Joseph Peter "Joe" Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who was formerly perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues but who is now recognized for his work in NCIS.
He was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Virginia Jean (née Carpenter) and Vincent Dante Spano, a physician. He attended Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco and was graduated from the University of California-Berkeley, ...
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Joseph Peter "Joe" Spano (born July 7, 1946) is an American actor who was formerly perhaps best known for his role as Lt. Henry Goldblume on Hill Street Blues but who is now recognized for his work in NCIS.
He was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Virginia Jean (née Carpenter) and Vincent Dante Spano, a physician. He attended Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco and was graduated from the University of California-Berkeley, where he gave up plans to major in pre-med in favor of acting. He and his wife Joan, a therapist, adopted and raised two daughters.
He is a past Director and current e-mail coordinator of the Southern California chapter of Families with Children from China and a founding, past board member of Half the Sky Foundation, which brings early childhood development training and infant nurturing programs to orphanages in China.
He was a member of the San Francisco improv group The Wing, and in college debuted as Paris in a production of "Romeo and...
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