Larry Poole (actor)
{{Short description|American actor and producer}}
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| name = Larry Poole
| image = Larry Poole at San Diego Film Week 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Poole in 2019
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| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|film producer|wrangler}}
| years_active = 2014–present
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| spouse = Racine Poole
| awards = 2017 Best Actor at GI Film Festival San Diego
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| office = President of SAG-AFTRA San Diego
| term_start = September 5, 2023
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| office = Vice President of SAG-AFTRA San Diego
| term_start = 2017
| term_end = 2019
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Larry Poole is an American actor, film producer and wrangler who appeared in the films Last Shoot Out (2021), A Soldier's Revenge (2020) and The Final Wish (2018). He produced A Rodeo Film (2019) and won Best Actor at GI Film Festival San Diego for his portrayal of Tom Horn in Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead (2017). Poole is the current President and former Vice President of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local.
Personal life
File:Red Carpet for the San Diego Film Awards 2017.jpg, Jodi Cilley and others at the San Diego Film Awards in 2017.]]Poole grew up in Seminole County, Florida,{{Cite web |last=Imperiale |first=Nancy |date=1990-02-11 |title=City in Geneva's future? Residents Split Over Best Way to Preserve Area's Character |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277559971/D06DE2C26BAA4E4FPQ |access-date=2024-08-01 |website=Orlando Sentinel |language=en |id={{ProQuest|277559971}}}} watching westerns as a child. He moved to Ramona, California, in the early 2000s with his wife, Racine.{{Cite web |last=Pulsonetti |first=Charlene |date=2022-03-01 |title=From Ramona to the Big Screen |url=https://ramonajournal.com/from-ramona-to-the-big-screen-p1349-243.htm |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Ramona Journal |language=en}} He was injured in 2014 at the Mother Goose Parade in El Cajon when his horse fell on him, breaking his leg.{{Cite web |last=Sorensen |first=Emily |date=2015-01-22 |title=Friends helping injured re-enactor with Sunday lunch |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pomerado-news/sdpn-friends-helping-injured-reenactor-sunday-lunch-2015jan22-story.html |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}
Career
Poole runs Gem Canyon Productions{{Cite web |last=Elling |first=Regina |date=2022-12-25 |title=Southern California camels, livestock become movie stars in 'Why the Nativity?' documentary |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-25/san-diego-county-livestock-locals-star-in-holiday-movie |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} and co-produced a pilot based on Campo: The Forgotten Gunfight for KPBS. He has worked with Jake Busey, Val Kilmer and Bruce Dern and has starred in the films Last Shoot Out and A Soldier's Revenge. Poole was the head wrangler on a film called Why the Nativity? by David Jeremiah.
In 2017, he was voted to a two year term as vice president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local,{{Cite web |date=2017-08-21 |title=Official Tabulation Results for 2017 SAG-AFTRA SAN DIEGO LOCAL |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/files/sag-aftra_2017_sag_diego_results_report_pdf_sm082117.pdf |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=SAG/AFTRA}}{{Cite web |last=Zabala |first=Liberty |date=2021-10-23 |title=San Diego production company 'shocked' by deadly prop gun shooting |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-production-company-shocked-by-deadly-prop-gun-shooting/ |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=KSWB-TV |language=en-US}} was a judge at the first Gong Show in Ramona,{{Cite web |last=Robertson |first=Maureen |date=2017-09-02 |title=Chamber stages first Ramona Gong Show |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/ramona-sentinel/news/events/sd-cm-ram-gong-show-20170901-htmlstory.html |access-date=2023-04-26 |website=Ramona Sentinel |language=en-US}} and won Best Actor at GI Film Festival San Diego for his portrayal of Tom Horn in Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead.
On July 28, 2023, Poole organized a strike in the Gaslamp district at San Diego Comic-Con with SAG-AFTRA members, WGA members and cosplayers.{{Cite web |last1=Francisco |first1=Eric |last2=White |first2=Abbey |date=2023-07-28 |title=After Comic-Con, Cosplayers Get Greater Clarity on SAG-AFTRA's Strike Guidelines |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-aftra-cosplay-guidelines-comic-con-1235543882/ |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} He was elected to a two year term as president of SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local on September 5, 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-05 |title=2023 SAG-AFTRA San Diego Local Election Results |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/2023-sag-aftra-san-diego-local-election-results |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=SAG-AFTRA}}
Filmography
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!Year !Title !Actor !Producer !Role |
| 2014
|Valley Inn |{{yes}} |{{no}} |Band member |
| 2017
|Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead |{{yes}} |{{partial|Executive}} |
| rowspan="2" |2018
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |Chester Hammond |
| Alpha Wolf
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |Neck Bodine |
| 2019
|{{no}} |{{partial|Executive}} | |
| rowspan="2" |2020
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |
| Leave 'em Laughing
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |Frustrated Cowboy |
| rowspan="3" |2021
|A Gunman's Hand |{{yes}} |{{yes}} |Pete |
| Last Shoot Out
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |
| Heart of the Gun
|{{yes}} |{{no}} |Blind Billy |
| rowspan="2" |2022
|Shooting Star |{{yes}} |{{no}} |
| Why the Nativity?
|{{no}} |{{no}} |Head wrangler |
References
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External links
- [https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/larry-poole?assettype=image&sort=mostpopular&phrase=%22larry%20poole%22&license=rf,rm Larry Poole] at Getty Images
- {{IMDb name|3513630}}
- {{Metacritic person | larry-poole | Larry Poole }}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes | celebrity/larry_poole | Larry Poole }}
- {{TV Guide person | 3030941006 }}
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