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Actor: Nobody. Robert John Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, to Barbara (Baier) and Walter Odenkirk, who worked in printing. His ancestry includes German and Irish. He grew up in Naperville, IL, the second of seven children. He worked as a DJ for WIDB, his college radio station at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
- October 22, 1962
Walter Odenkirk died of bone cancer in 1986. Odenkirk's younger brother Bill Odenkirk is also a comedy writer, and helped Bob's early career. Odenkirk attended Naperville North High School and graduated at 16; he was "tired of high school", and because he had enough credits, he was able to leave high school when he was still a junior.
Source citation. Walter H. Odenikirk was the husband of Barbara (née Baier) Odenkirk. He died Tuesday, February 4, 1986 at Hines Veterans Administration Hospital, Chicago. A Chicago native, he had lived in Indianapolis for five years. He had been employed in the printing business. Survivors: wife Barbara (née Baier) Odenkirk; sons,...
Actor: Nobody. Robert John Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, to Barbara (Baier) and Walter Odenkirk, who worked in printing. His ancestry includes German and Irish. He grew up in Naperville, IL, the second of seven children.
- January 1, 1
- 1.75 m
- Naperville, Illinois, USA
His parents were Barbara and Walter Odenkirk, who had seven children. Odenkirk says in his 2022 memoir Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama that his father—an alcoholic who left the family in the 1970s and died in 1986—was “a hollow man,” and he makes clear that his father cast a lasting shadow on him. His mother, who died in 2021, was a devout ...
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Dec 2, 2022 · Robert John Odenkirk was born in Berwyn, Illinois, on Oct. 22, 1962, to Barbara (Baier) and Walter Odenkirk and grew up in Naperville, outside Chicago. When he was just nine years old, his...
Jan 29, 2024 · On his grandfather Walter Odenkirk's side, Gates tells Odenkirk that he is related to the Duke of Plön, and other royal families of Europe. "How does this make you feel?" Gates asks him....
