Eric Laneuville

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Eric Laneuville (b. July 14 1952) is an American television director and actor. His first prominent acting roles were in the 1971 science-fiction cult classic "The Omega Man" with Charlton Heston and the ABC television series "Room 222", which ran from 1969 to 1974. In more recent years, he frequently is the director for episodes of popular series such as "Ghost Whisperer", and "Lost".

Career

Director

Laneuville's first directing assignments were for episodes of "St. Elsewhere", in which he also acted, playing the character of physician's assistant Luther Hawkins. He has directed episodes of "L.A. Law" (1986), "Quantum Leap" (1989), Doogie Howser, M.D., "NYPD Blue" (1993), "ER" (1995), 413 Hope St., "Gilmore Girls" (2004), "Monk" (2005), Invasion, Medium, "Lost" (2005-2008), Girlfriends, Everybody Hates Chris, Prison Break, Ghost Whisperer. Laneuville continues to act, most recently appearing in a guest role as Dr. Lamar in the TV series "Scrubs" (2002). He also appeared in the 1994 film "Fear of a Black Hat", a mockumentary parodying 1990s hip-hop culture.

Actor

Laneuville began acting while attending Audubon Junior High School in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles. Relatively short in stature, he often played juvenile characters younger than his own age. His first appearance was taking the part of the kid from Bobby Kennis in bye bye birdy He appeared in several musicals staged at Audubon by drama teacher Mario Lomeli (as did fellow future actor Dan Stanton) including "Bye Bye Birdie", "Annie Get Your Gun", and "Oklahoma". While taking drama courses at nearby Susan Miller Dorsey High School, he began acting professionally, co-starring as a troubled youth in an award-winning television movie, and becoming a semi-regular castmember on "Room 222". He also occasionally appeared on episodes of Sanford and Son.

Producer credits

*Bull (Executive producer)
*413 Hope St. (executive producer)
*Midnight Caller (producer)
*A Brand New Life (supervising producer)

External links

*imdb|0485637