Trivia: Attended Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois), where he majored in speech and drama. 11 April 1997: first child born at 12:00am EST, named Julia Laurette Randall. She was named after his mom Julia and actress Laurette Taylor, whom Tony says is "the best actress I've ever seen in my life." Was militantly opposed to smoking. Met his wife, Heather, in a play in New York. She was fifty years younger than him. Founder of the National Actors Theatre, New York. He was originally cast as the voice of "Templeton the Rat" in the movie Charlotte's Web (1973) without an audition. When Joseph Barbera realised he wasn't right for the voice, they paid him and hired Paul Lynde instead. Got his break on radio as "Reggie" in the long-running "I Love a Mystery" series during the 1940s. Suffered from tinnitus, a chronic ringing in the ears and starred in a Public Service Announcement to encourage diagnosis and treatment for viewers. Second child: Jefferson Salvini Randall, born on June 15, 1998. Named after comic actor Joseph Jefferson and Italian tragic actor Tommasso Salvini. Studied acting at New York City's prestigious Neighbourhood Playhouse, under the direction of legendary acting coach, Sanford Meisner.