Anthony Wynn (born 1962,

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) is an American author of ''Conversations at Warp Speed'' and co-author of ''Remember With Advantages: Chasing "The Fugitive" and Other Stories from an Actor's Life'', and as playwright authored ''Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship''.

Playwright

Wynn's two-act, two-actor drama ''Bernard and Bosie: A Most Unlikely Friendship'', explores the complex relationship between playwright

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and poet Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas. It is based on correspondence exchanged between the two men in the 1930s and early 1940s. Having met in-person only once, the two—while from the absolute opposite ends of the spectrum—manage to connect and form a friendship. The play debuted in London,

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and has been performed in Sarasota, Florida, Lexington, Kentucky, and New York.

Published works

Wynn is co-author (with Barry Morse and

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) of the books '' Merely Players - The Scripts'' (2003), and ''Pulling Faces, Making Noises: A Life on Stage, Screen and Radio'' (2004), the autobiography of actor

Barry Morse Herbert Morse (10 June 19182 February 2008), known professionally as Barry Morse, was a British-Canadian actor of stage, screen, and radio, best known for his roles in the ABC television series '' The Fugitive'' and the British sci-fi drama '' ...

. He edited ''Stories of the Theatre'' (with Robert E. Wood), published in 2006; the material in the book combines the drama, tragedy and comedy of theatrical history with tales of actors, actresses, playwrights and critics. He also wrote the foreword to the 2006 hardbound edition of the classic novel ''

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'' by Robert Hichens (which was based on Hichens' personal relationships with

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and Bosie Douglas). The theatrical memoir of actor

, ''Remember With Advantages: Chasing "The Fugitive" and Other Stories from an Actor's Life'' (co-written with Robert E. Wood and Barry Morse), was released in 2007 by McFarland and Company publishers of

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. Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau wrote the foreword for the book. Wynn and Robert E. Wood also co-wrote ''Valiant for Truth: Barry Morse and his Lifelong Association with Bernard Shaw'' (2012) based on lectures they gave to the International Shaw Society and the Shaw Society of England, in London. Wynn's compilation of interviews with actors and other professionals associated with the various incarnations of

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entitled ''Conversations at Warp Speed'' was published in 2012. Interviewees included in the book are:

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, Eric A. Stillwell,

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, Kitty Swink, Paul Carr,

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, Bibi Besch,

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, and

fans Marlene Daab and Carol Jennings. The book includes three bonus interviews with

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, and

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also penned the foreword to the book prior to his death. He co-authored ''The Wit and Wisdom of Barry Morse'', with Robert E. Wood. The volume is a compilation of notable and witty comments and quotations - sometimes dubbed 'Barry-isms' - recorded over the course of the actor's long career in show business. As

once wryly noted: "My dearest enemies will say that I'm a sort of circus horse; that it's all done by numbers. But a trick is the name given to technique by people who haven't got any."

Science fiction fandom

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Wynn served on the Command Staff of Starfleet: The International Star Trek Fan Association as the Chief of Fleet Communications and as the titular editor of the ''Communique'', created and published by Eric A. Stillwell. In 1983, he left to found another Star Trek fan organization, ''Trek International'', a group that ultimately boasted some thirty chapters worldwide. Wynn also served as editor of that organization's publication, ''The Fleet Herald'', throughout his tenure with the group. ''Trek International'' survived for about six years before disbanding; many of the chapters merged into Starfleet. The ''

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'' now recognizes Starfleet as the world's largest science fiction fan club.

Producer

As producer, he has brought the drama ''Blasphemy'', starring Cil Stengel, to the

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stage and also he also co-produced two separate productions of A.R. Gurney's hit Broadway play ''

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''. Wynn also produced the world premiere of Doug Grissom's one-act drama ''Contact'' starring Ryan Case and

. Other live events he has produced include ''An Evening of Song With

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'', ''The Star Trek Anniversary Celebration'' with Robin Curtis and Paul Carr, and ''Out on Broadway'' with

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. He has produced and worked on many multiple productions of the Barry Morse one-man show ''Merely Players'' throughout the U.S. and

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, partly based on material found in the book ''Stories of the Theatre''. Wynn also formulated and co-produced the 60-minute audio drama ''Rogues and Vagabonds - A Theatrical Scrapbook''. The piece is introduced by Tobias Andersen and stars

. It featured fresh performances from the pages of theatrical history, including: '' The Man Who Killed Lincoln'', '' Charles Dickens: Would-Be Actor'', '' David Garrick: An Ideal Actor'', plus performances based on works by

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(''

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''), and

. ''Rogues and Vagabonds'' debuted on internet radio KSAV in 2007 and was released on compact disk in 2013. He produced two music albums for entertainer and actress

: ''Light at the End of the Tunnel'' in 1996, and ''Yeoman Rand Sings!'' in 1999. These releases included a number of her classic recordings, such as ''Charlie X'', ''Miri'', ''Enemy Within'', and '' USS Enterprise''.

Personal life

In 2016, Wynn married artist Adrian Flores in a ceremony held in

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. He resides in

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Bibliography

* ''The Wit and Wisdom of Barry Morse'' (CreateSpace, 2013), * ''Conversations at Warp Speed'' (BearManor Media, 2012), * ''Valiant for Truth: Barry Morse and his Lifelong Association with Bernard Shaw'' (Lulu Press, 2012), * ''Remember With Advantages'' (McFarland and Company, 2007), * ''Stories of the Theatre'' (Lulu Press, 2006), * ''The Green Carnation'', Foreword by Anthony Wynn (Lulu Press, 2006), * ''Everything Yet to Be'' (Lulu Press, 2005), * ''Pulling Faces, Making Noises'' (Writer's Club Press, 2004), * ''Merely Players - The Scripts'' (Writer's Club Press, 2003),

References

External links

Anthony Wynn website

Anthony Wynn at Author's Den

Barry Morse-related books co-authored by Anthony Wynn
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wynn, Anthony 1962 births Living people American LGBT writers Science fiction fans Writers from Eugene, Oregon Writers from Portland, Oregon American male writers Writers from Oregon Winston Churchill High School (Eugene, Oregon) alumni 21st-century LGBT people