Rick Macy

Franklyn Richard Rick Macy is a veteran actor who has appeared in a number of films that appeal to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints of which he is also a member Macy was born on October 18 1953 and spent much of his youth playing baseball in Oregon where he grew up He entered Brigham Young University with the intent to study journalism But after one semester he became bored with those classes and focused on acting earning a bachelors degree in 1982 Macy has portrayed Joseph Smith Sr in three movies Emma Smith My Story The Restoration and Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration Most recently he had roles in feature films Brigham City Ephraims Rescue and Saints and Soldiers Airborne Creed He had roles in films Outlaw Trail The Treasure of Butch Cassidy Return to the Secret Garden Willy the Sparrow The Butter Cream Gang in Secret of Treasure Mountain Little Secrets and Out of Step He also appeared in television productions Divided by Hate Perfect Murder Perfect Town Shot in the Heart and Touched by an Angel He appeared as Helam in The Testaments Of One Fold and One Shepherd directed by Kieth Merrill Of the experience he said I really had no idea that The Testaments would impact my life so profoundly but it did The Book of Mormon segments of that film shot in Hawaii took about two months to film As I strengthened my skills in acting I knew early on that this gift or talent that the Lord had given me would be used for missionary work and as such one tries to live the missionary life so that the Spirit can be with you to do whatever the Lord requires The scene where the blinded Helam is healed by Christ was very poignant for me and as I found out later for many of the cast members and visitors that were on the set that day We were told by one of the General Authorities that though many of us had great talent in this field it was not enough The Lord would have to bless us beyond our natural abilities to do the work that this film meant to do This last scene in the film was evidence of that very thing The Lord blessed us with a great outpouring of his spirit It was and still is very humbling to have been a part of that experience After shooting that scene and a couple others that followed Kieth Merrill took me aside and said You realize Im not the one directing this film dont you He has taught acting lessons for many years He had a private workshop called The Actors Academy for sixteen years and was a parttime instructor at Pioneer High School for the Performing Arts He and his wife Marsha live in Provo Utah and are the parents of three children