Michael Dante was born on Ralph Vitti, September 2,1931 and is an American actor and former professional minor league baseball player.
14 Facts About Michael Dante
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Michael Dante was a shortstop on the Stamford High School baseball team, then played for "The Advocate All-Stars" team which won a 1949 New England baseball championship.
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Michael Dante used his $6,000 bonus to buy his family a four-door Buick with whitewalls.
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Michael Dante changed his name at the urging of studio boss Jack L Warner, who thought "Vitti" would not fit well on theater marquees.
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Michael Dante chose the last name "Dante" as it had belonged to some relatives.
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Michael Dante has appeared in 30 films and 150 television shows.
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Michael Dante spent seven years in supporting roles under contract to three major studios at once: MGM, Warner Brothers and Twentieth Century Fox.
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Michael Dante considers his best performances the role that he played in Killer Instinct on the CBS television series Desilu Playhouse, along with his roles in the movies Westbound, Seven Thieves and Winterhawk.
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Michael Dante appeared on Bourbon Street Beat, Rescue 8, and in three episodes of CBS's The Texan.
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Michael Dante made two guest appearances on Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr.
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Michael Dante appeared on Star Trek television series in the role of "Maab" in the 1967 episode, "Friday's Child" alongside Julie Newmar.
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Michael Dante had recurring roles on the television serials Days of Our Lives and General Hospital.
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Michael Dante hosted his own syndicated radio talk show, from 1995 to 2007, called On Deck and previously known as the Michael Dante Celebrity Talk Show.
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In 2006, Michael Dante told an interviewer that he had written a script for a sequel to Winterhawk and was trying to get funding for the projected movie.