12 Facts About Joel Higgins

Joel Franklin Higgins was born on September 28,1943 and is an American actor and singer with a stage career spanning over 50 years.

In 1968, Joel Higgins enlisted in the United States Army and was stationed at Camp Casey in Korea, serving as the Special Services Sergeant in charge of Entertainment.

Joel Higgins went on a seventeen-week tour of the Midwest in the role.

In 1973, Joel Higgins landed the role of Vince in the first national tour of Grease, where he toured for a year before leaving to join the pre-Broadway tryout of a new musical called Shenandoah.

In 1978, Joel Higgins was featured in the role of Ben Gant in the Broadway musical Angel.

Joel Higgins made the transition from daytime to primetime in 1979, with a starring role in the short-lived ABC television series Salvage 1 with Andy Griffith.

Joel Higgins returned to ABC in a new comedy, Have Faith, in the spring of 1989, playing a church monsignor overseeing a madcap staff, co-stars of which included Ron Carey and Stephen Furst.

Joel Higgins continued to guest star on numerous television series since that time.

Joel Higgins continued to perform throughout the 1990s and 2000s in several theaters around the country including The Muny in Forest Park, St Louis, The Starlight in Kansas City, The Fox in Atlanta, Cape Cod Playhouse, etc.

All the while continuing to write, Joel Higgins co-wrote and starred in The Fields of Ambrosia which debuted at New Jersey's George Street Playhouse before transferring to the Aldwych Theatre on London's West End.

Joel Higgins co-wrote and directed Johnny Guitar, at the Century Center Theater For The Performing Arts in New York, garnering numerous Drama Desk, Drama League and Lucille Lortel Award nominations and winning the Outer Critics Circle Award as Best Musical of 2004.

Joel Higgins has has appeared in films, such as Dead Canaries, and No Pay, Nudity.