1. Wesley Eure was born on Wesley Eure Loper; August 17,1951 and is an American actor, singer, author, producer, director, and educator widely known for his role as Michael Horton on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives from 1974 to 1981.
37 Facts About Wesley Eure
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Wesley Eure later hosted the popular children's game show Finders Keepers in 1987 and 1988, and co-created the children's educational television show Dragon Tales in 1999.
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Wesley Eure has published several books, produced plays and been an organizer and fundraiser for several charities.
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Wesley Eure subsequently took positions in Texas and Illinois, and became a drug abuse counselor with the state of Nevada.
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Wesley Eure spent his senior year of high school in Las Vegas.
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Wesley Eure wanted to be an actor from the age of five, his love of performing stemming from a need for attention.
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Wesley Eure was hired as a driver for Robert Goulet and Carol Lawrence during their summer tour.
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Wesley Eure spent most of 1968 and 1969 as their driver.
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Wesley Eure moved to Los Angeles in 1973 after discovering it was cheaper to live there, but offered just as much opportunity to become an actor.
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Wesley Eure was hired to star in a pilot for a Kaye Ballard TV series, The Organic Vegetables, created and produced by the team behind The Monkees.
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When that series was not picked up due to the 1973 writers' strike, Wesley Eure answered an ad in an industry trade publication to audition for a television show.
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Wesley Eure learned that David Cassidy was threatening to leave The Partridge Family, and that the audition was for a role as a "neighbor boy" who would take over the lead in the family band from Cassidy.
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Wesley Eure won the audition, but never joined The Partridge Family after Cassidy agreed to stay on.
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In 1974, Wesley Eure auditioned for and won a role on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
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Wesley Eure had previously met producer Sid Krofft and was committed to do an audition for a new children's show he was working on.
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When Wesley Eure flew to New York City at the request of Broadway producer David Merrick to try out for a role in a theatrical production of Candide, he didn't want to audition for Krofft due to his commitment to Days.
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Wesley Eure kept his commitment to both shows after the Kroffts repeatedly asked him to star on Land of the Lost.
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From 1974 to 1981, Wesley Eure starred on NBC's Days of Our Lives, playing the role of Mike Horton.
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Wesley Eure starred as Will Marshall in Sid and Marty Krofft's children's adventure series, Land of the Lost from 1974 to 1976, filming this show and Days of Our Lives simultaneously.
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Wesley Eure was repeatedly asked to appear on both Password Plus and Match Game.
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Wesley Eure appeared on Password so often that he became a semi-regular on the show.
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Wesley Eure earned $2,000 to do a week's worth of shows, which took a single day to shoot.
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In 1987, Wesley Eure became host of the Nickelodeon children's game show Finders Keepers, and continued in this role through 1988.
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Wesley Eure co-produced, wrote and acted in Fox Television's hidden-camera show Totally Hidden Video.
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Wesley Eure co-created Dragon Tales, PBS Kids's Emmy-nominated animated series for preschoolers which began airing in 1999, and directed Spy TV for NBC in 2001.
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Wesley Eure hosted an educational DVD called Power Over Poison to teach kids how to avoid poisons, produced by WQED, the PBS station in Pittsburgh.
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Channel 9 TV in Australia hired Wesley Eure to be the permanent host of their Tonight Show, but lost a ten-month immigration battle with Actor's Equity in Australia.
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Wesley Eure appeared in 1978 as a murderer in The Toolbox Murders and as an evil man who is eaten by snakes in Jennifer.
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Wesley Eure appeared in the 2014 independent thriller film, Sins of Our Youth as Police Chief Kaplan.
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Whenever his acting career seemed stalled, Wesley Eure continued to sing.
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Wesley Eure became friends with Shaun Cassidy and Leif Garrett, and some of his music was produced by Bobby Sherman, though a full album was never completed.
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Wesley Eure sang a few times with the Jackson Five.
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Wesley Eure had a Las Vegas act at Harrah's casino.
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Wesley Eure lived briefly in Bali after leaving Totally Hidden Video.
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In 1992, Wesley Eure published his first children's novel The Red Wings of Christmas.
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For many years, Wesley Eure has given interactive lectures in elementary and secondary schools about reading and writing.
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Wesley Eure was the travel editor for Palm Springs Life magazine, writing a bi-monthly travel column.