Birthday: 1 May 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name: Giovanni Berardino
Height: 182 cm
Major league baseball player, 1939-52; military service 1942-45; played second base and shortstop for the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates; lifetime batting average .249
. . . I had been contemplating leaving the game [baseball] as early as 1947 to concentrate on acting...Show more »
. . . I had been contemplating leaving the game [baseball] as early as 1947 to concentrate on acting . . . most people don't realize that I was an actor long before I was a ballplayer. I was one of those brat actors in the "Our Gang" comedies . . . I always loved acting as a kid. Show less «