JOHN TAYLOR BUSBEE, JR.

1347 NW 104^th Street                                                         Height: 6’ 1-1/2”                                   Eyes: Hazel

Clive, IA  50325                                                                    Weight: 250 lbs.                                   Age Range: 50  - 60

M: (515) 707-1532                                                               Hair: Curly brown/auburn                   This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Film (selected credits)

                Haunting Villisca                                 Bert McCaull                                         AriesWorks Entertaintment

                Blues Brothers                                                    Close-up Feature                                                Robert K. Weiss, Producer

                Alone in the Dark                                                Featured                                                Echo Productions

                The Buddy Folly Story                                        Lead                                                       JEK Films

                Good Cop Bad Cap                                             Scumbag (lead)                                   Team Last Team to Enter

                Clutch                                                                    Radio voice-over                                  Mr. Jones Productions

National Tours - professional

                Music/Theatre Artists                                       Principal                                                                Music/Theatre Artists

                Nat’l touring company (5 years) – New York, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Las Vegas, 5-week U.S.O. Caribbean Tour.

Stage (selected credits)                                  

                Hearts of Freedom                                             Col. MacKenzie                                    Unexpected Co. – world musical premier

                CAUCUS! The Musical                                       Senator Harrison Tate                        Right Brain Productions – world premier

                Corleone: The Shakespearean Godfather   Luca Brasi & others                            Theater…for a change

                Ebenezer: The Spirit of Giving                         Ebenezer Scrooge                              Terrace Hill (2005, 2006 & 2007)

                Calvary: The Resurrection Story                    Peter                                                      Holy Trinity – world musical premier

                The Drawer Boy                                                  Angus                                                    Drama Workshop

                Beauty and the Beast                                        Cogsworth                                            Des Moines Playhouse

                Blood Brothers                                                    Mr. Lyons                                               Drama Workshop

                Wizard of Oz                                                        The Cowardly Lion                              Des Moines Playhouse

                A Midsummer Night’s Dream                          Nick Bottom                                          Westminster/AriesWorks Entertainment

                Fiddler on the Roof                                             Tevye                                                      Ingersoll Dinner Theater

                The Eight: Reindeer Monologues                    Dasher                                                  AriesWorks Entertainment

                Oklahoma!                                                            Jud Fry                                                   Ingersoll Dinner Theater

                Lend Me a Tenor                                                 Henry Saunders                                  Ingersoll Dinner Theater

                A Funny Thing Happened … Forum                Pseudolus                                         Ingersoll Dinner Theater

                The Cripple of Inishmaan                                 Johnnypateenmike             `               Drama Workshop

                Guys & Dolls                                                        Nathan Detroit                                      Des Moines Playhouse

                1776                                                                      John Adams                                         Ingersoll Dinner Theater

                Taming of the Shrew                                        Lucentio                                                                Shakespeare on the Loose

Special Performances (selected credits)

The Moonshine Murder…                 Mr. Cain/Redd Herring                       Scripted Improv Productions

“Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me”               Michael Watters                                   Vaudeville Mews

                Des Moines Sesquicentennial                        1846 Heritage Man                             Multiple presentations

Industrials (selected credits)         

                Lennox Forklift Olympics                 Bernie (Best Actor Nominee, Iowa Film Awards)          TS Media

                Master Cadillac Dealers                                   Lead                                                       ITA Group  (national)

                The Best Evidence                                             Gus Grudnik                                         Farm Bureau

                Hy-Vee Brand of Friendliness                          Lead                                                       Time Frame Productions  

                Full Court Pres                                                    Mitch’s Dad                                           Corporate Educational Services

Commercials (selected credits)                   

                Qwest (national)                                                 Featured extra                                      National market

                Hy-Vee (regional)                                                Lead speaking                                     Time Frame Productions

                Allied Insurance (regional)                               Featured speaking                              Applied Art & Technology

                Younkers Breakfast with Santa                     Lead speaking                                     Younkers/Fox 17 (series of 3)

Radio Theatre

                Rejection Slip Theatre                                       Lead Roles                                           Avatar Studio (several episodes)

Voice Over/Recording                      

                A Christmas Carol                                              Bob Cratchitt, other characters         Shakespeare on the Loose

Live Industrial Performance

                Purina 4-H & FFA National Conference         Lead Performer                                   Pundzak Productions

Other Performance Credits

                Gospel Quartet (9+ years); RERUNS – Live! (series of classic TV comedy shows adapted for stage); B & B Cabaret (professional ensemble presenting Broadway revues); Murder Mystery (member of professional performance/improv ensemble)

Special Skills                      

Dialects (including British, Irish, Italian and various American regional dialects); character voices; improv comedy