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WESLEY EURE (from original TV series "Land Of The Lost")
While
playing the hunky Will, Eure was simultaneously shooting ''Days of Our
Lives,'' where he played the original Mike Horton from 1974-81. He also
co-starred with Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain and Red Buttons in the 1979 movie ''C.H.O.M.P.S.,'' about a young man who develops a
robot dog, and in the late '80s he hosted the kids' game show ''Finders
Keepers'' on Nickelodeon.
But Eure has had even more success behind the camera, co-developing the animated PBS children's series ''Dragon Tales'' and authoring several kids' and
comedy books. He's also a longtime fundraiser for AIDS and breast
cancer charities in Palm Springs, Calif., where he lives.
Eure,
57, recently came out in an interview with the Web site After Elton,
which covers gay and bisexual men in entertainment. In it, he discussed
the frustration of being a closeted teen idol in the '70s and his
yearlong relationship with Richard Chamberlain. He now has a partner of 2 1/2 years.
''It
was a horrible time in Hollywood, being gay. It was horrible,'' Eure
told the Web site. ''I was on the cover of Tiger Beat and all those a
lot, and they'd do those `Win a Date With Wesley' and `Who's Wesley
Dating?' It was so disingenuous.''
As for the ''Land of the
Lost'' movie, Eure shot a cameo which was cut when the ending was
changed. But he attended the premiere at Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese
Theater, as did Paley.
''I walked down the red carpet and it was surreal,'' he wrote on his Web site, wesleyeure.com.
''To think our little Saturday morning show could generate so much
buzz! The cost of the party after the show was probably the entire
budget of our first season in 1973.''
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