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Date of Birth

11 April 1947, New York City, New York, USA

Height

5' 8" (1.73 m)

Trivia

Made his professional debut playing Chico Marx in "Minnie's Boys," the musical based on The Marx Brothers.

Once was a school teacher teaching eighth grade.

Former boyfriend of Bette Midler; they lived together in the 1970s. He played perennial boyfriend Herbie to Midler's Mama Rose in "Gypsy" in the 1993 made-for-TV film version of the hit Broadway musical.

Played a wild, authority-hating frat brother in Animal House (1978) and a stiff, rigid, no-nonsense authoritarian cop in The Mask (1994).

Personal Quotes

It never occurs to me that acting with a superstar is something to worry about. I figure the bigger, the better, because more will be demanded of me.

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