Ron Palillo

Ronald Gabriel "Ron" Paolillo (April 2, 1949 – August 14, 2012) was an American television and film actor and teacher. He was best known as Arnold Horshack on the ABC sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–79). 2Early life and education Ronald Gabriel Paolillo was an American of Italian descent born in New Haven, Connecticut to Gabriel and Carmel Paolillo and raised in Cheshire. He graduated from the University of Connecticut at Storrs, where he taught during the late 1990s. Palillo attended Fairfield University while pursuing a postgraduate degree. He adopted the last name Palillo for his acting career. 2Career After Welcome Back, Kotter, Palillo appeared in leading and supporting roles in various television series and films. He voiced characters on such animated series as Laverne & Shirley in the Army, Darkwing Duck, and Rubik, the Amazing Cube, in which he played the lead character. In 1996, Palillo played himself in several episodes of the television sitcom Ellen, playing Audrey (Ellen's friend's) love interest. Palillo also spent a year on the daytime show One Life to Live and also acted in Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986), and the lead in The Curse of Micah Roo