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- He stopped going to school in 1977 and moved to Louisiana to work in the oil fields. However, he eventually returned, obtained his high school diploma from Harlingen High School in 1979, and went on to study at the University of North Texas.
Originally from California, Church later moved to Texas following his parents’ divorce. In 1977, he dropped out of high school to pursue a career in the petroleum sector. However, he later went back to school and graduated from the University of North Texas. Church made his screen debut in the telefilm ‘Protect and Surf’.
He left high school in 1977 to work in the oil fields of Louisiana, but he returned to graduate from Harlingen High School in 1979. He attended the University of North Texas while living in Dallas .
Raised in Laredo, Texas, he graduated from Harlingen High School, Harlingen, Texas in 1979 and attended the University of North Texas.
- June 17, 1960
Mar 7, 2024 · His parents convinced him to return to high school in Harlingen. He later relocated to Dallas, attended the University of North Texas in Denton, and then left for Hollywood.
- Todd Jorgenson
Mar 8, 2024 · By Laura Rice & Alan Tiscareno March 8, 2024 11:33 am Arts & Culture, Film & TV, Texas Standard Original. Thomas Haden Church stars as Merle in "Accidental Texan." Actor Thomas Haden Church has a face that you’d no doubt recognize – from the blockbuster Spider-Man movies or the indie hit “Sideways,” for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
Mar 8, 2024 · “My parents convinced me to go back to high school and graduate and go to college. So, that's what I did.”
Oct 4, 2022 · Thomas Haden Church: Merle is really based on men that I knew growing up in Texas in the ’70s. We lived in Laredo and the Rio Grande Valley, and my father was friends with a lot of men who were ranchers. We would go out on a ranch just to go hunting, fishing or just participate in ranching activities, (…) but Merle, that’s what he is.
