In life, Judson has been an explorer. He says explorer because for the longest time he wondered why he had a wide range of interest in various career paths.
His mother said to him, “You are an explorer like your father and me.” She elaborated in her theatrical way and further said, “We are all just curious what is on the other side of the mountain even though we don’t always reach the top.” It stuck to him.
Judson grew up in Orange County, California. After high school, he moved to Long Beach, California to enter the ministry. Later, he moved to Ashland, Oregon with his wife and one daughter at the time. In Ashland, he attended Southern Oregon University and earned a BS in Business Administration/Accounting. After moving to Washington and two daughters later, he further earned a Masters in Elementary Education at the University of Phoenix.
His further roles in life are and have been: Author, Actor, Bodybuilder, Christian, Director, Entrepreneur, Father, Grandpa, Husband, Minister, Patriot, Teacher, 24 years US Army & Air Force Veteran.
Further Family Background
I respected my parent’s individual creative personalities and passion for life. They dabbled in theater and film, and I followed their interest by dabbling myself with acting, writing a play and produced. My theater debut was at the age of five being in a play with my father. One of the performances I looked out to the audience and saw my grandma Edith. In the distraction, I fell off the stage. The audience gasps! I jumped back on and continued across the stage and kept in character.
My parents (in their more dramatic moments)
I admired some of my family members achievements in the entertainment industry. You could say they were my mentors of inspiration and voice of experience. I would often escape into the fantasy world of the performing arts when I was young. I fantasize the lifestyle what it would be like to live in my relative shoes. They made their mark.
Eddie Laughton Eddie Laughton with the Three Stooges Mary Eaton George Seaton Phyllis Seaton
Eric Freiwald
My Great Uncle, Eddie Laughton, was an English film actor that appeared in over 200 films. He changed the spelling of his last name from Loughton to Laughton slightly for professional reasons. Loughton is my middle name. He married, Mary Eaton, who was a well-known American stage actress, singer, and dancer in her day along with her famous sister, Doris Eaton Travis, that lived to be 106 in 2010.
My Great Aunt, Phyllis Seaton (Loughton), was the first woman stage manager on Broadway, voice coach for some of the highest stars in Hollywood in the Golden Era with Paramount studios and then later became the first woman mayor of Beverly Hills. My Great Uncle, George Seaton, one of his credits as an Academy Award-winning screen writer and director of “Miracle on 34Th Street” (1947) with Natalie Wood and Maureen O’Hara. Among many other films and awards. He was also the president of the Academy of the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the mid 1950s. My Uncle, Eric Freiwald, was an American TV writer. A couple of his credits are the daytime television serial, The Young and the Restless and wrote 188 episodes of Lassie between 1957 and 1965.
Having these relatives catered to my imaginations of prominence when I was young. Little did I know the real work involved, prices to pay, and heart aches in the entertainment industry. I had to find my own voice through my challenges in life. Through the years, I have learned the lessons of perseverance to accomplish some of my goals.
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