John Getz (born 15 October 1946) is a stage-trained American actor.
Getz, one of 4 children, was born in Davenport, Iowa and raised in the Mississippi River Valley. He began acting while attending the University of Iowa. During that period, he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. He has a daughter named Hannah from his marriage to playwright Grace McKeaney.
Getz dropped out of school and attended San Francisco's respected American Con...
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John Getz (born 15 October 1946) is a stage-trained American actor.
Getz, one of 4 children, was born in Davenport, Iowa and raised in the Mississippi River Valley. He began acting while attending the University of Iowa. During that period, he helped found the Center for New Performing Arts. He has a daughter named Hannah from his marriage to playwright Grace McKeaney.
Getz dropped out of school and attended San Francisco's respected American Conservatory Theater. While working in a winery, he became involved with the Napa Valley Theater Company. The distinctive locale led to Getz' television debut playing an attendant in Killer Bees (ABC, 1974), a made-for-TV thriller starring Gloria Swanson filmed in Napa Valley. Getz next moved to New York City where he became active in local theater while doing an 18-month stint in a recurring role on a daytime soap opera Another World.
Getz had a bit part in the 1975 film The Happy Hooker and followed up with several other small roles before...
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