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David Wilson
David Wilson was born February 26th, 1949 in Jamaica, New York and starred in the role of Superman in the 1975 ABC televised version of the Broadway musical, "It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Superman!" alongside Lesley Ann Warren as Lois Lane, Loretta Swit as Sydney Carlton, David Wayne as Dr. Abner Sedgwick, Allen Ludden as Perry White, and Kenneth Mars as Max Mencken.
A native New Yorker, Wilson was born to Scottish/Irish parents and raised and schooled on Long Island (Northport HS, Class of 1967). A scholar athlete, he gave up sports in his senior year to star in his school's production of "South Pacific," opposite Broadway legend, Patti Lupone. Wilson went on to attend Columbia University in Manhattan, briefly (2 yrs).
Bitten by the acting bug, he left the Ivy in the spring of '69 to attend The Neighborhood Playhouse where he studied with the legendary, Sanford Meisner and his devoted disciple, William Esper. After graduating, he launched his career on the stages of New York (Public Theater) and Chicago (The Ivanhoe), in film ("Going Home," "The Seven-Ups") and soaps ("Secret Storm") before moving on to LA in '74. He later extended his stage, film and TV career to include work in all three disciplines in Stockholm, Sweden and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Wilson has also had guest star appearances on such television series as Kojak, CHIPS, Magnum P.I., and Young Riders.
He is the proud father of five (3 girls; 2 boys) and has 5 grandchildren. Still in love with acting and singing (he trained under 'American Idol' coach, Seth Riggs), he has added screen writing, directing and producing to his many professional successes.
