Nightingale Theatre
Managing Artistic Director
1982-1985
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March 30, 1989
A Fight For Jenny
TV Movie
Directed by Gilbert Moses
Distributed by Robert Greenwald Productions
Role: Mr. Green
Release: 1986
SYNOPSIS: When Kelsey Wilkes gets remarried and tries to get custody of the child of her first marriage. Her struggle is tough, because her present husband is black.
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May 2, 1986
8 Million Ways to Die
Feature Film
Directed by Hal Ashby
Distributed by Producers Sales Organization
Role: Homicide Detective
Release: 1986
SYNOPSIS: Scudder is a detective who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this causes him to lose his job and as his marriage. During his AA recovery, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.
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May 2, 1986
If Tomorrow Comes
TV Mini-Series
Directed by Jerry London
Distributed by CBS
Role: Lester, V.P. of Bank
Release: 1986
SYNOPSIS: From bestselling author Sidney Sheldon is this exciting thriller of adrenaline-charged intrigue, secret passion and international adventure. Before she is framed for a theft she didn’t commit, sparks sizzle between spunky working girl Tracy Whitney and sexy con man Jeff Stevens. Determined to get back at the crime lords who put her in prison, Tracy teams with an elegant older man to learn the ropes of sophisticated living and soon is traveling the world pulling off high-priced heists.
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May 2, 1986
Marie
Feature Film
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Distributed by Dino De Laurentiis Company
Role: Reporter
Release: 1985
SYNOPSIS: Pay the man, get out of prison. It’s a sweet deal for the Tennessee officials who let killers and rapists go free for a price. And who would have the guts to defy the state’s power elite? No one, except a courageous single mom named Marie Ragghianti. This gripping film tells the true story of a woman who became head of the Tennessee parole board, then stood up to lies, threats and murder to blow the whistle on her bosses.
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May 2, 1985
Love Leads the Way: A True Story
TV Movie
Directed by Delbert Mann
Distributed by Disney Channel
Role: Bus Driver
Release: 1984
SYNOPSIS: When an insurance salesman is blinded in a boxing accident, his world is turned upside down as he has trouble functioning in his sightless world. All seem hopeless until he learns of an innovative European project that trains dogs as guides for the blind. He gets a guide dog, but soon learns that he is barred from taking his needed companion into transit vehicles and public buildings and businesses. With a newfound friend, he must fight to make the country recognize that those rules are unfair to him and his guide.
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May 2, 1984
Man of La Mancha: Henry II is sword-wielding Don Quixote and Henry III is behind him whispering, "That's my old man."
Man of La Mancha
Theatre Nashville
Directed by Eric Ericson
Role: Paco, Muleteer
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April 30, 1979
Death of a Salesman
David Lipscomb University
Directed by Jerry Henderson
Role: Biff Loman
He won the University’s award for Best Supporting Actor that year, though he can’t find the plaque anywhere.
“…Chip Arnold played Biff in a moving performance. The entire cast depicted with fidelity a situation as contemporary as today.”
Sara Morrow
The Nashville Banner
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April 30, 1979
Anne of the Thousand Days
David Lipscomb University
Directed by Gary Mitchell
Role: Sir Thomas Moore
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April 30, 1979