versity; there, Wyle made the
grade studying under acting
teacher Larry Moss. And Wyle
nabbed plenty of projects, in-
cluding the NBC miniseries
"Blind Faith" and the movie
adaptation of the Broadway hit
A Few Good Men.
Casting directors offered him
roles in TV movies such as Guin-
he was
evere of Camelot
Lancelot to Sheryl Lee's Guine-
vere — and the feature Swing
Kids. Swing Kids struck out with
critics, but it did offer Wyle a
way to play a totally different
character: The Jewish actor por-
trayed a leader of the Hitler
Youth.
These days, Wyle is flooded
with fan mail for his role as the
caring Carter. "Yeah, most of
them from viewers in the pre-pu-
bescent range," he says with a
smile.

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"As a kid, I
hated doctors."

For a role model, he has only
to turn to his extended family for
some heartfelt advice: The actor
is the godson of Mandy Patinkin,
the former singing heart surgeon
of "Chicago Hope."
Wyle loves working the TV
hospital shift, but you'd have to
strap him to a gurney to get him
to a real ER.
"As a kid, I hated doctors and
needles," he says, which proba-
bly didn't make his mom — an
orthopedic nurse .— too happy.
Wyle makes no bones about the
way he felt. "I used to hate vis-
iting her in the hospital where
she worked. It was so sterile," he
grimaces.
Now that he makes house
calls on TV, Wyle is getting used
to what it means to play a doc-
tor.
"I find that we have to spend
a lot less time technically re-
hearsing both the trauma scenes
and those long gurney shots with
the rapid-fire dialogue because
you see the same words pop up
time and time again, and you
sort of get a sense of what you're
doing."
Will Noah Wyle be doing any
product endorsements? No, he
says, but he thinks he knows
what would be a perfect tie-in for
the show.
Giving credit to co-star George
Clooney for the concept, Wyle of-
fers this perfect pediatric prod-
uct: A Lower G.I. Joe Doll, he
says impishly. 0

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Jewish Exponent in
Philadelphia.

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