Richard T. "Dick" Biggs was an American television and stage actor, best known for his roles on the television series Days of our Lives and Babylon 5. Born in Columbus, Ohio, Biggs attended the University of Southern California on scholarship, studying theatre. He briefly taught at a Los Angeles high school before landing his first major television role, that of Dr. Marcus Hunter on the soap opera Days of our Lives. Biggs played Hunter from 1987 to 1992. Biggs then landed the role of Dr. Stephen Franklin on the hit science fiction series Babylon 5 , and appeared as the same character in an... episode of the spin-off show, Crusade . After Babylon 5, he played roles on Any Day Now and Strong Medicine, as well as the recurring role of Clayton Boudreaux on the soap opera Guiding Light. Biggs' stage credits include The Tempest, Cymbeline and The Taming of the Shrew. He and Lori Gebers were married from August 1, 1998 until Biggs' death in 2004. They have two children, RJ and Hunter. Biggs was diagnosed with hearing problems when he was 13, and was partially deaf in one ear, completely deaf in the other.
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