special
1999 Time at the Top Frank Shawson Television film
1999–2006 The West Wing Danny Concannon 28 episodes
2000 Rude Awakening John Episode: "If I Could See Me Now: Part 2"
2001 Cover Me Detective Mackowitz Episode: "Home for the Holidays"
2002 Dead in a Heartbeat Zachary Franklin Television film
2002–2004 Ed Lloyd Stevens 3 episodes
2004 Without a Trace Ed Felder 3 episodes
2005–2009 Entourage TV Director / Himself 3 episodes
2006–2007 Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Cal Shanley 22 episodes
2010 Law & Order Ray Backlund Episode: "Brilliant Disguise"
2010 Outlaw District Attorney Mereta Episode: "In Re: Tracy Vidalin"
2011 Beyond the Blackboard School District HR Representative Television film
2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Daniel Carter Episode: "Russian Brides"
2012 Blue Bloods Charles Bynes Episode: "Leap of Faith"
2012 Childrens Hospital Dr. Bloomfield Episode: "Behind the Scenes"
2012–2013 The Mob Doctor David Ellis 2 episodes
2013 Revolution Dr. Ethan Camp Episode: "The Love Boat"
2013 Perception George Episode: "Neuropositive"
2014–2015 Sleepy Hollow Benjamin Franklin[17] 3 episodes
2015 The Night Shift Shane Episode: "Hold On"
2015 Secrets and Lies John Garner 4 episodes
2018 One Dollar Uncle Rich 2 episodes
2018–2019 Designated Survivor Dr. Adam Louden 4 episodes
2019 The Loudest Voice Neil Mullin 2 episodes
2019 Heartstrings Logan Cantrell Episode: "Sugar Hill"[18]
2019–2020 Almost Family Ron Doyle 6 episodes
2020–2021 For Life Henry Roswell Main role; 19 episodes
2020 The George Lucas Talk Show Himself Episode: "Stu-D2 1138 on the Binary Sunset Sith"
2023 Billions (TV series) Dr. Mark Season 7, Episode 7

As director

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References

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  1. ^ "Today in history". ABC News. Associated Press. June 12, 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Timothy Busfield Biography (1957 - )". FilmReference.com. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Guest Artists & Scholars Series". Michigan State University Department of Theatre. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  4. ^ "Now pitching for the Smokeys". Orlando Sentinel. August 21, 1992. p. 2A.
  5. ^ "Sacto Smokeys Here Today Team Has Survived For 48 Years". Sacramento Bee. (California). June 1, 1996.
  6. ^ "Field of Dreams Actor Busfield lives out fantasy as thirtysomething pitcher". Boca Raton News. July 5, 1995.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr.; Hipes, Patrick (2019-02-07). "Jeff Daniels, Timothy Busfield & Melissa Gilbert Launch Grand River Productions". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2022-12-30.
  8. ^ "Brighton Beach Memoirs – Broadway Play – Original". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  9. ^ "About B Street". B Street Theatre. Archived from the original on December 21, 2009. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  10. ^ ""Thirtysomething" Star Divorcing". TMZ. December 11, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  11. ^ Jordan, Julie; Shira, Dahvi (January 29, 2013). "Melissa Gilbert Engaged to Thirtysomething's Timothy Busfield". People. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  12. ^ Nudd, Tim; Jordan, Julie (April 25, 2013). "Melissa Gilbert Weds Timothy Busfield". People. Retrieved April 25, 2013.
  13. ^ Moorehouse, Buddy (August 5, 2013). "Hollywood comes to Howell: Gilbert and Busfield are the biggest stars we've had, but not the first". The Livingston Post. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  14. ^ Wolcott, R J (June 21, 2016). "Actor Tim Busfield preparing MSU students for real life". Detroit Free Press. Lansing State Journal. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  15. ^ Hall, Christina (July 9, 2018). "Estate sale planned as Melissa Gilbert, Timothy Busfield leave Michigan". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
  16. ^ Roberta Bernstein, "Murder Between Friends", in Variety and Daily Variety Television Reviews, 1993-1994, January 11, 1994, p. 12
  17. ^ Klutzy_girl. "Sleepy Hollow - Season 2 - Casting News - Timothy Busfield to recur as Benjamin Franklin". spoilertv.com. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  18. ^ Iannucci, Rebecca (February 11, 2019). "Sarah Shahi, Scandal's Bellamy Young, thirtysomething Alums and More Join Netflix's Dolly Parton Anthology". TVLine.

Notes

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  1. ^ 3 biological children and 2 stepchildren.
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