The Riches

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MaryAnn Johanson

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Watching "Goodbye Solo" the other day … the lovely new film from Ramin Bahrani … I kept wondering why the actor Red West looked so familiar. But I couldn't place him so I did some research and realized that I recognized him from the TV show "The Riches" … which I avidly watched.
But his life is fascinating beyond the TV and movie screen. He met Elvis Presley in high school and ended up being his driver for many years and also his bodyguard. He then appeared as an extra or in a bit part in 16 Elvis films! Then he turned his hand to songwriting and had songs recorded by Pat Boone, Elvis and Ricky Nelson.

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Up until about six months ago, you probably knew Michael Welch, vaguely, from...somewhere. "Joan of Arcadia," maybe, or "The Riches?" "CSI?" "Star Trek?" "Law & Order?" The actor has, after all, been acting for a full ten of his 21 years, and he's worked on everything from happy-family fare to edgy premium cable series to big-budget blockbusters. And yet, until recently Welch had enjoyed that fuzzy ubiquity that comes with years' worth of small roles in film and on television.
But then came Twilight. On November 17, 2008, The Greatest Love Story of Our Time opened in theaters everywhere, and Michael Welch instantly forsook "Where do I know him from?"—level fame for the kind of face recognition one gets when one is in a record-breaking, heartthrob-making, teen-obsession-for-the-ages kind of movie. True, Welch doesn't get to engage in any Edward Cullen-style smoldering eye-gazing sessions—his character, Mike Newton, is known for his overly-friendly demeanor,

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