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Bonelli)</strong> <hr class="hr" /> As I mentioned before, my friend Robert Redding came in from Honolulu (and the  sweltering palms ) to New York in winter, to replace Michael. &nbsp;He was once again a terrific Queenie. &nbsp;He had stalked the Village for a long, LONG heavy coat to warm his 6 4 lanky frame. The Nebraska farm boy had gotten used to L.A. and Honolulu climes!! <br /> <br /> At about the same time, a stocky young man stepped in as understudy for Bart Miro, in the role of Rocky. &nbsp;He took over the role when Bart exited a bit later. &nbsp;We called him Tom Lee Jones. &nbsp;He was very powerful in the part of Rocky. &nbsp; I admit, I did not recognize Tommy Lee Jones as a potential  star at the time. &nbsp;I watched his career develop from his movie debut in Love Story (shot while he was doing Fortune) on up. &nbsp;A few years later he was on television as Howard Hughes and not long after, his name was there with Laurence Olivier in The Betsy. &nbsp;And gradually he became the star he is. Tommy Lee Jones is a most generous person. &nbsp;Years later he went out of his way to be nice to me when we were reunited on the set of JFK in New Orleans. &nbsp;He was the Defendant and I was on the Jury. &nbsp;He deserves all his hard-worked-for success!! <br /> <br /> Late in the run, Mark Shannon decided to leave the show. A young man had been campaigning to play the role. &nbsp;He completely wanted to change his image from tv. &nbsp;He would have done it, too!! His name was Jay North. &nbsp;And he was tv s famous  Dennis the Menace. &nbsp;And he was tired of hearing about it, too!! &nbsp;The producers hired Jay! Jay was a very hard worker and put his heart into rehearsals. &nbsp;He would have been very good in the role of Smitty, had his chance come. &nbsp;<br /> <br /> But, in the meantime, dwindling houses and summer were wearing the production down. Waissman and Fox decided to close the show after a run of about 8or 9 months. Due to the necessity of George playing Smitty, I took over the show and ran backstage during performances for the remainder of the run. A sad Jay went back to the West Coast. &nbsp; <br /> <br /> As a reward for our hard work a couple of us were given Equity contracts for the last weeks of our run. &nbsp;This allowed us to join Actor s Equity Association, the union for professional stage actors. &nbsp;It was very difficult to get in, more so then than now. &nbsp;It was an honorable reward!! Working on the two productions of FORTUNE AND MEN S EYES that were directed by Sal Mineo, was the greatest experience, so far, of my professional life in  show biz . &nbsp; I saw Sal Mineo twice after Fortune closed in New York. &nbsp; <p align="left"> </p> <p> In 1972, Sal was living in London. &nbsp;I made my only trip so far to Europe and stayed there for several days. I had his number, called, and visited with Sal and Courtney Burr. &nbsp;About a year and a half or two later, I was working in Los Angeles at a restaurant and Sal came walking in. &nbsp;I introduced him to my friend who worked there and we chatted briefly. I think he said something about doing a TV series segment. &nbsp;I got busy and that was the last time I saw Sal. </p> <p> <strong>I have always remembered him well. &nbsp;He was encouraging and good with the people he worked with. &nbsp;He was not a  star in attitude, but knew who he was. &nbsp;&nbsp;He was a very talented man who should have gone further. But, then, how many people do you know of who were nominated for the Oscar twice before age 20???</strong> </p> <a href="../index.html">Home</a> &nbsp;</div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td background="../images/nav/sal_without2_14.jpg" class="text10" colspan="6" height="72" width="413"> <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold"> </div> </td> <td colspan="3"> <img alt="" height="72" src="../images/nav/sal_without2_15.jpg" width="190" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="72" src="../images/nav/sal_pic.jpg" width="78" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td background="../images/nav/sal_without2_17.jpg" colspan="6" height="91" width="506"> <div class="footer"> <script language="JavaScript" src="../jslinks.js"></script> © Sal Mineo 2010 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Web Design by Karen Hardcastle </div> </td> <td colspan="5"> <img alt="" height="91" src="../images/nav/sal_without2_18.jpg" width="269" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width: 95px"> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="94" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="69" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="36" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="119" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="107" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="81" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="1" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="25" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="89" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="76" /></td> <td> <img alt="" height="1" src="../images/nav/spacer.gif" width="78" /></td> </tr> </table> </div> </body> </html>