Justin Gocke (January 31, 1978 – September 8, 2014) was an American
actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...
.
Justin Gocke was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Steve and Loren Gocke. As a former
child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated t ...
, he is known for his role as
Brandon Capwell (1987–1993) on the daytime
television series
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''
Santa Barbara'' for which he won a
.
He was also in a movie with
Farrah Fawcett in 1984, ''
The Burning Bed
''The Burning Bed'' is both a 1980 non-fiction book by Faith McNulty about battered housewife Francine Hughes, and a 1984 TV-movie adaptation written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. The plot follows Hughes' trial for the murder of her husband, James B ...
'', as well as ''The Witching of Ben Wagner'' (1990), and ''My Grandpa is a Vampire'' (1992).
Gocke died on September 8, 2014. According to the results of the investigator with the Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner's office, Gocke died from a gunshot wound to the head, which was ruled a suicide.
Filmography
References
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1978 births
2014 deaths
American male child actors
American male soap opera actors
Place of birth missing
Daytime Emmy Award winners
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series winners