Tony Danza is truly a jack of all trades. He is an actor, author, dancer, boxer and teacher, among other things. Danza has enjoyed one of the most long-lived careers in television, and he continues to find new avenues for his talents.
Born Anthony Salvatore Iadanza to hard-working Italian parents in East New York — his father was a sanitation man and his mother a bookkeeper —
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