Kenneth McMillan Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Character actor Kenneth McMillan was born on July 2, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York. Prior to becoming an actor, McMillan was a manager at Gimbels Department Store. At age 30, McMillan decided to pursue an acting career. He attended the LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts and took acting lessons from Uta Hagen and Irene Dailey. He made his film ...
Academy of Country Music Award for Drummer of the Year
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Trademark
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Aggressive and cantankerous demeanor
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Often played gruff, hostile and unfriendly characters
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Who says acting isn't being yourself? I am not a hypocrite. I have my megalomania. There's a part of me that's still in the crib, wanting to control and rule everything. When I get into the biggest problems is when I get arrested development. I don't tell you it's someone that's not me. I mean, I think I'm weird or at least I can be. And I think I can be crazy and I can be cruel. I know it. I've seen it. I see many people deny that about themselves.
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There's a lot of, and in this town especially, phoniness. I think that most people don't have anything to say. I think everybody is highly overpaid for what they do. I'm saying that people believe they are equipped to write screenplays, act, produce, direct and they don't really have visions. I want to ask, "Why are you doing this? Why are you cluttering up the business?" If people knew how painful it was, I think that less people would do it. Certainly less actors. I think actors don't realize, at the beginning especially, what you have to go through -- and I'm not talking about rejection and all of that -- I'm talking about the attitude where you have to lay it out there. That's what we find interesting.
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I don't look to take the role of the villain and in fact I've played many sympathetic characters. I certainly don't want to be typecast as the 'loudmouth' type. But it seems that the audiences remember me as the bad guy. I suppose that's because villainous roles stand out -- they're showy roles. If you're going to make a sympathetic character stand out, you really have to tap dance for the viewers.
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His wife Kathryn McDonald was a former Broadway stage dancer.
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Worked as a manager at Gimbels Department Store prior to becoming an actor.
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Studied acting at the High School for the Performing Arts with teachers Uta Hagen and Irene Dailey.
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His first television appearance was on a variety where he performed two musical numbers. Barry Manilow was the piano player.
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Had dropped out of school to work in a factory when he ran into his junior high school English teacher. She took him to audition for the LaGuardia High School for Performing Arts in New York City. He went in for acting and ended up a dance major.
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