Fred Thompson

He is reportedly paid $100,000 per episode of the show in which he appears; if this is in fact true, he earns more from appearing in two shows than he did in an entire year as a Senator, and will earn nearly twice in one season what his earnings were for his entire Senate career. External link: Official site (http://www.barrywilliams.com). Senator also to take a full-time television acting job; however, his first scenes as Branch were filmed during the Senate's August, 2002 recess, so he missed no legislative time in order to act on television. Williams also featured as himself in the video to the Peter Gabriel song The Barry Williams Show. In doing so, he became the first serving U.S. Always proud of his success with The Brady Bunch, Williams has appeared in various Brady TV movie reunions, has built a cabaret act that pays tribute to his past, and has played himself in Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003). In the final months of his term, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing the character of District Attorney Arthur Branch (a role he still portrays as of 2005). In 1992 his autobiography Growing Up Brady spent three months on the New York Times bestseller list.

Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election, upon further reflection, which seems to have been prompted in large part by the sudden death of his daughter from unrelated events, he decided not to pursue this course. He resumed playing guest roles on television, and became involved in musical theatre, touring with productions such as Grease, The Sound of Music and West Side Story, as well as making unsuccessful attempts to establish a career as a recording artist. He had never planned to make a lifetime career of the Senate, and had often publicly stated as much. With the show's demise in 1974, Williams was unable to attract the type of high profile roles that might have expanded on his earlier success. Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. As the eldest of the kids, his storylines often involved his romances and as the Greg character reached his mid-teens the show's producers began to groom and promote Williams as a teen idol. Thompson then became the ranking minority member. He played guest roles in That Girl and The Mod Squad before being cast as Greg Brady in The Brady Bunch sitcom in 1969.

While in the Senate, he was chair of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1997 to January 3, 2001 and January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001, when the reorganization of the Senate prompted by the resignation of James Jeffords of Vermont from the Republican Party changed the control of the Senate. Williams decided as a very young child that he wanted to be an actor, and in 1967 he made his television debut in an episode of Dragnet. This was no doubt due to his acting background, but many pundits saw this as an attempt to groom him for an even larger political role. Thompson was easily re-elected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003 over Democratic attorney Houston Gordon of Ripley, Tennessee by an even larger margin than that by which he had defeated Cooper two years earlier. Barry William Blenkhorn, known professionally as Barry Williams (born September 30, 1954 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actor best known for his role as "Greg Brady" in the ABC television series The Brady Bunch. ("while I was still unpacking my boxes," as he put it) Thompson was selected by the Republicans to give a reply to a nationally-televised address by President Bill Clinton. Almost immediately upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.

Thompson took the oath of office on December 2, 1994. Representative Jim Cooper in a landslide which represented the most votes anyone had ever received for a statewide office in Tennessee history up to that point. On November 8, 1994, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Al Gore, defeating six-term Democratic U.S. Even more than most actors, Thompson's roles are generally portrayals of characters who are very similar to his real life persona, much in the tradition of performers such as John Wayne.

Thompson would go on to appear in numerous motion pictures, including The Hunt for Red October (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993). This film launched his acting career. The scandal became the subject of a book and a movie titled Marie (1985) in which Thompson played himself, supposedly because the producers were unable to find a professional actor who could play him plausibly. In 1977, Thompson took on a Tennessee Parole Board case that ultimately toppled Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from power on charges of selling pardons.

He was responsible for Baker's asking one of the questions that is said to have led directly to the downfall of President Richard Nixon – "What did the President know, and when did he know it?". He was the campaign manager for Senator Howard Baker's successful re-election campaign in 1972, which led to a close personal friendship with Baker, and from 1973-1974, he served as co-chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee in its investigation of the Watergate scandal. attorney from 1969-1972. He was admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1967 and commenced the practice of law, serving as an assistant U.S.

degree from Vanderbilt University in 1967. He received a J.D. He attended Memphis State University where he earned an undergraduate degree in philosophy and political science in 1964. Born in Sheffield, Alabama, Thompson grew up attending the public schools in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

Fred Dalton Thompson (born August 19, 1942) is an American lawyer, actor, and former Republican Senator from Tennessee. No Way Out (1987). Feds (1988). Fat Man and Little Boy (1989).

The Hunt for Red October (1990). Days of Thunder (1990). Die Hard 2: Die Harder (1990). Flight of the Intruder (1991) (uncredited).

Class Action (1991). Necessary Roughness (1991). Curly Sue (1991). Cape Fear (1991).

Aces: Iron Eagle III (1992). Thunderheart (1992). White Sands (1992) (uncredited). Born Yesterday (1993).

In the Line of Fire (1993). Baby's Day Out (1994).