Ron Palillo

Known for ActingBorn 1949-04-02Died 2012-08-14New Haven, Connecticut, USA

At 14, Ron Palillo (born Ronald Gabriel Paolillo) started his own summer theater in Cheshire, Connecticut. His parents, Gabriel and Carmel Paolillo, were surprised when the summer theater actually made money. After graduating from high school, Ron went to the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he majored in drama. He appeared in many school plays in college. After graduation, Ron got a job with a touring company which performed in Shakespearean plays. He claimed to have received invaluable drama training during that tour, acting in Shakespearean masterpieces like "Macbeth", "The Taming of the Shrew" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". After his Shakespearean tour, Ron became a member of a repertory company in Miami, Florida. Shortly after arriving in New York, Ron got a role in the off-Broadway success "Hot l Baltimore." He stayed with the show for over a year. Because of his work in "Hot L Baltimore". Ron was given a lead role in a musical special, "The Last Sweet Days of Isaac", on television. After Isaac, he once again went on tour and appeared with Mickey Rooney in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and with Jan Sterling in a serious play, "Summer Brave". He has two brothers and a sister. His elder brother, Richard Paolillo, is an eye surgeon, his brother Robert Paolillo, is a salesman and his sister Ann, became a teacher.Read more

Movies & web series

The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour

E! True Hollywood Story

Trees 2: The Root of All Evil

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Hollywood Squares

Where Are They Now?

Murder, She Wrote

The Invisible Woman

Darkwing Duck

The A-Team

Laverne & Shirley in the Army

Duckman

Welcome Back, Kotter

Donny & Marie

Alice

Cagney & Lacey

The Captain and Tennille

CHiPs

Wind

Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI

Ellen

Matt Houston

The Love Boat

Committed

The Tempest

The Mike Douglas Show

Snake Eater

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Skatetown, U.S.A.

Snake Eater II: The Drug Buster

Doin' Time

Surf 2

Rubik, the Amazing Cube

The Pound Puppies

Hellgate

The Guardians

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