Robert Hegyes
Robert Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to his Hungarian father, Stephen and his Italian mother, Marie Dominica Cocozza. [1]
Biography - (IMDb Biography - Robert Hegyes) Robert Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to his Hungarian father, Stephen and his Italian mother, Marie Dominica Cocozza. [...] He was accepted into the Theater Program at Rowan Unviversity of New Jersey (formerly Glassboro State College, and in the early 1970s graduated with a BA in Theater &; Secondary Education. [2]
He grew up in Metuchen, New Jersey and began acting in high school in the mid-1960s under the guidance of Metuchen High School theater teacher, Barton Shepard. [3]
He was accepted into the Theater Program at Rown Unviversity of New Jersey (formerly Glassboro State College, and in the early 1970s graduated with a BA in Theater & Secondary Education. [...] After completing that successful engagement, Robert was tapped to co-star for Tony Award winning actor/director Len Cariou A Little Night Music (1977) & Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV), in the Broadway drama Don't Call Back starring Arlene Francis at the Helen Hayes Theater. [4]
Robert Hegyes (pronounced Hedges; May 7, 1951 ‘ January 26, 2012) was an American actor best known for his portrayal of high school student Juan Epstein on the 1970s American sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter. [...] Within a year of graduating from college, Hegyes was cast to co-star in the highly acclaimed Off Broadway drama, Naomi Court, starring actor Brad Davis (Midnight Express). [3]
Within a year of graduating from Rowan, Hegyes was cast to co-star in the Manhattan Theater Club Emsmble's highly acclaimed drama Naomi Court, which starred another young actor Brad Davis Midnight Express (1978). [4]
Hegyes then ventured into New York City to practice his trade, immediately taking up with the Greenwich Village Children’s Repitory Companies, Theater in a Trunk, and The NYC Children’s Puppet Ensemble. [2]
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[1] Robert Hegyes - IMDb
[2] Robert Hegyes on Myspace Films - New Films & Documentaries
[3] Robert Hegyes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[4] Robert Hegyes - Biography