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Victor Holchak(1940-2014)

  • Actor
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Victor Holchak in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
Victor J. Holchak, nicknamed Vic, was born in South Central Los Angeles, to Victor A. Holchak and Norma Jean (Philen) Holchak.

Vic graduated from Manual Arts High School in 1958. In his high school years, Vic was interested in sports and sports journalism. He became the High School Editor of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner Sports Section at 14. The Herald sent him to cover the Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia in 1956, making him the youngest journalist to ever officially cover a Summer Olympics Games for a major news outlet. CBS sent him to Rome to cover the 1960 Summer Olympics, and he also covered the Summer Olympics as a journalist in Mexico City in 1968.

After graduating high school, Vic attended Los Angeles City College (LACC). After graduating from LACC, he left for London to attend the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England, to study acting and theatre craft. After finishing his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Vic was hired as a member of the original acting company at the Meadow Brook Theatre in Rochester, MI. Once back in Los Angeles, Vic became a member of The Company of Angels, the very first Equity Waiver Theater company in the US where he was elected president. During that time, he produced some very good, award-winning plays such as The Angel's 1974 production of Georges Feydeau's "A Flea in Her Ear," in which he played Ferraillon.

Vic worked successfully as an actor for many years, but never gave up his true passion, sports. Vic was a lifelong track devotee who covered sports for National Public Radio, the BBC and ABC.

In the 1980's, Vic was part of the team chosen by the Los Angeles Dodgers to fly to Japan and help develop content for what came to be known as Diamond Vision, the precursor to the current DodgerVision.

Vic began covering both the summer and Winter Olympics, and The World Track and Field Championships in the early 1980's for ABC Radio Sports. After a few years he created his own syndicated radio sports show called Vic Holchak's Cavalcade of Sports. He also traveled the globe covering track and field events creating content for an immediate update call-in telephone information show which debuted in 1993.

Vic passed away on September 5, 2014 in his home in West Hollywood, CA.
BornAugust 10, 1940
DiedSeptember 5, 2014(74)
BornAugust 10, 1940
DiedSeptember 5, 2014(74)
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Lindsay Bloom and Victor Holchak in Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977)
Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
4.0
  • Howard Hughes
  • 1977
Angie Dickinson in Sergent Anderson (1974)
Sergent Anderson
6.6
TV Series
  • Johnny
  • Travis
  • Webster
Clive Francis and Angela Scoular in Romeo and Juliet (1965)
Romeo and Juliet
5.7
TV Movie
  • Montague
  • 1965
Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
Police Story
7.5
TV Series
  • Carthey

Credits

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Actor



  • Robert Urich in Gavilan (1982)
    Gavilan
    6.0
    TV Series
    • Arthur
    • 1982
  • Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox in Chips (1977)
    Chips
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Colby
    • 1980
  • Power (1980)
    Power
    6.0
    TV Movie
    • Lonny
    • 1980
  • A Double Life (1978)
    A Double Life
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • Chase
    • 1978
  • Shaun Cassidy, Pamela Sue Martin, and Parker Stevenson in The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977)
    The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Carstairs
    • Agent Thomas
    • Berardi
    • 1977–1978
  • Le signe de justice (1978)
    Le signe de justice
    7.3
    TV Series
    • 1978
  • Robert Forster, David Birney, and Richard E. Kalk in Police Story (1973)
    Police Story
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Carthey
    • 1978
  • Lindsay Bloom and Victor Holchak in Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell (1977)
    Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell
    4.0
    • Howard Hughes
    • 1977
  • Angie Dickinson in Sergent Anderson (1974)
    Sergent Anderson
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Webster
    • Travis
    • Johnny
    • 1975–1977
  • Laverne et Shirley (1976)
    Laverne et Shirley
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Ernie (as Vic Holchak)
    • 1977
  • Los Angeles, années 30 (1976)
    Los Angeles, années 30
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Sanders (as Vic Holchak)
    • 1976
  • Des jours et des vies (1965)
    Des jours et des vies
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Jim Phillips
    • 1971–1976
  • William Conrad in Cannon (1971)
    Cannon
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Fred Carson
    • 1976
  • Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
    Barnaby Jones
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Frankie Hampton
    • 1974
  • Legend in Granite (1973)
    Legend in Granite
    8.8
    TV Movie
    • Thurston
    • 1973

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Vic Holchak
  • Height
    • 2.01 m
  • Born
    • August 10, 1940
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • September 5, 2014
    • Hollywood, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Leslie EasterbrookMay 17, 1979 - 1988 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Victor Alvin Holchak Sr.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Pictorial

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    His one shot guest appearance on Laverne et Shirley (1976) preceded his marriage to actress Leslie Easterbrook by two years and it would be a year after that when she would join the show's cast as a regular, the two of them never working as castmates on the same project.

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