Dan Butler
Dan Butler, 1995
Born	Daniel Eugene Butler (1954-12-02) December 2, 1954 (age 57) Huntington, Indiana, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1986-present
Spouse	Richard Waterhouse

Daniel Eugene "Dan" Butler (born December 2, 1954) is an American playwright and actor known for his role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe on the TV series Frasier.

Life and career[link]

Butler was born in Huntington, Indiana and raised in Fort Wayne; the son of Shirley, a homemaker, and Andrew Butler, a pharmacist.^[1] While a drama student at Indiana University in 1975, he was the recipient of the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship, sponsored by the Kennedy Center.^[2] Openly gay, he starred in Terrence McNally's 1989 play The Lisbon Traviata and wrote an Off Broadway play about his life, The Only Thing Worse You Could Have Told Me..., which derives its title from a comment Butler's father made when Dan came out to him.

Though Butler never hid his homosexuality, he disclosed it publicly on Entertainment Tonight in 1994 during his run as a swaggering heterosexual on Frasier.^{[citation needed]}

His partner is acting teacher and director, Richard Waterhouse.^[3]

Featured television roles[link]

• Roseanne as Art (1991–1992)
• Frannie's Turn as Father Anthony (1992)
• Frasier as Robert "Bulldog" Briscoe (1993–2004)
• Caroline in the City as Kenneth Arabian (1995, 1997)
• Hey Arnold! - Voice of Mr. Simmons/Lila's Dad (1997–2002)
• From the Earth to the Moon as NASA Flight Director Eugene Kranz (1998)
• More Tales of the City as Edward Bass Matheson (1998)

Guest appearances[link]

• Leg Work as Solinski in episode Blind Trust (1987)
• Monsters as David in episode A New Woman (1990)
• Quantum Leap as Jake Dorleac in episode Southern Comforts - August 4, 1961 (1991)
• Columbo as Sgt. Goodman in episode No Time to Die (1992)
• Life Goes On as Ed in episode Incident on Main (1993)
• The Powers That Be as Walt Stevens (1993)
• Quantum Leap as Mutta in episode Mirror Image- August 8, 1953 (1993)
• Picket Fences as Joe Henley in episode Duty Free Rome (1993)
• The X-Files as Jim Ausbury in episode Die Hand Die Verletzt (1995)
• King of the Hill as voice of Attorney in episode Jumpin' Crack Bass (1997)
• Tracey Takes On... as Priest in episode Religion (1998)
• Star Trek: Voyager as Steth in episode Vis à Vis (1998)
• Just Shoot Me! as Bill Slatton in episode Eve of Destruction (1998)
• Suddenly Susan as Dr. Richards in episode War Games (1998)
• Touched by an Angel as Dr. Ivar Kronenberg in episode Anatomy Lesson (1999)
• Ally McBeal as a lawyer, episode Changes (1999)
• Crossing Jordan as Arnold Hummer (2002)
• American Dreams as Coach Ambros (2002–2003)
• Malcolm in the Middle as Norm in episode "Butterflies"
• Supernatural as Reverend Sorenson in "Hook Man" (2005)
• House as Dr. Weber in "Distractions" (2006)
• Monk as Dr. Scott in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Hospital"
• Cashmere Mafia as Maxwell Tate in "Yours, Mine, and Hers"
• 'Til Death as Paul in "Clay Date"
• Without a Trace as David Wilkins in The Source"

Noted documentary, TV movie, or film roles[link]

• The Manhattan Project as SWAT Team member
• Longtime Companion as Walter
• The Long Walk Home as Charlie
• E veryday Heroes as Dennis Peterson
• The Silence of the Lambs as Roden
• Rising Sun as Ken Shubik
• Dave as Reporter
• The Fan as Garrity
• The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as self
• Enemy of the State as NSA Director Adm. Shaffer
• The Sissy Duckling (voice)
• Fixing Frank as Dr. Apsey
• From the Earth to the Moon as Gene Kranz
• Karl Rove, I Love You as Himself (Producer, co-director, co-writer)
• Prayers for Bobby as Rev. Whitsell
• Sniper 2 as Eckles
• Crazy, Stupid, Love. as Cal's Boss

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dan Butler

• Dan Butler at the Internet Movie Database
• Dan Butler at AllRovi
• Dan Butler at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

Douglas Miles
Born	(1963-12-27)December 27, 1963 Phoenix, Arizona
Nationality	San Carlos Apache-Akimel O'odham
Field	Street art, skateboard art, stencil art, painting, printmaking
Movement	Apache art, Native pop
Influenced by	Anime, punk
Influenced	Douglas Miles, Jr.

Douglas Miles is a San Carlos Apache-Akimel O'odham painter and printmaker from Arizona, who founded Apache Skateboards and Apache Skate Team.

Background[link]

Douglas Miles grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, then moved back to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona.^[1] He drew images from cartoons, sci-fi, and comic books and attended the Al Collins Graphic Design School in Phoenix. From 1978 to 1980, Miles attended the Bostrom Alternative High School, when he created street art.^[1]

Artwork and Apache Skateboards[link]

Watching his son practice skateboarding, Miles drew corollaries between skateboarding and the Apache warrior tradition, as both involved increase concentration, stamina, and the ability to withstand pain. After finding no skate decks available relevant to Apache culture, Miles painted a skateboard deck himself. He gave it to his son, and this spawned Apache Skateboards.^[2]

Founded in 2002, Apache Skateboards is one of the earlier Native American-owned skateboard companies, following Wounded Knee Skateboards and Propaganda, founded in 1997 by Jim Murphy (Lenni Lenape) and Four Wheel Warpony, founded in 2000 by Dustinn Craig (White Mountain Apache).^[3] Native artists working on the Apache Skateboard project with Miles include Razelle Bennally; Tracy Polk Jr.; Douglas Miles, Jr.; Keith Secola; Reuben Ringlero; Irwin Lewis; Tony Steele; and Tashadawn Hastings. As Apache Skate Team, the group gives skating demonstrations, organizes skateboard contests and concerts, and curates art shows around the country, and especially on Indian reservations in the American Southwest.^[4]

"Painting on the skateboards ... opens up a whole new medium for me," Miles told Shade magazine. "My skateboards are both traditional and contemporary by design. Are they fine art or pop art? Why can't they be both?”^[1] He emphasizes Native American youth, Apache culture, and reservation lifestyles in his work. "You need to show 'Indian people' in the 21st century and not so much as museum pieces," Miles says.^[1]

Miles and Apache Skateboards have succeeded in finding new venues for art and skateboarding, blending the arenas of fine art, pop culture, and sport. They have successfully challenged outmoded categorization of Native American art based on anthropological perspectives. Together they have helped form the artist collective, Native Agents, and added visual artists Micah Wesley (Muscogee Creek-Kiowa), Rose Simpson (Santa Clara Pueblo-descent), and Yatika Fields (Osage-Muscogee Creek-Cherokee) to the Apache Skateboard group. Native Agents curate "Pop Life" events, which combine visual art, music, and skateboarding, and are informed by the DIY ethic of punk culture.

Apache Skateboards work continually in film, photography, fine art, skateboarding, murals, multimedia projects, community projects, skate park planning, skateboard events, apparel design, television, film, youth conferences and speaking engagements. They produced a documentary, "Walk Like a Warrior: The Apache Skateboards Story," which was co-directed by Douglas Miles and Franck Boistel.^[5]

In 2008, Apache Skateboards collaborated with iPath Footwear to create the I-PACHE collection of sneakers, fitted hats, and t-shirts, all of which feature Douglas Miles' original designs.^[6]

Notable exhibits[link]

• 2011 Indian Ink II. Pravus Gallery. Phoenix, Arizona.
• 2010 Indian Ink I. Legends Santa Fe. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
• 2008 Apache: Douglas Miles. Officially Closed: Dead Letter Department. Los Angeles, California.
• 2005 Pop Life. Wilson College, Princeton University.^[7]
• 2005 Reservation Radical/Apache Skateboards: The Art of Douglas Miles. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History. Santa Cruz, California.
• 2004–2007 Native Views: Influences of Modern Culture. Art Train USA. Traveling exhibit.^[1]
• 2004 Native Nollies: Skateboard Deck Art. Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico.^[1]
• 2003 Santa Fe Indian Market. SWAIA. First Place, Mixed Media.^[8]
• 2003 Heard Museum Indian Art Market. Heard Museum. Phoenix, Arizona. Won Best of Painting.^[8]

Apache Skateboards has worked with the Gila River Tribe (twice), Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Navajo Nation (twice), White Mountain Apache Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (twice), Tohono O'Odham Nation, Jicarilla Apache Nation, University of New Mexico-Gallup, Brown University, Harvard University, Peabody Essex Museum, and soon, the Mashantucket Pequot Museum.

Collections[link]

Several pieces of his work are in the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian.^[6] His paintings are in private collections in France, Germany, New York, and Los Angeles.^[8] Miles' and Apache Skateboard's art is also in the permanent collections of the Montclair Art Museum, Eiteljorg Museum, IAIA Museum, and Warner Brothers Studios.

References[link]

External links[link]

Biography portal

• SWAIA video interview with Douglas Miles
• Rez Style interview with Douglas Miles, via News from Indian Country
• Douglas Miles, Vision Project, by Barry Ace
• Apache Skateboards Presents "Tweak Bird (The Bones)", video

Douglas A. Shields is a former member of the Pittsburgh City Council, on which he represented the 5th District from 2004 to 2012, and also served as the Council's President from 2006 to 2010. Before serving on Pittsburgh City Council, he served as Chief of Staff for 11 years to Bob O'Connor during O’Connor’s tenure on Pittsburgh City Council.

The Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition selected Shields as one of its 2006 Citizens of the Year to honor his accomplishments and he recently received an award for Distinguished Service to the Aids Community at Shepherd Wellness' annual event.

Shields sought the office of magisterial district judge, despite not holding a law degree.^[4] The election for the seat took place on May 17, 2011, in which he lost to Hugh McGough, who also won the Republican primary and thus the seat in November uncontested.

Shields is married with two children. He resides in Squirrel Hill.

Boards and appointments[link]

Shields sits on the following boards:

• Carnegie Mellon University, Board of Trustees, ex-officio
• Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Board of Trustees
• Carnegie Library, Board of Trustees
• Pittsburgh Municipal Pension Fund, Board of Trustees
• Comprehensive Municipal Pension Fund, Board of Directors
• Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Board of Directors, ex-officio
• Regional Development Funding Corporation, Board of Directors, Secretary
• Sexual Assault Response Team of Allegheny County (SARTAC), Board of Directors
• The First Tee of Pittsburgh, Board of Directors
• The Pittsburgh Recovery Center, Board of Directors
• Pittsburgh Musical Theater, Advisory Board
• Delta Foundation, Advisory Board
• He also served as Treasurer and Board Member of the Community Technical Assistance Center (CTAC) for eight years

References[link]

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