Tony Dow

Birth Name:

Tony Lee Dow

Birth Place:

Hollywood, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Director, Visual effects, Producer, Writer, Soundtrack

His mother worked in Hollywood as a stuntwoman in early Westerns and as iconic silent film actress Clara Bow's movie double
Met his future wife Lauren when she was working as a producer and chose to cast him in a McDonald's commercial
Became an actor by chance, winning a role in a TV pilot while accompanying his friend to an audition as moral support
Competed in the Junior Olympics as a young man and became a diving champion
During the 1970s, Dow worked in contracting and construction while attending school to study journalism and filmmaking
Put his acting career on hold to serve in the National Guard from 1965 to 1968
Switched careers to primarily work as a modern art sculptor after decades of acting, and has had one of his bronze sculptures on display in an art exhibition at the Louvre in Paris

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