Trivia

Brother of accomplished singer/songwriter, Ross Laverty. Ross, a longtime protege of the great Judy Davis, vocal coach of Barbara Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, and numerous rockers.

Achieved the highest rank in Boy Scouting, Eagle Scout, while in his youth in Oakland, California. (Member of the Eagles Nest with Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, and others)

When he first decided on acting as a career, he paid for acting classes by working as a professional clown, making an estimated 5,000 balloon animals for kids.

Appeared on TV's classic show 'The Dating Game' during its final season on the air. As Bachelor #2, he joined other successful actors who had appeared on the show early in their careers including Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds.

Member, National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Son of keynote speaker, Gordon L. Laverty

Longtime member of Woodminster Theatre Company in Oakland, California.

Studied at the prestigious American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco.

Studied singing with renowned vocal coach Onnie Taylor in San Francisco.

Started as a voice-over artist under the coaching of veteran actress Samantha Paris.

Trained extensively in Improv with Second City and The Groundlings among others.

Held many jobs before becoming an actor including delivery boy, grocery clerk, telephone operator, factory worker, forklift operator, dairy farmer, and carpenter.

Earned two college degrees: one in Business Administration, one in Political Science, before discovering acting.

Graduate of the Yosemite Mountaineering School in the Sierras of California. This during a period of his life that he explored California extensively by backpacking, hitchhiking and bicycling.

Son of World War II Veteran, internationally known Engineer, and now Keynote Speaker, Gordon L. Laverty.

An accomplished photographer, he's photographed the lives of people around the world.

Appeared on The Tonight Show doing a skit about commercials seen on late-night television.

Played the trombone in his youth, was a member of a jazz band, and occasionally studied with his accomplished uncle, Will Spencer, who played trombone for several Big Bands of the 40s as well as for such luminaries as Sinatra and Liberace.

Was addicted to watching movies as a kid. Saw dozens of 'flicks' with boyhood friends at the neighborhood movie theater and dozens more from the backseat of his parents' station wagon at local drive-in movie theaters. Sadly, the neighborhood movie theater has been dark for years and the local drive-in theaters were demolished to make way for shopping malls.

His great-grandfather was a Methodist Preacher. Larry has played a preacher in three films so far.

One of his greatest pleasures is taking a road trip each year. The tradition began in 1987 and over the years he's experienced such things as being snowed in, caught up in the middle of a manhunt- surrounded by Sheriff's Deputies with guns drawn, and detained at the Canadian border in a case of mistaken identity.

He lived in a small town in Idaho for 8 years following high school. His experiences from this period have enabled him to give heartfelt performances in numerous films about life in small-town America.

Competed in the Winter Olympic sport of speedskating for 11 years before dedicating his life full-time to acting. On the road for much of each year, he supported himself by acting in TV commercials and working as a model.

Raced bicycles for a number of the years he was involved in speedskating, logging thousands of miles on the road throughout Northern California during training.

Was recruited by AT&T, UPS, and Aluma Glass Industries to take on management positions out of college but declined each job offer in order to pursue sports and the arts.

Set City of Oakland and school records in track in the quarter-mile, 600, and mile run during his youth.

To get his career started in Los Angeles, Larry wrote, directed and produced a short film in which he starred along with various of his acting buddies. For his efforts, Larry received a Joey Award for Best Actor and was recruited by his first Hollywood agent.

He was an expert skier in his youth and occasionally worked as a ski lift operator.

Certified by the American Red Cross in First Aid and Lifesaving he occasionally worked as a lifeguard.

Has been a member of the Teamsters Union for nearly 30 years, dating back to his days working for United Parcel Service.

Appeared opposite Rutger Hauer, one of his childhood acting heroes, in 'Dead Tone'.

At the age of 3, he nearly drowned in a swimming pool accident. Soon after, his parents enrolled him in swimming lessons. He went on to become an expert swimmer, just missing the California state record for his age group in the mile swim and he also became an expert high diver. In 1999, for a movie stunt, he jumped off of the Dumbarton Train Bridge over San Francisco Bay.

Hollywood, CA: Attended New York Film and Video Festival (marzo de 2007)

Chicago, Illinois: Attended the Chicago International Film Festival (octubre de 1993)

Santa Cruz, California: Attended the Santa Cruz Film Festival (mayo de 2012)

San Rafael, California: Attended the Mill Valley Film Festival (octubre de 2013)

Boise, Idaho, USA: Attended the Idaho International Film Festival. (septiembre de 2008)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA: Attended the Santa Fe Film Festival (diciembre de 2009)

Napa Valley Film Festival, Napa, CA (November, 2013).

Santa Monica, California: Attended the American Film Market, [November, 2014].

Park City, Utah, Attended the Sundance Film Festival, (January, 2015).

Napa Valley Film Festival, Napa, CA (November, 2015).

In 2015, Laverty traveled to Africa to view elephants in the wild, spoke publicly in the U.S. in support of ending elephant killing for ivory and elephant abuse around the world, and joined the production team of two wildlife documentaries focused on saving the remaining elephants "Gods In Shackles"(2016) and "Trophy Games"(2016).

Oakland, California, Attended The Oakland International Film Festival, April, 2016.

Larry Laverty's first book, "Power and Majesty: The Plight and Preservation of the African Elephant" a collection of photographs and observations gathered from months spent with elephants in the remote corners of Africa, published May 28, 2019.