Biography

My First Flick was a Short Titled "12:01 pm". The Short Movie was Nominated for an Oscar at the Academy Awards, USA 1991 for Best Short Film, Live Action (not me). Click on the Short Title and View the Details. I was Born to a poor but honest family, I ran away from home at the ripe old age of 12, to join a traveling circus. I Enlisted in the Air Force One week after turning 17, (1960). Met Evelyn Sharelyn Berg from Puyallup, Washington and we went to Columbus, Ohio and married 15 November 1962. My Oldest son, The Donz Jr. was born at the former Lockbourne Air Force Base (Columbus, Ohio) on 18 July 1963. I was Stationed in Weisbaden, Germany where daughter Cheryl Lynn was born 27 June 1965 and son David Benjamin born on 8 May 1967. I Returned to Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas in 1967 and went to Vietnam in 1969. I Returned to the Land of the Round Doorknobs in 1970 and was stationed at March Air Force Base, Riverside, California. Divorced in 1977 and later married Melodee Rae Bowman and was stationed on the tiny island of Guam in 1978, where son Derek Joe was born, 8 June 1980 (he passed away 3 1/2 years later from birth defects). I Retired from the Military in 1981 and resided in Southern California. Daughter Amber Rae was born 1 April 1982 and son Aaron Joe was born 31 August 1984. Divorced in 2004 and later married Lourdes Reyes Yap in 2006. Divorced Lourdes in 2010. Moved to the Phoenix Arizona Area and Married Isela Veira Vela in 2011. Separated in 2018. Studied Acting and the Rest is as they say, History.
- IMDb mini biography by: Joe Casino