David Michael Schramm (August 14, 1946 â€" March 28, 2020) was an
American actor. He was best known for playing the role of Roy Biggins,
the portly, curmudgeonly rival airline owner in the TV series
Wings.Schramm was born on August 14, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky.
His father was a bookie.Schramm revealed in a 2008 interview that at
the age of 17, "(my parents) always came to see me in school, where I
won trophies for speaking, and then in those big outdoor dramas we
have in Kentucky, and then as an apprentice actor at the playhouse
that eventually became the Actors Theater of Louisville." Schramm also
earned $25 a week for cleaning toilets and for being in a play.
American actor. He was best known for playing the role of Roy Biggins,
the portly, curmudgeonly rival airline owner in the TV series
Wings.Schramm was born on August 14, 1946, in Louisville, Kentucky.
His father was a bookie.Schramm revealed in a 2008 interview that at
the age of 17, "(my parents) always came to see me in school, where I
won trophies for speaking, and then in those big outdoor dramas we
have in Kentucky, and then as an apprentice actor at the playhouse
that eventually became the Actors Theater of Louisville." Schramm also
earned $25 a week for cleaning toilets and for being in a play.
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