He co-founded the improvisation troupe Section Eight and was also a member of Theatre of NOTE for several years. Instead, he chose Los Angeles and moved there in 1985.Ĭareer Live action Theatre Douglas and Richard Grove in The Beethovens, Los Angeles, 1993.ĭouglas graduated from the only accredited acting trade school in Los Angeles at the time - Estelle Harman Actors Workshop. He wasn't accepted and while his back-up plan was to live in New York, his visit there deterred him from that idea. He performed in San Jose and Walnut Creek community theatre, but it was his Ygnacio Valley High School drama teacher who encouraged him to follow through on his dream.Īt sixteen, Douglas traveled alone to New York to audition for Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. At age seven he decided that he was going to be an actor after watching an episode of Hollywood and the Stars. ĭouglas' parents divorced when he was five years old and he was raised primarily by his mother in the San Francisco Bay Area during the 1960s through the early 1980s. His grandmother, Grace Hathaway, continued in burlesque as a dancer and his grandfather, Joe Miller, became known in San Francisco for his talks at the Theosophy Lodge and his weekly Thursday morning group walks through Golden Gate Park. His maternal grandparents were vaudeville performers. His father was a salesman and his mother is an artist, a writer, and spiritual advisor. Douglas was born in Berkeley, California.
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