Often cast as WASPs, the boyishly handsome, auburn-haired Bradley Whitford had appeared in a succession of supporting parts in features since the mid-1980s. Bitten with the acting bug in high school, the Wisconsin-born actor studied his craft at Wesleyan University and Juilliard before making his professional debut in the leading role of the low-budget thriller "Doorman" (1986). He was subsequently picked by director William Friedkin for "C.A.T. Squad", a 1986 NBC TV-movie. Whitford acted in both the New York and Los Angeles productions of Sam Shepard's "The Curse of the Starving Class"; his
