Paul David McCrane (born January 19, 1961) is an American film,
television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and
singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the
1980 film Fame, Frank Berry in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire,
Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop, and Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama
television series ER.McCrane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
the son of Eileen C. (née Manyak), a nurse, and James J. McCrane,
Jr., an actor and writer. He has a brother, Jim, and three sisters,
Maureen, Barbara, and Deirdre. His family moved to Richboro,
Pennsylvania, where he lived until he moved to New York City after
graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in 1978. He studied
theatre at HB Studio in New York City.An early role, when he was just
22 years of age, is in a short scene in Rocky II, playing a
multi-fracture patient who asks for Rocky's autograph on his head cast
("Hey Rocky...sign my head!").With an abundance of red hair, McCrane
portrayed the earnest Montgomery MacNeil in Fame. He was the lead
vocalist on three songs in the feature film: "Dogs in the Yard",
"Miles from Here" and "Is it Okay if I Call You Mine?" He also had a
solo in "I Sing the Body Electric".
television and theatre actor, as well as a television director and
singer. He is known for his portrayal of Montgomery MacNeil in the
1980 film Fame, Frank Berry in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire,
Emil Antonowsky in RoboCop, and Robert Romano on the NBC medical drama
television series ER.McCrane was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
the son of Eileen C. (née Manyak), a nurse, and James J. McCrane,
Jr., an actor and writer. He has a brother, Jim, and three sisters,
Maureen, Barbara, and Deirdre. His family moved to Richboro,
Pennsylvania, where he lived until he moved to New York City after
graduating from Holy Ghost Preparatory School in 1978. He studied
theatre at HB Studio in New York City.An early role, when he was just
22 years of age, is in a short scene in Rocky II, playing a
multi-fracture patient who asks for Rocky's autograph on his head cast
("Hey Rocky...sign my head!").With an abundance of red hair, McCrane
portrayed the earnest Montgomery MacNeil in Fame. He was the lead
vocalist on three songs in the feature film: "Dogs in the Yard",
"Miles from Here" and "Is it Okay if I Call You Mine?" He also had a
solo in "I Sing the Body Electric".
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