Glenn Scarpelli Biography
Glenn Scarpelli is an American former child actor and singer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Alex Handris from 1980 to 1983 on the sitcom one Day at a Time.
Glenn got his first professional acting job when he was just eight years old. He bagged an opportunity to act in a commercial for Celeste frozen pizza. For the commercial, he had to eat 27 pieces of pizza and later puked all night.
He made his Broadway debut at the age of ten. The show was titled, ‘Golda’s Balcony’, based on the life of Golda Meir, former Prime Minister of Israel. Another Broadway that he was part of was ‘Richard III’ in 1979.
He was also involved in outlining the adventures of comic characters in Archie Comics. As a part of the 70th year celebration of Archie comics, a series named ‘Glenn Scarpelli in Hollywood’ was launched in 1985. His character visited Riverdale and hung out with other characters like Archie, Betty, and Veronica. In 2010, he released a series of Archie books called ‘The Americana Series: The Best of the Eighties’. Unlike other comic characters, the characters of Archie Comics were never animated and hence remained on the pages of the comics.Glenn Scarpelli Age
He was born as Glenn Christopher Scarpelli on July 6, 1966, in Staten Island, New York City, United States of America. His zodiac birth sign is Cancer. Glenn is fifty-three years of age as of 2019.
Glenn Scarpelli Height
Scarpelli stands at a height of 5 feet and 6 inches (1.68 m). His weight is under review. Otherwise, he has brown hair and blue eyes.
Glenn Scarpelli Education
He attended a private Catholic school, St. Joseph Hill Academy, from kindergarten to 8th grade.q` He was just eight years old when he started his acting career.
Glenn Scarpelli Family
He is the son of long-time Archie Comics artist Henry Scarpelli.
Glenn Scarpelli Relationships
Glenn has always been open and bold about his sexuality and had no hesitation while admitting that he is gay. He has never hesitated to talk about his unique personal and career paths.
Glenn is very close to his friends Jude and Bonnie Franklin. He considers Bonnie as his mentor. She played his mother in the show, ‘Hot in Cleveland’.
Scarpelli is gay and has no wife. But according to the information collected from different sources, Glenn Scarpelli was married to Jude Belanger.
They started their relationship in the late 90s and dated for a few years and got married in the year 2008 in California. But their relationship could not last long.
In the year 2012, Glenn filed for divorce and got separated.
After separation with his partner, Glenn found somebody else. At present, it is rumored that he is dating producer and writer named Jerry Gilden as concluded from his Instagram page and tweets.
He resides in Sedona, Arizona, where he and his then-partner Jude Belanger established the Sedona Now Network, a community
Glenn Scarpelli Career
The first film Glenn starred in was a movie that was written by his father. It is a horror movie titled ‘Forced Entry’, the remake of a 1973 movie of the same name. Another movie that he did around that time was ‘Nunzio’.
He attended the Professional Children’s School which was a high school. Within his first two months in the school, he was booked for the sitcom, ‘One Day at a Time’ in 1983. It was a correspondence school, so the school authorities allowed their students to work. In 1977, at the age of 10, Scarpelli made his Broadway debut, appearing in the play Golda with Anne Bancroft. He returned to the stage in 1979 with the role of Richard, Duke of York in the Broadway revival of Richard III starring Al Pacino. At the age of 14, Glenn was already bestowed with the title ‘teen heartthrob’ for his role in the long-running sitcom. His popularity furthered when Barbara Bush, wife of the then-President George Bush, invited him to White House to sing a popular number as part of a charity show.Barbara had become a fan of his after watching the hit show, ‘One Day at a Time.’ He left the show during the last season to work in another show, ‘Jennifer Slept Here’, which also would go on to become a massive success.
He starred in the series, ‘The Love Boat’ in 1983 as Mark Hammond for the episode titled, ‘Vicki’s Dilemma’. Glenn once again appeared in the show as Alan Stevens in the episode, ‘Don’t Leave Home Without It’.
He made his third appearance on the show in 1985 as Boomer Panner in the episode, ‘Getting Started’.
Glenn also starred in ‘The Bloodhound Gang’, a segment from PBS’s educational show, ‘3-2-1 Contact’. When he was 14, he did a movie titled ‘Rivkin: Bounty Hunter’ alongside actor Ron Leibman. Glenn was also featured in a single from the album, ‘Get a Love On’ which was later retitled as ‘Don’t Mess up This Good Thing’.Glenn was also a part of an after-school special in the early 90s. He then starred in an episode of the show, ‘MacGyver’, directed by his dear friend, Harry Harris.
Glenn disappeared from the public eye and went to study in a college. He then got himself enrolled at NYU film school to study direction. After completing his education, he stepped on a new path as an entrepreneur. Glenn has started his own TV station, Sedona Now Network in Sedona, Arizona. He also started an organic lubricant company with his long-time partner, Jude. More recently, Scarpelli had a cameo role in the Netflix revival of One Day at a Time during its third season, released in 2019.Glenn Scarpelli Net Worth
Glenn Scarpelli has a net worth of about $1 million dollars. He is in the field of acting since his childhood and played a lot of films and series. He is a part of the entertainment industry from 1975 playing the role of Glenn Ulman in Forced Entry.
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