Michael J. Fox to return to TV on "Rescue Me" By Alex Dobuzinskis 1
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Michael J. Fox, semi-retired from show
business due to Parkinson's disease, will return to television next
spring as a guest star on the firefighting drama "Rescue Me," the FX
cable network said on Tuesday.
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Fox, 47, will portray the wheelchair-bound boyfriend of the ex-wife of
the show's lead character, New York City firefighter Tommy Gavin, played
by Denis Leary, said FX spokesman John Solberg.
Canadian-born Fox has signed on to appear in four episodes of the
upcoming fifth season, starting with a premiere episode in the spring.
"It's terrific news, he's a phenomenal actor," Solberg said. "He and
Denis have been friends for a long time and it's a great fit and should
be very funny as well."
Fox last appeared on prime-time TV in 2006 for an Emmy-nominated turn as
a corporate executive with lung cancer in six episodes of the ABC
courtroom drama "Boston Legal."
Fox won fame in the 1980s as the politically conservative teenager Alex
Keaton on the popular TV sitcom "Family Ties" and as star of the "Back
to the Future" time-travel movies.
He later starred as a wisecracking deputy mayor on the ABC comedy "Spin
City." But he bowed out of the series in May 2000, saying he wanted to
dedicate his time to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease and to leave
the show on his own terms, before the illness debilitated him.
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