Actor Dane Witherspoon played the role of "Joe Perkins" on the soap opera Santa Barbara in the 1980s. Witherspoon met actress and co-star Robin Wright on the set of the show. Witherspoon and Wright were married in 1986 and divorced in 1988.WSB Atlanta: Sean Penn Separates From Robin Wright (April 30, 2009) On Santa Barbara, Wright played the role of Kelly Capwell.
Witherspoon has also had roles on television series including Eight is Enough and The Waltons.
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Played Joe Perkins on Santa Barbara
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Witherspoon met Wright on set of Santa Barbara
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Wright met actor Sean Penn while she was still married to Witherspoon
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Wright later married Penn
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Witherspoon played the role of Tyler McCandless in soap opera CapitolSantaBarbara-Online.com: Article Robin Wright - Dane Witherspoon
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Starred in the 1992 horror / sci-fi film Seedpeople, which was also released as Dark Forest in internationally
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Had a small role in the 1997 made-for-television movie Asteroid
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In Asteroid, Witherspoon played a distraught man
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Played Dr. Pritzer in a failed television pilot for a comedy show called Chameleons; Actress Crystal Bernard played the lead role of "Shelly" in the pilot
