Dick Cangey

Dick Cangey was an actor, stuntman, and former professional boxer who played Otto in the first season episode . As a background performer, he received no credit for his role.
Cangey was born in the Mahoningtown neighborhood of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and started boxing at the age of 13. After graduating from high school, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to pursue a career in professional boxing while working in tool and diemaker apprenticeship. In 1953, he was drafted into the US Army and took basic training, but the Korean War was over by the time he'd have seen combat service, and spent his time working in an office. He returned to boxing in 1955 and retired four years later; throughout his professional career he won 43 matches and lost only 3.
In the early 1960s, Cangey worked as a bouncer at a Long Beach nightclub, where he met actor who offered him work as background actor on . In 1965, he became the stand-in for actor on , where he also appeared in background and stunt roles in 50 episodes. Conrad and Cangey became close friends, and Cangey also served as Conrad's stand-in on the short-lived series The D.A. (with guest stars Julie Cobb, Ned Romero, Susan Oliver, Nichelle Nichols, Steve Ihnat, Roger Perry, Leslie Parrish, Michael Strong, William Schallert, Jay Robinson, and William Wintersole) and Assignment: Vienna (with guest stars Abraham Sofaer, Victor Brandt, and Joseph Campanella), as well as a number of TV episodes and made-for-TV movies.
His other appearances include bit and background roles on shows such as Mission: Impossible (with Robert Phillips, Biff Elliot, Al Roberts, Vic Toyota, and Kai J. Wong), (with Max Wagner), (with Leslie Parrish, Paul Comi, Bill Irwin, and John Vernon), Baretta (with Marc Alaimo), and (with Robert Pine and Brooke Bundy).
After retiring from the show business in the 1970s, Cangey opened a pizza store and restaurant.
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