Gary Busey

Born: June 29, 1944, Goose Creek, Texas American actor who was nominated for an Oscar as the title character in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). Busey had an early uncredited role in the 1967 film, The Love-Ins as a hippie with a loudspeaker. He played Curly in the 1974 film, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot which starred Clint Eastwood (see Clint Eastwood (2)). A passionate surfer, he starred alongside Jan-Michael Vincent, [a2998489] and [a8055735] in Big Wednesday, a popular film which follows the lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s Some years later and in an interesting twist, he appeared in a 2004 conspiratorial documentary by a Californian surf music producer who was very prolific in the 1960s, Anthony J. Hilder. The documentary film was 911 : The Greatest Lie Ever Sold. He had roles in some Fred Williamson (see Fred Williamson (5)) films over the years. He played the part of Wilford Wexler in The Last Sharknado: It's About Time which was released in 2018 One of Busey's children, his son Jake is a successful actor. Teddy Jack Eddy is an Alias of Gary Busey and Teddy Jack is Leon Russell son, not to be confused with Teddy Jack Eddy