include The Adventures of Pete & Pete; the third-season finale of Homicide: Life on the Street; and the 1990–91 series Shannon's Deal, produced by John Sayles. Edson appeared in a 2007 TV commercial for The Travelers Companies Inc., in which he plays the human personification of risk. Selected filmography 1984 Stranger Than Paradise as Eddie 1985 Desperately Seeking Susan as Man With Newspapers 1986 Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Garage Attendant 1986 Howard the Duck as Ritchie 1986 Crime Story (TV Series) as Jake Rennick 1986 Platoon as Sal 1986 Walker as Turley 1987 Good Morning, Vietnam as Private Abersold 1988 Eight Men Out as Billy Maharg 1988 Tougher Than Leather as Bernie Carteez 1988 The Chair as Riot Leader 1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway as Johnny Crackow 1989 Do the Right Thing as Vito 1989 Let It Ride as Johnny Casino 1989 China Lake as Connie Veesk 1989 Monsters (TV Series) as Jack Bateman 1990-1991 Shannon's Deal (TV series) 1991 Eyes of an Angel as Goon 1992 Love Is Like That as Bubba-Lilly 1992 Crossing the Bridge as Mitchell 1993 Split Ends (TV Series) as Eric 1993 Joey Breaker as Joey Breaker 1993 Posse as Deputy Tom 1993 Super Mario Bros. as Spike 1993 What About Me as Nick 1993 Love, Cheat & Steal as Billy Quayle 1995 Jury Duty as Skeets 1995 Destiny Turns on the Radio as Gage 1995 Strange Days as 'Tick' 1996 Scorpion Spring as Lem Wells 1996 Marco Polo The Missing Chapter as Bergman 1996 Cosas que nunca te dije as Steve 1996 The Winner as Frankie 1996 Wedding Bell Blues as Tom 1996 An Occasional Hell as Rodney Gillen 1997 This World, Then the Fireworks as Joe 1997 Snide and Prejudice as Rudolph Hess 1997 Double Tap as Fischer 1998 Lulu on the Bridge as Dave Reilly 1998 Thick as Thieves as Danny 1999 Purgatory (TV Movie) as Euripides 1999 The Shade as Simon 1999 Jack of Hearts as Henry 2000 Cement as Robbo 2000 The Million Dollar Hotel as Joe 2000 Timecode as Lester Moore 2000 Picking Up the Pieces as Edsel Farkus 2000 A Man Is Mostly Water as Bud Guy 2000 Desperate But Not Serious as Screenwriter 2001 I Am Josh Polonski's Brother as Abe Polonski 2001 Southlander: Diary of a Desperate Musician as Thomas 2001 P.O.V. - Point of View as Fool On Hill 2002 Sunshine State as Steve Tregaskis