Brooke McCarter

Brooke McCarter (April 22, 1963 – December 22, 2015) was an American actor, producer, director, composer and musician. He is best known for the role of Paul in the 1987 vampire horror comedy The Lost Boys. Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Brooke was born with athletic and musical talent. He was an athlete who wrestled, was adept at soccer, lettered in tennis and excelled at racquetball. Sponsored by Ektelon, Brooke won dozens of trophies, was second in the state of Ohio for the Under 18 division, and earned a racquetball scholarship to Memphis State University. He spent two years in Memphis and one year at Ohio State University. After winning a modeling contest, Brooke was signed to the Ford modeling agency and moved to New York City where he studied with acting coach icon Stella Adler and recorded music in the studio. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he made his acting debut in the 1986 skater drama Thrashin'. During the filming of The Lost Boys, McCarter became friends with his co-star Corey Haim and became his manager through the 1990s. After having a small part in the John Belushi biographical film Wired (1989), he went on a hiatus from acting to focus on other projects. As a composer, he scored the film Fast Getaway (1991) and the documentary Leaves of Green (2002), which he also directed. He returned to acting in 2009 in Herschell Gordon Lewis's The Uh-Oh! Show. McCarter died on December 22, 2015, from the genetic liver disorder alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency.