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Dennis Franz
Age: 65
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Oct. 28th, 1944
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BIOGRAPHY: Dennis Franz was born Dennis Franz Schlacta in Maywood, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was a German immigrant and both he and Franz's mother, were postal workers. He has two sisters, Marlene (born 1938) and Heidi (born 1935). He graduated from Southern Illinois University and was immediately drafted into the military. He served 11 month in Vietnam in a reconnaissance unit, and after his service he suffered depression for some time afterwards. In 1972 he joined the Organic Theatre Company. Robert Altman (I) discovered him at an auditions and urged him to go to Los Angeles, where he became part of Altman's resident company. He met Joanie Zeck on April Fool's Day 1982 and aided her in raising her two daughters, Krista (born 1976) and Tricia (born 1974). They married thirteen years later in Carmel, California.
TRIVIA:
- Before entering _"Hill Street Blues" (1981)_ (qv), as Norm Buntz, appeared as Sal Benedetto for a few episodes.
- In high school, he was active in baseball, football and swimming
- Children: Tricia (b. 1974) and Krista (b. 1976).
- Always travels with a pet bird.
- Served 11 months in Vietnam with the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions.
- Was considered for the role of Vic in _American Graffiti (1973)_ (qv).
- Was a mailman before becoming an actor
- He was nominated for the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in the play, "Cops" at the Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.
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