Thursday, January 6, 2011

AS SEEN ON TV: MICKEY HARGITAY

Mickey Hargitay, the Hungarian-born bodybuilder and actor, was born on this date in 1926.....
MICKEY HARGITAY

AS SEEN IN:
"The Jayne Mansfield Story"

AS PLAYED BY:
Arnold Schwarzenegger

From Wikipedia:
Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was an actor and Mr. Universe 1955. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He also is noted for his marriage to Jayne Mansfield, and as the father of actress Mariska Hargitay.

He acted in two films featuring Jayne Mansfield - "The Loves of Hercules" (1960) and "Promises! Promises!" (1963), and had a cameo (as Mansfield's boyfriend) in the film version of "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?".
From 1959 to 1961, Hargitay hosted a television exercise show. He also starred as Travis Anderson in the Italian horror film "Bloody Pit of Horror".

He also acted in Hungarian director György Szomjas' 1988 film, "Mr. Universe".

Hargitay's final acting appearance was in an episode of his daughter Mariska's series, 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'. In the episode "Control", Hargitay played a man on a subway station escalator who witnesses the aftermath of a brutal assault. Mariska's character, Olivia Benson, is later seen interviewing him.

BCnU!

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