Don Chastain

{{more footnotes needed|date=April 2010}} {{Infobox person | name = Don Chastain | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2002|8|9|1935|9|2|mf=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = | spouse = Jill Diamond | children = 1 | years_active = | homepage = | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * singer * screenwriter}} }}

'''Don Chastain''' (September 2, 1935 – August 9, 2002) was an American actor, singer, and screenwriter. He worked in television in Los Angeles and New York and toured the United States and Canada.

==Early years== Chastain was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.<ref name="gg">{{cite news|title=Don Chastain Continues To Move Up|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9227644/the_gastonia_gazette/|work=The Gastonia Gazette|date=January 26, 1970|location=North Carolina, Gastonia|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = February 27, 2017}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==Acting== Chastain's Broadway credits include ''Parade'' (1998), ''42nd Street'' (1980), ''It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman'' (1965), and ''No Strings'' (1961).<ref>{{cite web|title=("Don Chastain" search results)|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?shows=on&people=on&theatres=on&q=Don+Chastain&qasset=00000150-ac81-d16d-a550-ecbff9510002|website=Playbill Vault|publisher=Playbill|accessdate=28 February 2017}}</ref>

He played Jim Thompson in the TV comedy ''The Debbie Reynolds Show'' (1969–1970)<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=247|edition=2nd}}</ref> and Scott Thomas in the TV comedy ''Hello, Larry'' (1979–1981).{{r|etvs|page1=450}}

He penned the screenplay for ''The Mafu Cage'' (1978) and wrote several episodes of ''As the World Turns'' (1992–1995).

In 1960, Chastain appeared as Gerald Wiley in the episode "Trial by Rope" of the TV series ''Colt .45''. The guest cast also included Pamela Duncan as Dora Lacey, and Lurene Tuttle as Lottie Strong.{{Citation needed |date=September 2020}} Other series in which Chastain appeared as a guest star include ''The Real McCoys'', ''Rhoda'', ''Maude'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''All My Children'', ''Hawaii Five-O'', ''The West Wing'', Gunsmoke, ''Scrubs'', and ''The Big Valley''.

He appeared in the role of Lizard in the 1970 film of ''C.C. and Company''.

One of Chastain's final roles on TV was as a “suspect” On the television reality competition show “Murder in Small Town X” in 2001 as character Hayden DeBeck. He was featured for 6 episodes before being “killed” by the show's fictional killer.

==Music== Chastain was a jazz singer and lyricist who served in the United States Army.

== Personal life == Don Chastain died August 9, 2002, of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 66. He is survived by his wife Jill and their son Colin.

==Broadway performances== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''No Strings'' (1962–1963) * ''It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman'' (1966) * ''42nd Street'' (1980–1989) * ''Dance a Little Closer'' (1983) * ''Parade'' (1998–1999) {{div col end}}

==References==

==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/don.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708140646/http://www.chastaincentral.com/content/don.html |date=2011-07-08 }} * {{IMDb name|0153944}} * {{IBDB name}} * {{iobdb name|5388}}

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