![]() His teammate, Dave Blase, rode 139 of 200 laps and was the victory rider crossing the finish line for his team. In 1962, he was was an alternate rider for the Phi Kappa Psi team in the Little 500 bicycle race. He later graduated from Indiana University where he had a wrestling scholarship and his major was Russian Literature. Steve Tesich who wrote the screenplay was born in (what was then) Yugoslavia in 1942 and moved to Chicago with his family when he was 14 years old. He later went on to do quite a few action movies. Peter Yates the director is British and this was his third film. Makes you realize how "white" the movie is otherwise. I'm not sure why he got any kind of extra billing, but in the scene where the University president (the real president of IU at the time!) announces to the frat boys that a team of locals will race the Little 500 (But SIR, they're not GOOD enough!) one of the guys in the group is black, so it must be him. When the credits roll, I always see this and wonder who they're talking about. He was also a technical consultant and mechanic and he wrote up some great memories that I've copied below. Tom Schwoegler as the coach of the Merchant's National Bank team, he gives a rider some advice during the race. He later became a dentist and sometimes his patients recognize him. You can also see him in the student union fight scene, just walking around. Mike Silveus as the kid who buys and returns the "Homecoming Queen" car. Did a few TV shows after Breaking Away and one movie with Dennis Quaid then stopped acting in 1980. She was homecoming queen of her real life high school. Lisa Shure as the French Girl at the end of the movie. Be sure to check out my photo sequence of the Cinzano Road Race and Dave's crash HERE. ![]() John Van De Velde is the father of racer Christian Van De Velde. Eddy’s the guy with the pump – he currently does race announcing in Wisconsin. Only the first two are named in the credit scroll. “Oh, hi Rod, I just wanted you to know that there's some guy outside with a guitar serenading Kath!” She was in real life… Dennis Quaid’s wife at the time! She’s been in a lot of other movies too, like Carrie and Stripes.Įddy Van Guyse, Carlos Sintes, John Van De Velde, and Pete Lazarra as the Team Cinzano riders. Soles as Suzy (the blonde sorority girl who tells Rod that Dave had sent flowers to Katherine and calls Rod about during the serenade. lots of folks named "Amy Wright" that aren't her though. Apparently she's still acting but I can't find a photo of her on the web. She’s currently married to actor Rip Torn and has been in several famous movies including The Deer Hunter. Hart was born in Canada and has done a few other big movies, including Die Hard.Īmy Wright as Nancy (Moocher’s girlfriend - she was actually 28 years old, playing a 19 year old). She has a WEBSITE with a more recent photo and hints that she has been working on some new projects. BTW, that was a real slap she gave Dave in the fessing up scene. She was born in Japan and she keeps a replica of her sorority T-shirt as a souvenier. She’s mostly done small roles in TV shows since then. Her Playboy photos were later published in Hustler and she successfully sued Hustler for printing them with unflattering innuendo. Douglass posed for Playboy in 1974 … five years before Breaking Away. ![]() Later played another cop in Beverly Hills Cop. John Ashton as Mike's Brother Roy, the Campus Cop. He’s been in a lot of parts including a recurring part as an alien on Star Trek: Deep Space 9. He’s a great character actor and easy to imitate (refund?!?! REFUND ?!?!?!). Paul Dooley as Dad (Raymond Stohler – you have to listen carefully to catch his first name but twice he’s called Ray and once Raymond). She is a cancer survivor and is still acting. Also famous for being Barney Miller’s wife on that TV show. Barbara is one of the cast members who also made it into the TV show. Also did quite a few more movies and directed.īarbara Barrie as Mom (Evelyn Stohler) I love the shot where she’s wearing the seductress flowers in her hair, the Italian opera is on the record player and she’s standing in front of a bike wheel and a tool board with cone wrenches on it. He also went on to revive his role in the Breaking Away TV show with Shawn Cassidy – it only lasted seven episodes… it was a vacuous series. He was one of the Bad News Bear kids as a child actor. Became the adult voice on The Wonder Years, and had several other notable roles, usually a bumbling but loveable idiot. He lost all interest in life when he saw his ex girlfriend “Dolores Reineke and Fat Marvin” (they're married now) making out at the quarry. Dennis Quaid of course went on to do a lot of good movies.ĭaniel Stern as Cyril.
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