Donald, (Don), was born and raised in Chicago where he studied art and drama in city colleges. He worked at Playboy in the early 60s as an art director and later free-lanced at local ad agencies designing ad campaigns and designing print literature for various corporations such as Gillette and The Chicago Tribune. Don's early theater work included roles in productions such as Grease, Bell - Book a ...
show all Donald, (Don), was born and raised in Chicago where he studied art and drama in city colleges. He worked at Playboy in the early 60s as an art director and later free-lanced at local ad agencies designing ad campaigns and designing print literature for various corporations such as Gillette and The Chicago Tribune. Don's early theater work included roles in productions such as Grease, Bell - Book and Candle, The Camino Real and Diary of Anne Frank. He relocated to Little Rock with his first wife and spent 9 years as a creative director and art director with ad agencies that specialized in consumer advertising. When Don moved to California in 1980 he continued his career in advertising and studied acting, landing some roles in productions that his ex-wife was involved with as a screenwriter. Don drew story boards and assisted Universal Studios with various concepts and art direction in a free lance capacity. He now resides in Memphis, Tennessee with his wife, Lydia. Don is active in the acting community there and has been in several films such as, "Walk The Line,"and, "Forty Shades of Blue," and has recently begun to write and direct his own productions. He also maintains his free-lance art and photography business. Donald and Lydia have a daughter, Lea, who lives in Bloomington, Indiana and a son, Raymond, who resides with his family in Frisco, Texas.
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