Randall Oliver, left, worked with Roberto Miranda to film a documentary for the Rainforest Recovery project in Costa Rica. Also shown is El Tigre, a Costa Rican native. Former Lampasas resident Randall Oliver will be featured in the new USA Network television series "In Plain Sight," which first aired Sunday. Other air dates include Wednesday at 11 p.m. and Aug. 13 at midnight.

"In Plain Sight" is a new crime drama from USA Network starring Mary McCormack as Mary Shannon, a U.S. marshal attached to the Federal Witness Protection Program.

In the Sunday episode, "Once a Ponzi Time," Oliver's character is involved in kidnapping with demands of ransom in an act of revenge against his adversary.

Oliver, a 1977 Lampasas High School graduate, attended Huston Tillotson University on a full baseball scholarship. From college, he pursued an acting career and spent time in Houston, Hollywood, London and Zimbabwe, Africa.

Throughout the years, Oliver has performed in films, television, on stage and in print media. Examples of his film work include "Werewolf" and "Patriot."

In television, Oliver landed a co-starring role in the series "Wild West Showdown," produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions. His character Dogbreath, and was featured in the internationally renowned series "Baywatch Hawaii" among others.

After a long and successful acting career, Oliver left the business. But as the years rolled by, he decided that his passion as a performer was still strong, and once again he entered the industry, making a move to Albuquerque, N.M.

To Oliver's surprise, the auditions came quickly, and he soon landed parts in "Doc West" and "In Plain Sight."

In June 2009, Oliver returned to Lampasas with his sister, Anita Williams, to attend the benefit of high school friend Jackie Bradley. While in Lampasas, Oliver and Anita and other out-of-town friends who came to support Bradley stayed in the home of Jurgen and Jani Schulz.

While with the Schulzes, Oliver discovered the couple's involvement in the Rainforest Recovery project on and around the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, which according to National Geographic is the "most biologically diverse location on the planet."

Oliver decided to visit and investigate documentary possibilities in Costa Rica.

He flew there on June 30, and upon arrival, Schulz's partner, Jorge Campos, former minister of fisheries in Costa Rica, introduced Oliver to Roberto Miranda, an award-winning film maker who has been producing nature-oriented films and documentaries throughout Latin America for 25 years.

Miranda and Oliver teamed up for Rainforest Recovery and filmed a pilot featuring various aspects of the Rainforest Recovery program, inserting elements of nature, adventure and social aspects of the remote region of the world.

The pilot will be available in the coming months on Rainforest Recovery's National Radio Station of Costa Rica, and is scheduled to go on air and online in September.

Although the radio station is a small part of the Rainforest Recovery project, it will serve as the voice of the project, not only in Costa Rica, but throughout the world direct from the rainforest of Costa Rica's southern pacific zone.