- Born
- Birth nameDonald Paul Bellisario
- Height6′ 2″ (1.88 m)
- Donald P. Bellisario was born in North Charleroi in Pennsylvania. His father ran the tavern, where he grew up listening to the war stories of vets returning from WWII. He had a fifteen-year career in advertising before moving to Hollywood. He broke into television as the story editor for Black Sheep Squadron (1976). His most celebrated works to date are NCIS (2003), Magnum, P.I. (1980), Quantum Leap (1989), and JAG (1995). He has been married four times, and has seven children (one of whom is deceased), two stepchildren, and eight grandchildren.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpousesVivienne Bellisario(November 27, 1998 - present)Deborah Pratt(June 30, 1984 - 1991) (divorced, 2 children)Lynn Halpern(October 24, 1979 - April 4, 1984) (divorced, 1 child)Margaret Amelia Schaffran(January 5, 1956 - December 13, 1974) (divorced, 4 children)
- ChildrenJoy Elizabeth BellisarioLeslie Suzanne Bellisario
- ParentsAlbert Jethro BellisarioDana Lapcevic
- RelativesLeroy Jethro Bellisario(Sibling)
- Stepfather of Sean Murray (Tim McGee on NCIS (2003)) and Chad W. Murray (sons of Vivienne Bellisario).
- His favourite of the television series that he has created is Quantum Leap (1989).
- His mother, Dana (Lapcevic), was of Serbian descent, and his father, Albert Jethro Bellisario, was of Italian descent.
- Father of four (including Julie B. Watson and the late David Bellisario) by his first marriage, to Margaret Schaffran.
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