Beau Kazer is an actor who has worked primarily on television. He is best known for his recurring role as Brock Reynolds

Brock Reynolds

Brock Reynolds is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, portrayed by Beau Kazer, from 1974 to 1980, 1984 to 1986, 1990 to 1992; from December 24, 1999 to August 2003, briefly in July 2004 and in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011....

 on the American

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 soap opera

Soap opera

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 The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...

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Kazer studied drama at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting

Stella Adler Studio of Acting

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. After graduation, Kazer landed his first acting job in 1974 on the fledgling CBS

CBS

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 daytime drama The Young and the Restless. His character, Brock Reynolds, was the adult son of Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor

Katherine Chancellor Murphy is a fictional character on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...

 (Jeanne Cooper

Jeanne Cooper

Wilma Jeanne Cooper , best known as Jeanne Cooper, is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Katherine Chancellor on the daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless...

) from her first marriage to Gary Reynolds, which predated the show since Katherine was married to Phillip Chancellor II when her character was introduced in 1973. Brock was a lawyer at the outset of his role on Y&R and tried to assist Katherine's companion Jill

Jill Foster Abbott

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 into helping Katherine accept, and get help for, her alcoholism

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Kazer has appeared on Y&R semi-regularly since the character's introduction to the show. He played the role of Brock from 1974 to 1980, then again from 1984 to 1986. Brock returned to Genoa City

Genoa City (fictional city)

Genoa City, Wisconsin is the fictional setting for the long-running American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. The real U.S. village of the same name is otherwise unlike and unrelated to the mid-size city depicted in the series.- Overview :...

 in 1988 and stayed through 1992, then returned in 1999 before departing in 2003. He has appeared occasionally since then, including a brief return in November 2008 to deliver the eulogy at Katherine's funeral. However, Brock's mother did not die (instead it was Katherine's look-alike, Marge), and Kazer reprised the role temporarily in April 2009.

In the 1976 film Taxi Driver

Taxi Driver

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, Robert De Niro

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's character Travis Bickle is shown kicking over a television set that is playing a scene from an episode of Y&R featuring Kazer as Brock and Brenda Dickson

Brenda Dickson

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 as Jill. Both Kazer and Dickson are credited in the film as "Soap Opera Man" and "Soap Opera Woman", respectively.

Outside of Y&R, Kazer has had roles on General Hospital

General Hospital

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(where he played Dr. Bunny Wilson), Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

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, B. J. and the Bear and Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

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. He is married to photographer Sharon Alkus, and the two own a ranch in central California.