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Served in the US Army during WWII but returned home after being wounded in Sicily.

He had six children, three boys and three girls: Barbara, Gina, Julie, John, Steve and Tony.

Brooklyn-born, he was 3 when his mother, Selma, died, and his father, George, later remarried. Tige grew up amid a large family in Middlesex, N.J., where his father ran a fruit stand.

His late wife, Norma Thornton, was a dancer who appeared regularly on Toast of the Town (1948) (aka The Ed Sullivan Show). She died in 1996.

Was an artist who painted with oil paints, and was published in the book "Actors as Artists" and has had gallery shows.

Was wounded while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II.

His immigrant parents, following Syrian custom, named him after a strong animal because it was supposed to ensure good health.

After seeing Tige perform in "Mister Roberts" on Broadway, director John Ford cast him in the film version of Keine Zeit für Heldentum (1955) and in at least two other projects including Dem Adler gleich (1957).

His mother died when he was only three years old.

Was one of the original founding members of the Covenant Players International Repertory Theater Company, a worldwide, inter-denominational, non-profit, theme-based, touring drama ministry, which started on September 29, 1963, in Los Angeles, California and is still operating over four decades later.

He recorded a record single "Keep America Beautiful" and "The Mod Father" in the early 1970s.

He was an alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Class of 1946.

Graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York.

He was a lifelong friend of Telly Savalas. He guest-starred with him on several episodes of Einsatz in Manhattan (1973).

Credited director John Ford with being a major influence in his career.

Best remembered by the public for his role as Captain Adam Greer on Twen-Police (1968).

His father ran a fruit stand.

Considered to have been the first example used in a joke about the five stages of an actor's career in Hollywood: "Who is Tige Andrews?" - "Get me Tige Andrews!" - "Get me a Tige Andrews type" -"Get me a young Tige Andrews" - "Who is Tige Andrews?".