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Tony Tarantino was born in Queens, New York, to Dominic and Elizabeth Tarantino and was raised in Brooklyn. The family, which included sister Diane, moved to Los Angeles, California. Tony graduated from L.A.'s Washington High School. Two years later he auditioned for and was accepted to the Pasadena Playhouse. He caught the "acting bug" from his father who in the early Thirties appeared in several westerns with stars such as Buck Jones, Tim McCoy, Tom Mix, Hoot Gibson, and Fred Thompson.

During the 60's and 70's Tony acquired many skills. He received his general aviation pilot license for single- and multi-engine rating; became proficient in Western quickdraw and won awards for excellent marksmanship with handguns and rifles; his Martial Arts training earned him a black belt in Karate and Kung-Fu; and as a member of Malibu Roving Archers he became skilled with a bow and arrow. While a student at the Pasadena Playhouse, where he learned modern dance and fencing, he worked for tips playing guitar and singing folk songs in local coffeehouses. His love for music lead him to form several bands, playing lead, rhythm and bass guitar and singing in supper clubs and night-clubs up and down the Sunset strip in Hollywood and the Bay area. Tony also enjoyed raising and training roping and cutting horses on his ranch in Southern California.