From ‘Murphy’ to family affair
By KRISTIN MAYER Special to the Daily Press
NORTH OF MONTANA Joe Regalbuto entered the makeshift darkroom and emerged enthralled. In the corner of his former apartment, fellow beginning actor William H. Macy helped him develop his first roll of film.
With the simple click of a shutter on his new 35 mm camera, he had captured a moment and, with chemicals, developed it into an image.
“It was that magical experience, when you put something in chemicals, and all of a sudden you take it out and it’s an image,” Regalbuto recalled last week.
For Regalbuto, who would go on to become an Emmy-winning actor during his 10 years playing Frank Fontana on the hit show “Murphy Brown,” the new-
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 12, 2007. Read the original PDF.