Chuck Wagner

Chuck Wagner is an American actor.

Wagner was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Hartsville, Tennessee. He attended public school in Gallatin, TN. While at Gallatin High School he performed the leads in "My Fair Lady," "Carousel" and "Inherit the Wind" under GHS' drama teacher Juliet Doyle Guthrie. As a BFA student he attended the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa under Edmond Williams, and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles under the legendary John Houseman. His collegiate summers were spent in Manteo, North Carolina playing John Borden in The Lost Colony, America's longest-running outdoor drama. He is best known internationally for his role in the short-lived 198 3 science fiction TV series Automan as the title character. He also starred on the soap opera General Hospital as Randall Thompson in 1981 and 1982. Chuck has made guest appearances on numerous TV shows, including The Dukes of Hazzard, Dynasty, Matlock, As the World Turns, and The Late Show with David Letterman.

Chuck Wagner has had a long and notable career in musical theater, with starring roles in several Broadway productions. His first role on Broadway was in The Three Musketeers with Brent Spiner. He went on to originate the role of Rapunzel's Prince in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods (1987). The recording of that show, on which Wagner appears, won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Wagner has also appeared on Broadway and in the U.S. national tour of Les Mis�rables as Inspector Javert. In 1994, he began a four-year stint as "The Beast" in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, in both the Broadway and Toronto Productions. Wagner originated the title roles in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde in 1990 and Svengali in 1991 at The Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. He reprised his dual roles in Jekyll & Hyde in the post Broadway national tour in 1999. He then toured the U.S. in the Cole Porter classic Kiss Me Kate as the MacArthuresque General Harrison Howell, and understudy to Rex Smith's Fred Graham. He appeared on Broadway in 2004, in Wildhorn's Dracula, The Musical, standing by for Dracula, Van Helsing, and Quincey Morris.

Wagner also sang the role of Sir Percival Blakeney, aka The Scarlet Pimpernel, in the original concept recording of The Scarlet Pimpernel (1992). In 1999, he released a self-titled solo CD, on which he sang songs from the various musicals in which he has appeared. He has appeared in commercials for Zyban, and toured as the Ringmaster in both the 136th edition of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Circus of Dreams (2006 through 2007), and the 138th edition Over The Top (2008 through 2009). In 2010, while at home in Pensacola Beach, Florida he joined the response to the BP oil spill helping to coordinate a large scale mechanical beach operation while safeguarding the local sea turtles. www.chuckwagner.com

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Charles Czarnecki
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Quentin Earl Darrington
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Jennifer DiNoia
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Maria Eberline
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David Elder
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Rob Evan
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Aaron Finley
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Judith Franklin
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Adam Friedson
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Darren Gage
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Mandy Gonzalez
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Alan H. Green
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Al Greene
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Jessica Grovè
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Eugene Gwozdz
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Chris Haberl
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Mikey Hachey
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Jacob Haren
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Laurel Harris
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Rita Harvey
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Josh Hobbs
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Avionce Hoyles
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Matt Hughes
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Jana Djenne Jackson
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Capathia Jenkins
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David Jennings
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Sandra Joseph
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Dylan Kelehan
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Kareema M Khouri
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Booker King
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Marc Kudisch
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Jeremy Kushnier
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John Lang
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Michael Lanning
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Ted Louis Levy
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Norm Lewis
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Kim Lindsay
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Brad Little
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John Jeffrey Martin
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Luba Mason
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Ray McLeod
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William Michals
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Miss Emily
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Justin Mortelliti
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James Moye
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Jarran Muse
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James Musto
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David Nagy
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Grant Norman
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Shannon O'Bryan
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Perry Orfanella
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Hugh Panero
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Michael Park
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Meredith Patterson
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Rebecca Pitcher
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Sammy Quinn
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Baron Raymonde
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Robert and Nicola Royston
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Patti Russo
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Ivan Rutherford
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Abraham Saenz
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Maximilian Sangerman
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Alex Santiorello
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Fiona Santos
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Justin Matthew Sargent
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Craig Schulman
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Matthew Sims
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Bill Stanley
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T. Shyvonne Stewart
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Brett Stoelker
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Brandon Sturiale
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Natalie Toro
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John Treacy Egan
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Cartreze Tucker
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Tony Vincent
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Chuck Wagner
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Daniel Walker
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Brian Walters
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Beverly Ward
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Kirby Ward
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David Weinstein
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Helen White
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Angela Wildflower
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Aurelia Williams
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Michael J. Wilson
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Alex Wise
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Brook Wood
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