QUESTION 216

______born in San Fransisco, California, to ----Sr. (1906–1970), a steelworker and migrant worker, and Margaret Ruth Runner (1909–2006), a factory worker. He was a large baby (12 pounds and 6 ounces) and was named "Samson" by the nurses in the hospital. _______ has English, Scottish, Dutch and Irish ancestry and was raised in a "middle class Protestant home". His family moved often, as his father worked at different jobs along the West Coast The family settled in Piedmont, Cal,. Later he transferred to Oakland Technical High School, where the drama teachers encouraged him to take part in school plays, but he was not interested. _____held several jobs as he moved to different areas, including a paper carrier, grocer clerk, forest firefighter, and caddy.

After graduating from high school in 1949, ___ intended to enter Seattle University and major in music, but in 1950, during the  Korean War, he was drafted into the army He was stationed at Fort Ord where his certificate as a lifeguard got him appointed as a life-saving and swimming instructor

Later, a professional actor. who?