Background
Cusack was born in New York City, the son of Margaret (née McFeeley) and Dennis Joseph Cusack.
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Dick Cusack
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After the war Cusack attended College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he played basketball with Bob Cousy and roomed with Philip F. Berrigan, the peace activist.
Career
He then pursued a career as a film actor, beginning with minor roles. Most of his acting roles were playing authority figures, such as a United States Senate Chairman, minister/chaplain, and United States. Secretary of State. He played a judge in the television movie Overexposed, and in theatrical releases Things Change and Eight Men Out.
Cusack was a documentary filmmaker.
He also owned a film production company
Two weeks prior to his death, he completed the final draft of a play to memorialize his former college roommate entitled, Backoff Barkman, which was produced posthumously in the Midwest. Dick Cusack died on June 2, 2003 in Evanston, Illinois from pancreatic cancer.
Achievements
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Until 1970 Cusack worked as a Clio Award winning advertising executive. His 1971 abortion documentary The Committee won an Emmy Award. He was honored with an award from the Evanston Arts Council for preserving a school and converting it into the Noyes Cultural Arts Center, which houses the Piven Theatre Workshop where his famous acting children trained.
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Religion
Catholic Church