Cooper Huckabee Explained

Cooper Huckabee
Birth Name:Thomas Cooper Huckabee
Birth Place:Mobile, Alabama, U.S.
Birth Date:8 May 1951
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1976 - present

Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951)[1] is an American film and television actor who appeared in The Funhouse, Urban Cowboy, and as Harrison in the 1993 film Gettysburg, among other roles.

Career

Huckabee played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in The Funhouse.[2] He was Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in Urban Cowboy.[3] He shared a starring role in the 1982 CBS made-for-TV movie Country Gold made in Nashville which also featured Loni Anderson, Linda Hamilton, and Earl Holliman.[4] He was Henry Thomas Harrison, the spy, in Gettysburg.[5]

He has also had several guest appearances on various TV series, including ER and The Shield. Huckabee appeared as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend Tammy Wynette in the made-for-TV movie, Stand by Your Man.[6] Huckabee also appeared in The Killers video for "A Dustland Fairytale".[7] Huckabee had a recurring role in the TV series True Blood as Joe Lee Mickens.[8]

TV and filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1976Little House on the PrairieHerman StoneSeason 2 Episode #17: "Troublemaker"
1977DallasPaytonCBS TV Mini-Series: Season 1, Episode 4
Murder at the World SeriesFrank Gresham
1978Foul PlaySandy
Hawaii Five-OArmitageEpisode: "The Bark and the Bite"
1980JoniDick Filbert
Urban CowboyMarshall
1981The FunhouseBuzz
Stand by Your ManEuple Byrd
The Pursuit of D. B. CooperHomer
The Blue and the GrayMatthew GeyserTV miniseries
1982Country GoldReilly SearsCBS TV movie
1983Vance Reed
1985ChaseCoy
MacGyverBill FarrenEpisode: "Hellfire"
1986Eye of the TigerRoger
1987The CurseDr. Allen Forbes
1989Cohen and TateJeff Knight
1990Night EyesErnie
1992Love FieldDeputy Swinson
1993GettysburgHenry Thomas Harrison
1994Bad GirlsDeputy Earl
1997TurbulenceWing Commander W. Hadfield
1999The General's DaughterColonel Weems
2000Space CowboysTrajectory Engineer
2003Gods and GeneralsHenry Thomas Harrisonreprised role from Gettysburg
2009Staunton HillBurgh
2010True BloodJoe Lee Mickens7 episodes
2012Django UnchainedRoger "Lil Raj" Brittle
2013Criminal MindsRaoul WhalenEpisode: "Alchemy"
2014LongmireGeorge LinderEpisode: "Harvest"
2015Band of RobbersMuff Potter
2016Pee-wee's Big HolidayMinister
If Loving You is WrongRusty6 episodes
2019NCISKyle LarsonEpisode: "Judge, Jury..."
2020Tales from the Hood 3Denton Wilbury

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cooper Huckabee. Hollywood.com. April 28, 2016.
  2. Web site: THE FUNHOUSE (1981). Miller. Mark L.. Ain't It Cool News. June 23, 2014. April 28, 2016.
  3. News: TRAVOLTA, 'URBAN COWBOY'. Canby. Vincent. The New York Times. June 11, 1980. April 28, 2016.
  4. News: Today in Preview. Flander. Judy. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 23, 1982. 27.
  5. Book: Rubin, Stephen Jay. Combat Films: American Realism, 1945-2010, 2d ed.. McFarland & Company. 1981. 9780786486137. 212.
  6. News: TV: 'STAND BY YOUR MAN, ' TAMMY WYNETTE STORY . . John J. . O'Connor . March 31, 1981.
  7. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35007/another-bit-true-blood-casting Another Bit of True Blood Casting
  8. http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37348/new-true-blood-promo-poster-continues-shows-sexy-bloodsucking-ways New True Blood Promo Poster Continues the Show's Sexy Bloodsucking Ways