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Bruce Boxleitner is known as an American actor and writer. He is most famous for his roles in How the West was Won, Babylon 5, and Tron.

<h2>Background</h2>

Boxleitner was born on May 12, 1950, in Elgin, Illinois. He is the <a href="/biography/bruce-boxleitner">son</a> of a certified public accountant. He attended Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois, and later, he graduated from the Goodman Theater School of Drama of the Art Institute of Chicago. Boxleitner received his formal acting training on the theater stage. He is an <a href="/biography/bruce-boxleitner">alumnus</a> of Chicago's prestigious Goodman Theatre.

<h2>Marriage, Wife, and Children</h2>

Bruce's first marriage was to Kathyrn Holcomb, an American actress. They both acted in the film, How The West Was Won, and later their romance began. She was starring as his younger sister in the movie. He said that she smote him at first sight, but she was dating someone at that time. Kathryn took him to her doctor, and Bruce was given a shot. She invited Bruce to her home and put him in the bathtub to cool his body; her lover entered the house at that time and thought that Kathryn was having an affair with Bruce.

She broke the relationship with her boyfriend and eventually started dating Bruce. They got married in 1977, and Kathyrn gave birth to their two sons Sam and Lee. However, their marriage lasted for only ten years. In 1987, Holcomb broke the wedding and married <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ogilvy">Ian Ogilvy</a>, a British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ogilvy">actor</a>, who guest-starred on a series that Bruce was also on Babylon 5.

In 1995, Bruce got married to his second <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">wife</a>, <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">Melissa Gilbert</a>, an American <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">actress</a>. <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">Gilbert</a> had guest-starred as Boxleitner's on-screen wife, Anna Sheridan, during Season 3 of Babylon 5. <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">Melissa</a> and Bruce met on a blind date set up by his ex-wife, Kathryn. They dated for about a year and were engaged twice before finally walking down the aisle. <a href="/biography/melissa-gilbert">Melissa</a> and Bruce have a son together. After sixteen years, their marriage ended in 2011 with a divorce. They shared custody of their son, and Mellissa sought spousal support. In 2016 Boxleitner married Verena King.

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<h2>Career and Net Worth</h2>

In 1972, Bruce Boxleitner starred in the Broadway production of Status Quo Vadis with <a href="/biography/ted-danson">Ted Danson</a>. He then relocated to Los Angeles and quickly landed a guest spot on the legendary TV series, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He also had guest roles on hit shows, including Hawaii 5-0, Beretta, Police Woman, and Gunsmoke.

Boxleitner's big break occurred when he was cast opposite <a href="/biography/james-arness">James Arness</a> in the pilot for the epic TV series How the West Was Won. He starred in the CBS series Bring them Back Alive, the mini-series East of Eden, and the TV movie, The Last Convertible.

Boxleitner is known for his leading roles in Babylon 5, Tron, Tron Legacy, and the animated series Tron: Uprising. He co-starred in most of The Gambler films with <a href="/biography/kenny-rogers">Kenny Rogers</a>, where his character provided comic relief. During the '80s, Bruce appeared in several advertisements for Estee Lauder's "Lauder For Men."

He also starred as Confederate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet">General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet">James Longstreet</a> in the 2003 film Gods and Generals. He provided the voice of Colin Barrow in the animated science fiction horror film Dead Space: Downfall, based on the video game Dead Space. Other films he has been in include Babe, King of the Lost World, Shadows in Paradise, and Transmorphers: Fall of Man.

In 2003, Boxleitner was appointed to the Board of Governors of the National Space Society, a nonprofit, educational space advocacy organization founded by <a href="/biography/wernher-von-braun">Dr.</a> <a href="/biography/wernher-von-braun">Wernher von Braun</a>. Boxleitner has written two science fiction novels with a Western setting, Frontier Earth (1999) and Searcher (2001).

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