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2 THE MORNING CALL, Weak at June 24-30. 2001 Viewers will have to wait until next season to see if Mic (Trevor Goddard) and Mac (Catherine Bell) will get married on the hit CBS series "JAG." Al Bbxer-tumed-actor Trevor Goddard still has a lot of fight left in him By EIR1K KNUTZEN -ViolenCangry, rebellious and alienated, Trevor Goddard found himself in a world of trouble by his ninth birthday in his native Perth, Australia. Then the natufal-born bad boy went "berserk" during his teens, including a tumultuous four years jnostly homeless 77- on the streets of Londoa Living in square ana watcning several acquaintances drop dead from drug over-" doses before his very eyes, life (both his own and that of others) didn't matter all that much to Goddard as he was hauled into a I succession of English and Australian re- schools, on a wide variety -of ehargesV includiiig car theft, Causing grievous bodily harm to more than one bloke and assaulting two policemen and a security guard on the same night, IT Just before becoming a candidate for the Big House Goddard 'channeled most his aggression into amateur boxing (though he.l life was completely changed by the time we got married in Another pivotal event that year came shortly after Goddard knocked out his fourth professional opponent in the first round at L.A.'s Great Western Forum sports arena. "A couple of representatives for Budweiser beer showed up in my dress-. ing room that night and asked if I'd be interested in doing a series of TV commercials for them," he recalls.

"I thought, "Why not? It sounds like easy money." naturally curious, he was sucked into acting in a flash. When he hung up his gloves a year later with a respectable 6-1-1 record, most, of his brain cells intact and a purse no larger than $2,000, Goddard quickly racked up professional acting experience with guest-shots on a number of episodics including "Silk Stalkings," "The Com-mish," "Baywatch" and "Renegade." Goddard who has never taken an act- ing lesson didn't take himself too seriously as an actor until he won the 1993 LA Drama Critics Circle Award for "Best Performance Of The Year" in 'The Cock 'N' Bull a sexually confused boxer at the critical juncture where he makes the transition from amateur to professional. His super-heavyweight competi- tors for the prize that year were Sir Ian McKellen, Laurence Fishburne and Ed Harris." He spiked his resume with a mixed bag of such feature films as "Mortal Kombat," "Fast Money," "The Break," "Deep Rising" and "Some Girl" before knocking down the choice recurring role of the bombastic former Royal Australian Navy lawyer Mic Brumby on "JAG" in 1998. During the past year, the emotional character resigned his in the U.K. and Australia.

The dark, strap-, ping, 6-foot-l, 175 lbs. light-heavyweight pounded out 58 victories in 59 hotly contested bouts before an offer to turn professional brought him to Los-Angeles in 1987. Two-; years later, he lost three toes on one foot in an accident and his fjght careetFas in serious jeopardy To restore his balance before climbing back in the ring, he sought the services of Ruthann, a dance and aerobics instructor' from New Mexico atihe Hollywood YMCA. "She taught me how to move and get my I balance back, and in the process we fell in love," says Goddard. 35.

"Once we met, there was no doubt in my mind she was the one. We just clicked, yin and yang. It was a tremendous feeling. 1 would think about her all day long I would go to sleep thinking about her. My See GODDARD Rage 4.