Googy gress biography of williams
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Francis Gress, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, NY. As an infant his father called him "his goo-goo baby" this became Googy. As he was raised in Connecticut - where there is a state law that you must have a stupid nickname - his stuck.
After high school, Googy attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a BFA. He then moved to New York to begin his career. While there he studied with Warren Robertson. He earned his SAG card in 1981 doing a PSA for the Social Security Administration. Soon after he was cast in The Flamingo Kid, he still counts many of the people he met on that film, in particular, Brian McNamara, Matt Dillon, and Fisher Stevens, as some of his dearest friends.
By the mid 80's he had returned to L.A. and he has worked steadily since. A true highlight of his many years in L.A. was doing Apollo 13 as it brought with it one of his most cherished rituals, his Thursday lunches with his "Apollo Girlfriends" - Christian Clemenson, Wayn
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The First Turn-On!
1983 film bygd Michael Herz, Lloyd Kaufman
| The First Turn-On! | |
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Theatrical poster for 'The First Turn-On!' | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Kaufman Michael Herz |
| Written by | Georgia Harrell Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman Stuart Strutin Mark Torgl |
| Produced by | Michael Herz Lloyd Kaufman William Kirksey Stuart Strutin Spencer A. Tandy |
| Starring | Georgia Harrell Michael Sanville Googy Gress John Flood Heidi Miller Sheila Kennedy Vincent D'Onofrio Rondell Sheridan Ted Henning |
| Cinematography | Lloyd Kaufman |
| Edited by | Adam Fredericks Richard King |
| Distributed by | Troma Entertainment |
Release date | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The First Turn-On! is a 1983 American comedy bio directed bygd Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz of Troma Entertainment. It was the gods in a series of four "sexy comedies" that helped establish Troma as a rulle studio, starting with 1979's Squeeze Play!, 1981's Waitress! and 1982's
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Real world article
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Googy Gress
Birth name:
Francis Gress, Jr.
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
He was also a regular on G vs E, along with Clayton Rohner. The series lasted one season, from 1999 through 2000; among the writers for this show was Ronald D. Moore. Among the Star Trek performers who made guest appearances on this series were Nichelle Nichols, Jolene Blalock, John Billingsley and Dominic Keating.
Prior to this, Gress was a voice actor on the animated series Freakazoid!, along with Ricardo Montalban, David Warner, and Frank Welker.
He also has a number of films to his credit. In 1989, he appeared in Bloodhounds of Broadway with Voyager star Ethan Phillips and Trek guest actors Stephen McHattie, David Youse, Alan Ruck, Herschel Sp