Dad's Secret War: France 1944
3:55 pm - 5:05 pm, Friday, March 13 on PBS America (Freeview) (84)
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The story of the American man who worked with British secret agents, parachuting into France just after D-Day to organise the French Resistance into a cohesive army. His mission was to stop Germany's most feared troops from reaching Normandy in the days after the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Narrated by Kevin Bacon
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Kevin Bacon
(Narrator)
Born:
July 08, 1958
in
Philadelphia
Best Known For:
Being the perfect character actor.
Early-life:
Kevin Norwood Bacon was born July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia. He is the youngest of six children. His father Edmund is famous in the US as a city planner, while his mother was a teacher and political activist. Bacon and his brother Michael (now also working in showbusiness as a composer) attended the prestigious Julia Reynolds Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration School. Kevin later studied acting at The Manning Street Theatre School in his home city. At 17 he moved to New York.
Career:
Bacon's professional debut came in an off-Broadway production of Forty Deuce, for which he won a coveted Obie award. His first Broadway play, Slab Boys, came in 1983, five years after he made his debut movie Animal House. Other early projects include films Starting Over, Diner and Friday the 13th, as well as soap opera The Guiding Light. Footloose made him a star in 1984, but he refused to be typecast in the teen idol roles. Initially, his career stalled, but over the years he has won widespread recognition as a reliable character actor. His CV includes JFK, The River Wild, A Few Good Men, Apollo 13, Hollow Man, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Frost/Nixon and X-Men: First Class. Away from acting, he sings in the band The Bacon Brothers, with his sibling Michael.
Quote:
'There's nothing I won't play. I won't draw the line at anything. Worrying about image is for celebrities, not actors.'
Trivia:
Married actress Kyra Sedgwick in 1988. They have two children. While participating in the American version of Who Do You Think You Are?, Bacon learned that he and his wife are 10th cousins, once removed.
