Acting
Erin Gray
An actress, model and author Erin Gray (born January 7, 1950) was one of the first models to successfully crossover into television. She is best known as "Kate Summers" on the highly watched TV show "Silver Spoons" (1982), and "Colonel Wilma Deering" on the TV show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). Many women admired her commanding role as Col Deering, while many men admired her beautiful looks and sexy figure. Erin Gray was born on January 7, 1950 in Honolulu. Gray moved with her family from Hawaii to California when she was eight years old and graduated from Pacific Palisades High School. She was fifteen when a chance meeting with Nina Blanchard, head of one of Hollywood's top model agencies, convinced her what she wanted to do in life. Moving to New York, she became one of the town's most sought-after models, in elite company with Farrah Fawcett, Veronica Hamel and Susan Blakely. TV viewers encountered her commercials for Breck, Max Factor, Clairol, Camay Soap and RC Cola, and a classic spot--for English Leather cologne--in which she provocatively declared, "My men wear English Leather--or they wear nothing at all!" Between modeling assignments, she studied acting with well-known coach Warren Robertson and, when movie-TV offers came in, she was ready. Universal was impressed by her performances on such series as "Police Story" (1973) and "Gibbsville" (1976) and signed her to a seven-year contract. Under that pact, the studio co-starred her as a tough-minded newspaper reporter in Irwin Shaw's Evening in Byzantium (1978) (TV). Her performance scored with both critics and audiences, and led directly to the role in "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). As a result, she has become a regular commuter between Hollywood and New York, the hub of the magazine and fashion world.
Filmography
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Murder
Film · 2022
Finding Grace
Film · 2020
A Christmas Princess
Film · 2019
Pandora
Series · 2019
My Christmas Inn
Film · 2018
Mystery Science Theater 3000
Series · 2017
A Perfect Christmas
Film · 2016
Christmas in Palm Springs
Film · 2014
Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th
Film · 2013
I Married Who?
Film · 2012
Nesting
Film · 2012
Dreams Awake
Film · 2011
Four Days At Dragon*Con
Film · 2011
Hunter Prey
Film · 2010
Ghouls
Film · 2008
Loaded
Film · 2008
My True Self
Film · 2008
Jane Doe: How to Fire Your Boss
Film · 2007
Nuclear Hurricane
Film · 2007
The Wedding Bells
Series · 2007
The Guild
Series · 2007
Siren
Film · 2006
I Love the '70s: Volume 2
Series · 2006
Caught in the Headlights
Film · 2005
ManFast
Film · 2003
Clover Bend
Film · 2002
Social Misfits
Film · 2001
Touched by a Killer
Film · 2001
Serial Intentions
Film · 2001
The Last Producer
Film · 2000
Profiler
Series · 1996
Crowfoot
Film · 1995
A Dangerous Place
Film · 1994
T-Force
Film · 1994
Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
Film · 1994
Burke's Law
Series · 1994
Official Denial
Film · 1993
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday
Film · 1993
Renegade
Series · 1992
The Torkelsons
Series · 1991
Silk Stalkings
Series · 1991
Dark Justice
Series · 1991
Laker Girls
Film · 1990
Evening Shade
Series · 1990
The New Lassie
Series · 1989
Baywatch
Series · 1989
Addicted to His Love
Film · 1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace
Film · 1988
Breaking Home Ties
Film · 1987
Jake and the Fatman
Series · 1987
L.A. Law
Series · 1986
Code of Vengeance
Film · 1985
The NBC All Star Hour: Let's All Be There
Film · 1985
Murder, She Wrote
Series · 1984
Hunter
Series · 1984
The Hitchhiker
Series · 1983
Six Pack
Film · 1982
Born Beautiful
Film · 1982
Silver Spoons
Series · 1982
Hotel
Series · 1982
Simon & Simon
Series · 1981
The Fall Guy
Series · 1981
Coach of the Year
Film · 1980
Magnum, P.I.
Series · 1980
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Film · 1979
The Ultimate Impostor
Film · 1979
Winter Kills
Film · 1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Planet of the Slave Girls
Film · 1979
B. J. and the Bear
Series · 1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Series · 1979
Vega$
Series · 1978
Evening in Byzantium
Series · 1978
The Love Boat
Series · 1977
Battle of the Network Stars
Series · 1976
The Rockford Files
Series · 1974
Malibu U
Series · 1967
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962