Krimmer, Wortham

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KRIMMER, Wortham


PERSONAL


Original name, Robert Krimmer; born November 24, in Chicago, IL; married Mary Ellen Wortham (a photographer); children: Max, Tess. Education: Colorado College, B.A.; American Conservatory Theatre, M.F.A.; studied acting with Stella Adler and Robert Lewis; studied law at University of California, San Francisco.

Addresses: Agent Michael Slessinger & Associates, 8730 Sunset Blvd., Suite 270, West Hollywood, CA 90069.


Career: Actor. Also known as Robert Wortham Krimmer.


Awards, Honors: Soap Opera Digest Award, best hero, and Soap Opera Digest Award nomination, outstanding supporting actor, both 1993, for One Life to Live.


CREDITS

Television Appearances; Series:

Dr. Alexander Raines, Family Medical Center, syndicated, 1988.

Cal Winters, Days of Our Lives (also known as Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives, Days, and DOOL ), NBC, 19891990.

Reverend Andrew Carpenter, One Life to Live (also known as One Life to Live: The Summer of Seduction ), ABC, 19912000, 2001, 2002, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Dave Falletta, "Murder, She Rote," St. Elsewhere, NBC, 1985.

Dr. Heath, "Grin and Bear It," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1985.

Dr. Heath, "You're in Alice's," Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1985.

Everett Blaisdale, "Diced Steele," Remington Steele, NBC, 1985.

Addi Birol, "Night Crawler," Scarecrow and Mrs. King, CBS, 1986.

Customer, "Torn between Three Brothers," Newhart, CBS, 1986.

Jack Friday, "Rakers," Max Headroom, ABC, 1987.

"Voices in the Earth," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1987.

Prosecutor Demby, "In the Dog House," Knots Landing, CBS, 1991.

Dr. Nick, "Laid Up," Harry and the Hendersons, syndicated, 1993.

Jonathan Weiss, "Feb 5, '95," ER (also known as Emergency Room ), NBC, 1995.

Emperor Cartagia, "Falling toward Apotheosis," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Emperor Cartagia, "The Hour of the Wolf," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Emperor Cartagia, "The Summoning," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Emperor Cartagia, "Whatever Happened to Mr. Garibaldi?," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1996.

Emperor Cartagia, "The Long Night," Babylon 5, syndicated, 1997.

(Uncredited) Emperor Cartagia (in archive footage), "The Very Long Night of Londo Mollari," Babylon 5, TNT, 1998.

Appeared as Zeiss, The Paper Chase: The Second Year, Showtime; and as Eric, A Whole New Ballgame, ABC.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in productions of The Cherry Orchard, Man and Superman, Men's Singles, Our Town, Richard III, and Tamara; performed at American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, and South Coast Repertory, Costa Mesa, CA.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Voice of adult, When Mom and Dad Break Up (animated short documentary), Paramount, 1987.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Babylon 5, November, 1997, pp. 6263.

Electronic:

Soap Central, http://www.soapcentral.com, September 5, 2003.

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