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Gary Busey | Born In 1944, The Buddy Holly Story

The Texas-born star Gary Busey is an award-winning actor best known for playing Buddy Holly in the 1978 movie “The Buddy Holly Story.” That role earned him a National Society of Film Critics award win and a Best Actor Academy Award nomination.

Yet many fans may not know that Busey began his career in a bad; as a drummer. After deciding to act, his rise to prominence in the ’70s was thanks to films like “A Star is Born,” “Straight Time,” and “Big Wednesday.” Busey’s surfing movie “Big Wednesday” continues to garner a passionate and dedicated stream of fans after becoming a minor cult classic film.

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