Old Country Productions, LLC
Follow Your Heart
Production Team
Dick DeCoit [Managing Member/Producer/Writer/Actor]
In the more than thirty years since Dick began producing, writing and acting under the Old Country Productions banner, he has established valued relationships through creative collaboration. The members of the OCP Staff have worked with OCP time and again.
Dick is a veteran of network television soap opera having appeared as a regular on both Young and Restless and Days of Our Lives; with a recurring role on Passions. Recent television appearances include the Pilot for Redemption and Wanted.
Film credits include leading roles in the independent films The Orphan, Dirty Pictures and The Lift [which received the Gold Award at the Worldfest in Houston, Texas].
Known for his local stage work, he appeared in the Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s masterpiece A Few Good Men in which his performance as Colonel Jessep found critics unanimous in their praise. Other noteworthy stage roles include the Critic’s Choice production of Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber. He received one of the last DramaLogue Awards for his performance in The Cave.
Frank has been a working director and actor for over twenty-five years. Initially working together on stage in Los Angeles formed the basis of a creative and personal relationship with Dick that has lasted many years.
Best known as Herb in WKRP in Cincinnati, the role became a springboard into directing numerous episodes of WKRP where his work as a director was so well received he soon found himself directing episodes of other sitcoms including Family Ties, Who’s the Boss?, The Famous Teddy Z, Frank’s Place and Just the Ten of Us.
As an actor, his regular role on WKRP and a recurring role on Just the Ten of Us highlight a career which also features guest star appearances on Carol and Company, Night Court, Murder She Wrote and Scarecrow and Mrs. King ... to name a few credits on a long, long list.
Bonner’s feature film credits include Hearts of the West, Las Vegas Lady, The Equinox and The Hoax.
On stage he won a Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award for his work in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.
Jason was born in San Diego, raised in Tucson, Arizona and moved to Bismarck, North Dakota at age of sixteen where he lived for three years. After graduating from Century High School, he enrolled in the UCLA Short Fiction Film Program, where he wrote & directed The Lift , one of the six selected films in the program to premiere at Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Theater.
Jason has continued to write & develop a multitude of material since he and Dick first met on set. He continues to be on the ground floor of many ambitious and challenging feature films, award-winning short films, television, commercial & music video productions as the First Assistant Director, Producer and Editor.
Brian Gross [Co-Producer/Writer/Actor]
Brian Gross is a happily married father of two. During his fourteen years in Los Angeles he has appeared on over thirty TV shows; most recently recurring on Saving Grace and guest starring on CSI New York. Other guest star appearances include JAG, CSI Miami, Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and Touched by an Angel. He was the lead in the NBC series Wind on Water
He and Dick first worked together in the highly acclaimed West Coast Premiere of A Few Good Men and have been collaborating on various projects ever since.
In the last six years he has written seven screenplays, and one cycle of a serialized motion picture for “Old Country Productions.” He prefers to write outdoors.
Cheryl McWilliams [Associate Managing Member/Actress]
Cheryl is familiar to European soap fans as the star of Forever, in which she appeared in over 160 episodes broadcast in eight countries, including England’s BBC. Stateside, she is a frequent visitor to prime time, with credits including C.S.I., Crossing Jordan, The District and a currently untitled series for MTV.. Film credits include roles as the distraught mother of a psychotic teenager in Fear Runs Silent, a frustrated teacher in For the Children and a lesbian inmate who befriends a straight fellow convict in Halfway Home. A Los Angeles theatre veteran, she has received multiple DramaLogue Awards and most recently appeared in the critically acclaimed productions of The Speed of Darkness and the Los Angeles Premiere of A Few Good Men.
She and Dick have collaborated on many projects under OCP’s auspices, including the stage productions of Twelve Angry Jurors, Down the Road and Drowning Sorrows. Their shared vision of the creative process continues to be the impetus for working together. She plays a leading role in Desire and Deceit.
In the more than thirty years since Dick began producing, writing and acting under the Old Country Productions banner, he has established valued relationships through creative collaboration. The members of the OCP Staff have worked with OCP time and again.Dick is a veteran of network television soap opera having appeared as a regular on both Young and Restless and Days of Our Lives; with a recurring role on Passions. Recent television appearances include the Pilot for Redemption and Wanted.
Film credits include leading roles in the independent films The Orphan, Dirty Pictures and The Lift [which received the Gold Award at the Worldfest in Houston, Texas].
Known for his local stage work, he appeared in the Los Angeles premiere of Aaron Sorkin’s masterpiece A Few Good Men in which his performance as Colonel Jessep found critics unanimous in their praise. Other noteworthy stage roles include the Critic’s Choice production of Dealer’s Choice by Patrick Marber. He received one of the last DramaLogue Awards for his performance in The Cave.
His writing partnership with Brian Gross has yielded the Second Cycle of Desire and Deceit and the Pilot Cycle for Crime and
Consequences. [See Upcoming Projects]
Click here for a brief sample of Dick’s work.
Frank Bonner [Director/Actor]
Frank has been a working director and actor for over twenty-five years. Initially working together on stage in Los Angeles formed the basis of a creative and personal relationship with Dick that has lasted many years.Best known as Herb in WKRP in Cincinnati, the role became a springboard into directing numerous episodes of WKRP where his work as a director was so well received he soon found himself directing episodes of other sitcoms including Family Ties, Who’s the Boss?, The Famous Teddy Z, Frank’s Place and Just the Ten of Us.
As an actor, his regular role on WKRP and a recurring role on Just the Ten of Us highlight a career which also features guest star appearances on Carol and Company, Night Court, Murder She Wrote and Scarecrow and Mrs. King ... to name a few credits on a long, long list.
Bonner’s feature film credits include Hearts of the West, Las Vegas Lady, The Equinox and The Hoax.
On stage he won a Los Angeles Drama Critic’s Circle Award for his work in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window.
Click here for a brief sample of Frank’s work.
Jason Allen [Co-Producer/Editor ]Jason was born in San Diego, raised in Tucson, Arizona and moved to Bismarck, North Dakota at age of sixteen where he lived for three years. After graduating from Century High School, he enrolled in the UCLA Short Fiction Film Program, where he wrote & directed The Lift , one of the six selected films in the program to premiere at Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences Theater.Jason has continued to write & develop a multitude of material since he and Dick first met on set. He continues to be on the ground floor of many ambitious and challenging feature films, award-winning short films, television, commercial & music video productions as the First Assistant Director, Producer and Editor.
Click here for a brief sample of Jason’s work.
Brian Gross [Co-Producer/Writer/Actor]
Brian Gross is a happily married father of two. During his fourteen years in Los Angeles he has appeared on over thirty TV shows; most recently recurring on Saving Grace and guest starring on CSI New York. Other guest star appearances include JAG, CSI Miami, Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and Touched by an Angel. He was the lead in the NBC series Wind on Water He and Dick first worked together in the highly acclaimed West Coast Premiere of A Few Good Men and have been collaborating on various projects ever since.
In the last six years he has written seven screenplays, and one cycle of a serialized motion picture for “Old Country Productions.” He prefers to write outdoors.
Click here for a brief sample of Brian’s work.
Cheryl McWilliams [Associate Managing Member/Actress]
Cheryl is familiar to European soap fans as the star of Forever, in which she appeared in over 160 episodes broadcast in eight countries, including England’s BBC. Stateside, she is a frequent visitor to prime time, with credits including C.S.I., Crossing Jordan, The District and a currently untitled series for MTV.. Film credits include roles as the distraught mother of a psychotic teenager in Fear Runs Silent, a frustrated teacher in For the Children and a lesbian inmate who befriends a straight fellow convict in Halfway Home. A Los Angeles theatre veteran, she has received multiple DramaLogue Awards and most recently appeared in the critically acclaimed productions of The Speed of Darkness and the Los Angeles Premiere of A Few Good Men.She and Dick have collaborated on many projects under OCP’s auspices, including the stage productions of Twelve Angry Jurors, Down the Road and Drowning Sorrows. Their shared vision of the creative process continues to be the impetus for working together. She plays a leading role in Desire and Deceit.
Click here for a brief sample of Cheryl’s work.
