Actor is also with the band
Posted on Thursday, December 18, 2008
James Denton may be best known for his role as Mike the plumber on ABC's Desperate Housewives, but lately he's also been plenty busy making music.
The actor is a member of The Band From TV, which has attracted enough of a following to release a CD/DVD called Hoggin' All the Covers. Other band members are Greg Grunberg (Heroes), Hugh Laurie (House), Bonnie Sommerville (Cashmere Mafia) and Bob Guiney (The Bachelor).
"It's been such a huge charity endeavor that's raised almost $1.5 million," Denton says. "It all started when we got together to do one little event two years ago; so it's been amazing."
All proceeds from Covers are being donated to charities, including the Epilepsy Foundation and Save the Children.
Denton also recently teamed with his wife, Erin O'Brien, for a five-week run of the play How Cissy Grew at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood.
"That's my background; I never thought I'd be in front of a camera," he says. "People are always curious when they see that a TV guy is doing theater, like I'm trying to legitimize myself a little bit. But I'm actually more at home there."
He's still loving his day job on Desperate Housewives, though. But he's not working as much with Teri Hatcher these days since their characters divorced during the five-year leap in time that the story line took at the start of the season.
"It's a little frustrating, in that I like Teri so much and we have such fun working together," Denton says.
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