Take a closer look at some of Hollywood's top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

Child Stars, Then and Now

Take a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s top-tier talent at the beginning of their careers.

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Richard Council grew up in Ruskin, Florida, the second son of Buford and Louise Council. He graduated from East Bay High School with the class of 1965 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1969. In the summer of 1970 he won a grant to perform at the San Diego Shakespeare Festival. He then studied for a year on scholarship at the American Conservatory Theater, and was made an Equity Journeyman with the ACT Company from 1971-'72. He then moved to New York, and made his Broadway debut in "The Merchant of Venice" at Lincoln Center (1974). Other Broadway credits include "Sherlock Holmes" (1975), "The Royal Family" (1976), "I'm Not Rappaport" (1984), "Conversations With My Father" (1990), "Uncle Vanya" (1992) and "The Little Foxes" (1998). He is married to actress Melissa Hurst, and with their son, Will Council, they live in New York City.

Richard Council as Judge David Breck in You Don't Know Jack for HBO with Al Pacino,John Goodman and Susan Sarandon.

(1977) Appeared with Love of Life alumni Elizabeth Kemp and Ray Wise on Lamp Unto My Feet for C.B.S.

(1975 to 1976 season) Jim Baker, Fran Bennett, Richard Burton Brown, Barbara Bryne, Jeff Chandler, Eric Christmas, Oliver Cliff, Patricia Connolly, Maury Cooper, Frank Dent, King Donovan, Peter Michael Goetz, Barbara Granning, Michael Hendricks, Nicholas Kepros, Mark Lamos, Karen Landry, Marcy Mattox, Virginia Payne, Ken Ruta, William Schoppert and he were members of the ensemble acting company at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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