Monday, May 18, 2009

WHERE ARE THEY NOW: TONY CRAIG (EX-DRAPER; THE EDGE OF NIGHT)

From Pittsburgh Tribue-Review:

His life is like a soap opera.

The thousands of baseball fans streaming into PNC Park for Pirates home games likely don't recognize the tall, thin, friendly guy shouting directions through a bullhorn, but he once was one of America's heartthrobs.

Tony Craig grew up in McKeesport and as a boy was inspired by former All-Star shortstop and 1960 MVP Dick Groat to dream of becoming a Pirates shortstop. Instead, he became an English teacher, and then a cab driver and bartender in New York, before landing a starring role on a long-running soap opera.

Years later, after his career on camera waned, he headed home to Pittsburgh and landed a job in guest relations for the baseball team.

"It's been wonderful, great," said Craig, 62, of the North Side. "To have lived this kind of a life — who would believe it?"

Read the entire article via the above link.

The PGP Classic Soaps Blog interviewed Tony in 2007, going into depth about his time on EON. Read that interview, here.

1 comment:

eonschuylerwhitney said...

Hi there,
I am Steve from Canada. Curious if there is any news re: Edge of Night resurrection. We all really miss the service you were offering. Can we fans do anything to help resurrect Edge?
Thanks,
Steve