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THE LIFE OF A BLUE COLLAR ACTOR From Tobacco Road to Buckingham Palace by Way of New York Theater and Hollywood Films Jordan Rhodes has been called “the quintessential working actor”. That’s hardly surprising as his theatrical career spans more than six decades in film, television and theatre. Jordan prefers to call himself a “blue collar” working actor, a jobber that continues to work at his trade more than fifty years after his first National Television debut inNew York. Sean Penn calls Jordan, “One of this country’s best character actors”. In The Life of a BLUE COLLAR ACTOR followJordan through his early years in New York going on auditions with Dustin Hoffman and Joe Don Baker of Walking Tall fame. His early television appearances with E.G. Marshall on The Defenders, William Shatner on For the People. Working with Guest Stars Jill St. John and Dyan Cannon, plus his first film with Sal Mineo and Juliet Prowse. His early legitimate theatre performances before moving onto Hollywood, he was appearing on Peyton Place with Mia Farrow and RyanO’Neal. This was followed by twenty-five years of working on television as a co-star or guest star on hit series, Bonanza, Quincy, Adam-12, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Marcus Welby, M.D., and Recurring roles on series like, Streets of San Francisco starring Karl Malden and Michael Douglas, and Matlock as Lt. Harmon Andrews, starring Andy Griffith. Jordan starred in some legendary movies-of-the-week, The Blue and The Gray, starring Gregory Peck & Stacy Keach, Once an Eagle starring Sam Elliott, and Testimony of two Men, plus the cult classic, The Nightstalker starring Darrin McGavin, just to mention a few. Discover behind the scenes stories on the block-buster films he appeared including; Marooned, The Indian Runner, written and directed by his friend,Sean Penn, All the Kings Men, Mr. Majestyk starring Charles Bronson, and another cult classic, House of Good and Evil where Jordan is the “Evil”. Discover his close friendships with Sean Penn, Robert Wagner and Chuck Connors, and working with the biggest names in film & television including; John Wayne, Gregory Peck, Charles Bronson, Michael Douglas, Gene Hackman, Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Rush, James Garner, Stephanie Powers, Jill St. John, Nick Nolte, Leslie Nielsen, Karl Malden, Viggo Mortensen, David Morse, Patricia Arquette, and Linda Cristal, to name a few. His return to New York, and the world of Soap Operas including, The Guiding Light, All My Children and Ryan’s Hope. It’s all detailed in The life of A BLUE COLLAR ACTOR.