David Westberg(1940-2024)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Westberg was born and raised in Seattle, graduated in Radio/TV Speech
from Washington State University, served a stint as a naval officer on
board a destroyer primarily in the Western Pacific and arrived in
Hollywood in 1966 to seek his fame and fortune. His progress moved
along nicely, and by the early 70's, was earning a living as an actor,
and continued to do so for the next ten years. In 1982, he moved behind
the camera, and was hired as an admin. assistant at Actors Equity.
There he oversaw the agency dept. and the 99-seat Waiver Program. In
1983, he joined the staff at ICM as the West Coast Head of Theatre at
the agency. In 1986, he headed at Triad Artists Inc. where he covered
theatre and independent features. Then, in 1991, he established David
Westberg Management which he headed for the next fifteen years.
Finally, inn 2006, he returned to acting, having come full circle.
Westberg volunteers time and energy to entertainment-related
organizations. He served four years as Chairman of the Western Council
of the Actors Fund of America, sits as Co-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the SAG.AFTRA Federal Credit Union, and for the past four
years, has been on the SAG.AFTRA Board of Directors of the Los Angeles
local.