Leland Crooke


Leland Crooke is an American actor from stage and film. He is known from several stage plays and films by David Beaird.

Career

In February 1980, Crooke gave his stage debut in the play Bal which was staged at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In October of the same year he was cast as Swiss Cheese, the youngest son of Mother Courage in Sharon Ott's adaption of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1981 he was seen as Lackey in Cyrano de Bergerac at the same theatre. In 1984, he met director, screenwriter, and playwright David Beaird with whom he collaborated at the films The Party Animal, My Chauffeur, It Takes Two, Pass the Ammo, Scorchers, and The Civilization of Maxwell Bright. Crooke was also seen in Beaird's stage plays Scorchers and 900 Oneonta. In addition Crooke played guest roles in television series including Key West, Matlock, Melrose Place, ER, , Buffy the Vampire Slayer, JAG, Angel, and Charmed.