Gary Busey Net Worth

Gary Busey's Quotes

• Great things like this only happen for the first time once.
• It's good for everyone to understand that they are to love their enemies, simply because your enemies show you things about yourself you need to change. So in actuality enemies are friends in reverse.
• Never dip lower than you can dip.
• You know what "FEAR" stands for? It stands for "False Evidence Appearing Real". It's the darkroom where Satan develops his negatives.
• You know what "FAILING" stands for? It stands for "Finding An Important Lesson, Inviting Needed Growth".

Interesting Facts about Gary Busey

1. (January 25, 1999) Arrested and released on bail after a fight with his wife, Tiani Warden.
2. Had a plum-sized tumor removed from his sinus cavity. [May 1997]
3. He appeared in the music video and sang in the choir on the song "Voices That Care".
4. Nearly died of head injuries in a motorcycle accident in December 1988.
5. Has starred with Russell Wong in the unreleased 1997 pilot episode for a re-boot of Hawaii Five-O. This pilot episode was filmed in Hawaii, but was not released due to a decision from CBS-TV executives.
6. (October 4, 1999) Made a rare public appearance at the "Ray & Sharon Courts Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show" at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in North Hollywood. He sold personally autographed pictures from his own collection and charged $15.00 to take a picture with him.
7. Attended Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas in the early 1960s.
8. (June 9, 1998) Filed for divorce from Tiani Warden; later withdrawn.
9. Transferred to Oklahoma State University, where he quit school one class short of graduation.
10. Had a successful local band, The Rubber Band, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Moved to Hollywood to pursue his music career.
11. Has appeared on Tulsa television as the character Teddy Jack Eddy, along with the host Gailard Sartain, in "Mazeppa's Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting".
12. Both he and his actor-son Jake Busey are licensed pilots, having been trained at a flight school next-door to the Santa Monica airport.
13. He was in a band called Carp (showed David Letterman an old LP of the band on [error]).
14. Has black belts in all of the following martial arts: budo-jujitsu, capoeira, hapkido, "Jailhouse Rock" and kendo.
15. Has three children: actor-son Jake Busey (born William Gary Jacob Busey, Jr.), with Judy Busey, daughter Alectra "Ellie" Busey (born 1994) with Tracy Hutchinson, son Luke Samson Busey with Steffanie Busey (born February 23, 2010; weighing in at 6 pounds and 7 ounces). Luke's middle name, Sampson, is also his mother's maiden name.
16. Has played Peter Keyes in Predator 2 (1990) and then, at one point, he was attached to do a cameo as John Yutani, the other half of the infamous Weyland-Yutani Company from the Alien films in AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004), but the character was written out of the script.
17. Has appeared with Scott Glenn in four films: Angels Hard as They Come (1971), Hex (1973), My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991) and The Player (1992).
18. Has appeared with Ed Lauter in four films: Dirty Little Billy (1972), The Magnificent Seven Ride! (1972), The Last American Hero (1973) and Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973).
19. Along with Werner Klemperer, he is one of only two actors to appear in all three of the longest running prime time scripted series in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955), The Simpsons (1989) and Law & Order (1990).
20. In 2014, he won season 14 of Celebrity Big Brother (2001) in the United Kingdom. He is the first ever American to win the reality show.