franklyn seales played vince fontaine in the movie grease.
who played vince fontaine in the movie grease?
franklyn seales
he was a guest star in "marcus welby, md", "thriller", "police story", "police woman", and "sword of justice" and was in the tv movies "mobile two" and "telethon".





















































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byrnes played the role of the dick clark-like dance-show host vince fontaine, host of "national bandstand", in the 1978 movie "grease".





















































the success of the film led to byrne being cast in the lead of a tv series "$weepstake$" but it only lasted nine episodes. he went back to guest starring in shows like "chips",
edd byrnes
a u.s. national tour of the 1994 production started in september 1994 in new haven, connecticut, and ran for several years. the opening tour cast included sally struthers (miss lynch), who stayed with the tour for several years, angela pupello (rizzo), rex smith (danny), trisha m. gorman (sandy), and davy jones (vince fontaine). brooke shields (rizzo) started on the tour in november 1994 before joining the broadway cast. other notable performers on the tour were micky dolenz (vince fontaine), adrian zmed (danny), debbie gibson, heather stokes, sheena easton, mackenzie phillips and jasmine guy (rizzo), sutton foster (sandy understudy) and marissa jaret winokur (jan), and lucy lawless and linda blair (rizzo, 1997).
grease (musical)