
Bruce Abbott
Biography
Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954) is an American actor. He has appeared in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, and Bride of Re-Animator, and the TV series Dark Justice. Abbott's career began as a dancer/actor in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon, where he spent three seasons in the late 1970s. In 1980, Abbott relocated from Portland to Hollywood ("in the middle of the actors' strike, and I didn't know Anyone," he recalls). Shortly afterwards, he was cast as the villain in the movie Tag: The Assassination Game. He met his future (first) wife, Linda Hamilton on the set. The union produced one child, Dalton Bruce (born October 4, 1989) (who can be seen in Terminator II as "Infant John Connor"). Bruce and Linda divorced circa 1989. That same year, on the Dallas, Texas, set of the TV movie Trapped, Abbott met actress Kathleen Quinlan. They married April 12, 1994 and have 1 son, Tyler Quinlan (born October 17, 1990). Throughout his career, Abbott has been a guest star on many TV series Murder She Wrote, Family Law, Diagnosis: Murder, and more. He had a recurring role in the short-lived series The Net, based on the film of the same title starring Sandra Bullock. Abbott is semi-retired from acting. He is an architect and artist and works in the custom-design industry. He has designed his last two homes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

A Call to Arms
as Major Zelnis USMC
2009

Re-Animator
as Dan Cain
1985

The Prophecy II
as Thomas Daggett
1998

Black Scorpion
as Michael Russo
1995

Command 5
as Deke Williams
1985
Eagles in the Chicken Coop
as President Brad
2011

Bride of Re-Animator
as Dr. Dan Cain
1990

Re-Animator Resurrectus
as Himself
2007

Bad Dreams
as Dr. Alex Karmen
1988

Trapped
as John Doe
1989

Summer Heat
as Jack Ruffin
1987

The Demolitionist
as Jack Crowley
1995

Interzone
as Swan
1987

Why Me?
as Markus
1984

Out of Time
as Channing Taylor
1988

Kaleidoscope
as Sam (Father)
1990

Dillinger
as Harry Pierpont
1991
Dream Cast
as Himself
2011

Johnny Ryan
as Tom Kelly
1990
Bride of Re-Animator Documentary
1991
TV Appearances

Murder, She Wrote
as Wayne Metzger / Stearns
1984

MacGyver
as Russian Agent Nikolaj Kossov
1985

Diagnosis: Murder
as Paul Madison
1993

UC: Undercover
2001

Family Law
as Colin Andrews
1999

Dark Justice
as Judge Nicholas Marshall
1991

Murder, She Wrote
as Drew Granger
1984

Murder, She Wrote
as Monte Hayes
1984

The Blue and the Gray
as Jake Hale Jr.
1982

Beauty and the Beast
as Devin Wells
1987