Anthony Franciosa was an American film, TV, and stage actor, usually billed as Tony Franciosa during the height of his career. He made several feature films, including Career for which he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor/Drama. In television, along with many minor parts, he played lead roles in five major TV series: the sitcom Valentine's Day , drama The Name of the Game , Search , Matt Helm and Finder of Lost Loves . However, he began as a successful stage actor, gaining a Tony Award nomination for the drug-addiction play A Hatful of Rain. Although he married four times, the longest of... which lasted 36 years, to his last wife, Rita Theil, he had been married during 1957–1960 to Academy Award-winning actress Shelley Winters, who died five days before him. Born as Anthony George Papaleo to Italian-American parents, and raised by his mother and aunt, he adopted his mother's maiden name as his professional name. In 1948 he joined the Cherry Lane Theatre Group off Broadway .
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| Birthdate: | October 25, 1928 |
| Birthplace: | New York City, New York |
| Date of death: | January 19, 2006 |
| Height: | 6' 1" |
| Also known as: | Anthony Papaleo, anthony_franciosa, Anthony Franciosa |