Tony Tarantino
Tony Tarantino was born in Queens, New York, United States on July 4th, 1940 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 83, Tony Tarantino 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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Tony Tarantino (born July 4, 1940) is an American actor and producer.
He is the father of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.
Life and career
Tarantino was born in New York City, the son of Elizabeth Jean and Dominic James Tarantino, both of southern Italian ancestry. In a 2017 interview, Tony Tarantino recalled an incident in 1960, when he was 20 years old and talent agent Henry Willson promised him acting opportunities and a luxurious lifestyle in exchange for gay sex. Willson was punched in the chest by Tarantino, knocking Willson to the ground. Willson was fired after Willson's rise to fame, he told Tarantino that he'd never again work in Hollywood or New York as an actor. Tarantino said he was immediately dismissed from his appearance in Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, according to Tarantino. Tarantino changed his name to Tony Maro and started several acting jobs with Paraphrasedoutput as an extra, but claims he was dismissed from the lot within two hours after his true identity was discovered.
Tarantino is the father of film director Quentin Tarantino. "I never knew my father," the younger Tarantino said in a 2010 interview. [...] I never thought he'd like to be a comedian [...] Now he's only an actor because he has my last name. However, he was never part of my childhood. I wasn't aware of him. I've never met him."
Prism and Underbelly Blues are two of Tarantino's films.