Dale Oprandy

At the tender age of 10, Dale became a professional magician and escape artist. Performing was his passion and means which enabled him the financial success to pursue a professional career in the entertainment business. Turning professional at age 15, he launched his career on such television shows as The NBC Today Show with Tom Brokaw, ABC World News Tonight and The Steve Edwards Show, to name a few. Dale was a dare devil attraction act throughout the United States at race tracks, state fairs, and as an opening act for several recording artists. In 1978, Dale was accepted to the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City to study acting and theatre, where he would eventually study with Lee Strasberg himself. While living in New York he went to work on many independent film productions, and worked such jobs as grip, scenic artist, producer, and stunt coordinator. As Dale started raising his own family, he slowly retired from performing and focused his skills on directing, consu