Billy Campbell

Campbell was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. He attended Fork Union Military Academy and Western Albemarle High School. His parents divorced when he was two years old.[citation needed]\n', ' After an appearance in an episode of the hit 1980s sitcom Family Ties, Campbell\'s first prominent role was that of Luke Fuller, Steven Carrington\'s lover on Dynasty. Campbell appeared in the show\'s fifth season (1984–85) when Dynasty was the number one show on American television. Following this, he had a regular role as Detective Joey Indelli on the 1986–88 NBC series Crime Story. Campbell was the first choice of the producers of Star Trek: The Next Generation to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes.\n', ' In 1991, Campbell played the lead role in The Rocketeer. He went on to appear as "Quincey Morris", a vampire hunter in Bram Stoker\'s Dracula (1992). In 1993, he starred in the short-lived detective series Moon Over Miami, and won the role of Dr. Jon Fielding in the television adaptation of Tales of the City. He appeared in the sequels More Tales of the City in 1998, and Further Tales of the City in 2001.[citation needed]\n', '