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Dennis Joel Olivieri
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Dennis Joel Olivieri
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Dennis Joel Olivieri was a child actor and singer known as Dennis Joel. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Olivieri of Garfield New Jersey. He had an older brother, Ronald and a younger sister, Claudy.
He used the name "Dennis Joel" when he was an actor. When Dennis was 5, he worked for a modeling agency, Walter Thornton Agency, and when he was 8, he sang a radio jingle for his father's beverage company, Yoo-hoo.
On Broadway, Dennis played the role of "Patrick Dennis" a boy in the play Auntie Mame (1956).
After moving to California with his mother and brother, Dennis entered television, playing the role of " Roy Strickland" on The Betty Hutton Show and appearing in Walt Disney Presents and The DuPont Show with June Allyson. He also did commercials and played "Stanley" on the show The New People as well as appearing in the made-for-tv show The Whole World Is Waiting.
He even had an acting role in the film Toby Tyler (1960) as "Ajax".
His singing performances included a variety show with Betty Hutton in Las Vegas that ran for 10 weeks and three 45 rpm records and an album on the VMC label.
Dennis married Charlene M. Miller in Manhattan New York in 1979. Dennis had son Garson Olivieri and daughter Emily.
He was active in his career from 1952 through 1980. Dennis J Olivieri: Obituary
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