Dennis Cole
Dennis Cole was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States on July 19th, 1940 and is the TV Actor. At the age of 69, Dennis Cole biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Dennis Cole (July 19, 1940 – November 15, 2009) was an American actor in film and television.
A familiar face on the screen during the 1960s and 1970s, Cole made guest appearances in numerous television series.
After the 1991 death of his son, Joe Cole, he became an activist who spoke against violence on television.
Personal life
In 1976, when Cole guest-starred on the set of Charlie's Angels, he met his second wife, actress Jaclyn Smith. After a 19-month courtship the couple wed. Their marriage lasted from 1978 to 1981.
Joe Cole, his only son from his first marriage with Sally Bergeron, was shot dead in 1991, at the age of 30, during a home invasion robbery attempt in the Venice section of Los Angeles. That crime remains unsolved.
After the death of his son, Cole became an activist speaking against violence on television. He worked with the Nicole Brown Charitable Foundation to raise awareness for victims of crime, and with the Cancer Society, the Arthritis and Cystic Fibrosis foundations and other charitable organizations.
Cole performed as the Narrator in a production of Blood Brothers and as King Marchan in the first national tour of the musical Victor/Victoria. While working on a national tour of Victor/Victoria, Cole was injured and spent three years recovering.
Cole remarried and relocated to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where he returned to school, became a real-estate broker and opened his own real estate company with his third wife Marjorie Cole. The couple owned and operated Celebrity Realty, Inc. The couple divorced in 2008.
Career
Cole began appearing in Detroit and then migrated to Los Angeles in the 1960s. His blond, athletic appearance of a quintessential California surfer attracted the attention of physique magazines. He started out as a model and stuntman before moving to acting. He made his first big acting debut when he was given a leading role in the police drama Felony Squad, which ran from 1966 to 1969. Davey Evans played in Bracken's World for one season (1969–19770). In the TV series Bearcats, he co-starred with Rod Taylor. Lance Prentiss appeared on television soap show The Young and the Restless (1971), 1980–82).
Cole appeared in numerous television shows, including Medical Center, Police Story, Charlie's Angels, The Feather and Father Gang, The Eddie Capra Mysteries, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, She Wrote. Cole's film career included appearances in Cave-In! (1983), Wheels of Fire (1985), Pretty Smart (1987), and the horror film Zombie Death House (1987), directed by John Saxon. Cole's last television appearance was a 1998 episode of Pacific Blue.