Executive Vice President of Truman Van Dyke Company
Executive Vice President of Truman Van Dyke Company, insurance brokers for the entertainment industry
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Kent Hamilton
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FROM Kent Hamilton
The Business
Making It in Mid Life; Insuring Stars After a lifetime as a character actor, Bill Nighy finally got his breakout role as the squid-faced Davy Jones in the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels. We talk to the biggest star you wouldn't recognize. Plus, your lead actor has a drinking problem? An appendix the size of a cheese Danish? Fear not. Cast insurance is here. We speak with Nighy, Alan Arkin and others.
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