years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1982 -- present cornwall , new york , u.s. shea farrell 21 october 1957 shea farrell
 edward leo farrell iii actor , producer
shea farrell

edward leo `` shea '' farrell iii is an american actor and producer best known for playing mark danning in aaron spelling 's series , `` hotel '' .
shea farrell was born october 21 , 1957 in cornwall , new york , to edward leo , jr. and mary rose -lrb- née drummey -rrb- farrell .
he attended portsmouth abbey school in portsmouth , rhode island .
he originally planned to be a professional football player .
shea switched from acting to production work in 1997 .
he worked on `` the practice '' , `` ally mcbeal '' , `` boston public '' and `` boston legal '' , all produced by david e. kelley .
he now works in films and on television as an assistant director and unit production manager .
he has been a unit production manager sony entertainment 's new media division/crackle .
com since 2008 .
