2010-03-08 23:01:26 - Actor known for his character portrayal on “Newhart,” as well as True Blood, Deadwood and Blade Runner, will join hosts Sande Shurin and Bruce Levy Tuesday, March 16 at 5 PM Pacific Time on the World Talk Radio Variety Channel.

Phoenix, AZ (PR-Inside) March 9, 2010 -- World Talk Radio Network and Voice America Talk Network Internet broadcasting pioneers, producing and syndicating online audio and video, today announced that nationally acclaimed actor William Sanderson will join THE SANDE SHURIN SHOW on www.Worldtalkradio.com & www.voiceamerica.com live on World Talk Radio Tuesday March 16 at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific time.

William Sanderson will be talking about how he started his career by playing out of the box by fighting his way for an audition with Sande Shurin after the audition process was over in order to secure the part of a bum in a play called The Insect Comedy which Ms Shurin was directing and Levy was producing. From this brilliant portrayal William Sanderson

secured his first agent, got the par of the lead bum on The Newhart Show and the rest is history.

Early in his career William seemed to specialize in his unique brand of what he calls “prairie scum.” All that changed with two inspired castings that would reveal William’s versatility and bring him national exposure. Director Ridley Scott cast him as the brilliant, gentle toy maker in the now classic science fiction film Blade Runner. Shortly afterwards a onetime guest role became a successful eight year run with William’s comedic talent on display as the quirky backwoodsman “Larry” in the popular sitcom Newhart.

Sanderson is also currently playing another memorable role, that of “True Blood’s” Sheriff Bud Dearborne. William has played a host of distinct and diverse roles, routinely working opposite Hollywood’s A-list talent. He has appeared in films like The Onion Field, Lone Wolf Mcquade, Coal Miner’s Daughter, and City Heat. In the 90’s his body of work grew in a broad range of features including Death Hunt, The Rocketeer, Wagons East, and John Grisham’s The Client.

William has consistently and deftly moved between film and television, appearing in such shows as ER, The X-Files, Monk and Without A Trace, as well as memorable guest roles on Lonesome Dove, Stephen King’s Sometimes They Come Back, and Babylon 5: Thirdspace. He won American Film Institutes’s “Best Ensemble” award for his role in the HBO Series Deadwood.

The Sande Shurin Show airs live on World Talk Radio Tuesdays at 8PM Eastern/5PM Pacific. To access the live show log onto www.voiceamerica.com/worldtalkradio/vshow.aspx?sid=1693 the rebroadcast will be 8AM Eastern Time Wednesday Morning and syndicated on Voice America Talk Radio www.voiceamerica.com/voiceamerica/vshow.aspx?sid=1693 on Saturdays at 10AM and 10PM Eastern Time.

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About Sande Shurin:
Ms. Shurin authored the books: Transformational Acting… A Step Beyond and Star Power!, Defining Your Individual Signature. She currently teaches Transformational Acting at her main location in New York City as well as at her satellite retreat in Woodstock, NY. She was seen on Oprah where cuts of the television show Faking It were presented. She appeared on America's Next Top Model as on-camera acting coach. Shurin directed on Broadway. Her theatre company, Drifting Traffic, was one of the five founding members of the off-off Broadway movement in the ‘70’s. She has private coached & directed many notable actors including Anthony Rapp (A Beautiful Mind, Rent), Matthew Modine, Sylvia Miles, Jai Rodriquez, William Sanderson and Shalom Harlow and rapper Method Man. She directed the short film True Love & Museum Scandals. Shurin lectures, teaches and leads her Break Thru & Star Power! Workshops internationally. Both support organizational leaders as well as actors and business people of all kinds in personal and career breakthroughs. She & Husband Levy were the topic of a featured New York Times article on their lives and careers.

About Bruce Levy:
Having recently retired his New York based Bruce Levy Talent Agency he presently has gone back to his roots in writing and acting. His play SADA has been published by Applause as one of the 12 best short plays of the New York 2002/2003 theatre season. And now as a full-length play Sada had it’s first New York reading starring the legendary Sylvia Miles and Queer Eye For The Straight Guy, Jai Rodriquez. It now premiers at the Warehouse Theater in Greenville South Carolina this March 26th. Levy’s short films Museum Scandals & True Love were directed by his partner/wife Sande Shurin. He currently can be seen in the indie award winning film The Definition of Insanity by Robert Margolis and in his own film Museum Scandals. He had a recurring role in the TV daytime drama The Guiding Light. He produced The Price of Genius on Broadway with Shurin directing. He currently manages, with his wife, the Sande Shurin Acting Studios in New York, which they created together in 1980.

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