the my dad's name was wyatt cooper. he was just 50 when he died.ook my dad kept when he was a boy. gum wraps and old newspaper articles, the small town life in the 1930s. my dad had always been interested in movies. the scrapbook is filled with pictures of actors and ticket as a child.ilms he went to see - he went to ucla and worked as an actor for the years, mostly on stage and television. that's him in a cheesy movie with mario lansa. >> i'll be out front leading the cheering section. >> thanks, wyatt. >> he also wrote screenplays and magazine articles. but when i married my mom in 1963, he moved to new york and my brother and i were born. we game the center of his world. i know he considered us his greatest achievements. >> i, all my life, wanted very much to have children and, quite specifically, i wanted to have sons. so i think i could reverse the roles and they become the recipients of the kind of fathering that i had wanted and that -- had hoped for. >> i've always looked a lot like my dad. that's one of the reasons i think i felt so connec

my dad's name was wyatt cooper. he was just 50 when he died. i used to think that was old, but now that i'm 48, 50 seems pretty young. i recently found a scrapbook my dad kept when he was a boy, gum wrappers and old newspaper articles, the flotsam and jet sum of small-town life in the '30s. the scrapbook is full of movies and actors and ticket stubs of movies he went to see as a child. he went to ucla and worked as an actor for years most live on that's him in a cheesy movie with mario lanza called "the seven hills of rome." >> quiet. good luck tonight. sellout. i'll be in front leading the cheering section. >> thanks, wyatt. >> he wrote screen plays and magazine articles. when he married my mom in 1963, he moved to new york. our brother and i were born, we became the center of his world. he considered us his greatest achievements. >> i all my life wanted very much to have children and quite specifically i wanted to have sons. so i think i could reverse the roles and they become the s recipients of the kind of fathering that i had wanted and ho

my dad's name was wyatt cooper. he was just 50 when he died. i used to think that was old.crapbook my dad kept when he was a boy. gum wrappers and old newspaper articles. the flotsam and jetsam of small-town life in the 1930s. my dad was interested in movies. his scrapbook is filled with ticket stubs for films he went to see as a child. he went to ucla and worked as an actor for years mostly on stage and television. that's him in a cheesy movie with mario lanza called "the seven hills of rome." >> quiet. good luck tonight. sellout. i'll be in front leading the cheering section. >> thanks, wyatt. >> he also wrote screen plays and magazine articles. when he married my mom in 1963, he moved to new york. when my brother and i were born, we became the center of his world. i know he considered us his greatest achievements. >> i all my life wanted very much to have children and quite specifically i wanted to have sons. so i think i could reverse the roles and they become the recipients of the kind of fathering that i had wanted and hoped for. >> i've always looked a lot like my da

my dad's name was wyatt cooper. he was just 50 when he died.dad kept when he was a boy. gum wrappers and old newspaper articles. the flatsem and jetsem of small town life in the 1930s. my dad always interested in movies and his scrapbook filled with pictures of actors and ticket stubs from films. he went to ucla and worked ads an actor for years on stage and television mostly. that is him in a cheesy movie "the seven hills of rome." >> i'll be out front leading the cheering section. >> he also wrote screen plays and magazine articles but when he married my mom in 1963 and moved to new york my brother and i were born we became the center of his world. he considered us his greatest achievements. >> quite frankl i wanted to have sons so i think i could reverse the roles and they become the recipients of the kind of father theus had wanted and hoped for. >> i've always looked a lot like my dad and that is one of the reasons i think i felt so connected to him. and there was something about the way he talked with me, even when i was very little that