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    Hodiak was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Anna (Pogorzelec) and Walter Hodiak. He was of Ukrainian and Polish descent. Hodiak grew up in Hamtramck, Michigan. [citation needed] Acting career Radio. When Hodiak first tried out for a radio acting job, he was turned down because of his accent.

  3. Born on April 16, 1914, the eldest of four (one daughter was adopted), John was eight years old when his middle-class family moved to a thriving Polish community in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. His father, Walter, was born in the Ukraine and his mother, Anna, was Polish.

    • April 16, 1914
    • October 19, 1955
  4. Oct 30, 2023 · John Hodiak was born on April 16, 1914, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Ukrainian and Polish immigrants. He grew up in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, where he developed an interest in music and drama. He sang in the church choir, played the clarinet, and acted in school plays.

  5. Radio and film actor John Hodiak in The Sellout (1952) It was the church plays, the high school dramas and John Hodiak's eagerness to spout speeches that got him hipped on the radio acting idea which finally paid off way out in Hollywood. Hodie had worked up such an oratorical rep around Hamtramck that when a campaigning candidate for Michigan ...

  6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0388303John Hodiak - IMDb

    Born on April 16, 1914, the eldest of four (one daughter was adopted), John was eight years old when his middle-class family moved to a thriving Polish community in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. His father, Walter, was born in the Ukraine and his mother, Anna, was Polish.

  7. John Hodiak. Actor: Lifeboat. Pittsburgh-born John Hodiak was one of several up-and-coming male talents who managed to take advantage of the dearth of WWII-era superstars (MGM's Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Robert Taylor and James Stewart, among others) who were off serving their country. John's early death at age 41, however, robbed Hollywood of a strong player and promising character star. Born ...

  8. Hodiak, the son of Ukrainian and Polish immigrants, was born in Pittsburgh and grew up in Detroit. He first tried radio as the door to an acting career but was turned down because of his...

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