Ron Palillo Movies and Career Information

Ronald Gabriel "Ron" Palillo (born April 2, 1949) is an American television and film actor, perhaps best known for his role as high school student Arnold Dingfelder Horshack on the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, which aired from 1975 to 1979. Palillo was born in Cheshire, Connecticut and graduated from the University of Connecticut (where he returned to teach during the late 1990s). After Welcome Back, Kotter, Palillo appeared in supporting roles in various television series and performed the voice in various animated series such as Laverne and Shirley in the Army, Darkwing Duck, and Rubik, the Amazing Cube where he played the lead character. In 1996, Palillo played himself in several episodes of Ellen, where he became the love interest of Ellen's friend Audrey. Outside of acting, Palillo is also an artist, having provided the art for two children's books: The Red Wings of Christmas and A Gift for the Contessa. He is credited on these as "Ronald G. Paolillo", which he uses in memory of his father. Palillo returned to New York in 1991, and played such diverse theatre roles as Mozart in Amadeus, George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls- to name