Rex Sikes' Movie Beat chats with actor Derrel Maury about Massacre at Central High PT 2

Derrel Maury PT 2 Actor, & Rex Sikes remember the making of the cult classic Massacre at Central High. Derrel Maury joined SAG and AFTRA over 40 years ago. He was so young when he started; his first roles were “crawl-on’s”. He has appeared as a series regular on Norman Lear’s “One Day at a Time” & “Apple Pie”, also Gary Marshal’s “Happy Days” & “Joanie Loves Chachi”. He played Jughead in James Komack’s “The Archie Show” and starred as the teen killer in the 70’s cult classic feature “Massacre at Central High”. Some other credits include guest starring roles in “Murder She Wrote”, WKRP in Cincinnati”, “Barney Miller”, “Highway to Heaven”, & “The Partridge Family”. He has just completed work on a number of features including, “Blood of the Cross”, “Mexican Hat”, “Wasteland” & the “Tramp”. He has won numerous awards for his stage and film work including his recent best actor award at the New York Short Film Festival for his lead role in the film “Wither”. An acting coach for over twenty years, he has taught for Estelle Harman, Tracy Roberts, and many top agencies around town. He also runs his own acting studio, Derrel Maury’s Young Actor’s Workshop. He was recently highlighted on CNN in a special report on acting classes for kids. Derrel’s extensive list of plays directed at theatres in and around Los Angeles include “Grease”, “Oliver”, “Once Upon A Mattress”, “The Music Man”, “Fiddler On The Roof”, “The Wizard Of Oz”, “Guys And Dolls”, “Bye Bye Birdie”, “Damn Yankees”, “Joseph”, ”High School Musical”, “South Pacific”, “Willy Wonka”, “Annie”, and “Answer the Call”. Every year Derrel also participates in the Secret Roses’ Mini Musical Festival. His directing work there has won awards three years in a row for his productions of “Blenderman”, “Change of Plans” and “Climb the Smallest Mountain”. Stay tuned to Rex Sikes Movie Beat for other great archived interviews, cast and crew listings, events, festivals, premieres, and more at http://www.rexsikes.com

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