Dale Midkiff

Dale Alan Midkiff (born July 1, 1959) is an American actor, best known for playing Louis Creed in the horror film Pet Sematary and Captain Darien Lambert in the TV series Time Trax.

Career

Midkiff acted in off-Broadway plays like Mark Medoff's The Wager. His first movie role was in Roger Corman's Streetwalkin' playing a pimp named Duke. Dale's acting was called "grittily impressive" in what some consider a B-movie classic. He has said in interviews that while his family never quite understood his interest in acting, they never discouraged him: "I love them for allowing a kid to believe in his dreams."

His first major break came when he landed the role of the young Jock Ewing in Dallas: The Early Years. That was followed by what many consider his biggest role to date, Elvis Presley, in the four-hour miniseries, Elvis and Me, and by Dream Street, a short-lived "blue collar" series set in New Jersey. Midkiff's roles have run the gamut from the wife beater in A Cry For Help: The Tracey Thurman Story, to the "good old boy" cop who discovers his partner/best friend is a murderer in Vigilante Cop, to the heroic time-traveling fugitive retrieval cop in Time Trax, to the amiable ladies' man and town protector in The Magnificent Seven. He is also well known for having played the lead role of Louis Creed in the 1989 film version of Stephen King's Pet Sematary. He also starred in the Hallmark movie classic Love Comes Softly with Katherine Heigl.

Filmography

+ Film and television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Streetwalkin' "Duke" 1986 Dallas: The Early Years John Ross "Jock" Ewing TV film Nightmare Weekend Ken 1987 Top Kids Clyde Barrow TV film 1988 Casual Sex? Attractive Stranger Elvis and Me Elvis Presley TV film 1989 A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story Charles "Buck" Thurman TV film Pet Sematary Dr. Louis Creed Dream Street Denis DeBeau 6 episodes 1991 Black Mail Scott Mayfield TV film Plymouth Gil Eaton TV film Shoot First: A Cop's Vengeance Farrell Tucker TV film Sins of the Mother Kevin Coe TV film The Marla Hanson Story – Face Value Eric Warner TV film 1992 Love Potion No. 9 Gary Logan 1993 Time Trax Darien Lambert 44 episodes 1994 Sweet Justice – The Power of Darkness: Part 1 & Part 2 Alex Boudreau Miniseries A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story "Red" TV film 1995 Visitors of the Night Sheriff Marcus Ashley TV film A Child Is Missing Peter Barnes TV film 1996 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice Detective Steve Carella TV film 1997 Toothless Thomas Jameson TV film Any Place But Home Carl Miller TV film Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave Detective Steve Carella TV film 1998 Conversations in Limbo Unknown Short film The Magnificent Seven Buck Wilmington 22 episodes 1999 The Outer Limits Tom Cooper Episode: "Blank Slate" 2000 Twice in a Lifetime Reese Episode: "The Frat Pack" Mysterious Ways Jack Kestler Episode: "Spirit Junction" Alien Fury: Countdown to Invasion Bill Templer TV film Another Woman's Husband Johnny Miller / Jake TV film The Crow: Salvation Detective Vincent Erlich Air Bud: World Pup Patrick Direct-to-video Falcon Down Captain Hank Thomas 2001 Route 666 Deputy U.S. Marshal P.T. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Professor Robert Woodbury Episode: "Chaos Theory" The Warden Murphy TV film 2002 Nancy Drew Jim "Jimbo" Mitchell TV film Video Voyeur: The Susan Wilson Story Gary Wilson TV film 2003 Love Comes Softly Clark Davis TV film Maximum Velocity Dr. Timothy Briggs 2004 Love's Enduring Promise Clark Davis TV film Torn Apart Jerry Bender Debating Robert Lee Robert Lee 2005 Back to You and Me Gus Martin TV film Love's Long Journey Clark Davis TV film Behind the magic of Knights of Impossingworth Park Prince Darkindeed Short film Deep Rescue Ben Without a Trace Eddie Ferguson Episode: "Transitions" 2006 Love's Abiding Joy Clark Davis TV film Crossing Jordan Jerry Miller Episode: "Save Me" 2007 Dexter Mr. Wilson Episode: "That Night, A Forest Grew" Love's Unending Legacy Clark Davis TV film Boxboarders! Bruce Rockwell CSI: Miami Doug McClain Episode: "Deep Freeze" Love's Unfolding Dream Clark Davis TV film Totally Baked Doug Love's Unending Legacy Clark Davis TV film Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane Dr. Lucas Thorp 2008 Lincoln Heights Harrison DeVries Episode: "Ode to Joy" The Clean-Up Crew Dan Dahler Short film 2012: Doomsday Dr. Frank Richards 2009 Lie to Me Samuel Wynn Episode: "Control Factor" Criminal Minds Gil Bonner Episode: "Roadkill" 2011 Hell's Kitty Rosemary Carrie Episode: "Rosemary Carrie" 2013 The Client List J.D. Whitman Sr. Episode: "Hell on Heels" 2014 Castle Sheriff Episode: "Once Upon a Time in the West" 2017 Unearthed & Untold: The Path to Pet Sematary Himself Documentary film 2018 Hell's Kitty Rosemary Carrie 2020 21 Outs Coach Chris Forbes

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