The show was not picked up to series, but it marked the official acting debut of Glover and one of his co-stars. In the bit, Glover tried to convince a shop owner played by Jackie Mason to listen to a song. For his audition, Glover improvised a scene which was rewritten into a sketch for the show. Glover was cast as the lead in a pilot for a kids’ sketch TV show called Best of Times in 1981. Glover was fourteen when he landed the role as one of the kids cared for by Florence Henderson’s Maria. His first long term job as an actor was in a production of “The Sound of Music ” at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in 1978. But I could see it was a good business to be a part of and I had a realistic understanding of the benefits and difficulties of it.”Īt thirteen, Glover appeared in a couple of commercials. My parents were not super famous or super wealthy. I had seen how the business worked because my father is an actor and my mother retired as a dancer and actress when I was born. This was something that was my own decision.

“I started acting professionally at age 13. Most but not all of her acting work was tied to her son.Ĭrispin got into show business at a young age. She retired from dancing when she became a mother, but she has a few acting credits to her name. Betty Glover danced under the stage name Mary Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey.

He’s worked steadily from the 1960’s all the way through the early 21st century including appearances in movies produced by Crispin. Bruce Glover’s credits include a lot of B-movies. Wint in the James Bond movie, Diamonds Are Forever. He’s best known for having played the assassin Mr. Crispin Glover’s dad is character actor Bruce Glover.

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