Biography of Robert Hegyes

Robert Hegyes was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. His hungarian father, Steven, and his Italian mother, Marie, have three other children besides Bob. Bob's father is a chier engineer estimator, and his mother is a housewife. Bob is the only member of his family in show business. Always interested in acting, Bob was active in high school dramatics. He majored in speech and theater at Glassboro State College in New Jersey. When he received his B.A. degree, he lost no time crossing the river from New Jersey to New York City to have a go at professional acting. He got a job acting with the children's theater company called Theater in a Trunk. This was a troupe of professional actors who peformed plays in schools and playgrounds all around New York City. Robert Hegyes landed a role in an off-Broadway play called "Naomi Courts", but it was not very successful. This appearance, however, led to a beeter role in a Broadway play, "Don't Call Back", starring TV panelist and stage actress Arlene Francis. Soon after "Don't Call Back" closed, Bob managed to get a memorable cameo role in the Al Pacino movie, "Dog Day Afternoon".