Victor's Television Work, Synopsis of Shows

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Victor Garber Acting Credits Abstracts, Television
An annotated, chronological research guide to the television credits of actor Victor Garber

Editor’s Note: A more complete list of Victor Garber’s television work is available from The Internet Movie Database. A number of Victor Garber’s television performances are available in VHS and/or DVD format at retail and rental outlets, public libraries, and from Amazon.com, Inc. Additional research resources include large public and academic libraries as well as their online database search services, and the online archives of many major newspapers.

JACK: A FLASH FANTASY
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1972

Classic nursery rhymes inspired this colorful, whimsical rock musical featuring Victor Garber as the Jack of Hearts and Gilda Radner as Jill. According to some sources, the program was also broadcast in the New York City area on public television channel Thirteen/WNET in 1977. With Jerry Sroka.


VALLEY FORGE
NBC, Hallmark Hall of Fame, 1975

In the bitter winter of 1777-78, the soldiers of the Continental Army under General George Washington (Richard Basehart) struggle to survive while encamped at Valley Forge. Short of food and clothing and poorly trained, the soldiers are in desperate need of a morale boost. The Marquis de Lafayette (Victor Garber), a wealthy, twenty-year-old French nobleman, arrives at Valley Forge to serve as adviser and confidant to General Washington, bringing with him the promise of French support and inspiring renewed hope among the dispirited troops. The New York Times television critic John J. O’Connor noted that the performances were “uncommonly good,” adding “young General Lafayette (Victor Garber), for one, is given a saintliness calculatedly next to godliness.” (December 3, 1975) “Valley Forge” was adapted for television by Sidney Carroll from a play by Maxwell Anderson. It was shown again in the autumn of 1976 on PBS in honor of the nation’s Bicentennial celebration. With Christopher Walken, Nancy Marchand, David Dukes, and Simon Ward. Directed by Fielder Cook.

AH, WILDERNESS!
by Eugene O'Neill
Theater in America/Great Performances, Thirteen/WNET New York, 1976

Nat Miller, a well-to-do newspaper publisher, celebrates the 4th of July at home with his family in New London, Connecticut in 1906. Introspective son Richard contemplates the start of his freshman year at Yale, while his older brother Arthur (Victor Garber), already a student at the university, has a carefree outlook on life, as well as a decided sartorial flair. Eugene O'Neill’s unsentimental portrait of an idyllic New England family centers on young Richard’s transition to adulthood. This Long Wharf Theatre production had a brief run on Broadway in late 1975. Mr. Garber played the role of Arthur Miller in the televised performance for “Theater in America.” Television critic John J. O’Connor commented, “With sustained intelligence and sensitivity, the Long Wharf and its artistic director Arvin Brown have wrought something of a miracle.” (The New York Times, October 13, 1976). With Geraldine Fitzgerald, William Swetland, Joyce Ebert, Richard Backus, John Braden, Linda Hunt and Swoosie Kurtz. Directed by Arvin Brown. [DVD]

THE BEST OF FAMILIES
PBS, Miniseries, 1977

Teddy Wheeler (Victor Garber) is a member of one of New York City’s oldest and most distinguished families. At the dawn of the 1880s the Reading Railroad has collapsed, putting the Wheelers’ wealth and social position in jeopardy. His father’s indifference to the family’s plight impels young Teddy to take charge of the Wheeler fortune before it is too late. “The Best of Families,” a groundbreaking eight-part PBS miniseries, tells the stories of three fictional New York families in the final decades of the 19th century. The privileged Wheelers, the middle class Baldwin/Lathrops, and the destitute Raffertys experience the major historical events, economic upheavals, and technological advances of the period—the Depression of 1893, the Spanish-American War, and the rise of the labor unions, as well as innovations, such as electric lighting and the telephone. A team of historians helped recreate the period with remarkable authenticity and attention to detail. Arthur Unger of The Christian Science Monitor wrote that the miniseries was “expertly executed…populated with excellent actors chosen for talent rather than star identifiability….promises to bring public television a combination of the best BBC production values with native American material.” (October 26, 1977) With Milo O’Shea, Pauline Flanagan, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt and Jill Eikenberry. Directed by Robert Stevens and others.

TARTUFFE
by Moliere, translated by Richard Wilbur
Theater in America/Great Performances, Thirteen/WNET New York, 1978

In 17th-century France the wealthy Parisian Orgon has promised his daughter Mariane (Johanna Leister) in marriage to young Valere (Victor Garber), but trouble is brewing. Orgon comes under the sway of a religious charlatan, Tartuffe (Donald Moffat), who inveigles his way into his home as a permanent guest. Orgon so idolizes his domineering guest that he decides Mariane must marry Tartuffe instead, and even gives him the deed to his house. Repeated attempts by his beleaguered family to bring Orgon to his senses fail, until at last his wife Elmire dupes Tartuffe into betraying his true character to her eavesdropping husband. The scheming Tartuffe is not about to give up his gains so easily and goes to the king contriving to get Orgon thrown in prison. Learning of the plot, Valere rushes to rescue Orgon, who now realizes the young man is the right match for Mariane after all. Critic John J. O'Connor of The New York Times said, “Victor Garber, as the young lover of Orgon’s daughter, risks some dreadful romantic posturing—and he wins.” (May 31, 1978). This televised performance of Circle in the Square Theatre’s Broadway production (1977) also featured Stefan Gierasch, Tammy Grimes, Patricia Elliot, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Coffield, Ray Wise, and Jim Broaddus. Directed by Stephen Porter and Kirk Browning. [DVD]

CHARLEY’S AUNT
The Entertainment Channel, 1982 or 1985

At Oxford University in the waning years of the 19th century, students Jack Chesney (Victor Garber) and Charley Wykeham want to entertain their girlfriends Kitty and Amy in private, but proper young ladies do not visit young men without a chaperone. The impending arrival of Charley’s wealthy aunt, Donna Lucia, presents the perfect excuse to invite the girls over for lunch. Charley invites their friend Fancourt Babberley (Charles Grodin) to come as well, to distract his aunt while he and Jack are busy wooing Kitty and Amy. Before the girls arrive, Babberley, an aspiring actor, tries on the old lady’s costume he is to wear in his next play. When Donna Lucia’s visit is delayed at the last minute leaving them without their chaperone, Jack and Charley force their unwilling friend to remain in costume. Kitty and Amy immediately hit it off with “Charley’s aunt.” Just as Babberley begins to enjoy the masquerade, Jack’s widowed father Francis and Amy’s bachelor uncle, Stephen Spettigue, show up and take a fancy to the charming impostor. To make matters more complicated, the real Donna Lucia arrives unexpectedly with Babberley’s former girlfriend Ela Delahay in tow. With Vince Gardenia, Anne Francis, Joyce Bulifant, Barrie Ingham, Ephram Zimbalist, Jr., Ilene Graf and James Widdoes. Directed by William Asher. Editor’s Note: This production of “Charley’s Aunt,” a popular British farce written in 1892 by Brandon Thomas, was a stage performance filmed in 1982 or 1985 before a live audience at southern California’s famed La Mirada Civic Center Theater for the pioneering cable network The Entertainment Channel.

PRIVATE SESSIONS
NBC, 1985

Dr. Joe Braden (Mike Farrell), a recently divorced New York psychotherapist and father of a teenaged daughter, cares deeply for his patients. He shares offices with Dr. Liz Bolger (Maureen Stapleton), a warmhearted Freudian psychoanalyst. Joe takes on the challenging case of Jennifer Coles (Kelly McGillis), a chronic nymphomaniac whose wealthy, arrogant father (Robert Vaughn) ignored her childhood molestation by one of his clients. “Private Sessions” was a two-hour pilot for a possible weekly series. Tom Shales of The Washington Post wrote, “as a series, ‘Private Sessions’ would apparently be a landlocked ‘Love Boat,’ with guest neurotics spilling their guts and getting tidy prescriptions for happiness.” (March 18, 1985). Victor Garber played Jerry Sharma, a character whose identity cannot be determined at this time. With Kim Hunter, Tom Bosley, Hope Lange and Elias Koteas. Directed by Michael Pressman.

I HAD THREE WIVES
CBS, Comedy/Drama Series, 1985

Jackson Beaudine (Victor Garber) is a Los Angeles private investigator “whose three grandly endowed former spouses help him solve his cases,” according to critic Howard Rosenberg of The Los Angeles Times (August 21, 1985). Beaudine’s ex-wives have talents well-suited to detective work—Mary is an attorney, Samantha is an actress and martial arts expert, and Liz is a newspaper reporter with valuable contacts. This unusual comedy/mystery series, or “thin-plotted idiocy,” as Mr. Rosenberg called it in his review, featured high-speed car chases and fistfights. With Maggie Cooper, Teri Copley, Shanna Reed and David Faustino.

ROANOAK
American Playhouse, PBS, Miniseries, 1986

John White (Victor Garber) is the artist and mapmaker for an expedition in 1585 to establish England’s first New World colony at what is now Roanoke Island, N.C. The settlers antagonize the native inhabitants in spite of diplomatic efforts by White, who believes the English and Native Americans can live in peace. Worse yet, the colonists are forced to return to England when they are unable to produce enough food. White returns to Roanoak in 1587 with over 100 men, women and children to establish and govern a new colony. Governor White’s daughter gives birth to a baby, Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World. With food scarce and Native American hostility rising, White sails to England for more supplies, but England’s war with Spain delays his return voyage. In 1590 he finally reaches Roanoak, discovering to his horror that all the colonists have disappeared, among them his little granddaughter. The word CROATOAN carved into a tree is the only clue to the still-unsolved mystery of the “Lost Colony.” This innovative and widely praised miniseries viewed English settlement from a Native American perspective, and featured Native American actors speaking Ojibwa, an Algonquian language, with English subtitles. People® Magazine critic Jeff Jarvis called it “exciting, fascinating and gorgeous.” The Washington Post critic Ken Ringle noted, “Victor Garber as artist and later Gov. John White seems most believable.” (May 26, 1986). With Joseph Runningfox, Tino Juarez, Will Sampson and Hallie Foote. Written by Dina Harris and James K. McCarthy. Directed by Jan Egleson.

THE DAYS AND NIGHTS OF MOLLY DODD
NBC, Comedy/Drama Series, 1987-1988

This critically acclaimed series, which aired from 1987 to 1991, focused on Molly Dodd (Blair Brown), a divorced, free-spirited woman in her mid-thirties who lived in New York City. Molly had a succession of jobs, at one point working as a real estate agent for realtor Dennis Widmer (Victor Garber), whom she dated for a time. The series received more than ten Emmy Award® nominations.

HEMINGWAY, FESTA E MORTE
(Italy/Spain), 1988

Ernest Hemingway (Victor Garber), Nobel laureate and 20th-century literary giant, looks back on his eventful life, beginning in 1918 when, despite his father’s (Erland Josephson) objections, he enlists in the Red Cross ambulance corps in World War I. On the frontlines in northern Italy just before his 19th birthday, he suffers serious shrapnel wounds in a mortar attack. Following a lengthy convalescence, Hemingway returns to Europe in 1921 as a foreign correspondent for The Toronto Star. While on assignment in Paris, he is befriended by avant-garde American expatriate writers Gertrude Stein (Annie Girardot) and Ezra Pound (Bruno Ganz), who make a profound impression on the talented young author. In 1936, Hemingway, whose rakish charm, virility and hot temper are by now legendary, turns up in Europe again, this time as a correspondent in the Spanish Civil War. Reporting from the frontlines, he works alongside fiery maverick journalist Martha Gellhorn (Karen Black) who will soon become his third wife. In Spain, while involved in the making of a documentary about the war’s anti-Fascist forces, Hemingway breaks with an old friend from his Red Cross ambulance corps days, American novelist John Dos Passos (Joe Pesci), when the two men engage in a bitter political disagreement. Despite mounting international acclaim, Hemingway battles alcoholism, illness and depression in his later years. With Phyllis Logan as Mary Welsh, Hemingway’s fourth wife. Written by Jose Maria Sanchez Silva and Jose Luis Castillo-Puche. Directed by Jose Maria Sanchez Silva. Editor’s Note: Makeup artist Walter Cossu aged Mr. Garber from 18 to 60 in this ambitious production made for Italian television, as detailed in Roy Harris’ interview with Mr. Garber in his excellent book Conversations in the Wings: Talking About Acting (Roy Harris, Heinemann, 1994).

LIBERACE: BEHIND THE MUSIC
CBS, (USA/Canada), 1988

In the CBS movie biography of Liberace (1919-1987), Victor Garber portrayed the pioneering 1950s television showman and pianist who helped popularize classical music for a mass audience. Reviled by serious music lovers for his sentimentality and reliance on flashy technique, Liberace charted his own course to become one of America’s most well-known entertainers. According to John J. O’Connor of The New York Times, Liberace, a performer who insisted on keeping his personal life private, was “played with truly affecting sympathy by Victor Garber.” (October 8, 1988) Howard Rosenberg of The Los Angeles Times praised the movie’s “sadly moving portrait of Liberace…. Victor Garber plays the lead with sureness and nuanced credibility, effectively separating character from caricature while portraying the emotional bends of a man who fought to keep his homosexuality from his public.” (October 8, 1988) Liberace’s Sixties-era cosmetic dental work, exaggerated here to dramatic effect by makeup artist Ann Brodie, proves an apt metaphor for the showy entertainer’s larger-than-life persona. With Maureen Stapleton, Kenneth Welsh and Saul Rubinek. Written by Gavin Lambert and directed by David Greene.

FIRST CIRCLE
by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Communications Claude Heroux
Primetime Television/Technisonor, (Canada/France), 1991
Nomination, Gemini Award®, Best Performance by an Actor in a
Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

At a top secret laboratory on the outskirts of Moscow in December 1949, Lev Rubin (Victor Garber), a brilliant Soviet linguistics expert, races to perfect his invention, a machine that can identify any speaker by his unique vocal imprint. The security police have intercepted and recorded an anonymous telephone call to the U.S. Embassy from someone in Moscow leaking news of a Soviet plot to steal atomic secrets from the United States. Soviet security officials, believing the traitor to be a government insider, order Rubin to match the caller’s voice with the recorded voice of one of five suspects. Ironically, Rubin is a prisoner, one of thousands of innocent victims caught up in Stalin’s “Great Terror.” His prison is the Mavrino Institute, a minimum-security facility for dissident scientists and intellectuals. Rubin’s success could lead to his freedom, or at least a guarantee that he will not be sent to one of the brutal forced labor camps where so many have died. In a move to help his friend and fellow prisoner Gleb Nerzhin (Robert Powell), Rubin gets him assigned to the project as well. Nerzhin, a vehement anti-Stalinist, argues incessantly about politics with Rubin, who is still a loyal Communist despite his imprisonment. Beset by informers and anti-Semitic prison officials, Rubin strives to identify the traitor, narrowing the list of suspects to just two. Pressured by security authorities to finish his work, Rubin begs them for one more day to make a positive identification. They refuse, telling him they will arrest and imprison both remaining suspects even though one is undoubtedly innocent, a blow to Rubin’s misplaced but oddly touching faith in Stalin’s system. Nerzhin publicly refuses to do any more for a regime he despises, throwing away his chance for freedom. Rubin’s exasperation with his friend turns to sadness when Nerzhin is selected for transport to a distant labor camp. Solzhenitsyn’s title “First Circle” refers to the first circle of Hell, the highest and best level of the Inferno in Dante’s 14th-century epic poem, “The Divine Comedy.” The 1968 novel was adapted for television by Charles Cohen. With Robert Joy, Heath Lamberts, Laurent Malet, Corrine Touzet, Raf Vallone, F. Murray Abraham, and Christopher Plummer. Directed by Sheldon Larry. [VHS/DVD]

GRAND LARCENY
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1991

Attorney J. Clayton Keeler (Victor Garber) defends Betsy Bigley in a highly publicized trial in New York City at the turn of the last century. His client, a beautiful Canadian farmer’s daughter who charmed her way to a fortune swindling Wall Street millionaires, is charged with fraud. When he loses the case and Betsy is sentenced to 10 years in prison, Keeler persuades her to entrust her last few hundred thousand dollars to him to pay for her appeal. Betsy realizes too late that Keeler has no intention of appealing her case. She escapes from prison two years later, enlisting the aid of her former associates to get even with Keeler and recover her fortune in a scheme involving a bogus Wall Street brokerage firm and thousands of counterfeit shares in a worthless gold mine company. Targeting Keeler’s mistress Dulcie Dobbs, Betsy convinces the naïve showgirl that financier J.P. Morgan is secretly buying the gold mine shares for twice their value. Dulcie blabs the news to her greedy boyfriend Keeler, who scrapes together all his cash, even mortgaging his house, to buy thousands of shares, confident he will double his money when he sells them to Morgan. Betsy and her confederates are on their way to France with Keeler’s money by the time he discovers his former client has duped him. Based on a true story. With Jennifer Dale, Robert Joy, Kenneth Welsh and Catherine Disher. Written by Douglas Bowie and directed by Stephen Surjik. [VHS/DVD]

I’LL NEVER GET TO HEAVEN
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1992

A 13-year-old Catholic school girl’s life changes when her father walks out on the family in 1960. Margaret Stewart, her younger sister Mary, and her mother Cassie (Wendy Crewson) are forced to move in with her grandmother in Toronto, where new challenges test their conservative Irish-Catholic faith. At her Catholic school, Margaret’s best friend Betty is labeled a troublemaker for her religious curiosity, and her favorite teacher, Sister Anthony, is disciplined for her freethinking views, leading Margaret to question the nature of sin and to embrace forgiveness. Margaret’s mother Cassie risks disapproval from her mother when she gives up full-time parenting to work in a clothing shop. Soon she meets Eric Hoskins (Victor Garber), a lonely widowed photographer who lives next door to the shop. As Eric’s affection for Cassie deepens, she faces a dilemma—as a good Catholic she cannot divorce and remarry. With Amy Stewart, Patricia Gage, Samantha Follows and Sean McCann. Written by Kathleen M. Turner and directed by Stefan Scaini.

SONDHEIM—A CELEBRATION AT CARNEGIE HALL
Great Performances, Carnegie Hall and Thirteen/WNET New York, 1992

In a benefit concert to support Carnegie Hall, dozens of artists present an elegantly simple salute to the work of Stephen Sondheim. Victor Garber and Patrick Cassidy sing “The Ballad of Booth” from “Assassins.” With Madeline Kahn, Dorothy Loudon, Betty Buckley, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Harolyn Blackwell, Liza Minelli, Billy Stritch, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Bill Irwin, the Boys Choir of Harlem, Mr. Sondheim, and many others. Paul Gemignani conducts the American Theatre Orchestra. The concert was conceived by Scott Ellis, Paul Gemignani, Susan Stroman, and David Thompson. Directed by Scott Ellis. [VHS/DVD]

E.N.G.
CTV, (Canada), 1992-1994

“E.N.G.” (Electronic News Gathering), an hour-long television drama series, focused on the news division of a leading Toronto television station, highlighting the investigative reporters and the stories they covered. In a recurring role from 1992 to 1994, Victor Garber played powerful media mogul and station owner Adam Hirsch. One of CTV’s top-rated shows, “E.N.G.” aired from 1989 to 1994. It was a four-time winner of Canada’s most prestigious television award, the Gemini® for Best Dramatic Series, and was seen in more than 30 countries in syndication. Sara Botsford played news division producer Ann Hildebrandt.

QUEEN
by Alex Haley and David Stevens
CBS, Miniseries, 1993

Alex Haley’s epic tells the story of his paternal grandmother Queen Jackson (Halle Berry), the daughter of a wealthy South Carolina plantation owner’s son and a slave named Easter. As the second part of the three-part story opens, the Civil War has ended. No longer a slave, Queen chooses to stay on the Jackson plantation in the family’s time of need, helping out as housekeeper, cook and gardener. When she can no longer endure their unwillingness to accept her as a member of the family, Queen leaves for Charleston where she is taken in by Alice, a kindly woman also of mixed-race ancestry who makes her living as a courtesan. Queen meets Digby (Victor Garber), a lonely gentleman and wounded Confederate veteran whose family fortune was decimated by the war. Flattered by his attentions, Queen allows Digby to assume she is white and soon they become engaged. Alice warns her to break off the engagement at once or risk a humiliating scandal. When Queen visits Digby in his rooms to end their relationship, he drugs her with laudanum, with less than honorable intentions. In a desperate attempt to fend off his advances, the helpless young woman tells him her mother was a slave. Digby’s ardor turns instantly to rage and he forces himself upon her. Devastated, Queen flees Charleston, moving on to the next chapter of her tumultuous saga. “Queen” was nominated for eight Emmy Awards®, including Outstanding Miniseries. With Ann-Margret, Martin Sheen, Paul Winfield, Ossie Davis, Timothy Daly, Frances Conroy, Danny Glover, Jasmine Guy and Lonette McKee. Teleplay by David Stevens. Directed by John Erman.


DIEPPE
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Miniseries, 1993
Nomination, Gemini Award®, Best Performance by an Actor in a
Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

In the darkest days of the Second World War, Winston Churchill turns to one man, charismatic British naval hero Lord Louis Mountbatten (Victor Garber). With the United States focused on the war in the Pacific, and Germany occupying most of Europe, Churchill is under immense pressure to fight the Nazis in France. Dismissed by the British high command as a preening egomaniac, Mountbatten is valued by the Prime Minister as an intrepid military leader and public relations genius. When Churchill appoints him Chief of Combined British Operations in 1942, Mountbatten devises a daring amphibious assault on the German-held French coastal town of Dieppe. Thousands of Canadian infantry volunteers stationed in Britain since the start of the war have yet to see action. Knowing that Canadian leaders are keen to enter into combat in Europe ahead of the Americans, and that politically, their soldiers are more expendable than Royal Marines, Mountbatten considers the Canadian infantry ideal for the Dieppe offensive. The success of his plan, dependent as it is on Navy and RAF support, is doubtful given petty rivalries within the British high command, and the lack of adequate intelligence on German military strength at Dieppe. Despite the misgivings of the Canadian infantry commander (Gary Reineke), Mountbatten presses ahead. Of 5,000 Canadian soldiers who land at Dieppe on August 19, 1942, more than 900 are killed, 2,000 wounded and 1,900 taken prisoner. Putting the best face on the tragedy, Mountbatten calls the ill-conceived raid a “dress rehearsal” for the real invasion. “Dieppe” received Canada’s highest television award, the Gemini® for Best Dramatic Miniseries. The teleplay by John Krizanc was based on “Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid” by Brian Loring Villa. “Played with suave, sweatless charm by Victor Garber, [Mountbatten] is seen as an egotistical myth-maker and public relations expert.” (The Toronto Star, January 2, 1994). With Robert Joy, Kenneth Welsh, John Neville, and Aidan Devine. Directed by John N. Smith. [DVD]

WOMAN ON THE RUN: THE LAWRENCIA BEMBENEK STORY
NBC/Alliance Communications Corp., (Canada/USA), 1993

Lawrencia Bembenek (Tatum O’Neal), a rookie police officer, files a discrimination complaint against the Milwaukee Police Department when she is fired, alleging unfair dismissal. When an unidentified intruder shoots her husband’s former wife, Lawrencia finds herself the target of a murder investigation. Despite her protests of innocence, a jury convicts her on flimsy evidence sentencing her to life in prison. In the third hour of this labyrinthine tale, Lawrencia, having spent 10 years behind bars, despairs of ever finding justice and escapes to Canada. When she is apprehended by the R.C.M.P., noted Toronto attorney Frank Marrocco (Victor Garber) agrees to take her case pro bono. Marrocco uncovers signs of a Milwaukee police conspiracy to suppress exculpatory evidence at Lawrencia’s trial. Convinced of his client’s innocence, Marrocco finds an attorney (Robert Joy) willing to represent Lawrencia pro bono in a new trial in the States. Milwaukee authorities, anxious to avoid the publicity of a retrial, offer Lawrencia the chance to plead no contest to a lesser charge, allowing her to go free. Based on Bembenek’s autobiography, “Woman on the Run” was nominated for Canada’s Gemini Award® for Best Dramatic Miniseries. With Bruce Greenwood, Peggy McCay, Colin Fox, Kenneth Welsh, Catherine Disher, Saul Rubinek and Alex McArthur. Directed and written for television by Sandor Stern.

LAW & ORDER
“Savages”
NBC, Universal Television, October 18, 1995
When an undercover N.Y.P.D. drug agent is found shot to death, conclusive evidence points to an unlikely suspect: Paul Sandig (Victor Garber), successful accountant, husband, father of two young boys, and president of his community’s Little League. Sandig had been lured into a profitable money-laundering scheme by one of his clients, an antiques importer with a sideline in drug dealing, when he discovered the law was on his trail. Fearing exposure he panicked, shooting the undercover agent six times at close range. Prosecutors Jack McCoy and Claire Kincaid disagree over whether to seek the death penalty until D.A. Adam Schiff settles the matter, reluctantly opting for the ultimate punishment. When Sandig is convicted, his attorney Helen Brolin makes an impassioned but futile argument against the constitutionality of the New York State death penalty statute. The jury’s unanimous decision to execute the unfortunate accountant hands uneasy prosecutors a hollow victory. With Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Benjamin Bratt, S. Epatha Merkerson, Maria Tucci, Barbara Garrick, and Lynne Thigpen. Directed by Jace Alexander. Airing six weeks after New York State reinstated the death penalty, this thought-provoking episode of the highly rated series garnered a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for writers Morgan Gendel, Barry M. Schkolnick and Michael S. Chernuchin.

HOSTILE ADVANCES: THE KERRY ELLISON STORY
Lifetime, (Canada/USA), 1996

I.R.S. employee Kerry Ellison (Rena Sofer) risks her career when she fights back against the unwanted advances of co-worker Jack Gilcrest (Victor Garber). Young, single and up for a promotion, Kerry is the target of Jack’s inappropriate attentions, disturbing notes and innuendo. To Kerry’s great relief, Jack arranges for a transfer, but soon he successfully maneuvers a return to his old office. When Kerry’s formal complaint with the E.E.O.C. is rejected, she takes the courageous step of hiring an attorney and going to court. Her bold move backfires as she is shunned by colleagues, passed over for promotion and her legal case is dismissed. Still at the mercy of the obsessive Gilcrest, Kerry decides to appeal. Her case is settled out of court creating a legal precedent and serving as a benchmark for future sexual harassment legislation. With Karen Allen. A Lifetime Original fact-based drama, written by Layce Gardner and directed by Allan Kroeker.

LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART
by Mary Higgins Clark
The Family Channel, 1997

Prominent New Jersey defense attorney Geoff Dorso (Victor Garber) believes his client Skip Reardon is innocent. Reardon has been in prison for ten years serving a life term for the murder of his stunningly beautiful wife, and Dorso has exhausted nearly all possible appeals for a new trial. When her daughter Robin is injured in a minor car accident, Bergen County assistant prosecutor Kerry McGrath (Meredith Baxter) takes her to Dr. Smith (Tony Lo Bianco), a top Manhattan plastic surgeon with a sullen bedside manner. A couple of the doctor’s patients bear an uncanny resemblance to Skip Reardon’s murdered wife, sparking Kerry’s curiosity. Determined to review the ten-year-old case, Kerry contacts Geoff Dorso, and as she pursues a new investigation the divorced prosecutor forms a close friendship with the sympathetic, trustworthy bachelor. Despite puzzling political roadblocks, nefarious threats and looming danger to herself and her daughter, Kerry perseveres, becoming as convinced as Geoff that Reardon is not guilty. With Colin Fox, Sophie Lang, Louis del Grande and Art Hindle. Teleplay by Christopher Lofton based on Mary Higgins Clark’s best-selling novel. Directed by Bill Corcoran.

CINDERELLA
Music by Richard Rodgers, Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
ABC, Disney/Houston, 1997

The third version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic fairytale musical to be produced for television is a colorful, magnificent spectacle. Queen Constantina (Whoopi Goldberg) and King Maximillian (Victor Garber) encourage their son the Prince (Paolo Montalban) in his search for the perfect bride (Brandy Norwood). “Cinderella” was nominated for seven Emmy Awards®, including Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. With Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander and Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive producers. Choreographed by Rob Marshall. Directed by Robert Iscove.

LIBERTY! THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PBS, Miniseries, 1997

Focusing on people and events in the approach to the American Revolution, this critically acclaimed 6-hour documentary recreated the period through readings and reenactments of actual events. Victor Garber portrayed John Dickinson (1732-1808), a patriot and lawyer who became an early hero in the struggle for liberty. Dickinson championed the rights of the colonists in his “Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer,” a series of stirring political tracts he wrote in 1767 protesting British tax policies. While his hopes for reconciliation with Great Britain led to his controversial refusal to support the Declaration of Independence, Dickinson later advocated adoption of the Constitution. With Philip Bosco, Campbell Scott, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Terrence Mann, Austin Pendleton, Roger Rees and Paxton Whitehead. Narrated by Edward Herrmann. Written by Ronald Blumer and directed by Ellen Hovde and Muffie Meyer.

INVISIBLE CHILD
Lifetime, 1999

Tim (Victor Garber) and Annie Beeman (Rita Wilson) have two young children, 10-year-old Rebecca (Mae Whitman), nicknamed “Doc,” and 4-year-old Sam. Annie, a sweet-natured housewife, suffers from a powerful delusion. Five years ago Tim’s architecture practice took off and while he spent long hours at the office, Annie began to behave as if she had just given birth to an infant girl, whom she called Maggie. Despite Tim’s sympathetic encouragement, Annie refused to see a psychiatrist. Her delusion persisted even after the birth of Sam, who now believes he has two older sisters. Tim and Doc patiently play along to protect Annie’s fragile mental state, but the stress takes a devastating toll. Mature beyond her years, Doc and her uncomplaining father display a fortitude surpassed only by that of the actors endeavoring to perform this material. When the Beemans hire British nanny Gillian (Tushka Bergen), Tim confides in the young woman, explaining that she too must pretend to see 5-year-old Maggie. Not surprisingly, the strain proves too much for Gillian. Her well-intentioned attempt to get help for the family backfires, plunging them into an agonizing crisis and setting in motion a chain of events that may spell doom for one Beeman. A Lifetime Original drama written by Ronald Bass and David Field. Directed by Joan Micklin Silver. [DVD]

ANNIE
Book by Thomas Meehan, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin
ABC, Disney, 1999

In Depression-era New York City, billionaire Oliver Warbucks (Victor Garber) asks his secretary Grace Farrell (Audra McDonald) to invite a local orphan to spend Christmas at his palatial mansion, a compassionate gesture he hopes will boost his public image. Expecting Grace will invite a boy, Oliver is doubtful when she brings home Annie, but soon the gruff tycoon is so charmed by the cheerful 11-year-old that he wants to adopt her. When Annie confides that all she really wants is to find her long-lost parents, Oliver offers a big reward to locate them. The wicked headmistress of the orphanage, Miss Hannigan (Kathy Bates) and her sleazy brother Rooster (Alan Cumming) scheme to claim the reward money by impersonating Annie’s parents. They nearly succeed in running off with both the money and Annie, when Rooster’s spiteful girlfriend and Annie’s orphan friends join forces to unmask the two impostors. The story ends happily as Oliver adopts Annie and proposes to Grace. “Annie” was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards®, including Outstanding Made for Television Movie. Critic Ann Hodges of The Houston Chronicle observed, “Four-time Tony nominee Victor Garber brings an effective human touch to his lonely Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, the billionaire who loses his heart to Annie.” (November 5, 1999) With Kristin Chenoweth, Andrea McArdle and Alicia Morton. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive producers. Directed by Rob Marshall. [DVD]

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Shaftesbury Films, 1999
Nomination, Gemini Award®, Best Performance by an Actor in a
Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Miniseries

In the midst of the Cold War, Harry Raymond (Victor Garber) is Ottawa’s ambassador to the Soviet Union. As one of Canada’s most distinguished career diplomats, Raymond was the inevitable choice for this most crucial and sensitive foreign service post. But he and his supportive French-Canadian wife Marianne (Louise Marleau) have angered Soviet authorities by harboring a Russian dissident at their Moscow residence. Marianne has been experiencing episodes of nervous exhaustion, as well, which may portend a more serious health problem. KGB agents watch Raymond around the clock, digging for personally damaging information with which to blackmail him into working for them. Their vigilance pays off when they discover the ambassador is having a clandestine affair with an attractive young Russian man. When the young man is found dead under unexplained circumstances, Soviet officials confront Raymond, threatening to implicate him in the man’s murder unless he cooperates with them. He reports the threats to Michael Riordan (Kenneth Welsh), Canada’s Minister of External Affairs, who, rather than risk a prolonged diplomatic impasse, abruptly recalls Raymond and his wife to Ottawa. The crisis coincides with a power struggle within the Canadian government, and Riordan, his sights set on becoming prime minister, has no qualms about sacrificing his loyal emissary for political gain. Despite his years of outstanding service, Raymond must endure hours of intrusive cross-examination by government investigators. “External Affairs,” based on Canadian playwright Timothy Findley’s 1993 work, “The Stillborn Lover,” exposes the role-playing that societies demand of anyone who would succeed in the realm of public service. With Henry Czerny and Mark Lutz. Teleplay by Jeremy Hole. Directed by Peter Moss.


LOVE AND MURDER
CTV/Shaftesbury Films, (Canada), 2000

Detective Inspector Philip Millard (Victor Garber) and Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) were once partners on the police force. The reserved bachelor and the attractive wife of a prominent Ontario politician made an excellent investigative team, but all that changed when Joanne’s husband Ian was murdered. Police failed to apprehend the killer or discover a motive, and Joanne, disillusioned, resigned from the force, alienating Philip. Since then Joanne has had to adjust to a new life, while helping her children cope with their father’s death, and teaching criminology at a local university. Joanne finds herself unexpectedly drawn back into real-life crime solving when her childhood friend, controversial artist Sally Love (Caroline Goodall), returns to town for an exhibition of her artwork at a local gallery. When the gallery’s owner is murdered and Sally is implicated in the crime, Joanne turns to Philip for help. Still resentful over his former partner’s sudden departure from the force, he is unwilling to consider her theory that his prime suspect may be innocent. The killer strikes again, leading Joanne to disturbing evidence linking the murders to a mysterious death in Sally’s family many years ago. “Love and Murder,” based on the novel “Murder at the Mendel” by Gail Bowen, was produced for CTV’s Canadian Literature Initiative, an effort to bring the work of Canadian authors to television. It was the first installment in the “Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries” series (originally titled “Criminal Instinct”). With Claire Bloom and Kenneth Welsh. Directed by George Bloomfield.



DEADLY APPEARANCES
CTV/Shaftesbury Films, (Canada), 2000

Detective Inspector Philip Millard (Victor Garber) and Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson), his former partner on the police force, are guests at a charity picnic hosted by Andy Boychuk (Robert Hays), a successful Ontario politician and former running mate of Joanne’s late husband. Onlookers at the picnic witness Boychuk arguing loudly with a young woman. When the woman is later found dead, Philip suspects Boychuk is the killer. Believing Philip is too hasty in his conclusion, Joanne sets out to solve the crime and exonerate her husband’s old friend, only to uncover a deeper mystery when she finds Boychuk brutally murdered at his campaign headquarters. “Deadly Appearances,” based on a mystery novel by Gail Bowen, was the second installment in the “Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries” series for CTV’s Canadian Literature Initiative. With Simon Callow and Domini Blythe. Directed by George Bloomfield.



LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR
by Neil Simon
Showtime/Paramount Pictures, A Neil Simon Production, 2000

Max Prince (Nathan Lane) is the hilariously funny star of a fading, but once spectacularly successful, television comedy show. He is a genius—volatile and self-destructive, dependent on pills and alcohol—whose sole stabilizing influence is his quietly supportive brother Harry. Max’s talented writers struggle to produce humorous sketches for his live 90-minute comedy program each week. Victor Garber played the role of Kenny Franks, a principal writer for the show. Neil Simon’s play, which he revised for this television movie, was inspired by his experiences as a young comedy writer for Sid Caesar’s “Your Show of Shows” in the 1950s, television’s golden age. “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” was nominated for an Emmy Award® for Outstanding Made for Television Movie. With Mark Linn-Baker, Dan Castellaneta, Richard Portnow, Saul Rubinek, Peri Gilpin and Mackenzie Astin. Directed by Richard Benjamin.



FRASIER
“Taking Liberties”
NBC, Grub Street Productions/Paramount, November 21, 2000
Nomination, Emmy Award®, Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Following the death of his employer, Ferguson (Victor Garber), the perfect British butler, becomes available for hire. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) leaps at the chance to employ an authentic gentleman’s gentleman, and is quickly spoiled by Ferguson’s assiduous handling of the household. A lovesick Daphne (Jane Leeves) seeks solace from her fellow Briton, confiding in Ferguson that her relationship with the still-married Niles (David Hyde Pierce) is progressing at a frustratingly slow pace. While sympathetic, the punctilious butler tactfully reminds her that when the help and the employer’s family mingle, no good can come of it. Hoping to be named to the opera board, Frasier enlists Ferguson’s expertise in planning an elegant cocktail party to impress the opera board members. At the party, the butler’s subtle interventions lead Niles to stand up to his manipulative wife and declare his love for Daphne. Emboldened by Daphne’s example, Ferguson decides to leave Frasier’s service and return to England, where he plans to renew his acquaintance with a former employer, Lady Westerfield. With John Mahoney and Peri Gilpin. Kelsey Grammer directed this episode.



LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS
based on the book “Me and My Shadows” by Lorna Luft
ABC, Alliance Atlantis/IN-motion AG, Miniseries, 2001
Nomination, Emmy Award®, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

The career of legendary singer and film actress Judy Garland begins with a childhood spent performing in vaudeville, followed by Hollywood stardom, and later concert and television triumphs, and ends with her tragic death at 47 from an accidental prescription drug overdose. Judy (Judy Davis) is at a low point when she meets Sid Luft (Victor Garber) in 1950. MGM, the film studio where she has worked since adolescence, has terminated her contract. Her marriage to film director Vincente Minelli (Hugh Laurie) is a failure, and she is hopelessly dependent on prescription drugs. Sid, a B-movie producer with a tough-guy reputation, takes Judy under his wing, managing her career and guiding her to a spectacular comeback. After they are married, Sid helps Judy through harrowing episodes of depression, addiction, weight gain and financial difficulty, as well as career successes and disappointments. Their roller coaster marriage ends in divorce and a bitter child custody battle. The children, Lorna and Joey, end up with their mother, but when money worries and the toll of Judy’s addiction become too much, teenaged Lorna collapses from the stress. Sid intervenes, bringing the children to live with him not long before Judy’s death in London. This critically lauded miniseries was nominated for 13 Emmy Awards®, including Outstanding Miniseries. Critic Kay McFadden of The Seattle Times wrote, “The only actor to truly rise above this material, however, is the impeccable Victor Garber. His deep and wide portrayal of Sid Luft, Garland’s third husband, shows that life with Judy Garland could be magical as well as awful.” (February 23, 2001) With Tammy Blanchard as young Judy Garland, Marsha Mason, Aidan Devine and Allison Pill. Teleplay by Robert L. Freedman. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive producers. Directed by Robert Allan Ackerman. [DVD]



THE IMPRESSIONISTS
A&E, Biography®, 2001

This highly acclaimed, two-part documentary/miniseries chronicles the development of one of the most important movements in the history of modern art. At a time of momentous social change in France, the Impressionists rejected the limitations of traditional art. The program focuses on the lives of the movement’s five major artists: Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro and Berthe Morisot, and other related figures, such as Paul Cezanne and Alfred Sisley. Victor Garber joins Josef Sommer, Amy Irving, Philip Bosco and others in voiceover readings of excerpts from the artists’ diaries, letters and papers. Narrated by Edward Herrmann. Directed by Bruce Alfred. [VHS/DVD]



CALL ME CLAUS
Turner Network Television, Columbia TriStar, 2001

Lucy Cullins (Whoopi Goldberg), a demanding executive producer at Shop-A-Lot Home Shopping Network, is every bit as grouchy as her patient stage manager Taylor (Victor Garber) is good-natured. When Lucy hires an elderly man named Nick (Nigel Hawthorne) to play Santa on Shop-A-Lot for the holiday season, she is unaware that her life is about to change. Nick really is Santa Claus and after 200 years delivering Christmas gifts worldwide it is time for him to retire. He must find his replacement before Christmas Eve, or risk catastrophe. Nick decides Lucy is the prime candidate for the position, but his biggest job lies ahead—convincing the cynical producer that she is the perfect Santa. With Brian Stokes Mitchell and Taylor Negron. Music by Garth Brooks. Directed by Peter Werner.



THE WANDERING SOUL MURDERS
CTV/Shaftesbury Films, (Canada), 2001

When a young woman who worked for her daughter’s catering business is found murdered, former detective Joanne Kilbourn (Wendy Crewson) suspects she may have been involved at one time in prostitution. Learning the case is one of a string of similar unsolved murders of young prostitutes, Joanne goes public, criticizing the police for their careless handling of the investigation. Her outburst prompts an invitation from a local television station to produce an investigative report on the case, an assignment for which she will need support and cooperation from her former partner on the police force, Detective Inspector Philip Millard (Victor Garber). The third of author Gail Bowen’s novels dramatized for the “Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries” series, “The Wandering Soul Murders” was another installment in CTV’s Canadian Literature Initiative. With Natasha La Force and Cynthia Gibb. Directed by Brad Turner.



A COLDER KIND OF DEATH
CTV/Shaftesbury Films, (Canada), 2000

It has been six years since Joanne Kilbourn’s (Wendy Crewson) husband Ian, a prominent Ontario politician, was murdered. The crime was never solved, but now Detective Inspector Philip Millard (Victor Garber), Joanne’s former partner on the police force, finally has a suspect, Kevin Tarpley. Following his arrest, Kevin is shot and killed by an unknown assailant. At a party attended by Ian’s old political friends, Kevin’s reproachful widow Maureen Gault taunts Joanne, arousing her suspicions. After the party Joanne finds Maureen dead in the parking lot. Police investigators turn up damaging evidence linking Joanne to the murder—Maureen was strangled with Joanne’s missing scarf. Despite having been taken off the case because of his personal ties to Joanne, Philip manages to clear his ex-partner of Maureen’s murder. Joanne turns to Philip for comfort when she is overcome by painful memories. Finding Ian’s old friends oddly distant, she resolves to uncover the truth behind her husband’s murder. “A Colder Kind of Death,” based on the novel by Gail Bowen and produced for CTV’s Canadian Literature Initiative, was the fourth installment in the “Joanne Kilbourn Mysteries” series. With Teri Garr. Directed by Brad Turner.



TORSO: THE EVELYN DICK STORY
CTV/Shaftesbury Films, (Canada), 2001 (aired March 2002)

Ambitious Canadian attorney J.J. Robinette (Victor Garber) gains national recognition when he becomes involved in a sensational Ontario murder case in 1946. Evelyn Dick (Kathleen Robertson), a beautiful young housewife with a wayward past, was accused of murdering her husband John, a streetcar conductor, when two boys on a hike found his horribly mutilated torso. Following one of the most lurid trials in Canadian history, Evelyn was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Robinette enters the case at the appeal phase, intent on proving that the police mishandled the murder investigation. Despite his client’s seemingly cold and unapologetic demeanor, Robinette suspects she is concealing crucial information in order to protect someone. Shortly after he succeeds in getting Evelyn’s guilty verdict overturned, the police make a gruesome discovery in the attic of Evelyn’s home. “Torso,” a dramatization of an actual case, was based on the book of the same title by Canadian author Marjorie Freeman Campbell and was an installment in CTV’s Canadian Literature Initiative. It was nominated for nine 2002 Gemini Awards®, including Best TV movie or Dramatic Miniseries. With Brenda Fricker. Teleplay by Dennis Foon. Directed by Alex Chapple.



ALIAS
ABC, Touchstone Television, 2001-
Nominations, Emmy Award®, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, 2002, 2003 and 2004


Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner) accepts a CIA campus recruiter’s job offer, triggering a chain of wildly improbable events. When her fiance is brutally murdered, Sydney discovers that what she believed was a clandestine branch of the CIA is, in fact, a criminal organization headed by Arvin Sloane (Ron Rifkin). Sydney offers to work as a double agent for the real CIA, only to learn that her aloof and inscrutable father, Jack Bristow (Victor Garber), whom she thought was a businessman, is a CIA double agent, and that her mother (Lena Olin, Season 2), whom she believed had died, is a spy who betrayed Jack before staging her own death. Later, Sydney fights to regain her memory following her mysterious 2-year disappearance, and learns that she has a half-sister (Mia Maestro). The Bristows struggle with tangled emotions and mutual distrust, while Sydney begins to perceive the insidious role her father has played in shaping her destiny. In December 2003, the American Film Institute selected the Emmy-Award®-winning “Alias” as one of the year’s top ten television programs. A distinguished jury praised the program’s “rare emotional core,” calling the cast “one of the finest acting ensembles on television.” TV Guide voted Mr. Garber’s Jack Bristow one of the “50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time” (June 20-26, 2004). Critic Matt Roush called Mr. Garber “excellent,” adding that the show is “delectably layered, with humor and romance off-setting impossible-to-fathom missions that can zoom from Kenya to Cuba within an episode.” (TV Guide, January 19-25, 2002). USA TODAY critic Robert Bianco wrote, “If Alias is more than just an adventure romp, and it is, it’s because terrific actors like Garber ground the plots in emotional truth.” (USA TODAY.com, June 24, 2003). With Michael Vartan, Carl Lumbly, Kevin Weisman, Greg Grunberg, and also featuring David Anders, Melissa George (Season 3), Bradley Cooper, Merrin Dungey, Isabella Rossellini, and Terry O’Quinn. Created by J.J. Abrams.



THE MUSIC MAN
Music, Lyrics and Book by Meredith Willson
ABC, Touchstone Television, 2003

“Professor” Harold Hill (Matthew Broderick), a charming flimflam man, arrives in River City, Iowa circa 1912 promising the townspeople he will turn their sons into expert musicians with their own marching band. Once he persuades parents to order expensive musical instruments and uniforms, Harold Hill plans to skip town before he teaches their sons to play a note. But when Harold falls in love with Marian Paroo (Kristin Chenoweth), the town librarian, he has a change of heart. He sets out to prove himself to Marian, her shy little brother Winthrop (Cameron Monaghan), and the town’s suspicious mayor, George Shinn (Victor Garber). On the next Fourth of July, Harold triumphantly leads the River City Boys Band in the holiday parade. Boston Herald critic Terry Byrne deemed Mr. Garber “too handsome and classy to play the bumbling Mayor” (February 16, 2003), but David Bianculli of New York Daily News said, “Victor Garber, as Mayor Shinn, is the one actor here to nail his role and the tone of the show.” (February 13, 2003) With Molly Shannon, Debra Monk and David Aaron Baker. Original story by Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey. Adaptation by Sally Robinson. Choreography by Kathleen Marshall. Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, executive producers. Directed by Jeff Bleckner.



HUMAN TRIALS: TESTING THE AIDS VACCINE
Avanti Pictures/CBC Newsworld, (Canada), 2003

Victor Garber narrates this compelling documentary on the first human trials of an AIDS vaccine. The film focuses on the lives of Alan, Neil and David, three gay men in Vancouver who are among the nearly 8,000 at-risk people participating in the double-blind study worldwide. Produced for Canadian news network CBC Newsworld’s acclaimed public affairs program “Rough Cuts” (winner of the 2003 Gemini Award for Best Documentary Series), “Human Trials” follows the three pioneering volunteers, as well as the doctors, nurses and scientists who are supporting them through the groundbreaking three-year trial. Directed by Ryan Marley and Michael Margolis. Andrew Johnson, “Rough Cuts” series editor.



IT’S ALL RELATIVE
“The Doctor is Out”
ABC, Touchstone Television, October 29, 2003


Philip (John Benjamin Hickey), his life partner Simon (Christopher Sieber) and daughter Liz (Maggie Lawson) get ready for their annual Halloween costume gala with help from their longtime party planner Joffrey (Victor Garber), whose fabulous demeanor conceals a surprising secret. When Joffrey finally confesses that he has been pretending to be gay to boost his style quotient, Philip is forced to reevaluate his own preconceptions. Meanwhile, Liz’s future father-in-law Mace O’Neil (Lenny Clarke) learns an important lesson about stereotyping when he discovers that the skilled physician (Neal Lerner) who successfully treated his ulcer is gay.



FROM A PLACE CALLED WAR
Alliance Atlantis, History Television, (Canada), 2003

The historical events of World War II (1939-1945), seen from a Canadian perspective, highlight this four-part documentary produced for Canada’s History Television in observance of Remembrance Day. Letters and diaries of Canadian soldiers and ordinary Canadian people who experienced the war firsthand are read by actors, including Eric McCormack, Colm Feore, David Cubitt, David James Elliott and Victor Garber. Produced, directed and edited by Wayne Abbott.



WILL & GRACE
“Saving Grace Again,” Part II
NBC, KoMut/Three Sisters/NBC Universal, November 18, 2004

In the lobby of a luxury hotel, Jack (Sean Hayes) is thrilled when he spots the actor (Victor Garber) who played his favorite childhood television commercial character, the “sinfully delicious” Cocoa Devil. His excitement turns to disbelief when he realizes the actor is now working as a hotel bellhop. Sensing an opportunity, Jack hires him to be the new spokesman for Out TV, the gay cable TV network. Jack’s insistence that he play the Cocoa Devil for the promotional spot sends the actor running from the studio, until Karen (Megan Mullally) persuades him to reconsider. With Debra Messing, Eric McCormack and Rip Taylor.

So I just saw A Colder Kind of Death. It was really good and I didn't guess the murderer until very late in the show. I'm usually pretty good-last night I said "He did it" as soon as a character walked into the set before he said anything.

Anyway, what I want to know is did Phillip and Joanne have sex? It cuts away with them kissing and the next morning she calls and says "About last night, thank you for being such a good friend".
Does that mean you're such a good friend for:
1. pushing me away and telling me not to wreck our friendship
OR
2. screwing me silly when I needed it

????

i think it was the second scenerio.

Seier, Well, actually she needed, and took comfort in his uh, well...

And uh, he had wanted her from afar, for so long, so he er, well...

Well, my mind is certainly NOT in the gutter, but I've always assumed that they did the, ya know, the deed. In other words, she jumped his bones!!!

My only complaint is that they didn't show enough of it. But I have my visions... ;devil;

Victor was so masculine-handsome in this.

You gals are very horny entertaining. :clapping: :ser:

;SIO;

That was a bit ambiguous wasn't it?

My own preference is that they went at it like bunnies. After moving upstairs to her bedroom and locking the door. Because when this was discussed on the old board Karen/Camille pointed out that there are too many kids in that house for them to be going too far on the living room couch.

However, there was a strong contingent that went the other way or worse that the call was intended to be your basic brush off of the 'let's just be friends' variety.

For anyone interested in seeing some fic on the issue, Yuletide is about to start sign ups. In exchange for writing a 1000 word story, you can request a story about Phil and Joanna. Both Criminal Instinct and Eli Stone are eligible fandoms this year. (I know because I nominated them.)

But at the end (should I put in a spoiler alert for those who haven't seen it - Ok - Spoiler Alert) she holds his hand and then takes off her wedding ring. I always thought that sort of meant that she was moving on with her life and with him. Am I too romantic?

That's right! I forgot about that-at the birthday party

[spoiler]he puts his hand over hers and gives her this little "I know what you look like naked" smile. and she smiles back with a "and I've seen your funky birthmark, baby" smile. He seems much less stiff around her then, too, if I can use such a word.[/spoiler]

Didn't she thank him for something, when she put her hand over his, at the birthday party? Seems like he asked, "for what?", and she told him.

Sorry to be so entertaining SIO, but I would be thanking him, too. :ser:

And Joylee, I always assumed, (pretended), that all of those kids were at a sleepover- for lots, and lots, of hours. Oh, add a few more hours. :lol: