From "Happy Days" to Hollywood Director, and the Unlikely Mentor Who Got Me There
Hardback
Publication Date: 11/11/2014
Singing to a Bulldog presents the practical and motivational lessons Anson Williams, an accomplished actor, director, singer and producer gleaned from his life experience and words of wisdom from the head janitor at one of his first jobs. Growing up in 1950s California, young Anson William Heimlich showed very little promise. Clumsy, unsure of himself, and made to feel like a failure by his disappointed artist of a dad, Anson started working odd jobs as a teenager to help support his family. His boss at one of these jobs, an aging African-American janitor named Willie, unexpectedly became a mentor--and the lessons he taught young Anson proved to be invaluable throughout his subsequent career as an actor, director, and entrepreneur. In Singing to a Bulldog, Anson Williams (as he came to be known) relates both these lessons and the never-before-revealed stories of the many seminal TV series he has worked on and the famous (and not-so-famous) folks he's encountered during his 40 years in Hollywood, including: - being directed by Steven Spielberg in his first dramatic role - getting kidnapped by Gerald Ford's daughter at the White House - subbing for Sammy Davis, Jr., as a headliner with Bill Cosby - being humbled by Sunny, a young volunteer for the Cerebral Palsy National Organization - mentoring Shailene Woodley on the set of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and many more. This compelling read has a cross-generational and broad appeal, combining all the fun of a celebrity memoir with the emotional impact of an inspirational bestseller. With Singing to a Bulldog, Anson Williams brings his gift of storytelling to a new medium in a book that is sure to touch readers' hearts and lives as profoundly as Willie once touched his.
- ISBN:
- 9781621452256
- 9781621452256
- Category:
- Memoirs
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 11-11-2014
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Reader's Digest Association, Incorporated, The
- Country of origin:
- United States
- Dimensions (mm):
- 209.55x139.7x17.78mm
- Weight:
- 0.38kg
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