Neil Patrick Harris, Dana Kaminski, Michael Chiklis, Burt Reynolds, In One Acting Scene

I think this was actor Neil Patrick Harris’s first television role. Look at Michael Chiklis, this was his second acting job altogether…I think his first was a small film, just before this. This was an episode of BL Stryker. Each episode was a 2 hour long TV movie, part of “The ABC Mystery Wheel”. Neil had taken an acting class, +if my memory serves me correctly, it was taught by Mark Ryder, at a college near his home. Mark used Neil in a small film, just prior to his doing BL Stryker. I used to kid with Neil’s dad, all the time, about how his son was a “chosen” one. (They came from a town outside of Hollywood or New York…) Michael Chiklis had worked with our cameraman on a prior project, and came to visit him. He hung around the set a lot, and Burt then cast him, then, in this episode. Ossie Davis was also in this scene. Burt was always remarking how dignified he was. He was even-keeled, and exceptionally nice, as well. The two actors in the fight scene were from Burt’s Theatre Training; I believe they are working actors now.