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Prolific American character actor Johnny Seven was born John Anthony Fetto in the Italian section of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, to Marie and John Fetto. He was the only boy in a family of six children, with sisters Lillian, Terry, Connie, Dolores, and Jean. Considering that much of his future acting work consisted of playing tough gangsters and criminals, it may come as a surprise to discover that, until the age of 14, he was a boy soprano. He served 2-1/2 years in the US Army, with the 187th Field Artillery Battalion, and was bitten by the acting bug when he appeared in several USO shows during his military hitch. He married Edith Piselli on October 8, 1949, and they had two children, John Jr. and Laura. Seven worked in the New York theater community and did much live television until he was brought to Hollywood in 1958 by Universal Pictures to work in their many television series. He has since appeared in more than 600 TV shows, over 25 films, and numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions. In addition to acting, he has also written and directed for the stage (his first play, "Salvage", was written in 1958), television and movies (he produced, directed and starred in a 1964 western, Navajo Run (1964), and has directed several TV shows and shorts since then). He enjoys gardening, golf and all kinds of fishing, ocean, lake and especially fly fishing.

(1958) Stage: Wrote / directed / appeared (as &quot;Nick&quot;) in &quot;Salvage&quot;, Actors Playouse, New York City.

(2008) Interviewed in book &quot;Naked City: The Television Series&quot; by James Rosin.

(1949) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Sergeant&quot;) in &quot;Sounds of Hunting&quot;. Players Ring Theater, Los Angeles.

(1950) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Mic&quot;) in &quot;Winterset&quot;. Players Ring Theater, Los Angeles.

(1950) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Mover&quot;) in &quot;Payment Deferred&quot; . Players Ring Theater, Los Angeles.

(1951) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Papa&quot;) in &quot;The Storyteller&quot;. President Theater, New York.

(1951) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Stanley Kowalski&quot;) in &quot;A Streetcar Named Desire&quot;. Attic Theater Players, New York.

(1952) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Hughes&quot;) in &quot;The Last Mile&quot;. New England Tour.

(1953) Stage: Appeared (as &quot;Alvaro&quot;) in &quot;The Rose Tattoo&quot;, 46th. St. Playhouse, New York City, and Eastern Tour.

(196) Unsold pilot: Co-starred in a pilot about the adventures of a mini-sub and its crew called &quot;The Venturers&quot;.

(1961) Single: &quot;Tell Me&quot; / &quot;Once I Was Lonely&quot; (Big Top Records)

Unsold pilot: Wrote / produced / directed / appeared in a pilot for a proposed TV series on Showtime Network to be called &quot;Gina &amp; Me&quot;. NOTE: Won an award at the Las Vegas Film Festival.

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