CAST
This is a listing of the main cast members – the full cast list can be found on WSM?’s IMDB page.
BRIAN SPAETH
as Merri Sherman
Brian is both the writer and star of Who Shot Mamba?. He attended The Ohio State University, where he may or may not have earned a degree. He used to have actual interests and do other things until some movie about a dead snake and a magic basketball consumed three years of his life.
Brian has also published two novels: Prelude to Super Airplane, and Brad Radby’s Brad Radby (The Complete Filmography 1999-2023). He is a native of Akron, Ohio and currently lives in Los Angeles.
STEPHANIE SANBORN
as Becky Thunderbreastinyorkinshire
Stephanie was born and raised in Spokane, WA. As a child, she was introduced to musicals, which sparked her passion for the arts. Lacking the key ingredient – the ability to carry a tune – she thought it best to pursue acting.
Stephanie attended the University of North Dakota, where she received her B.A. in Theatre Arts. Currently, she resides in Los Angeles where she is working as an actor.
DOMINIC PACE
as Detective Tracy Riggs
Originally from New York City, Dominic Pace is an award-winning actor who has been acting professionally for ten years, and has studied the craft under such teachers as Terry Knickerbocker, Mimi Turque, Susan Batson, and Tim Robbins.
Dominic has appeared on such shows as “NYPD Blue”, “The District,” “Angel,” “Dr. Vegas”, “Navy NCIS”, “The Young and the Restless”, “General Hospital”, “Desperate Housewives”, “Prison Break”, and many others. He also wrote, starred in, and directed the short film, “The Server”. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two sons.
DYLAN MOONEY
as Calvin Stadiums
Dylan grew up in Santa Barbara, California, knowing from an early age that his passions lay in creative expression. Despite this, in high school he began to drift away from the performing arts and towards a basketball career, which eventually led him to Holy Names University, where he received a full scholarship.
Soon after, Dylan packed his bags, told his coach he was leaving, and traveled 400 miles to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. He later re–enrolled in school, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts & Dance from Cal State University. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
BILL WALTON
as Kelli Sherman
Bill is best known as a legend in the world of basketball, both on the collegiate level with UCLA, and then in the NBA with the Portland Trailblazers, San Diego/Los Angeles Clippers, and the Boston Celtics. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993.
Among his numerous accolades: NBA’s Most Valuable Player, 1978; all-NBA First Team, 1978; NBA All-Star Team, 1977 and 1978; NBA Playoff’s MVP, 1977; all-NBA second team, 1977; winner of the NBA Sixth Man Award, 1986. He was also named as one of the 50 Greatest NBA Players of All-Time in 1997.
After his playing career ended, Bill remained active in basketball through clinics, camps, coaching, and his work as an award-winning TV analyst/commentator. He currently works as an NBA analyst for ESPN and ABC, in addition to his numerous charitable works. He resides in his hometown of San Diego with his wife Lori.
SHADII
as the voice of Inflatable Ben
Shadii is a man of many talents, and defines himself as an actor, singer, songwriter, and painter. A NY native, he was groomed as an R&B singer in his formative years, and began to translate his theatrical talents onto the silver screen upon his arrival in Los Angeles in 2003.
Shadii has lent his talents to many productions, with appearances in Ride or Die, Nora’s Hair Salon II, and a number of music videos.
WAYLAND PICKARD
as the voice of Mamba
An award-winning Instrumentalist, Singer, Entertainer, Humorist, Piano Recording Artist, Stage Performer, Songwriter, Composer, Actor, Author, Lecturer and Filmmaker…Wayland truly has done it all.
Wayland is a Television “Ace” Award Nominee for HBO, Cine Golden Eagle Award winner and a Billboard Song Finalist. As a performer, Wayland has shared the stage with such notables as Jay Leno, Lee Greenwood, Dionne Warwick, Dick Van Dyke, Larry Gatlin, Carol Lawrence, Pam Tillis, Bill Cosby, Andy Williams, Sandi Patty, James Darren and many others.
Most recently, Wayland’s stage show “Liberace: The Man, The Music, & The Memories” has been booked for a run on Broadway.
JAMES EVANS
as the Coroner
Born in Riverside, CA, early in life James followed his dream of becoming a film actor to Los Angeles. Touring with Teen Theatre and learning from such greats as Jean Denny and John Sarno.
James is also starring in The Mercenaries and as “Dr. Hunter Roberts” in 2012, which is coming soon.
James now lives and breathes in Los Angeles.
JONI KEMPNER
as Molly
Joni Brooke Kempner attended UCSD majoring in pre-med and theatre. She recently filmed Producing the Hood, and Behaving Badly opened to great reviews at the La Femme Film Festival. You can also catch her on Deal or No Deal, where she enjoys people screaming at her briefcase, and several other films to be released in the near future.
Joni was born in Hawaii, raised in Texas, and is now officially a Californian, residing in West Hollywood.
MARCEL LLOYD
as the Dopey Cop
Marcel Lloyd was born and raised in Los Angeles.
Growing up he did much musical theater. As he grew older and more heterosexual, he gradually became the outcast of his musical theater groups and turned to film.
After studying film for the last few years, he made his big screen debut as a laboratory engineer in the deleted scenes of the major motion picture Iron Man. If you look closely while watching the film, you can see the back of his head not once, but several times.
ERIC DAVIS
as Petey Skippen
Eric was hatched just south of Pittsburgh, PA in the small town of Houston (not that Houston), where he learned to survive oppressive humidity and embrace the winter cold. Despite a lifelong passion for the arts, Eric fulfilled his scholarship obligations at Penn State University as a rising basketball star, before launching his career as a thespian.
Following his release from Penn State, with a parting gift of a bachelors degree in Landscape Architecture, Eric packed his bags and landed in Los Angeles on the Fourth of July. Eric has appeared on The Bold & the Beautiful, Gilmore Girls, Unfabulous, starred in the The Reclamation of David Simms.
SKYLAR WEST
as Mean Tommy
Skylar West was born in Santa Monica, CA, where he began entertaining the masses at an early age through theater and dancing.
Already a member of the Screen Actors Guild, he has been in four feature films, and you can catch Skylar in Friends for Change on Disney. When not acting and going to school, Skylar enjoys skateboarding and playing the electric guitar.
HENRY LESTER
as Timmy
Born 1997 to UK and US split citizenship, Henry James Lester has been studying acting and musical production for half his life at the Italia Conti Academy of Theater Arts in London, where he won the “2006 Most Promising Actor” award.
He first attended St. Matthew’s Church of England Primary School from 2001-2004, and is currently doing his Year 6 at a private school in Surrey, where he is an enthusiastic member of the cricket and rugby teams. Henry also plays advanced piano.
TED LANGE
as Dr. Crazy
Ted’s theatrical acting career spans over fifty plays including South Coast Repertory’s Piano Lesson, Sunshine Boys, Biloxi Blues, and a national tour of Driving Miss Daisy. His passion for Shakespeare has led to the roles of Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew, Bottom in Midsummer’s Night Dream, and leads in MacBeth, King Henry VI, and Romeo and Juliet.
Also a skilled and prolific director of film and television, Ted was the 1997 Co-Chairman of the African American Steering Committee for the Directors Guild of America, and was named an adjunct associate professor at the School of Cinema/Television at USC, where he taught a weekly course in film directing.
As a star of the television classic The Love Boat, Lange’s ten seasons as Isaac Washington earned him global recognition and a permanent place in pop culture history.
JOLEIGH FIORAVANTI
as Nurse Insane
Joleigh moved to Los Angeles from Queens, New York at the turn of the century, and has been busy acting professionally ever since. She has had memorable performances on television on numerous shows, including Monk, Nip/Tuck, and CSI:New York. Her starring film credits include Wonderland, Unbeatable Harold, and the award-winning horror epic Hatchet.
Joleigh is currently living in Los Angeles, working on several projects that will have her on-screen again very soon.
DAVID LIGHT
as Sherpa
David is a real Renaissance Man. A self help book author, a performing poet, a teacher, a mentor, and an extraordinary character actor.
Over the last three years, since returning to acting, David has appeared in over a hundred different acting projects, including working with Isiah Washington in the youth drug use prevention music video What’s Going On?, co-starring in the original HBO movie The Invasion, playing Eric’s father in the cult cable comedy hit show Tim and Eric’s Awesome Show, and appearing in the Showtime pilot Pimp 24-7 with the wonderful Gary Sturgis.
David is probably best known as the confused “Professor Brainfarts” in the KGB.com commercial.
THE INFLATABLE DEFENDER
as Inflatable Ben
The Inflatable Defender was created by PlayAir Systems, which was generous enough to donate several versions of the actor for the Who Shot Mamba? production.
Nine separate Inflatable Defenders were used in the making of this film. They were all harmed – it is not recommended that you stage massive, city-wide fist-fights with your Inflatable Defender. He is exceedingly hug-and-kissable, however.
MAMBA
as himself
The charismatic snake gave perhaps his finest performance in this, his first and last film. Mamba was born and raised on this website.
