2.0) Cast Info

2.1) D.B. Sweeney (Chance Harper)

      2.1.1) Biography

     Real name: Daniel Bernard Sweeney

     Birthday: 14 November 1961, Shoreham, Long Island, NY

          Daniel Bernard Sweeney was born in Shoreham, Long Island,
     New York in 1961 to an educator (father) and municipal worker
     (mother) and is one of four children (Kathleen, Barbara, Daniel
     and Thomas). He went to school at Shoreham-Wading River High
     School where he was a star athlete, and did a little bit of
     acting.
 
           His first love was baseball, and actually aspired to become a 
     professional athlete. While he was in high school he was a right
     fielder whom baseball scouts came to see him play. After high
     school he attended Tulane University. But the dream to
     become a professional athlete came to an end when he injured his
     leg in a motorcycle accident. 
          
           He left Tulane and went back to New York, and started
     attending N.Y.U's Tisch School of the Arts. He had decided that if
     things did not work out as an actor, then he would become a lawyer.
     
           After 3 years at N.Y.U., he got his first big break - on Broadway
     in 1983's "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial". His first big break on
     the screen came when he was picked to be movie Gardens of
     Stone (1987) directed by Frances Ford Coppola. A Dream Come
     True. In the 1987 film Eight Men Out, Sweeney played Shoeless
     Joe Jackson.  "One reason I wanted to be in the movie was to hit a
     home run in the World Series". 

           To prepare for the role of Shoeless Joe Jackson, Sweeney, a
     right-handed hitter had to learn to hit left-handed. To do this he
     spent the summer with the Twins minor league team from Kenosha,
     Wisconsin. In the movie, he actually hit his own homeruns - thus
     fulfilling his dream. 

           On stage. Sweeney is a member of the Actor's Studio and has
     been in numerous stage productions including: "The Cain Mutany
     Court Martial", "The Seagull: The Hamptons:1990", The Blue Light
     (with Mercedes Ruehl and Duianne Wiest) and most recently in Los
     Angeles in the Coast Playhouse production of "Distant Fires". 

           On television. Sweeney is probably best known (until Strange
     Luck) for his portrayal of Dish Boggett in the acclaimed miniseries
     "The Lonesome Dove".  Sweeney described his character as "a
     young, lovesick, hopelessly  ineffectual cowhand". He was also in
     the 1992, Emmy Award winning Hallmark Hall of Fame Movie "Miss
     Rose White". He also portrayed a fugitive who after killing a man,
     hides from the law in an old haunted Civil War mansion, in a recent
     Tales From the Crypt. 

           On Film. Sweeney has been in 13 full length movies since 1986,
     his most recent being Roommates in 1995. The most popular
     portrayal (among audiences) has been that of the washed up
     hockey player turned figure skater, a romantic comedy . He has
     played several characters with a "athletic" background in the movies
     "The Cutting Edge" - hockey player/figure skater, "Eight Men Out" -
     Baseball Player, "Heaven is a Playground" - Basketball player,
     and " Hear No Evil" - a rock climber.

     Personal quotes

     On Luck: "I think that is you are very clear with yourself about
     what you're trying to do, and you take sensible and appropriate
     steps in the direction of your goal, luck will find you. If you
     live your life haphazardly, and you don't take the time to do the
     things to set everything in motion in the direction you want it
     to go, then lucks not going to find you" Why he got into
     acting: " I thought I might meet some girls, to tell you the
     truth."

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      2.1.2) Filmography

      Actor filmography

        1."Strange Luck" (1995)TV Series .... Chance Harper 
        2.Roommates (1995) .... Michael Holzcek 
        3.Fire in the Sky (1993) .... Travis Walton 
        4.Hear No Evil (1993) .... Ben Kendall 
        5.Cutting Edge, The (1992) .... Doug Dorsey 
        6.Heaven Is a Playground (1992) .... Zack 
        7.Leather Jackets (1992) .... Mickey 
        8.Miss Rose White (1992) (TV) .... Dan McKay 
        9.Blue Desert (1991) .... Steve Smith 
       10.Dag I Oktober, En (1991) .... Niels Jensen 
          ... aka Day in October, A (1991) 
       11.Memphis Belle (1990) .... Phil Rosenthal 

       12."Lonesome Dove" (1989) (mini)TV Series .... Dish 
       13.Eight Men Out (1988) .... Shoeless Joe Jackson 
       14.Gardens of Stone (1987) .... Jackie Willow 
       15.No Man's Land (1987) .... Benjy Taylor 
       16.Fire with Fire (1986) .... Baxter



2.2) Pamela Gidley (Audrey Westin)

     Birthday: 1966, Salem, NH

     Pamela Gidley was also a Model before she started acting.

     Actress

     1."Strange Luck" (1995) .... Audrey Westin 
     2.Crew, The (1994) .... Jennifer 
     3.Freefall (1994) .... Katy Mazur 
     4.S.F.W. (1994) .... Janet Streeter 
     5.Paper Hearts (1993) .... Samantha (a.k.a. Cheatin' Hearts) (1993) 
     6."Angel Street" (1992) .... Det. Dorothy Paretsky 
     7.Love Is Like That (1992) .... Eloise 
     8.Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992) .... Teresa Banks 
     9.Liebestraum (1991) .... Jane Kessler 
     10.Blue Bayou (1990) (TV)
     11.Disturbed (1990) .... Sandy Ramirez 
     12.Highway to Hell (1990) .... Clara 
     13.Last of the Finest, The (1990) ... (a.k.a. Blue Heat) (1990)

     14.Blue Iguana, The (1988) .... Dakota 
     15.Cherry 2000 (1988) .... Cherry 2000 
     16.Glory Days (1988) (TV) 
     17.Permanent Record (1988) .... Kim 
     18.Dudes (1987) .... Elyse 
     19.Thrashin' (1986) .... Chrissy

     Note: the titles that start with a quote (") are TV series



2.4) Frances Fisher (Angie)

     Birthday: 1952, Orange, Texas

     Actress

     1.Strip Tease (1996)
     2."Strange Luck" (1995) .... Angie
     3.Babyfever (1994) .... Rosie
     4.Stars Fell on Henrietta, The (1994) 
     5.Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993) (TV) .... Dr. Cushing 
     6.Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up (1993) .... Jo Baker 
     7.Molly & Gina (1993) .... Molly McKenna 
     8.Praying Mantis (1993/II) (TV) .... Betty 
     9.Devlin (1992) (TV) .... Maryellen 
     10.Unforgiven (1992) .... Strawberry Alice 
     11.Frame Up (1991) .... Jo Baker 
     12.L.A. Story (1991) .... June 
     13.Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991) (TV) .... Lucille Ball 
     14.Promise to Keep, A (1990) (TV) .... Sarah 
     15.Sudie and Simpson (1990) (TV) .... Miss Marge 
     16.Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990) .... Rochelle Rossetti 
     
     17.Cold Sassy Tree (1989) (TV) .... Loma 
     18.Lost Angels (1989) .... Judith Loftis 
     19.Pink Cadillac (1989) .... Dinah 
     20.Bum Rap (1988) 
     21.Patty Hearst (1988) .... Yolanda 
     ... (a.k.a. Patty) (1988) 
     22.Broken Vows (1987) (TV) 
     23.Heart (1987) .... Jeannie 
     24.Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987) 
     25.Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? (1983) .... Louise 
     
     26."Guiding Light, The" (1952) .... Vera (1970s)

     Note: the titles that start with a quote (") are TV series



2.4) Cynthia Martells (Dr. Richter)

     Actress

     1.Dunston Checks In (1996) .... Ms. Pink 
     2."Strange Luck" (1995) .... Richter 
     3.Modern Affair, A (1995) .... Ellen 
     4.Zooman (1995) (TV) 
     5.Child's Cry for Help, A (1994) (TV) .... Thelma 
     6.Janek: The Silent Betrayal (1994) (TV) .... Cory
     7.Mr. 247 (1994)
     8.Where Are My Children? (1994) (TV) .... Terry Hill 
     9.Blind Spot (1993) (TV) .... Holly 
     10.Regarding Henry (1991) .... ICU Nurse 

     Note: the titles that start with a quote (") are TV series