Jeffrey Combs

Combs was born in Oxnard, California, to Jean (née Sullins) Owens (1921–1986) and Eugene "Gene" Combs (1922–1999), and raised in Lompoc. A graduate of Lompoc High School, as a senior Combs played the lead role of Captain Fisby in a stage production of The Teahouse of the August Moon. Combs then attended Santa Maria\'s Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and later developed his acting skills in the Professional Actor\'s Training Program at the University of Washington.[citation needed]\n', 'In 1980, after spending several years performing in playhouses on the West Coast, Combs moved to Los Angeles. He landed his first role in the film Honky Tonk Freeway (1981), in which he played an unnamed drive-in teller. His first horror film role came two years later in Frightmare (1983).[citation needed]\n', 'Combs\'s best known horror role is Herbert West, the main character in the film Re-…