Gale has a history of getting leading

roles at the last minute. He was cast as

Brian Kinney just days before filming

began, and he was hired for Particles

of Truth at the last minute, too. He

was quoted as saying he didn't know if

he was the best choice or the last

choice. Since he was only back in LA a

few months between the end of QAF

and being cast as Graham Kelton, the

lead in the new FOX series Vanished!

I'd say Gale has more than enough

proof that he's the first, best choice for

any role he gets. We knew that all

along, didn't we girls? ;-)

From FOX.com:

Vanished

Series Premiere Monday, August 21 9/8c

Sara Collins is gone. But before the FBI can solve the mystery of where

she is, they first need to figure out who she really is.

SARA (Joanne Kelly, “Whiskey Echo”) is the beautiful young wife of

prominent Georgia Senator JEFFREY COLLINS (John Allen Nelson,

“24”), and she has gone missing. Through the eyes of Senior FBI Agent

GRAHAM KELTON (Gale Harold, “Queer as Folk,” “Martha Behind

Bars”), ambitious reporter JUDY NASH (Rebecca Gayheart, “Nip/

Tuck,” “Harvard Man”) and the distraught members of the Collins

family, viewers will journey inside a sensational, mysterious national

soap opera.

And there is much more going on here than it seems on the surface.

Kelton, working with Agent LIN MEI (Ming-Na, “ER”), uncovers

enigmatic clues that suggest Sara’s disappearance may be part of a large,

sinister conspiracy. Closer to home, Jeffrey and Sara’s dutiful son MAX

(John Patrick Amedori, “Nip/Tuck,” “House”) is keeping secrets of his

own, while his rebellious sister MARCY (Margarita Levieva) is on the

verge of eloping with her boyfriend BEN (Chris Egan, “Empire”),

whose motives are questionable. All the while, Judy and her young

cameraman/boyfriend ADAM PUTNAM (Robert Hoffman, “She’s the

Man”) attempt to capture every twist and turn of the biggest story in

their careers.

The search for Sara not only exposes one of the nation’s most prominent

families, but it also uncovers evidence that could rock the very

foundation of American society. In VANISHED, nothing is as it seems.

Everyone is a suspect. Everyone has a secret. And no one is safe.

Created by Josh Berman (“CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”) and

directed by executive producer Mimi Leder (“The Peacemaker,” “Deep

Impact”), VANISHED combines the investigative twists and turns of

“CSI,” the nonstop pace and tension of FOX’s “24” and the scope of

“The Da Vinci Code.” This intriguing new series will reveal new clues

each week. But as the characters get closer to the truth, they will become

targets themselves.

Paul Redford (“The Unit,” “The West Wing”) serves as executive

producer. VANISHED is produced by 20th Century Fox Television.