Actor Dennis Quaid

    In the new movie The Express, actor DENNIS QUAID plays Syracuse University football coach Ben Schwartzwalder who in the late 50’s and early ’60s coached Ernie Davis, the first African-American to receive the Heisman Trophy. Athletics, as well as music, are recurring themes in Quaid’s films. He joins us in the studio to talk about this movie and his career as an actor and musician.
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