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Leonard Betts
Season 4, Episode 12
The decapitated corpse of an ambulance driver disappears from a hospital morgue. Scully suspects body snatchers, but Mulder discovers evidence the body just walked away. Examination of the severed head reveals the man was suffering from terminal cancer when he died, leaving Mulder convinced this is a new stage of human evolution - a creature that absorbs cancerous cells to survive
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Cast & Crew
David Duchovny
(Actor)
.. Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
(Actor)
.. Dana Scully
Jennifer Clement
(Actor)
.. Michelle Wilkes
Bill Dow
(Actor)
.. Dr Charles Burks
Marjorie Lovett
(Actor)
.. Elaine Tanner
Paul McCrane
(Actor)
.. Leonard Morris Betts
Cameron K Smith
(Actor)
.. Special Agent Travis
Frank Spotnitz
(Writer)
John Shiban
(Writer)
Vince Gilligan
(Writer)
Kim Manners
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
David Duchovny
(Actor)
.. Fox Mulder
Born:
August 07, 1960
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing X Files hero Fox Mulder.
Early-life:
David William Duchovny was born on August 7, 1960, in New York to a Scottish teacher mother, Margaret, and Amram, his publicist and playwright father who was of Ukrainian descent. They divorced when he was 11. He has a brother called Daniel. Duchovny earned an English Literature degree from Princeton University and a Masters in the same subject at Yale University. He became a part-time actor to help fund his PhD, but abandoned his studies in 1987 to pursue a show business career full-time.
Career:
One of Duchovny's earliest roles was in a beer advert. Before making his debut as Mulder in The X Files in 1993 he was best known as Dennis/Denise, a transvestite FBI agent in cult TV drama Twin Peaks. He also hosted The Red Shoe Diaries series. On the big screen he has starred in Kalifornia, movie versions of The X Files, as well as Return To Me, Evolution, Zoolander, Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal, Connie and Carla, My Dark Places and House of D. In 2007 he began a seven-year stint alongside Natascha McElhone in US comedy drama Californication. He is due to star in a new, 1960s-set drama called Aquarius, about the police's investigation into cult leader Charles Manson.
Quote:
'I never, ever, ever cook, and I would never eat anything I might cook.'
Trivia:
Duchovny dated Perry Reeves and Sheryl Lee before marrying Tea Leoni in 1997. They have two children, Madelaine and Kyd, but are now separated.
Gillian Anderson
(Actor)
.. Dana Scully
Born:
August 09, 1968
in
Chicago
Best Known For:
The X Files.
Early-life:
Gillian Leigh Anderson was born in Chicago on August 9, 1968. After briefly relocating to Puerto Rico her family moved to London while her father completed a course at the London Film School; they ended up staying for nine years. On their return to the US, young Gillian decided she wanted to be an actress after auditioning for a community play. Following high school, she studied acting at DePaul University's Goodman Theatre and left with a degree in Fine Arts. She moved to New York to pursue her acting dreams.
Career:
Anderson's first big break came when she won an award for her performance in the off-Broadway play Absent Friends. After settling in Los Angeles, she had a guest appearance in TV series Class of 96, then landed the role of Dana Scully in The X Files. She won an Emmy and Golden Globe for her portrayal of the FBI agent; she's also appeared in two X Files movies. Anderson's other projects include The Mighty, The House of Mirth, The Last King of Scotland, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Bleak House, Great Expectations, The Crimson Petal and the White, and Hannibal. She's also the female lead in the hugely acclaimed BBC Two series The Fall, and contains to appear on stage.
Quote:
'Fame is complicated and definitely overrated. There are perks to it that are unfathomable. But the other aspect is there's little to no privacy at all.'
Trivia:
Anderson is a spokesperson for the Neurofibromatosis Network. Her brother Aaron was diagnosed with the condition as a child; he died at the age of 30 in 2011 after contracting a brain tumour.
Jennifer Clement
(Actor)
.. Michelle Wilkes
Bill Dow
(Actor)
.. Dr Charles Burks
Marjorie Lovett
(Actor)
.. Elaine Tanner
Paul McCrane
(Actor)
.. Leonard Morris Betts
Born:
January 19, 1961
in
Philadelphia
Best Known For:
Playing Romano in ER.
Early-life:
Paul David McCrane was born on January 19th, 1961, in Philadelphia. He began playing the guitar and piano at an early age, and was encouraged to take up music professionally by his teacher. McCrane had already decided to concentrate on acting and went on to study with a number of notable teachers, including the acclaimed Uta Hagen. He went on to make his stage debut in Landscape of the Human Body at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
Career:
More stage roles followed before McCrane made his film debut in 1979's Rocky II. His first major role came a year later in the movie Fame. He then appeared in The Hotel New Hampshire, RoboCop and the remake of The Blob. He had a lead role in short-lived drama Cop Rock in 1990 and spent most of the rest of the decade making little-seen movies and guest roles in such TV shows as The Commish, Law and Order, The X Files, Chicago Hope, The Practice and Touched by an Angel. He played Dr Robert Romano on ER between 1997 and 2003, and guest starred in seasons 5 and 6 of 24 as Graem Bauer. He starred alongside Kathy Bates in David E Kelley's legal comedy drama Harry's Law, for which he won an Emmy Award.
Quote:
On Romano: "There's something that's sort of attractive in how much you want to strangle the guy."
Trivia:
He recorded a song for Fame that was cut from the film.
Cameron K Smith
(Actor)
.. Special Agent Travis
Frank Spotnitz
(Writer)
John Shiban
(Writer)
Vince Gilligan
(Writer)
Kim Manners
(Director)
