Doyle, Jerry 1956- (Gerard T. Doyle)

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Doyle, Jerry 1956- (Gerard T. Doyle)

PERSONAL

Full name, Gerard T. Doyle; born July 16, 1956, in Brooklyn, New York, NY; father, a police officer; mother, a homemaker; married Andrea Thompson (an actress), 1995 (divorced, 1997); children: Al. Education: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, B.S.; also received flight training. Politics: Republican.

Career:

Actor. WBAP-Radio, Arlington, TX, host of a talk show, 2004. Appeared in television commercials, including spots for John Deere tractors. Falcon Jet Corp., worked in marketing and sales of corporate jet planes in New Jersey; Drexel Burnham, New York City, worked as investment banker; Prudential Bache, New York City, worked as stockbroker for nearly ten years. Active in Republican politics in California, beginning with his campaign for Congress, 2000. Easter Seal Society, past president and member of the board of directors; Children's Hospital, member of the board of trustees; fund-raiser and advocate for Motion Picture and Television Fund, Disabled American Veterans, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, T. J. Martel Foundation, Palm Springs Youth Charities, Angel View Crippled Children Foundation, Santa Monica Medical Center of the University of California, Los Angeles, and other charitable organizations.

Awards, Honors:

Named honorary test pilot, F-16 Combined Test Force, Edwards Air Force Base; named honorary naval aviator, U.S.S. Constellation; named honorary Tar Heel by the governor of North Carolina.

CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Michael Alfredo Garibaldi, Babylon 5 (also known as B5), syndicated, 1994-98.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5: The River of Souls (also known as The River of Souls), TNT, 1998.

Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (also known as A Call to Arms), TNT, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Gerard T. Doyle) David Addison "wannabe", "Cool Hand Dave: Part 2," Moonlighting, ABC, 1987.

Gary Furlong, "Pure Gold," Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991.

Stan, "So All Alone," Homefront, ABC, 1991.

Stan, "If You Want It Done Right," Homefront, ABC, 1992.

Mo Moseley, "Honeymoon in Mexico," Renegade, Cartoon Network, 1995.

Voice of Captain Simian, "Splitzy's Choice," Captain Simian, Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (animated), syndicated, 1996.

Voice of Captain Simian, "Invasion of the Banana Snatchers," Captain Simian, Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys (animated), syndicated, 1996.

Voices of Corey, second driver, and Felipe, "Nuclear Netherworld," The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (animated; also known as Jonny Quest), TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network, 1996.

Sergeant Vernon Larson, "Strangers and Comrades," Sliders, Sci-Fi Channel, 1999.

Thomas McQueen, "Sammo Blammo," Martial Law, CBS, 1999.

Russell, "Fertile Ground," Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 2000.

Colonel Pittman, "Posse Comitatus," JAG, CBS, 2003.

Bob Longano, "Old Yeller," NYPD Blue, ABC, 2004.

Also host of "Sun Storms," an episode of Science Frontiers.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Michael Garibaldi, Babylon 5: The Gathering (also known as Babylon 5 and B5), TNT, 1993.

Television Appearances; Other:

Rains, The Outsider (also known as Gangster World), Sci-Fi Channel, 1998.

Film Appearances:

Frank McClooney, Devious Beings, First Look International, 2003.

Sheriff, The Long Ride Home, Lions Gate Films, 2003.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Searching for Good Dough, Second City Comedy Troupe.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Babylon 5, June, 1998, pp. 20-26; August, 1998, p. 60; July, 1999, pp. 22-24.

Starlog, June, 1994; February, 1997.

Universe Today, April, 1998, pp. 4-7.

Electronic:

Jerry Doyle Official Site,http://www.jerrydoyle.com, May 3, 2008.