Robert Hegyes (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Epstein in the 1970s television series Welcome Back, Kotter.
Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to his Hungarian-American father, Stephen, and his Italian-American mother, Marie Dominica Cocozza. Hegyes is one of four children (Dr. Mark Hegyes, MD., Stephanie Hegyes and Elizabeth Hegyes-Cocozza). He is the cousin of singer Jon Bon Jovi. Always ...
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Robert Hegyes (born May 7, 1951) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his portrayal of Epstein in the 1970s television series Welcome Back, Kotter.
Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, to his Hungarian-American father, Stephen, and his Italian-American mother, Marie Dominica Cocozza. Hegyes is one of four children (Dr. Mark Hegyes, MD., Stephanie Hegyes and Elizabeth Hegyes-Cocozza). He is the cousin of singer Jon Bon Jovi. Always interested in theater, Hegyes began acting in high school in the mid-1960s under the guidance of Metuchen High School Theater teacher, Dr. Barton Shepard, Ph.D. Upon graduation from Glassboro State College (now Rowan University), with a B.A. in Speech/Theater & Secondary Education, Hegyes ventured into New York City to pursue a career in acting and soon became a member of a Greenwich Village children's theater group called, "Theater in a Trunk", performing educational theater at US President Theodore Roosevelt's birth place, on East 13 Street....
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