Biography

Bruce has varied experience in film, television and live performance, including being selected by Walt Disney World Entertainment to be an Associate Show Director. In addition to live theater, he has worked on over 12 motion pictures in various capacities as actor, casting director, location manager and screenwriter. He wrote and sold a western screenplay, Paradise Trail, which was produced and distributed in 1979 by Mark IV productions. He performed as a featured actor in over 325 half hour episodes of a national sitcom, I-40 Paradise, broadcast on the Nashville Network in the mid 1980's, two episodes of which he wrote himself. In the late 1970's, he worked as a puppeteer and actor for Sid and Marty Krofft, creators of Puff N Stuff. As a Creative Director in Advertising, he has also produced and directed numerous TV and radio spots. His acting credits include the King in The King and I, Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream, and more recently and locally, Coach Bolton in High School Musical at the historic Smoot Theater in Parkersburg, WV, Max Deitweiller in an outdoor drama production of Sound of Music and Aunt March-yes, that's Aunt March-in Little Women.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bruce Carnahan