- Born
- Birth nameJoel Anthony Fabiani
- Height5′ 10½″ (1.79 m)
- Joel Fabiani was born September 28, 1936 in Watsonville, California. He didn't act until he went to college, after a stint in the Army. After majoring in English, Fabiani went to San Francisco to study at the Actors Workshop for two years.
Fabiani left California for New York in the early 60s and found his first success in theater. His Broadway debut was in "The Affair" in 1962. His television debut was on the CBS religious program, Look Up and Live (1954), a year later. Fabiani mixed work in plays, television shows, and commercials throughout the 1960s. Among his early credits were roles in the pilot episode of Ironside (1967) and on the cult classic, Dark Shadows (1966). Fabiani's face was never seen on "Dark Shadows".- IMDb Mini Biography By: dwms10
- SpousesCharna Greenberg(November 19, 2010 - present)Audree Rae(1968 - January 2009) (her death)Katharine Ross(February 28, 1960 - 1962) (divorced)
- Joel Fabiani is the cover star of The Smiths' album "Singles Box", a compilation of their 7' vinyl singles, released in 2008. The image, which shows Fabiani next to a black sports car, was part of a series of PR pictures for "Department S" in 1970 - and was personally chosen by Morrissey as the cover of the album in 2008.
- Once filled in for Michael Zaslow, in the role of "Roger Thorpe", on Guiding Light (1952) when Michael took some time off.
- Met first wife Katharine Ross in 1957 while attending Santa Rosa Junior College. Ross neglected to acknowledge their brief marriage when she started doing press in the mid-'60s, and for years managed to hide any reference to it.
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