Brooke McCarter (April 22, 1963 â€" December 22, 2015) was an American
actor, producer, director, composer and musician. He is known for the
role of Paul in the 1987 vampire horror comedy The Lost Boys.McCarter
was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Maria and Brooke
McCarter. Brooke was born with athletic and musical talent. He was an
athlete who wrestled, was adept at soccer, lettered in tennis and
excelled at racquetball. Sponsored by Ektelon, Brooke won dozens of
trophies, was second in the state of Ohio for the Under 18 division,
and earned a racquetball scholarship to Memphis State University. He
spent two years in Memphis and one year at Ohio University.After
winning a modeling contest, Brooke was signed to the Ford modeling
agency and moved to New York City, where he studied with acting coach
icon Stella Adler and recorded music in the studio. Upon moving to Los
Angeles, he made his acting debut in the 1986 skater drama Thrashin'.
During the filming of The Lost Boys, McCarter became friends with his
co-star Corey Haim and became his manager through the 1990s. After
having a small part in the John Belushi biographical film Wired
(1989), he went on a hiatus from acting to focus on other projects. As
a composer, he scored the film Fast Getaway (1991) and the documentary
Leaves of Green (2002), which he also directed. He returned to acting
in 2009 in Herschell Gordon Lewis's The Uh-Oh! Show.McCarter died on
December 22, 2015, from the genetic liver disorder alpha 1-antitrypsin
deficiency.
actor, producer, director, composer and musician. He is known for the
role of Paul in the 1987 vampire horror comedy The Lost Boys.McCarter
was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the son of Maria and Brooke
McCarter. Brooke was born with athletic and musical talent. He was an
athlete who wrestled, was adept at soccer, lettered in tennis and
excelled at racquetball. Sponsored by Ektelon, Brooke won dozens of
trophies, was second in the state of Ohio for the Under 18 division,
and earned a racquetball scholarship to Memphis State University. He
spent two years in Memphis and one year at Ohio University.After
winning a modeling contest, Brooke was signed to the Ford modeling
agency and moved to New York City, where he studied with acting coach
icon Stella Adler and recorded music in the studio. Upon moving to Los
Angeles, he made his acting debut in the 1986 skater drama Thrashin'.
During the filming of The Lost Boys, McCarter became friends with his
co-star Corey Haim and became his manager through the 1990s. After
having a small part in the John Belushi biographical film Wired
(1989), he went on a hiatus from acting to focus on other projects. As
a composer, he scored the film Fast Getaway (1991) and the documentary
Leaves of Green (2002), which he also directed. He returned to acting
in 2009 in Herschell Gordon Lewis's The Uh-Oh! Show.McCarter died on
December 22, 2015, from the genetic liver disorder alpha 1-antitrypsin
deficiency.
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