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Steve Guttenberg - Biography
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Steve Guttenberg Biography
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| Name : | Steve Guttenberg |
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Profession :
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Actor
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Birth name :
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Steven Robert Guttenberg
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Height :
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6' (1.83 m)
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Personal quotes :
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(Addressing the rumours of a Police Academy/Mahoney spin-off film)
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Spouse :
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Denise Bixler (30 September 1988 - 1992) (divorced)
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Steve Guttenberg Trivia
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- Graduated From Plainedge High School in 1976 in North Massapequa, New York
- Named honorary mayor of Pacific Palisades, California, USA. [2002]
- Turned down the role of Josh in Big (1988) a role that eventually went to Tom Hanks.
- Turned down the role of Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters (1984) in favor of playing Carey Mahoney in Police Academy (1984.)
- The writers of the Simpsons pay tribute to Guttenberg in the episode "Homer the Great," (Sixth Season; episode 2F09 ) where he appears as a cartoon and mentioned in the song sung by the Stonecutters ("Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do! We do!")
- In a recent article in Entertainment Weekly about Police Academy, the author had issues contacting Guttenberg and had no clue why his calls were never returned. Eventually, the author bumped into Guttenberg by sheer coincidence at a restaurant and learned that Guttenberg felt burned by EW in the past and -- although he had no personal issues with the author himself -- declined the interview based on that.
- Parents are Stanley Guttenberg & Ann Guttenberg.
- Spent a week volunteering at the Houston Astrodome after Hurricane Katrina hit.
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Steve Guttenberg Detailed Biography
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Steve Guttenberg (August 24, 1958), sometimes credited as Steven Guttenberg, is a Jewish American actor. Guttenberg was a popular movie star throughout much of the 1980s, and is best known for starring roles in the first four Police Academy films, Three Men and a Baby, Cocoon, and Short Circuit. In the 1990s, he worked on a number of children's films and low budget movies. Despite his lack of high profile roles since 1990's Three Men and a Little Lady, his name remains well known in American popular culture.
In an episode of The Simpsons, "Homer the Great," a satire of the Freemasons, mention his name in a rousing drinking song cataloging how they secretly manipulate society: "Who holds back the electric car? Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star? We do!".
Currently, Guttenberg has a recurring role on the critically acclaimed series Veronica Mars.
He also appears as a lead in the NBC made-for-TV remake of The Poseidon Adventure, which aired on November 20, 2005. He played "Richard Clarke," a failing writer having an affair with a massage therapist when the boat tips over.
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