Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Bernie Casey Bernie Casey
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Other authors / contributors: | Casey, Bernie, interviewee.
Brock, Paul, 1932- interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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Sound characteristics: | digital
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Digital file characteristics: | video file
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Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. Videographer, Scott Stearns. Paul Brock, interviewer. Recorded Los Angeles, California 2005 October 4. Recorded Los Angeles, California 2005 October 8. Vendor-supplied metadata.
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Summary: | Bernard Casey was born on June 8, 1939, in Wyco, West Virginia and grew up in Ohio. He earned his B. S. and M.F.A. degrees in art education from Bowling Green State University in Ohio in 1961 and 1966, respectively. He attended college on an athletic scholarship and excelled in football. He graduated was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. In the off-season, Casey completed his M.F.A. degree. In 1968, he left the NFL to pursue his creative interests. In 1969, Casey appeared in his first film, Guns of the Magnificent Seven, and wrote his first book of art and poetry, Look at the People: Poems and Paintings. As an artist, Casey has participated in more than thirty solo exhibitions and made over fifty-seven appearances in film and television. He served for twenty years as chairman of the board at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia.
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