Michael Dante

About Michael Dante

Who is it?: Actor
Birth Day: September 02, 1931
Birth Place:  Stamford, Connecticut, United States
Birth Sign: Libra
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1956–present
Spouse(s): Mary Jane (unknown date)

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Michael Dante was born on September 02, 1931 in  Stamford, Connecticut, United States, is Actor. Michael Dante's autobiography, 'Michael Dante - From Hollywood to Michael Dante Way' was published in DEC. 2014 and can be purchased on Amazon.com, bearmanormedia.com and on Michael Dante's official web site at michaeldanteway.com. Award winning Actor Michael Dante has starred/co-starred in 30 films, 150 television shows and was under contract to 3 major studios; MGM, Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox. An ex-professional baseball player and winner of numerous prestigious awards, Michael has a street named for him in his hometown of Stamford, Connecticut, 'Michael Dante Way.' In Jan. 2016, Michael Dante was sworn in as an honorary Arizona Ranger. There are only two honorary Arizona Rangers in the state of Arizona; Michael Dante and George W. Bush. Michael Dante has a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California and has become a 'legend' in his field through his westerns, dramas and as 'Maab' on the original series, Star Trek. Michael Dante played the title role in the classic film 'Winterhawk' and was selected by the great director Sammy Fuller to play the part of Grant in his Film Noir cult film, 'The Naked Kiss.' Michael Dante co-starred in two films with Audie Murphy, 'Apache Rifles' and 'Arizona Raiders' and starred in his first film 'Westbound' with Randolph Scott and Virginia Mayo. He was the safe cracker lover boy in the film 'Seven Thieves' with Joan Collins, Edgar G. Robinson, Eli Wallach and Rod Steiger. His many awards include the Silver Spur Award, the Southern California Motion Picture Council Award, the Spirit of the West Award, Apacheland Spirit Award, Wall of Fame Henager American History Museum Award, 2014 Honoree of the Year Award by the Sons of Italy in America, to name just a few. Michael Dante has been a guest speaker and special celebrity guest at Conventions and Festivals throughout the country. He hosted his own celebrity radio show, 'The Michael Dante Classic Celebrity Talk Show' interviewing the top classic names in entertainment and sports for 12 years on the radio in Palm Springs, California. Go to his web site at michaeldanteway.com to see more and read more about Award Winning Actor Michael Dante. Michael Dante received the Golden Boot Award, the Oscar of Westerns in 2003. It is a most prestigious award; a career award selected by his peers for his fine work in the western genre. Michael cherishes this award because it is not just for one performance, but based on all his fine work in westerns on television and in films.
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Biography/Timeline

1956

During spring training with the former Washington Senators, Dante took drama classes at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. Bandleader Tommy Dorsey arranged a screen test for him at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His first film, Somebody Up There Likes Me, was released in 1956. He changed his name at the urging of studio boss Jack L. Warner, who thought "Vitti" would not fit well on theater marquees. Warner suggested some first names, from which the actor picked "Michael". He chose the last name "Dante" because it had been used by some relatives.

1957

Dante was cast twice in on the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. Dante and Forrest Lewis portrayed Davey Lewis and Willy Ford, respectively, in the 1957 episode "The $3,000 Bullet". Dante then played the role of Ab Saunders in the 1958 episode "The Deserters", with Angie Dickinson as Laura Meadows and Myron Healey as an unnamed fur trader, and directed by Leslie H. Martinson. He also appeared on the ABC-WB crime drama, Bourbon Street Beat, with Andrew Duggan, on the syndicated adventure series, Rescue 8, starring Jim Davis and Lang Jeffries, and in three episodes of CBS's The Texan, starring Rory Calhoun.

1959

Dante made two guest appearances on Perry Mason starring Raymond Burr. In 1959 he played Arthur Manning in "The Case of the Dangerous Dowager", and in 1965 he played murder victim Douglas Kelland in "The Case of the Feather Cloak."

1967

A frequent extra on the original Star Trek television series, he was cast in the role of Maab" in the 1967 episode, "Friday's Child" alongside Julie Newmar. Dante has appeared at Star Trek conventions. He also had a recurring role as the Sioux Chief Crazy Horse in the short-lived ABC military western series, Custer starring Wayne Maunder in the title role of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.

1969

In 1969, he played Clay Squires, a bitter young half-breed man, in the episode "Long Night at Fort Lonely" on the syndicated Death Valley Days, with Robert Taylor as Ben Cotterman and June Dayton as Cotterman's wife, Rachel.

1970

In the 1970s, Dante met John Wayne, whom he watched on screen as a child. Wayne had seen Dante in Winterhawk and asked him to co-host a charity event in Newport Beach, California. That started a friendship between the two actors, and they co-hosted other events until Wayne's death in 1979.

1991

Michael Dante is currently the host of a syndicated radio talk show, On Deck, previously known as the Michael Dante Celebrity Talk Show on which he interviews some of Hollywood's biggest stars. His program guests have included Milton Berle, Tony Curtis, and Bryant Gumbel. An avid Golfer, he once hosted the annual Michael Dante Celebrity Golf Tournament, a charitable fund-raiser held annually in Palm Springs, California, beginning in 1991.

2006

In 2006, Dante told an interviewer that he had written a script for a sequel to Winterhawk and was trying to get funding for the projected movie.