Ed Staats (The Policeman)

returns to Westwind after The Iceman Cometh where he played Willie Oban. Since then he has been seen as Matthew in The Cotton Patch Gospel and as John Merrick in The Elephant Man. Favorite roles from the past include Joe Cable in South Pacific, Philip in The Lion in Winter and Che in Evita. Ed first worked with Julia as Joe in her 1992 production of Come Back to the 5 & 10 Jimmy Dean... which gave him his wife Judy. He thanks her and their son William for sharing with him this grand adventure called life.