![]() ![]() ![]() Matheson came to learn that, every five to seven years, it was time to change things up to avoid getting bored or phoning it in. We both got the parts, and now a new section of my career was launching." Fortunately, I got to audition with Peter Riegert, an improv actor. So I took improv classes, and then I saw the script for 'Animal House,' and I had never really done a comedy. Time for a changeĮarly in his career, Matheson was cast in "The Virginian," a western, and continued to land roles in the genre - including "Bonanza" and "The Quest" - for about seven years. In response, Matheson said he told his gunny that he was "the exception that proves the rule" because he needed the long hair for his civilian career. My gunny was affronted by the fact that I was wearing a short-hair wig and wasn't following, to the letter, the short, short hair." And then once, I think after about two and a half years, I forget how it got out. " play counterculture hippies, I let my hair grow and put on a short hair wig when I would go to my Reserve unit," Matheson said. Having recently left the Marines, his hair was short, prompting him to don a wig for the "spoof on hippies" flick. In 1969, Matheson starred in "How to Commit Marriage" alongside Jackie Gleason and Jane Wyman, Ronald Reagan's former wife. "So they mobilized the entire base basically and shipped them over, office workers and all. "I found out the 4th Marine Division, which is what was based at Camp Pendleton, was en masse moved out and sent to Vietnam," Matheson said. Ultimately, a friend who served in the 4th Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, outed him - to little ado for the future "Animal House" star. In a twist of irony, Matheson once marched by the base theater, which was showing his first film, "Divorce American Style." But because his role as Mark Harmon was minor, nobody was the wiser. I went into boot camp and made sure I didn't mention anything about it." "So I did not want to be called a Hollywood Marine. ![]() " was always kidding me about Hollywood Marines, and Elvis Presley had enlisted in the Army," Matheson said. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Los Angeles in Chavez Ravine, Matheson aimed to keep his acting career quiet. And I thought they might go easier on me if I was a squad leader," he said with a laugh. "I was a squad leader in boot camp because I didn't mind taking charge of a situation. He didn't work out much but was in decent shape. ![]() "We were lower middle class, but I smoked, and I didn't run." It’s just fun to be in love with Jack.The experience, he said, was "shocking and enlightening." I’m like, ‘Can we just live here all the time?’ It’s the most fun to be young and excited about life and there’s levity. My first fitting, it was like a ’70s explosion: colored eye shadows and chokers and hoops. Moore also told The Hollywood Reporter that Rebecca’s flashback scenes with Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) will be on the lighter side in the early part of the season: “We start in the time period with Jack and Rebecca right after they get back from that road trip. Moore has hinted that Rebecca is somewhat closer to her dad. The series has previously introduced Rebecca’s mother, Janet Malone, who has a strained relationship with her daughter. He’ll play Rebecca’s (Mandy Moore) previously unseen father. Tim Matheson ( The West Wing, Hart of Dixie) has joined the fourth season of the NBC hit in a key recurring role. This Is Us will expand its family a little more in season four. ![]()
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