Victor Bergstrand
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victor Bergstrand grew up in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. After attending Chatsworth High School in 1974 he worked a series of mundane jobs before entering the Motion Picture business, thanks to his Costumer uncle Ron Dawson arranging an interview at Western Costume on Melrose Avenue. Vic's year at Western was a great introduction to the industry, working at times on projects with Ron and Vic's other Costumer uncle Tom Dawson and the professional characters at Western. Highlights for Vic were costuming Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, drummer for The Who Keith Moon, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey of The Eagles for the Hotel California album, singers Tom Jones and Shawn Phillips, actors Robert Shaw, Larry Hagman, Beau Bridges, Dub Taylor (what a character!) and numerous others. Vic's biggest thrill during this period was being flown to Shreveport, Louisiana and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to handle the wardrobe duties for promotional television spots for ABC's 'Wide World of Sports" featuring heavyweight boxers George Foreman and Joe Frazier. These spots, attiring each fighter as historical Americans (George Washington, Ben Franklin, even a billowy dress to represent Betsy Ross) were for promoting the Foreman/Frazier rematch bout in 1976. "I was a long-haired twenty year old kid putting a dress on two of boxing's greatest heavyweight champions. Thankfully they both had a great sense of humor were truly a delight to work with." Later in 1976 Vic left Western Costume to work on the movie "Raid on Entebbe". Oddly enough his next post-Western job was the competing production of the same event titled "Victory at Entebbe". Many great moments, many great locations, meeting many memorable people filled those years between 1975 and 1980 when Vic's final job in the industry was as a member of the wardrobe crew on an ambitious TV Western titled "The Chisholms". The episode shot in the Sierra-Nevada mountains for a couple weeks and upon returning to Los Angeles, Vic decided to pursue his true passion of music and began what ultimately became a thirty-five year radio career as a Rock and Roll DJ.