Mar 17, 2017
Tucker Smallwood Interview.
Born in Washington, D.C. his childhood included two years in
Salonica, Greece and two years as a college student in Munich,
Germany. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 1967 with
a minor in German and a major in Speech/Television Production.
Tucker began directing television for WBAL in Baltimore and in late
spring of 1967, was drafted into the Army.
In 1991, he moved to Los Angeles and began his work in prime time
television. After several years of guest-starring roles on dramas
and sit-coms, he chanced into the universe of science fiction and
enjoyed considerable success on such series as SPACE: Above and
Beyond, The X-Files and Babylon 5, as well
as in the films Contact and Deep Impact.
In this new millennium, he has continued to create an eclectic body
of work, both in drama and comedy, including a physically
challenging season as the Xindi Primate Diplomat on Star Trek:
Enterprise.
In this episode of Warp Five, Floyd Dorsey and
Brandon-Shea Mutala have an inspiring conversation with Tucker
Smallwood. In addition to his film and television work, we discuss
how he got drafted into Vietnam, his depression afterwards, his
writing, and his singing.
Chapters
Intro (00:00:00)
Welcome, Boomers! (00:01:25)
"Sweet Home Chicago" (performed by Tucker Smallwood)
(00:04:11)
Welcome Tucker! (00:06:15)
"Home" (00:11:33)
The X-Files vs Millennium (00:14:45)
Commodore Ross (00:15:29)
Military Tropes in Film (00:18:22)
Veterans Advocacy (00:20:34)
The Return to Eden (00:25:43)
The Xindi: Deepak and Chopra (00:30:42)
A Role of Authority (00:33:47)
Makeup (00:37:25)
Plans for the Character (00:40:09)
Season Long Arc (00:41:21)
The Blues (00:42:06)
Current Projects and Finding Tucker (00:46:48)
"Mean Black Spider" (performed by Tucker Smallwood)
(00:50:57)
Final Thoughts (00:53:04)
Hosts
Floyd Dorsey and Brandon-Shea Mutala
Guest
Tucker Smallwood
Production
Floyd Dorsey (Producer) Brandon-Shea Mutala (Editor and Producer) C
Bryan Jones (Executive Producer) Matthew Rushing (Executive
Producer) Ken Tripp (Executive Producer) Norman C. Lao (Associate
Producer) Floyd Dorsey (Associate Producer) Mike Morrison
(Associate Producer) Tim Cooper (Associate Producer) Richard
Marquez (Production Manager) Tony Robinson (Show Art) Brandon-Shea
Mutala (Patreon Manager)