Move May Mean a Wing of His Own
Richard Schiff, who plays White House communications director Toby Ziegler on NBC’s “The West Wing,” and his wife, actress-producer Sheila Kelley, have purchased a Hancock Park home built in 1927 that they plan to renovate.
Schiff has appeared in such movies as “The Bodyguard” (1992), “Malcolm X” (1992), “The Lost World: Jurassic Park” (1997), “Dr. Dolittle” (1998) and “Forces of Nature” (1999). He has guest starred on such series as “ER” and “The Practice.”
For the record:
12:00 a.m. June 22, 2000 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Thursday June 22, 2000 Home Edition Southern California Living Part E Page 3 View Desk 2 inches; 42 words Type of Material: Correction
Film credits--The films credited to Sheila Kelley, wife of actor Richard Schiff, were incorrect in Hot Property, June 1. Kelley’s film credits include the upcoming “Nurse Betty,” “One Fine Day” (1996) and “Passion Fish” (1992), and she has appeared on TV in “L.A. Law” and “E.R.” She is also a producer.
Kelley produced the movie “The Year of My Japanese Cousin” (1995) and appeared in “The Last of the Finest” (1989).
They bought a Spanish-style home, which hadn’t been refurbished in 40 years, for $750,000. With the purchase and renovation, the couple will have put more than $1 million into the property.
The four-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot house is expected to be completely renovated within the year. Plans include turning a playhouse in the backyard into an office.
Marti Harlow of Ramsey & Shilling represented Schiff and Kelley in buying.
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Jason Brooks, who stars as ex-Navy Seal Sean Monroe in the syndicated series “Baywatch Hawaii,” and his wife, Corinne, have sold their home adjacent to Beverly Hills in the mid- to high-$500,000 range.
“We’ll live in Hawaii for six months [to shoot ‘Baywatch Hawaii’], and then we’ll buy when we get back,” he said.
The actor, 34, was named “one of the sexiest men” on TV by Soap Opera Digest when playing Peter Blake on “Days of Our Lives” for three seasons, starting in 1994. He is now getting ready for his second “Baywatch Hawaii” season.
“It’s sad to see the house go, really,” he said, “because it is in such a convenient location, and it was such good luck for us. It’s where we were living when our son was born, and it was our first home.”
They bought the three-bedroom, 1,800-square-foot house about six years ago, when they were newlyweds. “And we redid almost everything in it,” he said. The Spanish-style house was built in 1926.
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The former estate of Richard and Pat Nixon in Trousdale Estates has been sold for about $2.7 million. The late president and his wife lived there in the early ‘60s when he ran for governor of California.
The home is on a 1.5-acre promontory with city views. The 5,700-square-foot house has four bedrooms, a guest cottage and a library, which Richard Nixon used as an office. Built in the ‘50s, the house, owned since the ‘70s by a retiree who lives in Mexico, was bought by a businessman from Asia.
Joyce Rey and Margie Oswald of Coldwell Banker Previews, Beverly Hills South, had the listing.
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