Omaha actor John Beasley died on Tuesday at the age of 79. His son, Mike, posted on Facebook that he had lost his best friend. They were. This is a mistake. My hero was my father. Thank you for everything,” Mike wrote on Facebook. KETV NewsWatch 7 spoke with Beasley earlier this year when he talked about being a mentor at Night Fox Entertainment. Passionate about helping new generations of talent, Andre McGraw has made the trip to California since Years. Constant commercials for auditions made him curious when he returned home to Omaha, could he do it? A chance meeting with John Beasley by a friend and a phone call to Paisley would confirm that he could. “He was just opening the John Beasley Theater,” McGraw said. And he was chosen for the first show that launched the theater.” Tim Christian owns Night Fox Entertainment. He also said that Paisley is responsible for its success solely through his belief in it. “He’s really one of the first people to really believe in what I want to do in the world of movies. He has always supported me. He was always kind and gave advice “You know, and never wanted to get anything in return, which you don’t get from a lot of people,” Christian said. Paisley is known to give hope to those looking to break into the industry. “You don’t see a lot of people, number one, out there in Omaha who aspire to be in the business that we’re in and there aren’t actual examples. There aren’t a lot of role models out there,” Christian said. So much of Beasley’s legacy lives on. Now, in those he’s given a hand to.” He started out more as a mentor to me, but then over the years, you know, McGraw said he’s just kind of drawn to like, you know, big brother kind of guy, and you know, he’s worked for years together. And he taught me everything I know about performing arts. Paisley can often be found at Renaming the Street, Celebration of Life, or at the former John Paisley Theater mentoring youth. Christian said McGraw works in Chicago as an actor. Christian has been successful in his entertainment business. Both said they hoped to live life the way Paisley did: with humility, but knowing it’s never too late to do what you love. “You see that a lot today. Everyone promotes themselves. I’m the greatest. I’m the best. John will let his work speak for itself. And you can see that in the number of TV shows, the movies he’s done, the roles he’s had,” Christian said, especially since The 79-year-old has been prepping for his role in The Notebook on Broadway in New York, which is set to begin in the coming weeks.” The only thing he said to me, Andre, is for this at this point in my career, to be able to go. To Broadway, he was like, ‘Oh man, that’s the icing on the cake.’ Paisley waited until he was in his 40s to become an actor. Before that, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad. Paisley has about 60 TV and film credits, including Including his appearances in “Rudy,” “The General’s Daughter” and “The Walk Is Long.” He also founded the John Beasley Theater and Workshop in Omaha. The cause of death has not been announced. Get the latest news headlines from KETV NewsWatch 7
Omaha actor John Beasley died Tuesday at the age of 79.
His son, Mike, posted on Facebook that he had lost his best friend.
“They say you should never meet your heroes because they don’t turn out to be who you thought they were. This is so wrong. My hero was my dad. Thank you for everything,” Mike wrote on Facebook.
KETV NewsWatch 7 spoke with Beasley earlier this year where he talked about being a mentor at Night Fox Entertainment. He was passionate about helping new generations of talent.
Andre McGraw took a trip to California years ago.
The constant commercials for his auditions made him curious when he returned home to Omaha, could he do it?
A chance encounter with John Paisley by a friend and a phone call to Paisley would confirm that he could.
“He was just opening the John Beasley Theater and he was picked for the first show that got the theatre going,” said McGraw.
Tim Christian owns Night Fox Entertainment.
He also said that Paisley is only responsible for his success by believing in it.
“He’s really one of the first people who really believed in what I wanted to do in the movie world. He always supported me. He was always nice and he gave advice and you know, he never wanted to get anything in return, which you don’t find that from a lot of people,” Christian said.
Paisley is known for giving hope to those looking to break into the industry.
“You don’t see a lot of people, number one, who are in Omaha who aspire to be in the business we’re in and there aren’t real examples. There aren’t a lot of role models,” Christian said.
Much of Paisley’s legacy, which lives on now, is in those he helped.
“He started out for me more as a mentor, but then over the years, you know, he was kind of drawn to a kind of big brother, you know, and, you know, working together for years, he taught me everything I know about the performing arts,” McGraw said.
His love for his hometown also showed: Paisley can often be found at Renaming Street, Celebration of Life, or at John Paisley’s former theater mentoring young people.
“John is synonymous with Omaha. You don’t see many people spending that kind of time with people in their community as John did,” Christian said.
McGraw works in Chicago as an actor.
Christian is successful in his entertainment business.
Both said they hoped to live life the way Paisley did: with humility, but knowing it’s never too late to do what you love.
“You see that a lot today. Everyone promotes themselves. I’m the greatest. I’m the best. John will let his work speak for itself. And you can see that in the number of TV shows and movies he’s had,” Christian said.
Especially since the 79-year-old prepped for his role in The Notebook on Broadway in New York, which was set to begin in the coming weeks.
“One of the things he said to me was, Andre, for this at this point in my career, for me to be able to go to Broadway, he was like, ‘Man, that’s the icing on the cake of my career,'” McGraw said. .
Paisley waited until he was in his forties to become an actor himself.
Prior to that, he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.
Paisley has nearly 60 television and film credits, including appearances in “Rudy,” “The General’s Daughter,” and “The Long Walk.”
He also founded the John Beasley Theater and Workshop in Omaha.
The cause of death has not been announced.
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