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  Tom Verica
Tom Verica stars as family patriarch Jack Pryor on the NBC sleeper hit American Dreams.
The role calls for the strong silent type: a challenge which is not always as appreciated as it should be in a medium that often displays the dad as the house fool.
Verica’s character gets to confront a wife (Gail O’Grady) who is about to liberate herself from her apron strings and hubby’s final word.
www.popentertainment.com /verica.htm   (1732 words)

  
 Tom Verica @ Filmbug
Verica earned his first big break making his Broadway debut in Craig Lucas' award-winning play, Prelude to a Kiss.
Verica has continued to explore directing and completed a comprehensive film program in which he produced and directed two short films, The Bridge and George and Gracie.
Verica currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/actor Kira Arné, who will be writing for NBC's midseason drama Mister Sterling.
www.filmbug.com /db/343596   (351 words)

  
 Mr. Video Productions: American Dreams - Bio: Tom Verica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Philadelphia native Tom Verica revisits his roots this fall on NBC's new drama set in the 1960s, "American Dreams," as the father of four, struggling to keep his Philadelphia family together amidst the challenges of this tumultuous decade.
Verica earned his first big break making his Broadway debut in Craig Lucas' award-winning play, "Prelude to a Kiss." Sparked by outstanding reviews, he was then cast as Billy Castroverti on the classic drama "L.A. Law."
Verica currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, writer/actor Kira Arné, who will be writing for NBC's midseason drama "Mister Sterling." His birthday is May 13.
www.vidiot.com /AmericanDreams/Bio/Verica.html   (311 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Friday November 5th . Transcript | PBS
When we look back on the campaign of 2004, one of the issues I suspect we may regret not talking more about is the devastating crisis in Sudan.
We'll also be joined by one of the young men featured in her remarkable documentary “Lost Boys of Sudan.” Also tonight, from the Emmy-winning NBC drama “American Dreams,” executive producer Jonathan Prince and actor Tom Verica will stop by.
Let me ask you, Tom, what's it like to be a part of a series that doesn't just raise questions about “Brown V. Board,” but, indeed, about Vietnam--by the way, last Sunday's episode.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200411/20041105_transcript.html   (3011 words)

  
 Tom Verica Pics - Tom Verica News - Tom Verica Information
Meanwhile, Wilson hopes the increased leg pain in House's leg is an indication his leg nerves are regenerating.
Tom Verica used to dance on a Philadelphia dance show called,"Dancin' On Air" in the early 80's.
On "American Dreams" he plays a dad whose daughter dances on the Philadelphia dance show "Bandstand" Tom Verica's mother was one of the original Bandstand dancers.
www.tv.com /tom-verica/person/11099/summary.html   (115 words)

  
 Tavis Smiley . Archive . Friday November 5th | PBS
American Dreams’ executive producer Jonathan Prince and star Tom Verica discuss the show’s popularity.
Actor Tom Verica appreciates the Philadelphia setting of his period drama, NBC’s American Dreams.
Verica has appeared in such TV shows as Providence, Frasier and NYPD Blue.
www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200411/20041105.html   (449 words)

  
 Tom Wopat interview
Tom Wopat had the nerve to forge a solid show business career that boldly defied the odds.
Born and raised among seven other siblings on a dairy farm in rural Wisconsin, he is now — you’ll never guess -- a veteran Broadway actor and singer who has played Carnegie Hall and has interpreted the urbane, sophisticated song stylings of Harold Arlen.
Throw in a TV movie here and there, and a few successful country albums, and you have the improbable career of Tom Wopat.
www.popentertainment.com /wopat.htm   (1595 words)

  
 Insider - tvguide.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
When Verica landed his role on the drama, he asked his mom to mail him her historic photo.
Emboldened by that tiny coup, Verica is on a mission to reunite Betty Ann with her teen idol, who seemingly hasn't aged a day since they first met.
Until then, Verica — who played Melina Kanakaredes's baseball-player beau for two years on Providence — is busy reliving his youth on Dreams.
www.tvguide.com /News/Insider?cmsRedir=true&rmDate=09272002&cmsGuid={B27378FE-CE89-4678-8155-1C3F1293CA2B}&cmsSrch=true   (311 words)

  
 NBC's "American Dreams" [SPOILERS] Season 3, Brittany Snow - Studio Commissary at The Movie Insider
When Jack's (Tom Verica) campaign for city council begins to affect his family and professional life, he finds himself faced with questions only he can answer.
Back at home, Jack (Tom Verica) continues to approach the minority vote with help from Helen (Gail O'Grady) and Henry (Jonathan Adams) and the opposition resorts to scare tactics and dirty tricks in an attempt to foil his campaign.
Looking for answers, Jack (Tom Verica) decides to go to Washington, D.C. and agrees to bring Meg (Brittany Snow), not realizing she has an alterior motive.
www.themovieinsider.com /forums/showthread.php?p=14663   (1577 words)

  
 From The Earth To The Moon LogBook
Over the next seven years, Grumman's engineers, and project manager Tom Kelly, race against time to create a vehicle that has never been imagined before, using materials and methods that have never been conceived before.
Story: As soon as the Apollo 11 mission is slated for the first lunar landing, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins are thrust into the media spotlight, despite the fact that they are undergoing some of the most intensive training that the U.S. space program has put a crew through.
Story: On April 18, 1972, Apollo 16 is en route to the moon, and the wives of its three crew members hang on every transmission from the increasingly distant spacecraft.
www.thelogbook.com /log/prisoner/earth.html   (2047 words)

  
 Tom Verica (Jack Pryor) - Reviews on RateItAll   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Tom Verica (Jack Pryor); The Dad of the show who although he has the typical 1960 male mentality is a good and loving Father.
He recently had a moral struggle in his role as City Commissioner but was able to make things right after an initial bad decision that he made out of desperation.
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www.rateitall.com /i-633708-tom-verica-jack-pryor.aspx   (219 words)

  
 UK verica websites UK
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 Ask Marilyn - 4/30/2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Dear Lindsay: Tom Verica, the 38-year-old Philadelphia native who portrays Jack Pryor on NBC's American Dreams, lives in Los Angeles with his writer-actress wife, Kira Arne, and has no children.
After leaving Philly at age 21, Verica moved to New York City, where he studied acting with famous theater master William Esper and began producing, directing and acting in plays through the theater company he founded.
Verica got his big break in the Broadway play Prelude to a Kiss and has appeared in the big-screen productions of Murder By Numbers, Red Dragon and Die Hard 2.
www.eonline.com /Gossip/Marilyn/Archive2003/030430.html   (322 words)

  
 TV Preview: Step back into the '60s with dream weavers, American style
Unlike the Pryor children, who are growing up as the world changes around them, their father finds much of what he believes or understands challenged.
For scenes at Jack Pryor's electronics store, designers built the set on the side of a soundstage so the store's front door opens to the outdoors.
"Tom Verica is having a blast playing a role like this.
www.post-gazette.com /tv/20030504dreams0504fnp1.asp   (1211 words)

  
 JS Online: 'Dreams' is sweet; 'Boomtown' even better
Set in 1963, "American Dreams" stars Tom Verica ("Providence") and Gail O'Grady ("NYPD Blue") as Jack and Helen Pryor, a Philadelphia appliance-store owner and his homemaker wife.
Their big house is the sort where at least one of the four kids inevitably brings someone home to dinner, resulting in a longer wait for the mashed potatoes but never a lag in the conversation.
She daydreams about taking college courses and, to Tom's displeasure and the shock of her parish priest, she doesn't want to have a fifth child.
www.jsonline.com /enter/tvradio/sep02/83238.asp   (1440 words)

  
 Flying Dreams: HBO's From the Earth to the Moon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In 1998, HBO Films in conjunction with Tom Hanks's production company, presented a 12-part mini-series about America's man-on-the-moon program, initiated in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy's challenge to the American people in response to the Soviet Union's swiftly-progressing space program.
Then an engineer named Tom Dolan proposes a "shuttle" approach, a cause taken up by NASA engineer John Houboult, who fights to have the idea considered.
After Apollo 11, the next moon landing had to be an anticlimax--but the crew of Apollo 12 perform their mission with a good-natured attitude that infects this installment.
www.flyingdreams.org /tv/gallery/earth.htm#episodes   (2750 words)

  
 The Naked Truth (an Episode Guide)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Various celebrities agreed to kid themselves in cameo appearances, notably Betty White, Tom Hanks and Bob Saget, but these entertaining in-jokes diminish in the later episodes.
Meanwhile, a restaurant job interview with a serious newspaper is interrupted by a risqué photo-op with Tom Hanks, whose fly is stuck open.
Romantic sparks fly between Nora and Nicky when they impersonate a pair of French filmmakers to sneak into a gala awards show - she with a camera hidden in her bra and he with one hidden in his crotch.
epguides.com /NakedTruth/guide.shtml   (5867 words)

  
 American Dreams: Long Shots and Short Skirts - TV.com
Show Stars: Gail O'Grady (Helen Dolan Pryor), Tom Verica (John "Jack" Pryor), Arlen Escarpeta (Sam Walker), Virginia Madsen (Rebecca Sandstrom [Ep.
Meg's arrest is leaked to the papers, compromising the integrity of Jack's (Tom Verica) bid to run for city council.
Back at school, Meg and Roxanne (Vanessa Lengies) learn that the new headmaster is enforcing the school's dress code, so they organize a mini-skirt protest.
www.tv.com /american-dreams/long-shots-and-short-skirts/episode/341336/summary.html   (481 words)

  
 NBC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The stars of the NBC show "American Dreams" include Tom Verica and Campbell's Soup, which was written into the plot as part of a
Moonves, the co-president and co-chief operating officer of Viacom, which owns CBS, Paramount Television and Showtime, still sings the praises of the movie two years after he saw it.
But it was not the cinematography or Tom Cruise's star turn that moved him.
medialit.med.sc.edu /amdreams.htm   (1142 words)

  
 www.eatphillysbest.com
All it took was a call from Philly's own Tom Verica to Andrea at Philly's Best (who is a HUGE fan of the show) and by the end of the day's shooting; the cast and crew were feeling like true Philadelphians.
Then the Philly's Best crew was treated to an executive tour (given personally by Tom's Dad) of all of the show's sets and the entire soundstage at Sunset Gower Studios.
Philly's Best sends out a very big 'thank you' to the wonderful folks at Sunset Gower Studios and especially to native Philadephian, Tom Verica, for the invite to cater lunch for the cast and crew and to his father for the "behind-the-scenes" tour.
www.eatphillysbest.com /pages/amdreams.html   (337 words)

  
 American Dreams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The show is known as "Our Generation" in Australia.
John J."Jack" Pryor (Tom Verica) - head of the Catholic household, Jack is a tough-but-loving husband, father, and owner of Pryor's TV and Radio Store.
Macy Gray, as Carla Thomas, performing "B.A.B.Y" Nick Lachey, as Tom Jones, performing "It's Not Unusual"
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/American_Dreams   (4217 words)

  
 Arts Performing Arts Acting Actors and Actresses V Verica, Tom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
IMDB: Tom Verica - Filmography, awards, biography, agent, discussions, photographs, news articles and fan sites.
Popentertainment.com: Tom Verica interview - The 'American Dreams' dad tells Ronald Sklar that the long road from Philadelphia to Hollywood took him back to Philly again.
TV.com: Tom Verica - Biography, roles and appearances, and gossip.
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 Tom Verica Current Month TV Schedule
Brandi Chastain, Camryn Manheim, Colin Quinn, Tom Verica, Kevin Weisma
Camryn Manheim; Colin Quinn; Tom Verica; Kevin Weisman; and Brandi Chastain are the players.
Starring Sandra Bullock, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Ben Chaplin, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn, R D Call, Tom Verica, Krista K Carpenter, Michel Paulson.
www.tv-now.com /stars/tomver.html   (275 words)

  
 NBC says goodbye 'Link,' hello fall lineup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In the grand tradition of such richly diverse urban comedies as "Friends," "Frasier" and "Will & Grace," the network whose logo is a rainbow coalition of peacock plumage will add another sitcom based in a large city -- Miami -- where people of color apparently exist only as tokens of the network's cultural awareness.
The networks never announce their cancellations (see below) because that would be admitting failure, so the absence of "Watching Ellie" from the fall lineup is a minor surprise.
Starring Brittany Snow, Vanessa Lengies, Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Will Estes, Ethan Dampf, Sarah Ramos, Joseph (nee Joey) Lawrence and Rachel Boston.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/70221_tv14.shtml   (744 words)

  
 Tom Verica News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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KIDNAPPED GIRL IS DISCOVRED TO BE GRAVELY ILL, LEADING M.E. WARNER INTO KIDNAPPER'S DEADLY GAME Tom Verica Guest Stars as Father of Kidnapped Girl When an eight-year-old girl is kidnapped on her way home from...
Buy this DVD at Amazon.com Rating: Not Rated Starring: Gail O'Grady as Helen Pryor Tom Verica as Jack Pryor Brittany Snow as Meg Pryor Will Estes as JJ Pryor Sarah Ramos as Patty Pryor Ethan Dampf as Will Pryor...
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 American Dreams | PopMatters Television Review
It's November 1963, and America is on the verge of major cultural and social changes that will permanently alter the national status quo.
The series' protagonists, the Pryor family of Philadelphia, rely on television in a variety of ways.
Jack (Tom Verica), the good Catholic paterfamilias, owns a television store.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/a/american-dreams.shtml   (1470 words)

  
 Show Guide: American Dreams---AllYourTV.com
Fifteen-year-old daughter Meg (Brittany Snow, Guiding Light) strains against her "good girl" image and embraces the mores of her more experienced teenaged friend, Roxanne (Vanessa Lengies, "For Better or for Worse"), as they achieve their dream of becoming dancers on Dick Clark’s locally produced "American Bandstand."
Meg’s behavior and her mother’s (Gail O’Grady, "NYPD Blue") new influences clash with rock-solid family patriarch Jim Pryor (Tom Verica, NBC’s Providence).
Will Estes (7th Heaven), Ethan Dampf ("Collateral Damage") and newcomer Sarah Ramos also star as the other Pryor family members.
www.allyourtv.com /shows/a/showguideamericandreams.html   (196 words)

  
 Extratv.com : 'American Dreams'
Flip haircuts, pleated skirts, and dancing teens - for the cast of "American Dreams," the 1960's never sounded so fresh.
Gail O'Grady, Joey Lawrence, Tom Verica, and newcomer Brittany Snow star in the new NBC show executive produced by Dick Clark.
It's a drama about a family, set during a more innocent time in America.
extratv.warnerbros.com /dailynews/extra/09_02/09_27d.html   (145 words)

  
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