00:02Please welcome to the stage, the one and only Jonathan Frakes!
00:15I knew I shouldn't have let Weber go first.
00:20One of the truths about our business is that when we're lucky enough to get a job, on a show
00:27we become a family.
00:29However long that lasts, and then you move on to the next.
00:32But sometimes, you make a friend for life.
00:35Someone you can count on.
00:37Someone you can trust with your most intimate secrets.
00:41Someone with whom you can laugh and cry.
00:44Someone you love like a brother.
00:46And someone, for me, that's Noah Wiley.
00:51So, during his break between playing Dr. Carter and Dr. Robbie, I had the privilege of working with Noah on
00:56four series.
00:58Dean Devlin offered me a job in Africa directing The Librarian starring Noah Wiley as Flynn Carter.
01:07I called Anthony Edwards, a VR fame with whom I had just worked, for a scouting report.
01:14He said, good actor, great father.
01:18Noah describes Flynn Carson as Indiana Jones if played by Don Knotts.
01:26So I savored every moment.
01:27I watched him go toe to toe with Bob Newhart and Jane Curtin and Olympia Dukakis.
01:33And then, Steven Spielberg, who had wanted Noah for saving Private Ryan, but Noah was still busy saving lives on
01:40ER, cast him in Falling Skies.
01:43And during endless night exteriors in the rain and the mud in Vancouver, I watched Noah lead the entire shooting
01:53company with his consistent example of how to be a number one on the call sheet.
01:57How he can inspire both sides of the camera.
02:01He set the tone for everyone around him.
02:04Be prepared, be kind, work hard.
02:09He's a fearless and confident actor and a true team player.
02:13He is also an insatiable collector of memorabilia, a voracious reader, and a pool shark.
02:24True?
02:26The pit has catapulted into TV royalty with The Wire and Breaking Bad and Sopranos and all the awards and
02:33all the accolades that Noah has received, including this iconic star on Hollywood Boulevard, are well earned and couldn't happen
02:41to a better man.
02:42My scouting report now reads great actor, great father, and brilliant writer, productive producer, powerful advocate, passionate leader, happy husband,
02:57shout out to Sarah, and clearly a loving friend.
03:02Mazel tov Noah.
03:08Minnie twist in smile.
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