David Schramm’s character in “Wings” was Roy Biggins who was the head of Aeromass, a competitor to Sandpiper’s airline. As the only other airline head, he was the grouchy and ill-tempered nemesis on the show. Everyone’s gotta have their Biggins. And Schramm was the perfect one. The actor was born on August 14, 1946, in Kentucky. He grew up attending outdoor drama clubs in Kentucky and even became an actor at a playhouse.
At some point, he had a job scrubbing toilets for little to no money but his passion for acting in a drama pushed him to work harder. He moved on to playing Bellerophon’s voice in Hercules in 1988, but since then his appearances on the big screen have been limited.
Crystal Bernard Then
Crystal Bernard's role in the show Wings was as Helen Chapel, a Texan lady that runs the counter at the airport. She has big-time dreams of being a musician but instead, she spends her days daydreaming at work, and of course, falling in love with her boss.
The actress grew up in Texas in a predominantly religious background where her father was a televangelist and her mother was a teacher. She started out acting at Alley Theatre and later went on to pursue it more seriously, along with a degree in international relations studies. Her first big appearance was in the sitcom H'appy Days" where she showed up on their 10th season.
Crystal Bernard Today
Crystal Bernard isn't just an actress, she also dabbles with songwriting and singing. In the beginning stages of her acting career, she appeared in “Young Doctors in Love.” After the end of her role in Wings, she moved to the stage and landed a gig in three major productions: “Crimes of the Heart”, “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Barbra's Wedding.”
Her career didn’t end there, she then dipped her toe in music and ended up producing two albums! Her music was influenced by her Baptist upbringing and she also had a song made with her dad.
David Schramm Today
After starring in Wings, David decided to play in more broadway themed roles such as "King Lear" and "A Chorus of Disapproval." This happened after rekindled his love for drama and acting and in 2003, he also appeared in New York Theatre's Workshop production of the Bard of Avon.
In 2015, he experienced crushing vocal issues and had to take a break from his role in the production of Butler. Despite his family's history with substance abuse and alcohol, he confesses that he never got that gene and was pretty sober most of his life.
Amy Yasbeck Then
This Cincinnati native, born in 1962 played Casey Davenport, Helen’s 'slightly' more stuck-up and aristocratic older sister. Her character ends up back in Nantucket when Stuart Davenport, her rich husband leaves her. Antonio falls for, but of course, she would never give him the time of day. Not with her kind of background! Things get superheated between Brian and Casey, even more so when Casey accidentally burns down her sister's house during a passionate embrace with Brian.
After being thrown into the spotlight as Casey, Yasbeck certainly made her mark on "Wings" She went to star in a string of films during the 90s, "The Mask", "Pretty Woman", and even "Dracula: Dead and Loving It," but perhaps her biggest claim to fame was marrying, one of her costars, the late John Ritter.