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Show 1 4VWSyVVIVWrWiywgwvrwwifyrryw ' i'M- " Judd Hirsch Judd Hirsch. who portrays Dominick Delvecchio in ,', 1 O the CBS series 'Delvecchio,' was born in New York ii I City. After completing high school there, he studied V engineering at the City College of New York. Later. I ii deciding that pure technology wasn't his cup of tea. he i I V veered off toward the arts by studying architecture at i !' Cooper Union. I i ' Hirsch re-entered CCNY. after six months in the i, Army, intent upon getting a degree in the most direct i way possible. His accumulated credits made it plain , i'i that a bachelor's degree in physics would be the most y ii quickly attainable, and that's what he was awarded. Hirsch. however, had no yen to be a physicist, i , i 1 Actually, he didn't know what he wanted to become, ji X But at CCNY he had enrolled, almost by default, in a class in acting. To h,s surprise, the class inspired him ( ! i to prepare for an acting career. Consequently, he ii 1 studied at three dratiatic schools, including the i i' American Academy of Dramatic Arts, while supporting (j i 1 1 himself with odd jobs. '! ii Hirsch's first real acting job came in 1962. when he i V performed with a stock company at Estes Park. Colo. ) i', He has appeared on Broadway in 'Barefoot in the Park' i i' and the Tony Award-nominated 'Knock Knock.' His Off i j i' Broadway credits include starring roles in "A Thousand (' X Clowns.' 'Scuba Duba.' 'The Hot L Baltimore' and y '! 'Mystery Play.' i Hirsch appeared in the feature film Serpico.' ,S Among his television credits are the specials 'Fear on Trial' and 'Valentino.' the Emmy Award-winning y i television movie 'The Law' and the subsequent mini- V i ' i series of the same title. 'Medical Story.' and the ? i television movie 'The Keegans.' J i A bachelor. Hirsch has residences in New York '! City and upstate New York, where he recently com- ? pleted a house, three years in the building, which he y i designed and on which he did much of the con- V i'i struction work. |