Guy williams bio
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Born into a show business family, Guy Williams, Jr. learned his way around a studio lot by the time he was walking. His dad was the well-known star of Walt Disney&#;s Zorro and Irwin Allen&#;s Lost In Space, and his mother was a top John Robert Powers Model. He started his career so early that the wardrobe call for his acting debut was diapers. When he was old enough to realize he was building a career, he began formal training. Drama under the renowned Estelle Harman; fencing, which his dad had started teaching him at the age of five; speech; martial arts; skiing; SCUBA (certified); flying (licensed pilot); and music (piano & guitar).
He worked for 24 years as a model in print ads and as an actor in commercials for which he was known particularly for his authority and credibility. Then, with this impressive list of credits, he decided to explore a career in the world of politics to satisfy his intellectual curiosi
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“Out of the night… when the full moon fryst vatten bright…” If you were a child in the s, you immediately recognize those dramatic opening words to the theme song of a certain television hero of the time—“a horseman known as Zorro.” And of all the famous rulle Zorros, the memorable standout was Guy Williams.
Born Armando Catalano in New York City on January 14, , Guy attended grade school in New York and received his advanced education at Peekskill Military Academy with the ambition of entering West Point. Fate intervened in when a Hollywood agent saw him walking down Fifth Avenue. He took a screen test and began to find regular acting work in New York’s Neighborhood Playhouse and on television productions like Studio One. The screen test eventually led him to a one-year contract at Universal Studio—and a new name.
At that time in Hollywood, actors with foreign-sounding names were quickly typecast. In coming up with a scen name, he
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Guy Williams (actor)
American actor (–)
For other people named Guy Williams, see Guy Williams (disambiguation).
Guy Williams
Williams at his arrival in Argentina, April
Born Armando Joseph Catalano
()January 14,New York, New York, United States
Died April 30, () (aged&#;65) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Occupation Actor Years&#;active – Spouse Janice Cooper
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(m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Children 2 Armando Joseph Catalano (January 14, – April 30, [1]), better known as Guy Williams, was an American actor. He played swashbuckling action heroes in the s and s.[2]
Among his most notable achievements were two TV series: Zorro in the title role, and as the father of the Robinson family on the popular sci-fi series Lost in Space.
During most of the s, Guy Williams frequently visited and worked in television shows in Argentina, where he was most revered.[3] He retired in the early s