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  • Category Television

    Address 6119 Hollywood Blvd.

    Ceremony date 02/08/1960

About
John Conte
Born:
1915-09-15,
Palmer,
Massachusetts,
USA
Education:
NA
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Death Date:
-0001-11-30
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John Conte

John Conte was a stage and film actor and television broadcaster.

Conte was born in Palmer, Massachusetts. His Mother Maria Migrated to the United States, From Calabria, With her life long friend Francesca Cuda, her life long friend, who move to Los Angeles before the Conte family. To be closer to her friend Francesca his family moved to Los Angeles, California when he was a teenager. After he graduated from Lincoln High School he began working as a radio actor and singer. One of his first regular roles was on the Burns and Allen radio show in the 1940s.

In 1947 he appeared in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s short-lived Broadway musical Allegro. He returned to Broadway in 1950 to appear in the musical Arms and the Girl.

Conte’s television career began with an appearance with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows in the early 1950s. He hosted Matinee Theater, a live-drama series on NBC that was one of the first daytime shows on network television.

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