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Profile of Richard Biggs
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Richard Biggs |
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18th March 1960 |
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Columbus, Ohio, USA |
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Richard (Rick) Biggs (born March 18, 1960; died May 22, 2004) was an American television and stage actor, best known for his roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Babylon 5.
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Biggs attended the University of Southern California on scholarship, studying theatre. He briefly taught at a Los Angeles high school before landing his first major television role, that of Dr. Marcus Hunter on the soap opera Days of Our Lives. Biggs played Hunter from 1987 to 1992.
Biggs then landed the role of Dr. Stephen Franklin on the hit science fiction series Babylon 5, from 1993 to 1998. After Babylon 5, he played roles on Any Day Now and Strong Medicine, as well as a recurring role as Clayton Boudreaux on the soap opera Guiding Light.
Biggs' stage credits include The Tempest, Cymbeline and The Taming of the Shrew.
Biggs died suddenly in his home in Los Angeles of a tear in his aorta on May 22, 2004. At the time, he was a regular on the television series Strong Medicine; following his death, his character was killed in an unseen traffic accident.
One of Biggs' final film appearances is "We Interrupt This Program," a short film released as a companion piece to the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004)
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