Rosengren, Clive: - Clive Rosengren is a "recovering" actor, whose career spanned more than forty years, eighteen of them pounding many of the same streets as his fictional private eye Eddie Collins. His movie credits include ED WOOD, SOAPDISH, COBB, and BUGSY. Among numerous television credits are Seinfeld, Home Improvement and Cheers, where he played the only person to throw Sam Malone out of his own bar. Rosengren resides in Southern Oregon and has written five books in the Eddie Collins series, three of which have been shortlisted for the "Shamus" award from the Private Eye Writers of America.