Tony Danza

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1970:  Photo of Tony Danza  Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

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A graduate of the University of Dubuque, Tony Danza was busy with a profitable if not spectacular career as a boxer when he began tentatively moving into acting. His first important TV role was, appropriately, as erstwhile boxer Tony Banta on the popular sitcom Taxi. During his Taxi years, Danza built up the screen image of the pugnacious, not overly bright lug with a golden heart. In ... Read More