This is where we can all come and blow off some steam, maybe learn a thing or two. I have an abnormally large music collection, so MANY of the trivia posts/questions etc will have something to do with music.
Who was the first actor of note, born with OI, performing on the world stage?
Most of the time this would come on the heels of a survey, but as I went looking for the answer
I kept finding more and more cool stuff so I decided it needed a complete entry all its own: The Language is a little specific because I’m not including documentaries about OI. I will be honest my very FIRST thought was the great Sammi Haney [BD:2011] who did such a great
job in “Raising Dion”. As soon as her character burst into the scene and started taking control
I yelled to my wife “She has OI!” and that was before I knew anything about her or her character. But that would be the wrong answer…..
Wait wasn't there an actor who played a kid in a sitcom a while back.. has an interesting name? RIGHT-
That would be Atticus Shaffer[B1996], named after Atticus Finch from the play To Kill a Mockingbird! Most people never knew he has OI because it didn't make news until after the show was done. But he's not old enough either...... Speaking of comedies what about Julie Mare Fernandez (lets say shes over 30), from the ORIGINAL BBC series of the OFFICE, surely she must have been the first, and although I never saw that or the US version I haven't ever read about her having OI before I started this search. But that would be WRONG as well!
Wait I do remember there was this one guy in a bunch of Sci Fi related series named Rick Howland (B1969), he's almost as old as I am, after all his BIO says he performed with Meatloaf (RIP), surely he was the first! I think the reason we never heard about him was because he hails from the great white north,
and you know the story. They're all too polite to talk about themselves....
OH, so close….well were in the right Genre….
The first Actor (that I could find) known to be born with OI played a recurring role in one of the worlds
largest SCI FI series, and I am a dyed in the wool Sci aficionado so HOW did I not KNOW this? I’ll give you a few hints, first this actor also is from the UK (what is IN the water over there?), secondly the recurring role he had was for a BAD GUY. doo dee doo dee doo dee doooo................. as a wise man once said: