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Victor Buono
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Actor Born: February 3, 1938 in San Diego, CA Death: January 1, 1982 in Apple Valley, CA Biography:While attending San Diego's St. Augustine High School, "Victor Buono" appeared in three plays a year - including the title role in Hamlet! After planning to attend medical school, Buono was rechannelled into an acting career, spending the summer of his 18th year at the municipal Globe Theatre in San Diego, then studying drama at Villanova University. He made his first network TV appearance at age 21, playing bearded poet "Bongo Benny" in an episode of 77 Sunset Strip; this led to 45 TV guest spots over the next three years, during which Buono would later claim he always played "Standard Bad Man 49-B. Buonogenerally played characters much older than himself, his expressive facial features and excess weight helping him pull off the deception. "Robert Aldrich" cast Buono as the third-rate songwriter who leeches off of faded child star "Bette Davis" in "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" (1962). Davis' was... Full Biography
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