Tony Becker

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The Cat Herding Commercial - In 2000 the large System  Integrator company EDS made a very funny commercial which showed a group of Cowboys herding cats.
Cat Herders was launched at the Super Bowl 2000, promoting EDS (Electronic Data Systems) as a digital company. The concept came from a popular business phrase incorporated in the title of the 1997 book, “Managing people is like herding cats: Warren Bennis on Leadership“.
The herding cats commercial was only aired a few times in the US, and was only aired during the Superbowl series. 
(thanks go to Lindy for helping with some of the info).
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Details below supplied kindly by Brenna Brelie 
Global Communications Coordinator 
Fallon Worldwide www.fallon.com 

The actors/cowboys names are listed below. (Many of them were real-life local cowboys).  The commercial debuted during the 1999 US Superbowl and ran for a short time after that.  Only approximately 60 cats were used in the actual filming, (with about 1 trainer per 5 cats) and the rest were computer-generated. 
CAST LIST : 
Steven Lane                    
Tony Becker   
Mark Brooks    
Tim Carroll   
David Cleveland    
Jeremy Cluff   
Walter Doran   
Jake Sanders      
Kent Wakefield Smith  
Susan Smith      
Gene McLaughlin    
Clif Stokes         
David Jean Thomas        
R. J. Chambers - Stunts        
Brian Burrows -Stunts

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Filmography

Shattered Glory (2008) .... Carter
Ghost Town: The Movie (2007) .... Deputy Tuck
Behind the Scenes of 'Ghost Town: The Movie' (2007)....as Himself
A presenter on fourwheeler.com
The Cat Herding Commercial for EDS - 2000
Strong Medicine- Attachments (2001) TV Episode .... Ted Harris
Agent Red (2000) .... Lt. Jack Colson
Martial Law- Honor Among Strangers (2000) TV Episode .... Sergeant Major Lloyd Monroe
For the Love of May (2000)
Melrose Place- They Shoot Blanks Don't They (1999) TV Episode .... Eddie
Walton Easter, A (1997)
Walton Wedding, A (1995)
Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story (1994)
Walton Thanksgiving Reunion, A (1993)
The Hill  (1988)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987)
Tour of Duty as Danny Percell
Iron Eagle (1986)
Iron Eagle (1985)
Stark (1985)
For Love and Honor (1983)
Wedding on Walton's Mountain, A (1982)
Ghosts of Buxley Hall, The (1980)
The Onion Field (1979)
Oregon Trail, The (1977)
Killer Who Wouldn't Die, The (1976)
The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
Texas Wheelers, The (1974)

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