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Loudon Wainwright III
Age: 63
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Born: Sep. 5th, 1946
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Loudon Wainwright III's Main TV Roles
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BIOGRAPHY: Son of Loudon Wainwright II, longtime editor of Life Magazine, LWIII eschewed magazines in favor of folk music, which he began playing professionally in the '60s. Part of the "New Bob Dylan" scene in the late '60s, early '70s (and subject of a humorous ode to Dylan on the singer's 50th birthday). Probably best known for song "Dead Skunk"; continues to put out new albums and to tour.
TRIVIA:
- Played guitar and sang on three episodes of the third season of "M*A*S*H" as Capt. Spalding. Songs included "North Korea Blues (Oh, Tokyo)," featured prominently throughout the episode "Rainbow Bridge." In 2004, he played one of the Cocoanut Grove singers (lead singer in tune "Happy Feet") in the Leonardo DiCaprio film "The Aviator," which also starred "M*A*S*H" alum Alan Alda. Wainwright's two children played the other lead singers (of different eras) in "The Aviator.".
- Was 'David Letterman' (qv)'s first sidekick.
- Was the resident singer when he appeared with 'Jasper Carrott' (qv) in his UK show, Carrott Confidential, in the late 80s. It was the first time he was seen by a British audience on TV.
- Father of 'Rufus Wainwright' (qv) and 'Martha Wainwright' (qv).
- His son Rufus Wainwright wrote a song about an argument they once had - "Dinner At Eight".
- Went to the same prep school that was featured in Dead Poets Society
- Father of singer Lucy Wainwright Roche with Suzzy Roche.
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