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TIM MATHESON of ANIMAL HOUSE, THE WEST WING - author of DAMN GLAD TO MEET YOU: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches -spoke to Bill about the book
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DAMN GLAD TO MEET YOU: My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches
"I found myself underlining and highlighting things to remember for my own career. It's also entertaining-a great combination. Tim's words encourage you to keep dreaming."-Reba McEntire
"Tim was a cast, crew, and audience favorite on The West Wing. He's been at the center of some of America's most iconic film and television. Damn Glad to Meet You is a fascinating, hilarious, and often very moving inside look at his extraordinary career."-Aaron Sorkin
For the past seven decades, Tim Matheson has been an on-screen favorite in Hollywood. In his debut memoir, Tim takes fans behind-the-scenes of his illustrious career, and reveals what it was like to learn from and work alongside the greats, including Lucille Ball, Dick Van Dyke, Steven Spielberg, and Aaron Sorkin. Tim also talks about how he transitioned from acting to directing, the role in The West Wing that nabbed him two Emmy nominations-and so much more.
Filled to the brim with both riveting stories of the ever-changing entertainment industry and illuminating insight via "film school boot camp" sidebars, readers everywhere are going to be "damn glad" they read this fascinating memoir.
TIM MATHESON BIO (FROM TRIBUNE.CA)
Tim Matheson was born in the Glendale suburb of Los Angeles. He is an actor/director who has been active in the industry since 1961, playing a variety of roles in film and on television.
Tim began his career at the age of 13 in the comedy series Window on Main Street (1961-1962). Following his television debut, he played Michael Harmon in two episodes of Leave it to Beaver (1962-1963) and played several different roles on three episodes of My Three Sons (1962-1963). He also voiced a main role on the animated series Jonny Quest (1964-1965). Tim played the role of Joe Hardy opposite Richard Gates in a hour-long pilot titled The Hardy Boys: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (1967), but the show wasn't picked up to be a regular series.
Tim first appeared in feature films in Divorce American Style (1967) playing the son of Dick Van Dyke and Debbie Reynolds. The following year, he played the son of Henry Fonda's character in Yours, Mine and Ours (1968).
In the seventies, Tim appeared in Magnum Force (1973) alongside Clint Eastwood, the short-lived NBC western series The Quest (1976) opposite Kurt Russell, and the comedy film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) opposite John Belushi. He also starred in Stephen Spielberg's 1941 (1979) before appearing in To Be or Not to Be (1983) and Fletch (1985).
Tim appeared in A Very Brady Sequel in 1996 and Van Wilder opposite Ryan Reynolds in 2002. He also starred as Vice President John Hoynes on the television series The West Wing (1999-2006). For his performance, Tim earned two Primetime Emmy award nominations for Best Guest Star in a Drama Series.
In the last decade, Tim has appeared on popular television shows such as Hart of Dixie (2011-2015), The Good Fight (2018), and This is Us (2019-2021). Most recently, he played Doc Mullins on the popular Netflix drama series Virgin River (2019-2021).
In addition to acting, Tim made a career in directing, through taking on a variety of episodic projects. Some of his directorial work includes episodes of Without a Trace (2003-2004), Cold Case (2004-2005), Criminal Minds (2006-2009), Burn Notice (2007-2010), Suits (2011), and Virgin River (2019-2020).
He and his wife Elizabeth make their home in Los Angeles.