1. John Anthony Megna was an American actor, director and teacher.
10 Facts About John Megna
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John Anthony Megna was born in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, to Ralph W Megna, a pharmacist, and Eleanor McGinley, a one-time nightclub singer.
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John Megna was a half-brother of Connie Stevens through their mother, and an ex-brother-in-law of Eddie Fisher, both famous singers.
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John Megna attended Holy Cross High School in Flushing, New York.
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At age 6, Megna made his acting debut in Frank Loesser's Broadway musical Greenwillow.
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John Megna acted in two films starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Hal Needham: Smokey and the Bandit II and The Cannonball Run.
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John Megna graduated from Cornell University as a performing arts major.
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John Megna later became a high school English, Spanish, and history teacher, and he last taught at James Monroe High School in North Hills, California.
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John Megna taught Honors English at Hollenbeck Junior High in Boyle Heights.
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John Megna died from AIDS-related complications on September 5,1995, at Midway Hospital in Los Angeles, at the age of 42.