Greenwood, Bruce Biography

Bruce Greenwood stars as Herman Buhl in THE CLIMB, a Wendy Wacko Production of a Donald Shebib Film. THE CLIMB is the true life adventure of Austrian mountaineer Buhl's heroic assault on the Himalayan peak Nanga Parbat in 1953. Nanga Parbat has claimed the lives of many of its would-be conquerors, including 31 members of a German party who perished on the slopes in 1932.

Greenwood, a native of Canada and a proficient skier, was a natural for the role of legendary Buhl. Greenwood and Wacko worked together previously on STRIKER'S MOUNTAIN, a film made for television about helicopter skiing in Alberta's Cariboo Mountains. STRIKER'S MOUNTAIN was the most watched television movie of the year in Canada, and Wacko was aked to develop the concept for a series.

Among Greenwood's other credits are numerous television appearances including PEYTON PLACE -- THE SECOND GENERATION for 20th Century-Fox Television; NBC's LEGMEN and THE HITCHHIKER for NBC. His film credits include THE BIKINI SHOP, BEAR ISLAND, and the Sylvester Stallone blockbuster FIRST BLOOD, which originated the Rambo phenomenon.

Currently, Greenwood appears in the continuing role of Dr. Seth Griffin in NBC's Emmy-winning series ST. ELSEWHERE.

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Errors:

An early biography from an award-winning film, the information is correct though meager. There are only two very small errors:

Peyton Place - The Second Generation should be Peyton Place: the Next Generation

The Bikini Shop is generally referred to as The Malibu Bikini Shop

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