Derrel Maury

An acting coach and director for over 25 years, Derrel has taught at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, also for Estelle Harman (head of talent/development at Universal Studios), Tracy Roberts (co-founder of the west coast Actor's Studio) and many top theatrical agencies in LA. He has directed theatre programs at the Sanai Akiba Academy, the VBS Day School and Heschel Middle School. He also runs Derrel Maury's Young Actor's Workshop and was highlighted on CNN in a special report on acting classes for kids. Derrel Maury joined SAG/AFTRA in 1967. He was so young his first roles were "crawl-on's". He was a series regular on Norman Lear's Apple Pie (1978) starring Dabney Coleman & Rue McClanahan, dated both Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli on One Day at a Time (1975), was a series regular in Gary Marshal's Joanie Loves Chachi (1982) starring Scott Baio and Erin Moran, was Jughead in James Komack's Archie (1976) and starred in the 70's cult classic film Massac