CAST

Will PattonWILL PATTON (Eli Cottonmouth) Will Patton has worked extensively in theatre and film. He was seen starring in the Paramount Vantage feature ''A Mighty Heart'' in 2007 with Angelina Jolie and most recently in the New Line Cinema release, ''The Cleaner'', the Sony Pictures release ''Road House 2'' and the Lions Gate feature based on Marvel Comic's ''The Punisher''. He also had memorable roles in such features as ''The Mothman Prophecies'' and ''Remember the Titans''. His other feature credits include ''Armageddon'', ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Entrapment'', and ''The Postman'', as well as ''Trixie'', ''Breakfast of Champions'' and ''Jesus' Son''. Will was directed by Martin Scorsese in ''After Hours'' and Nicholas Roeg in ''Cold Heaven''.

He has starred in several independent films that have enjoyed success at the major film festivals. Some of the include ''The Rapture'', ''In the Soup'', ''The Paint Job'', ''Toll Booth'' and ''The Spitfire Grill'', which won the audience award at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival. In 1998 Will won the award for Best Actor at the Newport International Film Festival for his work in ''OK Garage'' (aka ''All Revved Up''). Will has blended appearances in these small pictures with major studio releases such as ''Inventing the Abbotts'', ''The Client'', ''Fled'', ''Copycat'', ''Desperately Seeking Susan'', ''A Shock to the System'', ''Everybody Wins'' and ''No Way Out''. Will also starred for two seasons in the highly acclaimed television series, ''The Agency'' on CBS. He was recently seen in Steven Spielberg's ''Into the West'' on TNT. No stranger to the theatre, Will played the leading role in Sam Shepard's ''A Lie of The Mind'' and his performances in Richard Foreman's ''What Did He See'' and Mr. Shepard's ''Fool For Love'' earned him two prestigious Obie Awards as Best Actor. He starred in the world premier of Don DeLillo's play, ''Valparaiso'' at the ART in Boston and he was also seen heading an ensemble cast in Denis Johnson's play, ''Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into Flames'' at the Vineyard Theatre in New York

 

Richard HerdRICHARD HERD (Frank Cooper) Richard is well known to television viewers as Mr. Wilhelm, George's boss on ''Seinfeld'' for which he received a Screen Actors Guild Award. HE also portrayed John, the Supreme Commander on the mini-series ''V''. He recurred as Admiral William Noyce on ''Seaquest'' and Admiral Owen Paris on ''Star Trek Voyager''. He was a series regular on ''T.J. Hooker'' as Captain Dennis Sheridan. He has guest starred on: ''A Gift of Love'' with Andy Griffith, ''Fall from Grace'' with Kevin Spacey, ''Ike, The War Years'' with Robert Duvall, ''Favorite Son'' with Robert Loggia, ''A Case for Life'' with Valerie Bertinelli'', ''Shattered Mind'' with Heather Locklear, ''Journey of the HEart'' with Cybil Shepherd and on Masterpiece Theatre's ''Song of the Lark'' with Maximilian Schell. Other television appearances include: ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Ghost Whisperer'', ''The O.C.'', ''The District'', ''Everwood'', ''Family Law'', ''JAG'', ''The Fugitive'', ''E.R.'' and numerous others. Films include: ''The China Syndrome'', ''All the President's Men'', ''F.I.S.T.'', ''The Onion Field'', ''Summer Rental'', ''Sgt. Bilko'' and ''Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'' directed by Clint Eastwood.

 

Devon GearhartDEVON GEARHART (Philip Walden) Devon grew began acting at the age of seven, landing national commercials with Burger King, PBS, Pizza Hut and The Cartoon Network. After landing his first silver screen role playing Young Bobby in ''Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius'', Devon went on to star in the television movies, ''The Brooke Ellison Story'' directed by Christopher Reeve and ''Warm Springs'', playing the son of Kenneth Branagh's character.

Later, Devon landed lead roles in two independent films, with the stories of each film being told through the eyes of Devon's characters. The first of the films was ''Canvas'', in which he starred opposite Marcia Gay Harden and Joe Pantoliano. The second film was ''Dog Days of Summer'' in which he starred opposite Will Patton and Colin Ford. Devon received a Young Artist Award nomination for his role in ''Canvas''. After ''Dog Days of Summer'', Devon landed a lead role playing Naomi Watts' and Tim Roth's son in Michael Haneke's ''Funny Games'' remake, which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Devon also appears in the 2008 Clint Eastwood directed film ''Changeling'' and the 2009 Robert Rodriguez directed film, ''Shorts''.

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a TAMIAMI FILMS production "DOG DAYS OF SUMMER" RICHARD HERD GREGORY ALAN WILLIAMS DEVON GEARHART
COLIN FORD R. KEITH HARRIS COLIN KEY WAYNE CRAWFORD MARK JOY with WILL PATTON and MEGAN BLAKE
music by ROB POTTORF editor JONATHAN OLIVE production designer ANDREW CAPPELLA director of photography ROB C. GIVENS
line producer ARTHUR PAYNE story by TRAVIS BEACHAM, MARK FREIBURGER & CHRISTOPHER J. WAILD
producers MARK FREIBURGER JASON BEHRMAN executive producer RICK ELDRIDGE co-executive producer MICHAEL E. WEKALL
screenplay by TRAVIS BEACHAM & CHRISTOPHER J. WAILD directed by MARK FREIBURGER