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Encyclopedia > Garland Briggs

Major Garland Briggs is a fictional character on the David Lynch/Mark Frost television series Twin Peaks, portrayed by Don S. Davis. He is a U. S. Air Force officer involved in Project Blue Book. He is the father of Bobby Briggs, whose smoking he cannot abide. His work is highly classified; he does not tell even his family about it. David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946, in Missoula, Montana) is an American filmmaker. ... Mark Frost (born 25 November 1953) is an American novelist, television/film writer, director, and executive producer. ... Twin Peaks is an American Emmy Award-nominated, Peabody and Golden Globe-winning television serial drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, which first aired in the United States on April 8, 1990 and ended on June 10, 1991. ... Don Sinclair Davis, born August 4, 1942 in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, is an American actor. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of Unidentified flying objects (UFOs) conducted by the United States Air Force. ... Bobby in the episode The Black Widow. ...


His name is probably taken from a mathematician who worked with J. W. Alexander. Leonhard Euler, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ... J. W. Alexander James Waddell Alexander II (September 19, 1888 – September 23, 1971) was an important topologist of the pre-WWII era and part of an influential Princeton topology elite, which included Oswald Veblen, Solomon Lefschetz, and others. ...


The role can be seen as a precursor to Davis’s character Lt. Gen. George Hammond on the series Stargate SG-1, who is also an Air Force officer involved in secret projects. Major General (later Lieutenant General) George S. Hammond is a fictional character in the Stargate SG-1 television program, played by Don S. Davis. ... Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series, part of the Stargate franchise. ...


His greatest fear is “the possibility that love is not enough.”


Due to Major Briggs’s secret investigations, the entrance to the Black Lodge is discovered in the woods at Twin Peaks. He is himself abducted (taken to the White Lodge?), and is told to deliver a message to Special Agent Dale Cooper at one point, by the Log Lady. Agent Cooper, The Man from Another Place and Laura Palmer in the Black Lodge The Black Lodge is a fictional place from the television series Twin Peaks. ... Information Gender Male Age 35 Occupation FBI Agent Religion Catholic FBI Special Agent Dale Bartholomew Coop Cooper was the lead fictional character in the influential television series Twin Peaks (1990-1991), created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. ... Margaret Lanterman, better known as the Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson), is a fictional character in the television series Twin Peaks. ...


In the second season, Major Briggs and Bobby find some common ground and make up.

Twin Peaks
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Main characters (Portrayed by)
Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) · Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) · Bobby Briggs (Dana Ashbrook) · Doc Hayward (Warren Frost) · Donna Hayward (Lara Flynn Boyle) · Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn) · Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) · Big Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) · James Hurley (James Marshall) · Norma Jennings (Peggy Lipton) · Shelly Johnson (Mädchen Amick) · Catherine Packard Martell (Piper Laurie) · Pete Martell (Jack Nance) · Josie Packard (Joan Chen) · Leland Palmer (Ray Wise) · Harry S. Truman (Michael Ontkean)
Secondary characters (Portrayed by)
Teresa Banks (Pamela Gidley) · Annie Blackburn (Heather Graham) · Bob (Frank Silva) · Bookhouse Boys · Andy Brennan (Harry Goaz) · Garland Briggs (Don S. Davis) · Denise/Dennis Bryson (David Duchovny) · Gordon Cole (David Lynch) · Chester Desmond (Chris Isaak) · Windom Earle (Kenneth Welsh) · Thomas Eckhardt (David Warner) · Maddy Ferguson (Sheryl Lee) · The Giant (Carel Struycken) · Eileen Hayward (Mary Jo Deschanel) · Gersten Hayward (Alicia Witt) · Harriet Hayward (Jessica Wallenfels) · Tommy "Hawk" Hill (Michael Horse) · Jerry Horne (David Patrick Kelly) · Nadine Hurley (Wendy Robie) · Lawrence Jacoby (Russ Tamblyn) · Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie) · Hank Jennings (Chris Mulkey) · Leo Johnson (Eric Da Re) · Lil the Dancer (Kimberly Ann Cole) · The Log Lady (Catherine E. Coulson) · Man from Another Place (Michael J. Anderson) · Evelyn Marsh (Annette McCarthy) · Mike (Al Strobel) · Lucy Moran (Kimmy Robertson) · Mike Nelson (Gary Hershberger) · Blackie O'Reilly (Victoria Catlin) · Andrew Packard (Dan O'Herlihy) · Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) · Ronette Pulaski (Phoebe Augustine) · Renault brothers · Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) · Harold Smith (Lenny Von Dohlen) · Sam Stanley (Kiefer Southerland) · Dick Tremayne (Ian Buchanan)
Places
Black Lodge · Dead Dog Farm · One Eyed Jacks
Crew
Mark Frost · David Lynch
Angelo Badalamenti · Tricia Brock · Julee Cruise · Caleb Deschanel · Duwayne Dunham · Robert Engels · Scott Frost · Lesli Linka Glatter · Tim Hunter · Jennifer Lynch · Harley Peyton · Barry Pullman · Tina Rathborne · Johanna Ray
Media
Books · Music


 
 

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