Thomas Cooper Huckabee (born May 8, 1951) is an American film and television actor who appeared in ''
The Funhouse
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'', ''
Urban Cowboy
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'', and as
Harrison
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* Harrison family of Virginia, United States
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in the 1993 film ''
Gettysburg'', among other roles.
Career
Huckabee played Buzz, one of the leading roles, in ''
The Funhouse
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''. He was Marshall, John Travolta's buddy in ''
Urban Cowboy
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''. He shared a starring role in the 1982 CBS made-for-TV movie ''Country Gold'' made in Nashville which also featured
Loni Anderson
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Early ...
,
Linda Hamilton
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, and
Earl Holliman
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. He was
Henry Thomas Harrison
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, the spy, in
''Gettysburg''.
He has also had several guest appearances on various TV series, including ''
ER'' and ''
The Shield
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''. Huckabee turned in a memorable performance as Euple Byrd, the first husband of country music legend
Tammy Wynette
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in the made-for-TV movie Stand By Your Man.
Huckabee also appeared in
The Killers
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video for
A Dustland Fairytale
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. Huckabee had a recurring role in the TV series ''
True Blood
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'' and portrayed Joe Lee Mickens.
New True Blood Promo Poster Continues the Show's Sexy Bloodsucking Ways
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TV and filmography
References
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1951 births
American male film actors
Living people
Actors from Mobile, Alabama
American male television actors
20th-century American male actors
21st-century American male actors