Mark Slade

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Mark Van Blarcom Slade (born May 1, 1939) is an American actor, artist, and writer best known for his role as Billy Blue Cannon on the NBC Western television series The High Chaparral.

Early life

Elinor (née Van Blarcom) and William A. Slade Jr., a Boston businessman and watercolor artist, were born in Salem, Massachusetts. He grew up in the Danvers/Hamilton area of the North Shore, alongside his two sisters and a brother. When he was 13 years old, his parents divorced, and Esmond R. Crowley Jr., his stepfather, became a significant influence on his life.

He began preparing for art in 1956 and aspired to be an artist. He started studying acting after serving in for a sick classmate in the role of an English professor in the play The Male Animal. Slade went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, supporting himself by working at the 21 Club.

Slade served in the United States Army Reserve from the start of his career in the early 1960s.

Personal life

In 1968, Slade married Melinda Riccilli. Morgan and Mitchel have two sons, Morgan and Mitchel. He lives in Northern California, where he continues to pursue his artistic endeavors.

Alice Louise (née Ford) Van Blarcom, Slade's maternal grandmother, was Henry Ford's fifth cousin. Martha and John Ford, who arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Fortune, the second English ship to land in Plymouth Colony on November 9, 1621, is the second in his Ford lineage. On the voyage, John Ford died. Martha and her two sons were disembarked and gave birth to their third child on the same day. Among the passengers, the ship's manifest lists a John Cannon, as well as the name of the patriarch of The High Chaparral.

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Career

Slade began his career on the Broadway stage appearing in the Josh Logan-directed play, There Was a Little Girl, Jane Fonda's first Broadway play. He then earned a role in the 1961 film Splendor in the Grass, directed by Elia Kazan and filmed in upstate New York. In the early 1960s, he moved to the West Coast, where he was cast as Seaman Jimmy "Red" Smith in the feature film Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961). Despite his character being killed in the movie version, Irwin Allen brought Slade back for the Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) on ABC. He was cast in 1964 as a new character, Seaman Malone.: 1145  He was hence the only one of six actors to have been cast in both the film and television versions of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. He appeared only in the first half of the first season because he departed to become a semi-regular, Eddie, in the CBS sitcom, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., starring Jim Nabors. Slade appeared in eight episodes of Gomer Pyle, all of which were aired during the first half of the first season. He was cast in three episodes of the NBC education drama, Mr. Novak, starring James Franciscus in the title role. His first television role was as Stu Walters in the 1961 episode "Deadline" of the ABC sitcom, My Three Sons, starring Fred MacMurray. In 1963, he was cast in the episode "A Girl Named Amy" of Jack Lord's ABC series, Stoney Burke, a rodeo adventure series. In 1964, he guest-starred in "The Enormous Fist" episode of "Rawhide" opposite Eric Fleming and Clint Eastwood. That year, he also appeared as the title character Michael Manning, alias Michael Da Vinci, in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Careless Kidnapper".

In the 1965–1966 television season, Slade played Radioman Patrick Hollis in the NBC sitcom, The Wackiest Ship in the Army.: 1147

In 1966, at the age of 27, he obtained one of his most memorable parts, as Billy Blue Cannon, the blond-haired, blue-eyed son of the ranch patriarch, John Cannon (Leif Erickson) on The High Chaparral, set in the Arizona Territory. The series aired for four seasons. In the same year he was cast in an episode of the western TV series Bonanza as Jud Rikeman.

He went on to play Taylor Reed in the 1973 film Salty and reprised his role in the syndicated adventure series Salty (1974–1975).: 924

Slade's acting career continued into the early 1990s. He made more than 300 appearances on stage, screen, and television. Slade won international recognition and numerous awards for his efforts: the Belgian Viewers Award, the Bambi, the Bravo Golden Otto, and the Western Heritage Award.

As an artist, Slade's illustrations, political cartoons, caricatures, and comic strips have run in numerous newspapers, magazines, and prominent publications around the world. His collaboration with producer/writer Danny Arnold (Barney Miller television series) resulted in the long-running comic strip, "Howard and Friends".

A number of his later works done in oils and graphite, as well as his hand-pulled prints, are held in private collections.

As a writer, Slade is well known for writing and playing the guest role in the "Cliffy" episode of The Rookies television series, which won him critical acclaim and numerous citations. In 2012, he authored his first published novel, Going Down Maine, which explores the loss of innocence and unforeseen consequences of youthful indiscretions. Published in late 2014, Of Pain and Coffee, a collection of sooth-sayings and soliloquies that explore life's foibles and fears, joys and heartbreaks, with illustrations by the author, was released. In December, 2014, Mark published a companion book, Someone's Story, that takes the reader on an emotional journey through those brief moments when one can feel another's life. The author's own photography creates a subtle melding of the pictorial and verse. Hangin' with the Truth, his second novel, was released in 2016.

Slade also lent his talents to the Slade Media Group, founded by his wife, Melinda Riccilli Slade, that specialized in corporate image campaigns, crisis management, graphic design, and marketing communications. The firm created national campaigns for diverse public and private companies, along with numerous product introductions. Together, they wrote and developed various media projects through their affiliated company, Slade Square Productions.

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