Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton was born in Los Angeles, California, United States on February 8th, 1943 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 81, Creed Bratton biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Creed Bratton (born William Charles Schneider; February 8, 1943) is an American actor and singer.
He is a former member of The Grass Roots and is best known for his role as Creed Bratton on the NBC sitcom The Office.
Early life and education
William Charles Schneider was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Coarsegold, California, a tiny town near Yosemite National Park, and was named Bratton.
Musical career
Bratton adopted his new name while on a global tour as a wanderer. He travelled through Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. He appeared with his band the Young Californians at a large folk festival in Israel. Warren Entner, a fellow American and guitarist, attended Bratton's appearance and begged him to call when he returned to the United States. They formed a partnership in 1966 and recruited the remaining members of their company, the 13th Floor. Bratton played lead guitar, Rick Coonce played drums, Entner played rhythm guitar, and Kenny Fukomoto played bass. The Young Californians recorded a demo and sent it to Dunhill, a new record company led by Lou Adler.
P. F. Sloan and Steve Barri, a producer/songwriter, attended the performance and loved it. They needed new band members for a folk-rock band that they had created in 1965. During this period, the 13th Floor lost their bass player to the draft, and Rob Grill was recruited quickly, renaming the band's name to the "Grass Roots" for the first name recognition. With the song "Let's Live for Today," the band soared to the top ten in 1967 and toured the United States. The company's success as a key contributors to the rock-music scene was solidified by hit songs such as "Midnight Confessions."
The Grass Roots featured top songwriters who performed their best songs to them and wrote several songs by themselves. The Wrecking Crew, a Los Angeles studio band, performed on the recordings for their major songs. Bratton co-wrote "Beatin' Round the Bush," "No Exit" and "Hot Bright Lights," and "British Burning" and "Hill of Stone," as well as self-composed "Dinner for Eight" and "House of Stone." On "This Precious Time" and "Dinner for Eight," he appeared lead vocals. Bratton appeared on the group's albums Let's Live for Today, Feelings, Golden Grass (a compilation) and Lovin' Things. Three of the albums were ranked, and Golden Grass received a gold record award. He performed in ten of the company's singles, eight of which charted; "Midnight Confessions" received a gold record award.
As their top-ten hit "Let's Live for Today" was hitting the airwaves, the Grass Roots performed at the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival on Sunday, June 11, 1967, during their "Summer of Love" show. Despite the fact that the music festival took place before the Monterey Pop Festival, it was not filmed at this festival as it was the second festival (see list of electronic music festivals). The group appeared at the San Francisco Pop Festival and later at the Los Angeles Pop Festival and Miami Pop Festival in December as the top-ten hit "Midnight Confessions" became more popular.
Bratton became dissatisfied with Dunhill's refusal to write its own songs and perform the instruments on its albums in April 1969 (although the members did play alone at concerts). Bratton was asked to leave the band after a humiliating appearance at the Fillmore West in April 1969.
Bratton has released three albums showcasing his solo appearances since the 1960s, with the support of Peter White. In 2007, he presented the Wrecking Crew of the Musicians Hall of Fame with an induction award. Jon Tiven, a producer, released another album of new music in 2008. Bratton released "Bounce Back" with producer Dave Way in 2010. "Demo," Bratton's first three solo albums, was released in 2011. Bratton appeared live at the SXSW festival in 2010 and 2012. Tell Me About It, Bratton's original work in three acts as an audio biography in 2013. Songs ranged from those that were recently published to pieces that had been written decades before. Bratton claims that he listens a lot of jazz and classical music.
Bratton met Zachary Scot Johnson for a duet on January 18, 2014, the 500th day of the day's on YouTube.
Acting career
In 1979, Bratton began to pursue an acting career. He has appeared in films including Mask and Heart Like a Wheel. On NBC's Emmy and SAG award-winning The Office, he was a cast member starring a fictional interpretation of himself. He discusses his time with the Grass Roots on a deleted scene in episode "Booze Cruise." His character is revealed to have been in the Grass Roots as well as other crimes in the series finale. Bratton's song "All the Faces" appears in this episode as well.
He appeared in Just One Of The Gynos, a short film starring Kyle Gass, which received an award for best short film at the 2008 Malibu International Film Festival. In 2009, he appeared in the feature film Labor Pains. I Am Ben, written, produced and directed by Paul Bunnell; and Terrific produced by David Guy Levy. Terri was chosen by the Sundance Film Festival 2011 to attend the US dramatic competition. It was one of only 16 films selected from 1,102 submissions to the US dramatic category. He appeared in Staged With Brandon Olive in 2012, and he appeared as special guest star in Just One Of The Gynos. In 2013, he appeared in Saving Lincoln, a American Civil War biography set during the American Civil War.