by Rob Owen
Post-Gazette TV editor
Pittsburgh actor David Conrad stars
in CBS's "Ghost Whisperer" (8 p.m. Friday,
KDKA), playing the husband of a woman (Jennifer Love
Hewitt) with a knack for chatting up the dead. In the
midst of its first season, the show is performing well
enough that it's likely to be renewed for a second year.
Conrad said he's happy with his role.
"In some sense, I'm glad
they're giving me less to do," he said. "Not in
terms of the plot, but they're starting to figure out her
husband, as a character, should say less, be more
assertive, someone who reacts and thinks rather than
makes jokes and one-liners."
During the show's hiatus
(April-July), Conrad would like to work on a small film
or a play. He's also making "vague production
plans" for a documentary about his high school
history teacher, Tamas Szilagyi of The Kiski School in
Saltsburg.
"He was a world-level soccer
player at 19 in Hungary, and then in 1956 Hungary
revolted against the Soviets and he left, joined the
American Army, became an American citizen and ended up
teaching history at Kiski for 35 years," Conrad
said. "He was a great teacher, devoted his life to
opening people's minds, certainly mine. I always felt
like I wanted to say, 'This man's a hero,' even though
nobody knows him."
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