Gerrit Graham

Graham attended but did not graduate from Columbia University. At Columbia, he was the head of Columbia Players, the college theater company.{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=Robert|access-date=June 23, 2019|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/966502215|title=The complete annotated Grateful Dead lyrics: the collected lyrics of Robert Hunter and John Barlow, lyrics to all original songs, with selected traditional and cover songs|date=13 October 2015|isbn=978-1-5011-2332-0|oclc=966502215}}{{Cite web|title=The Crime, and Its Victims|url=http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/votc.html|website=artsites.ucsc.edu|access-date=2020-05-24}}{{Cite web|title=Gerrit Graham talks about roles in "Phantom of the Paradise" and "Used Cars"|url=https://mediamikes.com/2014/10/gerrit-graham-talks-about-roles-in-phantom-of-the-paradise-and-used-cars/|last=Gencarelli|first=Mike|date=2014-10-29|website=MediaMikes|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-24}} His future co-worker, Brian De Palma, was also a former manager of the student group during his undergraduate years.{{Cite web|title=Columbia Daily Spectator 28 April 1969 — Columbia Spectator|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19690428-01.2.35|website=spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu|access-date=2020-05-24}}

He has appeared in movies such as Used Cars, TerrorVision, National Lampoon's Class Reunion, Child's Play 2 and Greetings, where he worked with Brian De Palma for the first time. He would again work with De Palma on Hi, Mom and Home Movies, as well as Phantom of the Paradise, where he played flamboyant glam-rocker Beef. Sheila Benson of the Los Angeles Times remarked that Graham and Jon Lovitz were the only actors in Last Resort who were "exempt from the bad-accent stigma."{{cite web|first=Sheila|last=Benson|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-09-ca-4151-story.html |title=Family Vacation Goes Awry In 'Last Resort' |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1986-05-09 |access-date=2018-09-20}}

Graham was the voice of Franklin Sherman in the animated series The Critic as well as a recurring role as Dr. Norman Pankow on the sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

He has appeared in two different roles on the Star Trek television series: as the alien hunter of Tosk on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and as a member of the Q Continuum (adopting the name Quinn) in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Death Wish". He had been short listed to play the character of Odo, which went to René Auberjonois.[http://www.startrek.com/article/catching-up-with-2x-trek-guest-gerrit-graham StarTrek.com: Catching Up with 2X Trek Guest Gerrit Graham]

Graham is a stage performer whose performances in the 1986 improvisational show Sills & Company{{cite web|author=Mel Gussow |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/07/20/theater/stage-view-actors-and-audiences-brew-fun-from-improvisation.html?pagewanted=all |title=Stage View; Actors And Audiences Brew Fun From Improvisation |work=The New York Times |date=1986-07-20 |access-date=2018-09-20}}{{cite web|first=Leslie|last=Bennetts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/08/theater/if-it-works-it-s-theater-if-it-doesn-t.html?pagewanted=all |title=If It Works, It's Theater. If It Doesn't... |work=The New York Times |date=1986-06-08 |access-date=2018-09-20}} and the 1987 play Bouncers by John Godber{{cite web|first=Frank|last=Rich |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/18/theater/the-stage-bouncers-drama.html |title=The Stage: 'Bouncers,' Drama |work=The New York Times |date=1987-09-18 |access-date=2018-09-20}}{{cite web|first=Sylvie|last=Drake|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-23-ca-9577-story.html |title=Stage Review : 'Bouncers' Rebounds From A Lack Of Substance At Tiffany |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1993-07-08 |access-date=2018-09-20}} were positively reviewed by the New York Times. Julio Martinez of Variety.com called Graham "eerily evocative" of Allard Lowenstein in Dreams Die Hard in 1995.{{cite web|last=Martinez |first=Julio |url=https://variety.com/1995/legit/reviews/dreams-die-hard-1200441199/ |title=Dreams Die Hard – Variety |date=8 March 1995 |publisher=Variety.com |access-date=2018-09-20}} Frank Rizzo of Variety.com wrote that Graham had "some of the best lines" in his performance as Father Charles Dunbar in The God Committee in 2004.{{cite web|last=Rizzo |first=Frank |url=https://variety.com/2004/legit/reviews/the-god-committee-1200532014/ |title=The God Committee |date=27 July 2004 |publisher=Variety.com |access-date=2018-09-20}} He also played Julian in Communicating Doors in 1998.{{cite web|last=Isherwood |first=Charles |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/communicating-doors-2-1200454626/ |title=Communicating Doors |date=24 August 1998 |publisher=Variety.com |access-date=2018-09-20}}

Graham wrote the teleplays for the episodes "Still Life" and "Opening Day" of the 1980s version of The Twilight Zone.{{cite book|author1=Jean-Marc Lofficier|author2=Randy Lofficier|title=Into the Twilight Zone: The Rod Serling Programme Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r5_KO2PGtTkC&pg=PA144|date=April 2003|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-27612-7|page=144}} He did not write "Welcome to Winfield", the only episode in which he appeared as a member of the cast.

Graham has written songs with Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead.[http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/agdl/votc.html The Crime, and Its Victims by Gerrit Graham]

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