- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFrederick Albert Travalena III
- Nicknames
- The Man of a Thousand Faces.
- Mr. Everybody
- Fred Travalena was born on October 6, 1942 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Black Scorpion (2001) and An American Carol (2008). He was married to Lois Travalena. He died on June 28, 2009 in Encino, California, USA.
- SpouseLois Travalena(1970 - June 28, 2009) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- Impressionist and singer. Said to have a repertoire of more than 360 celebrity, political, and cartoon-character voices.
- He battled non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2002 and the disease returned in summer 2008 after going into remission.
- Auditioned for Saturday Night Live (1975) 17 times.
- In 1978, Fred Travalena hosted a pilot for a would-be variety series called "The Funny World of Fred and Bunni". The only episode was aired in August "Bunni" was actually a cartoon co-host, sort of a forerunner to Jessica Rabbit. Like other variety shows of the 1970s, this show was filled with musical numbers and comedy skits.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 7018 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 3, 2005.
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