D. David Morin

D. David Morin was born and raised in Hollywood, California. He took Rita Wilson (Mrs. Tom Hanks) to his Senior Prom at Hollywood High. His father, Volney F. Morin, graduated Harvard law school and moved to California to work at Technicolor. His mother, Marjory Morin, was also an actress. His aunt, Patricia Ellis, was a B-movie star signed to Warner Bros. and William Morris Agency in the 1930s. David graduated from Colorado University in Boulder and paid his way through California Western School of Law selling Kryptonics skateboard wheels. He was a White House Intern (1975) and did famine relief in West Africa with Sudan Interior Missions. He also announced professional surfing for 10 years around the world, and worked at Surfer Publishing Group as Editor of Action Now Magazine before hosting "Lifestyles" TV show at Saddleback College. "The King of Commercials", Morin amassed some 200 national TV spots, over 30 network episodic television appearances, 2 TV series, and appeared in som