Biography
Ron Palillo (born Ronald Gabriel Paolillo) was an American actor. He was born on 2 April 1949 in New Haven, Connecticut, and died on 14 August 2012 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
He trained at the University of Connecticut and began his career in touring Shakespearean productions and repertory theatre. Palillo gained prominence for his role as Arnold Horshack in the sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979). He appeared in films including Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986) and Wind (1992), and in television series such as The A-Team and Murder, She Wrote. Later in his career he taught drama and worked as an illustrator and playwright.
