Lanny's first gig was playing Santa in Birmingham, Michigan Cub Scouts. Next, as Pontius Pilate, at a church in Darien, Connecticut. But the acting bug first really bit when he tore up the scenery at Yale University as Jimmy in The Rainmaker, getting a laugh on every line, never getting enough ever since. He has studied with Uta Hagen and Bill Hickey, and has earned a Gold Medal in Acting from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After many years doing stage throughout the country, he came back to ...