Word: brinker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stars to give me their autographs. Mom and Pop could never understand it." Pop was Feliche Coco, a shoemaker; James shined shoes and generally had "a really dull childhood." At 17 he joined a children's theater and toured for three years playing Old King Cole and Hans Brinker for $40 a week. From there it was years and years of summer-stock stints, auditioning, studying and touring. Finally, he started on TV commercials. Most of his fans know him as Willy the Plumber in the Drano TV spots...