Name: John Getz
Date of Birth: 15 October 1946 Stage training included ACT in San Francisco. One of his earliest roles was as "Shampoo Man" in a Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo commercial shot in the late 70s. A graduate of the University of Iowa. Was in the workshop and very first production of the musical "The Robber Bridegroom". A children's theater production in Napa led to New York which led to his first East Coast play at LaMaMa with Danny DeVito and Peter Riegert. Spent one season (1970-1971) with the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, joined Actor's Equity, and a year later helped found the Napa Valley Theater Company in Yountville, Califonia. ... Was one of four children. Born and raised in the Mississippi River Valley of Northern Illinois and in Iowa. After doing a number of plays at the University of Iowa he was encouraged to try acting as a profession. Read more John Getz movies (actor)User Comments |
