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​To his four children:
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"Anybody who mistreats a pet or breaks a pool cue is docked a month’s pay." 
​                                                                        —Harpo Marx

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Height:      5’7” 
Weight:     165
Hair:            Lt. Brown, Gray
Eyes:         Blue
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MAGICIAN
  • Voted #1 Street Performer in San Francisco
  • Entertainer for Queen Elizabeth II of England
  • Las Vegas:  The Bellagio Hotel & Casino, Bally’s, MGM Grand, Caesar’s Tahoe, Harvey’s Tahoe, Grand Hyatt
  • Headline:   The Magic Castle, LA Playboy Club, The Punchline, Improv, The Ice House, Comedy & Magic Club
  • Denmark Tour, Novo Nordis
  • Featured Performer at San Francisco Comedy Day
  • Master of Ceremonies, San Francisco Magic Competition ​
  • Fog City MagicFest: Special Guest 
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IN CONCERT
     Jay Leno


     Harry Anderson
     Garry Shandling
     Dennis Miller
     Dave Chapelle
     Paula Poundstone
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​Ellen De Generes
Howie Mandel
Red Skelton
Rodney Dangerfield
Jerry Seinfeld

Pat Paulsen

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​The Manhattan Transfer

The Drifters

Hiroshima

Donnie & Marie Osmond
Wayland Jennings

Billy Vera & The Beaters
TELEVISION AND FILM
     NASH BRIDGES (3 Episodes)

     MOONLIGHTING
     THE LATE SHOW
     MOLSON COMEDY RELEAF 4
     COMEDY ON THE ROAD (Hawaii)
     ELECTRIC DREAMS
     WHO STOLE THE BABY TIGER CUB?
     “VIDEO FIELD TRIP” (3 Episodes)
     "Q"

​James Carver, Guest Star
Feature Role
Guest Star
Starring Role with Howie Mandel
Starring Role with John Byner
Feature Role
Rudy Delthuago, Starring Role
On Camera Host
Guest Star 
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​Steve Jackson, Director
Reuben Cannon Casting
Mark Breslin, FOX Network
MSN.tv (Canada)
A & E Network
Steve Barron, Lucasfilm, Ltd.
Phil Arnone, KTVU-SF
Tony Modica, PBS
Brian Copeland, KQED-PBS 
INDUSTRIALS
     Animal Rescue Foundation (Tony La Russa)
     Amgen Corporation
     Apple, Inc. (Steve Wozniak)
     Arrowhead Spring Water
     Barbara Boxer for U.S. Senate
     Beaulieu Vineyard (BV Winery)
     Bristol - Meyers, Inc.
     California Restaurant Association
     Crippled Children’s Society Santa Clara 
​     Cysco Systems

     Cystic Fibrosis Research Institute
     Diabetes Association
     Disneyland (Anaheim)
     Glenn Ellen Winery
     Hewlett Packard

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​​IBM
J.C.C. (San Francisco, Marin, Berkeley)
Knott’s Berry Farm
Lincoln-Mercury
Marriott’s Great America
Mattel Toy Company
Molson Breweries (Toronto)
Napa Valley Wine Auction
Nintendo
Novo Nordis - (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Olympic Country Club
Oracle
Pacific Bell
Pacific Gas & Electric
Paul Masson Winery
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​Pebble Beach Country Club
Professional Trade Shows, Inc.​
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Project Open Hand (San Francisco)
P. W. Scoggins Winery
Round Table Pizza (Hawaii)
San Francisco Symphony (Davies Hall)
San Jose Civic Light Opera
San Jose Symphony Orchestra
Santa Clara Arts & Wine Festival
Silverado Country Club
Special Olympics
Squaw Valley (Lake Tahoe)
Starlight Foundation                        
Sun Microsystems
Uniforum - SCO

PRODUCER
     The Bellagio Hotel & Casino
     The Regency Center - Lodge Theatre


​     Deadwood Pavilion (South Dakota)

​MISSION POSSIBLE, Amgen Corporation 
MOTIONFEST WEST

JAY ALEXANDER MAGIC SHOW
​FABULOUS CHRISTMAS FOLLIES
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​Jack Morton Worldwide, Inc.
Michael Ross, Avner the Eccentric
Jay Alexander
Gordy Pratt, Janet Brown
CONSULTANT
     American Conservatory Theater
     California Shakespeare Theater
     Shakespeare Santa Cruz
     Pennsylvania Centre Stage Company
     B Street Theatre
​     Lucky Penny Productions
     Contra Costa Civic Theatre
​     Theatre Artists of Marin
     Climate Theatre
     Sonoma Repertory Theater
     Solano College Theater



     Sonoma State University
     Marin Shakespeare Company
     Stapleton Ballet

​THE FLOATING LIGHT BULB  (2 Years)
PERICLES, CYMBELINE, WINTER’S TALE
ENGAGED
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
BLITHE SPIRIT
​THE MOUNTAINTOP
​SLEUTH
HOUDINI: THE ESCAPE
COMPLETE WKS. OF WM. SHAKESPEARE
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
PIPPIN
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
​CARNIVAL
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
THE NUTCRACKER
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​Albert Takazauckas, Ed Hastings
Jean Paul Gressieux
Paul Whitworth
Dan Carter
Jerry Montoya, Dave Pierini
​Barry Martin
Marilyn Langbehn​
​Ken Rowland Productions
Ron Severdia
Jennifer King
George Maguire
David Leonard
George Maguire
Stuart Rosenthal
Paul Draper
Robert Currier
Virginia Stapleton
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
     American Conservatory Theater, MFA Degree in Acting
     National Theatre Conservatory, MFA Degree program (1 year)
     Ohio State University, BFA Degree in Acting
​     Canadian Mime Theatre (Royal George Theatre)

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​Allen Fletcher, Bill Ball, Larry Hecht, Janice Erlendson
Allen Fletcher, Anne Lawder, Jack Fletcher
Byron Ringland, Ionia Zelenka, James Tompkins
Adrian Pecknold, Brian Doherty, Wayne Pritchett
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SPECIAL SKILLS
      Magic, Sleight of Hand, Juggling, Stage Combat (Epee, Foil, Unarmed), Dialects, (RP, Cockney, Russian, German, Southern),
      Voice Over, Sports (Soccer, Tennis, Baseball), Singing (Baritone), Dance, Sound Design, Carpentry, Motorcycle, Pocket Billiards
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