James Farentino

James Farentino ( born February 24, 1938 in Brooklyn, New York, † January 24, 2012 in Los Angeles, California ) was an American film actor.

Life

To Farentinos best-known film role is one of those of Simon Peter in Franco Zeffirelli TV movie Jesus of Nazareth from the year 1977. He himself was considered for this role an Emmy nomination. He also starred 1981-1982 in Dynasty and Melrose Place in 1998 in front of the camera. In Emergency Room - The emergency room was James Farentino in 1996 as Ray Ross, father of Doug Ross, aka to see George Clooney.

James Farentino was privately again and again by escapades. In the early 1990s he wrote as a stalker by Tina Sinatra, daughter of Frank Sinatra in the U.S. headlines. He also was arrested in 1991 in Canada with 3.2 grams of cocaine in his possession. For a deposit but he came again. Farentino was married four times. His first marriage with actress Elizabeth Ashley felt about 1962 until 1965. With his second wife Michele Lee Farentino had his only child, son, David Farentino, who also is an actor today. His marriage to Lee held 16 years from 1966 until 1982. Debrah Farentino in 1985 his wife, three years later, the marriage ended in divorce. Since August 3, 1994 James was married to Stella Farentino.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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