Wallace Langham
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Biography
Brown-haired, green-eyed actor Wallace Langham has made a nice transition from the "kid next door" and menacing delinquent roles he used to play billed as Wally Ward. He showed the nicer side in his feature debut, John Hughes' "Weird Science" (1985), as well as in "The Invisible Kid" (1988) and the "ABC Afterschool Special" entitled "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story" (1987) but was equally effective as a young bigot in "Soul Man" (1986) and a hard-edged gang leader in the impressive low-budgeter "The Chocolate War" (1988). Langham dropped the Ward moniker in the 1990s as he moved to more adult roles, appearing as a regular in the much-hyped but short-lived CBS series "WIOU" (1990-91). Although he almost opened a coffee shop in a moment of despair, his bad luck ended when he landed the part of Phil, the cynical head writer for insecure talk show host Garry Shandling, in HBO's hit sitcom "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992-98). Langham then took on TV's most prominent potentially gay role since Ellen in NBC's "Veronica's Closet" (1997-2000), playing Kirstie Alley's uptight assistant Josh (who everyone assumes is homosexual but has not come out) while continuing as Phil.
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Life Events
1975
Began to study acting at age 10 (date approximate)
1985
Feature debut in John Hughes' "Weird Science", billed as Wally Ward
1985
TV debut in CBS Schoolbreak Special "Ace Hits the Big Time"
1985
TV-movie debut in "Children of the Night" (CBS)
1986
Portrayed Mark Ratner in short-lived CBS series "Fast Times"
1987
Played the best friend of the boy with AIDS in the "ABC Afterschool Special" entitled "Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story"
1989
Last credit as Wally Ward, the ABC movie "A Deadly Silence"
1990
First feature as Wallace Langham, "Vital Signs"
1990
Regular role as Willis in CBS series "WIOU"
1992
Featured as Phil, the writer, on the HBO comedy series "The Larry Sanders Show"
1997
Best feature exposure to date, his small but showy role as the unctuous tabloid assistant in the John Travolta hit "Michael"
2001
Co-starred in the ABC sitcom "What About Joan?"
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